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nrw Exp.3896 niJU.R.Dunve eMme' By Wayne Harada Advertiser Entertainment Editor Hawaii will get a fourth local morning TV show when George Groves, a.k.a. "Granny," becomes host of "A.M. Hawaii," starting Monday on KGMB-TV Channel 9, the lo Regsr Bert i-Vll HH JMtifcr t5Mi! Film Critic cal CBS affiliate. The a show, airing from 5 to 7 a.m., will go up against three other local morning shows already in it IS, A rWAU A A WHAT: "Down WHERE: Restaurant Row 9 Theatres; opens today at Keolu Center Cinemas, Nanakull Theatres, Waikiki Theatres, Pearlridge 4-Plex, Kapoiei 16-Plex, Mililanl 5-Plex, Front Street Theatres (Maul), Hu-alalai 3-Plex (Big Island) and Kukui Mall 4-Plex (Maui). MPAA RATING: PG-13 for some crude language.

STAR RATING: do, but is a common practice on radio." Groves will be assisted by Angela Keen on news and John Parisi on weather. KGMB General Manager Dick Grimm said the "A.M. Hawaii" format will include regular newscasts and will allow the news department to move in if there's a breaking story. Also starting Monday: Russ Francis, the former NFL football star, as KGMB's sports anchor. He will appear on the 5, 6 and 10 p.m.

newscasts, said Grimm. The venture's competitors include: KHON-Channel 2 (Fox) has the veteran wake-up program, "Morning News Show," anchored by Leslie Wilcox; a.m. weekdays. KITV-Channel 4 (ABC) launched "Good Morning Hawaii" Jan. 2, with Kathy Mu-neno, Paul Udell and Tiny Tadani; 5-7 a.m.

weekdays. KHNL-Channel 13 (NBC) kicked off "Hawaii News8 Today" Jan. 2, a day after it switched affiliations with Channel 2, with Lee Catalu-na and Guy Hagi co-anchoring; 5-7 a.m. Groves Catch of the place. "But it will be looser than the other morning shows," said Groves, who plans to use his nickname on the air.

'Get up with Granny' is what I'm thinking," he said. "Ours will present the news, but focus on some fun things, including entertainment," said Groves, a radio veteran here and on the Big Island. "It will be a TV show suitable for radio we'll make live calls and try to talk to people live, something TV news shows don't SAFEWAf FRESH ISLAND on. Ahi Fillet. SMOKED SLICED TAK0 $82S "I've never lost a war game!" and does all he can to humiliate Dodge.

The Navy usually goes by the book, and so does this movie. But it works anyway, and generates a certain charm by not trying too hard, and depending on the actors to sell their characters. Grammer is laid-back and likable. Rob Schneider is perhaps a little over the top as the mutinous mad-dog first officer. "Down Periscope" plays so much like a sitcom it may even inspire one, especially since it has two of the key requirements: an easygoing father figure, and action largely confined to one set.

It's about a troublesome Navy officer (Kelsey Grammer) who is finally given command of his own submarine, an ancient 1958 diesel model he refers to as "the USS Rusto-leum." His task: Engage in a war game to see if one of these old boats could penetrate the modern nuclear Navy and attack an American harbor. As plots go, this one is perhaps a harbinger of things to come. Now that the evil empire has collapsed, there's a shortage of enemies in Hollywood; the list is basically down to fanatic terrorists and neo-Nazis. So why not copy Pogo and declare that we have met the enemy, and the enemy is us? Grammer plays Tom Dodge, a gifted but problematic officer who is known throughout the Navy for two feats: brushing against a Soviet submarine in a near-collision, and getting drunk afterward and having the words "Welcome aboard" tattooed on precisely that place we must not mention in a family newspaper. Now Admiral Winslow (Rip Torn) promotes him to sub commander, growling, "I want a pirate, damnit! One with a tattoo on his bleep!" Winslow complains that the Russkies are selling their old subs to places like Iraq and Lybia, and he's afraid a renegade commander could launch a suicide mission against a U.S.

port. To test his theory, he wants Tom Dodge to take an old Stingray out of mothballs and try it himself. That's the premise. Next comes the Introduction Scene, obligatory in this genre, in which we meet the key supporting players, such as the manic first officer, the goofy radar man, the slovenly cook and the goofball. The heavy is another admiral, played by the dependable Bruce Dern, as a foaming-at-the-mouth egoist who screams, weather Permitting Oahu Stores Only hSSi'SSSS" Reichel to lead 'Kukahi '96' BORDERS-WAIKELE CENTER Presents March 3 ha Kaua'ula.

Tickets: $22, $20 and $17.50, on sale at The Connection outlets, including Jelly's Comics and Books stores, UH Campus Center, Tempo's Music, House of Music and the MTI Desk at the Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel. Charge by phone: The Connection at 545-4000 or Keali'i Reichel, Na Hoku Ha-nohano Award-winning singer-composer-chanter, will headline "Kukahi '96," an evening of Hawaiiana, at 6 p.m. March 16 at the Waikiki Shell. The concert also will feature two other Neighbor Island acts, Uluwehi Guerrero and the Lim Family, with guest appearances by Robi Kahakalau, Ho'okena, Damon Williams and Halau Hula Ka Makani Wili Maka- 2 P.M.-RIchard Marcinko signing his latest book Rogue Warrior: Task Force Blue sub hides between the screws of a super tanker going into harbor, isn't that risky? What if the tanker is damaged and floods the East Coast with oil? And when our guys fire those two torpedoes at the target ship what if they miss and blow up a dockside chowder house? These questions are best suppressed for the full enjoyment of the film. Another disappointment: Early in "Down Periscope," Dodge takes the sub down to 500 feet, which is below its depth limit, to "test" it.

Gaskets blow and the hull creaks alarmingly. As far as I'm concerned, this setup creates a moral obligation on the part of the filmmakers to take the sub down to at least 600 feet later in the film. No luck. But I liked the movie anyway. jm 4 i- i i 7 P.M.-Free Workshop How to Break into Hollywood as a Writer with me author of "The Screenwriter's Bible" David Trottler "A l--v AG 1 i Reverse the Aging Process Earn i Call 676-6699 for details I NOMINAL ENTRY COST 1 1419 Kalakaua Ave.j round from Walkete Center Ward Centre Uhue.

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