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Dailn press Broadcast News LiieStyj iere a dry 0 0 0 'Bout a show named 'Brady' that spawned a very lovely movie By Andy Edelsteln Newsday L'4 March 8, 1974, a sitcom that had rated no higher than 20th place during its five-year run '0 aired its final original episode. Few Americans over the age of 16 noticed or cared: After all, this was a program the critics savaged and the mainstream press largely ignored. Newspaper TV columns carried neither eulogies nor appeals to save it 11--s i I 5 1 from cancellation. There was no tear-stained final episode. And why not? That show, "The Brady Bunch" about a widow with three girls who marries a widower with three boys would presumably be consigned to reruns or more likely to TV heaven.

Life would go on. Viewers would turn to ABC Friday nights at 8 and watch instead an Alas The Brady Bunch Movie" is rated PG-13 for racy innuendos. Cinemark Movies 10, NewMarket South Shopping Center, Crossing, Regal's Kiln Creek Cinema 14. Reviews. D3-4.

Think you're a Brady aficionado? Test your knowledge. (Answers are on D2.) 1. How did Marcla's nose get broken, jeopardizing her big date with football hero Doug Simpson? A. Bobby threw a baseball at her. B.

Peter threw a football at her. C. Greg threw a basketball at her. D. Alice threw a brownie at her.

2. What was Alice's last name? A. Kramden B. Toklas C. Nelson D.

Brady 3. What was the name of the Bradys' dog? A. Tiger B. Lassie C. Fala D.

Spot 4. What street, named for a U.S. president, do the Bradys live on? A. Eisenhower Avenue B. Roosevelt Road C.

Lincoln Court D. Clinton Way 5. Jan or Marcia? A. Couldn't tap dance B. Played Juliet C.

Wore glasses D. Wore a wig E. Was a cheerleader 6. What did the girls buy with the 94 books of trading -j Iff ns jjy V' 4 The family in "The Brady Bunch Movie" includes, from left, Olivia Hack as Cindy, Jesse Lee as Bobby, Jennifer Elise Cox as Jan, Paul Sutera as Peter, Christine Taylor as Marcia, Christopher Daniel Barnes as Greg, Henri-ette Mantel as Alice, Shelley Long as Carol, and Gary Cole as Mike. Courtesy of Paramount pictures Hampton station wants to reach larger market One of the region's fastest-growing broadcasting operations is WPEN-TV, the low-power television station based in Hampton.

The station is owned by Lockwood Broadcasting, whose parent company is Lockwood Brothers, a heavy hauling and rigging company. Lockwood purchased the former WBH-TV, Channel 51, out of Gloucester, then added Channel 68, a low-power Peninsula station that signed on last September. In addition to these two oyer-the-air channels, WPEN is carried on cable systems in Newport News and the counties of James City, York, Gloucester and Mathews. The station is working with Warner Cable and will be added to its Peninsula systems as they are upgraded. It recently added about 200,000 potential viewers when it signed on with Cox Cable, servicing Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach.

Plans also are under way to add UHF Channel 62 for non-cable South Hampton Roads viewers. Since Channel 68 signed on, the station has beefed up its programming and equipment. Though the station has been expanding into south Hampton Roads, its focus remains on the Peninsula and Middle Peninsula, says General Manager Dave Hanna. "There's 500,000 to 600,000 people who live on the Peninsula, and not one station was dedicated to this market," says Hanna. "We want to be identified as a Peninsula station." In addition to sports programs and syndicated shows such as "MASH" and "Hill Street Blues, the station produces local programs on such topics as country line dancing, sports-car racing and public affairs.

Hanna also would like to start live call-in programming and a local news operation. "I DO" REDUX. While WGH-FM (97.3) staged its mass wedding on Valentine's Day this week, another radio station was lighting a fire under the old marrieds. WWDE-FM (101.3) staged an "I Do Again" ceremony at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Norfolk's Waterside.

The station hosted 65 married couples who came to renew their wedding vows. "It was a very poignant event for them," says WWDE promotions director Chris Wilson. "Many of the women pulled out their old wedding gowns. One woman surprised her husband and didn't tell him where they were going." The couples ranged from those who had been married a year to others hitched 20 and 30 years, says Wilson. The station got the ball rolling by offering free dinners to the first 30 couples.

Deejay Ken Hicks was emcee, and the station provided a flower girl and reception. Have you ever wondered if Barney the dinosaur harbors any mean thoughts? Perhaps you have a loftier question about the future of public broadcasting? WHRO managers will man the phones for a live television broadcast next week to take questions from listeners of WHRV-FM (89.5) and WHRO-FM (90.3) and viewers of WHRO-TV, Channel 15. The "Ask the Manager" session will take place from 8 to 1 1 p.m. Tuesday. The executive lineup will include PresidentGeneral Manager John R.

Morison, CEO Ken Krall, television VP Mary Pruess and radio VP Raymond Jones. Also taking questions will be Donna Hudgins, director of communications; Angie Callahan, manager of children's services; and David Ferraro, manager of local programming. Questions will be taken before and after the station's regularly scheduled programs. Call 881-9476. 1 Primer for the Brady-impaired By Andy Edelsteln Newsday i stamps? ka-set adventure series named "Kodiak." The teen magazines that had regularly chronicled the lives of the Brady kids would find other young stars to rave about.

The show's audience would grow up. If anyone had the vision to predict the show's fate in the next 20 years, come forth now and give us a hint on the price of IBM. For rather than disappearing, "The Brady Bunch" became a touchstone for a generation, a show that has elbowed its way into the pantheon of cult TV shows along with "Star Trek," "The Honeymooners" and "The Twilight Zone." The original program spawned a 1973 Saturday-morning cartoon show, a 1977-78 variety hour, a 1981 spinoff Brady Brides," which was spun off from the TV movie, "The Brady Girls Get a 1988 TV movie Very Brady and a 1990 drama series. In 1991 and 1992, a stage production, "The Real Live Brady Bunch," re-created episodes word-for-word, packing houses in Chicago and New York. There's been a bull market in aPTTI he Brady Bunch" was a sit-I com that presented TV's first If blended family, but in case you missed it, here's a who's who primer.

The parents: Mike Brady, father (Robert Reed) an architect and the type of dad most kids would be proud to have, a loving husband and concerned, caring father who was involved in all aspects of his kids' lives. Carol Brady, mother (Florence Henderson) a true domestic goddess, a "home-maker" who had at-home help even though she stayed at home; kind and selfless, always ready with a smile and advice. The Brady girls (all of whom had hair of gold like their mother the youngest one in curls): Marcia (Maureen McCormick) the old- Please see PrimerD2 7n if A J. Courtesy of ABC Please see BradyD2 The original cast of "The Brady Bunch." A. Sewing machine B.

Color TV C. Barbie doll D. Mystery Date game 7. How did the lovely lady meet the fellow (and they knew It would be much more than a hunch)? A. At a Parents Without Partners dance B.

Personal ad C. They were set up by Sam the Butcher D. It was never explained 8. Which real-life athlete never appeared on The Brady A. Don Drysdale B.

Joe Namath C. O.J. Simpson D. Deacon Jones 9. What Job did Greg not have? A.

Office boy for Mike B. Delivery boy for Sam C. Local chairman of Youth for Nixon D. Class photographer 10. When Peter Imitated Humphrey Bogart, he kept saying "Pork Chops and on A.

Applesauce B. Wonder Bread C. Rice D. Mashed Potatoes Oscar nominees get box-office curtain call By Yardena Arar Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES "Forrest Gump" is rated PG-13 for drug content, some sensuality and war violence. Patrick Henry 7, NewMarket South Shopping Center, Carmike Cinema 4.

These are the Oscar nominees re-opening this weekend: "Quiz Show" is rated PG-13 for some strong Regal's Kiln Creek Cinema 14. on't be surprised if this weekend's movie ads look like ones from last fall and summer. In sues reflects the changing face of film marketing and Oscar campaigning. Once held until the fourth quarter, Oscar contenders now surface almost year round; videos are used to refresh the memories of motion picture academy voters. Several of this year's multiple nominees were financial disappointments that practically had vanished from theaters "Bullets" has grossed only $9.5 million, "Shawshank" less than $17 million and "Quiz Show" and Please see Nomlnees02 what's becoming standard movie marketing procedure, several major Oscar contenders are returning to theaters to take advantage of the hype.

The parade of Academy Award-related reissues began Friday when "Quiz Show," opened on 354 screens nationwide and "Forrest Gump" reopened on 1,060 screens. "Bullets Over Broadway" will widen to 100 screens by next weekend and 300 the weekend after, a Miramax executive said. "Blue Sky," for which Jessica Lange is considered an Oscar front-runner, widens from less than a handful of screens to between 20 and 25 venues next weekend, Orion Pictures reported. "The Shawshank Redemption," which also had been playing on a few screens, widens to about 500 sites the weekend of Feb. 24, a Castle Rock Entertainment spokesman said.

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The noisy crowd is laughing and downing $1.75 cans of Budweiser as if the brewery were closing tomorrow. But they are also listening to this young black woman playing hard-driving, authentic 1 IJ 928-1111 From Smithfield, call 357-6594. From the Middle Peninsula, call 1-800-981 -6600. Entertainment news41 1 1 Mary Cutrufello, a Houston-based singer-guitarist, is part of a national trend that has Nashville taking a closer look at African-American country artists. krt Cleve Francis, a Virginia cardiologist, became the first black artist signed to a major label since Charley Pride joined RCA in 1966.

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