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se as sig us as se ss so en ss lige als se COUPON- 1111 IS OS NM SO 1111111 NS 11111 ell 1111 11111 Erma Bonzbeck's a Laugh in The Miami News N. I 'A ,4 t. 4, i 4 '1, (, 0, "N' it 1 1 I .41 I t' riT- 1 Jr .4. .4.. 4 .4 products being advertised may be harmful, lie finally responded ever that the program practices de.

partment does its best to see that commercial claims are truthful. As for cereal commercials specif. Ically, he said that that network de. partment had apparently deter. mined that sugar-coated products, if eaten properly by the bowl full, not the box full are no more harmful that an apple, If parents in.

sist on proper dental hygiene. Saying that as a parent (and, no doubt, as a network officer whose company stands to lose alot by the banning of commercials in chil. dren's shows) he doesn't want any. body restricting him or his kids. Golod added that the only way to stop the pleas of children for prod.

ucts seen on the air "is for the par. ent to say no." CBS corporate boss Jankowski added later In the day that their needs to be more emphasis on improving the overall child-parent re. lationship. Fie pointed to Project Parenting at the CBS Chicago station WBBM as an example of that kind of network-community in. volvement.

Jankowski also said critics of children's television in general need to take a new look at what's on the air. "One of our problems has been that we have been doing things of substance in this area, but we have not been telling people about them." Once alerted to what is on the air in 1978, viewers then need to make wiser decisions about what they watch, in the children's show area and in prime-time. "We just don't do enough to teach people how to watch television and be critical of it. Any steps in that direction would do a lot toward improving the quality of vision." LOS AN. CUES It Is up to parents a not the networks l'fr to determine 1 fr.

4i whether their 1 I 7 children will get 1 the sugar-coated zi ,.40 cereals or toys they see in teleWoods vision commer- dais, according to CBS spokesmen ranging from corporate broadcast group President Gene Jankowski to Captain Kangaroo. The opinions, expressed during a day-long session devoted primarily to the network's daytime and children's programming, summed up a company belief that government should not intervene in parental responsibility by banning commerdais during children's shows. Bob Keeshan, who has been the network's Captain Kangaroo since 1955, suggests that rather than eliminating ads, the idea currently being espoused by Action for Children's Television and other groups, the networks should "address ourselves to the problem with a surgeon's scalpel rather than a woods. man's hatchet. Repeating a refrain often spoken since the Federal Trade Commission announced its intention to study the commercial problem, Keeshan suggested that, if products are in fact bad for children, then they should be banned from supermarket shelves not just from television commercial time.

"I guess 1 just have enough faith in the American parent to believe he can act responsibly. 1 do not. think it is the province of government to be a surrogate parent," the children's show host said. He chastised parents for their failure to spend enough time wih Jankowski' their children, saying he'd even rather they do that then let them watch "Captain Kangaroo." Calling the amount of time children are allowed to watch TV "a national disgrace," he said it has been his experience that the most often spoken words in the home are not "I love you," but rather, "I'm busy. Go watch television." Jerry Golod, the CBS vice president for children's programming, echoed Keeshan's remarks about the ultimate responsibility of parents.

"Our responsibility has to end at some point and the parents' pick up," he said. On several occasions he skirted the issue of network responsibility to at least inform parents that the 'Roots II' town will grow and change as sequel progresses JERRY BUCK Associated Press I ings and even inside. Because the town will age and change with each generation, the series is being filmed in sequence. The town will be central to the first three two-hour episodes, then secondary as Haley's family branches out from Henning. Later scenes will take place in Chicago, New York.

Alabama and France, where Haley's father fought in World War We walked down the street, past the edge of town to the Henning Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. There, actors Georg Stanford Brown and Lynn Moody. the only characters continued from the first "Roots." are filming a scene. They play Haley's great-grandparents. "The church was the first building In Henning," says Margulies.

"It was built with loving care by Alex's great-grandfather and it still exists in Henning Like the original, it was built of scrap lumber and the inside is dappled by sunlight filtering through the shingle roof. Margulies says when Haley visited the set he pointed out the pew where be used to sit with his boyhood buddy, George Sims. "If the theme of the first series was the struggle for freedom, the theme for this is the struggle for equality. Unfortunately, it's a struggle that's not yet over." Margulies says it's possible the second series could run more than 12 hours. The later episodes are still being written.

"We don't know how much time it will take to tell Alek's story. His life is divided into two portions, before "Roots" and the part that begins with his search for his ancestry." "It is Important to remember that this is a middle-class black family," Margulies says. "The stories we've seen of blacks in the past have been about the ghetto blacks or the farmer blacks. "In television terms, Simon Haley's desire to be a college professor is as big a grabber as a car chase. Our problem is to present that in terms that will be as riveting.

We have the same problem with Alex. How do you dramatize the life of a writer? "I think a lot of people have made errors because they have either assumed that we were telling the story of blacks in America or a history of the Southeast United States and a history of racial incidents. That's false. All we're trying to do is tell of one black family, and most important from the point of view of blacks." 1 LOS ANGELES Walk down the village street and It's easy to believe it's 1882 in Henning, Tenn. There's the livery stable, and the grain store where the town's white men gathered around the bootleg bar in the back to gossip and drink.

There's the simple, unpainted house where Alex Haley's great-grandfather, Tom Harvey, lived from the end of the Civil War until his death. Across the street, under construction, Is his grand-. father's house. It was on this porch that Haley first heard of Kunta Kinte and Kamby Bo longo and set out on a search that turned into "Roots," that remarkable genealogical detective story of a black American family. The 12-hour film version on ABC In January 1977 broke all television viewing records.

The street is hot and dusty. The village is alive with the smells of horse flesh, hay, grain and leather. Old wagons driven by teamsters creak through town. A wood-burning locomotive rests under a grove of oak trees. The $1 million set, built on Disney Studio's Golden Oak Ranch in Placenta Canyon northeast of Los Angeles for "Roots: The Next is one of the most remarkable ever for a film project.

As much as Haley's ancestors and the townfolk of Henning, the set will be a living character in the new 12-hour series for ABC. Until filming is finished in November, the town will change and grow and adapt to the modern world as it ages from 1882 to today. "One primary reason we selected this site was the oak trees. Tennessee is very green," says Stan Margulies, the producer for Wolper Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

"This is one of the rare spots in Southern California where you don't see cactus and eucalyptus trees." Margulies led a tour of the town with art director Bob McKichan, who designed the set. As he points out the buildings, Margulies says, "We couldn't find any actual photographs or drawings of Henning from the period. It was built entirely of wood and was burned four times. But from studying other towns of the period and from Alex's voluminous notes, I think we have what is a fair copy." It is not just a street of false facades; every building has depth, so it is possible to film all around the build 1 1 11 A i 111STALL (04 1 -I 111111 '0, 4 ----s- 4, '11T 1 7 2 1 1 z. 7 z- 41 GENERAL s.

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experience" Miami, Florida 33157 7290 S.W. 42 Tarr. Phone: 232-1414 264-6444 HEAT PUMPS I TV Key Mailbag Look for Steve Martin's film debut a7. loved the song in "Getting Married." Was it recorded by an artist on a popular record? G.E., Knoxville, Tenn. 1 a high school guidance counselor.

Mrs. R.G. San Antonio, Tex. There is little chance of bringing back a series that has been canceled. The best thing to do is remember how good "James at 16" was.

However, a letter to NBC would be appropriate in any case. Is "The Waltons" based on the life of the writer Earl Hamner? West Palm Beach, Fla. So far, no announcement has been made of any record of the "Getting Married" song. But, if there is a popular response, chances are the tune will be recorded. In the TV movie, it was sung by Fabian remember him? Steve Martin what's he up to at the moment? Trumbull, Conn.

A. Steve Martin is currently on the concert trail. The next big area which Steve intends to invade with his wild brand of lunatic humor is the movies. Look for an announcement soon regarding his starring movie debut. A Pito Earl Hamner leaned heavily on his own family for the characters in "The Waltons," but the incidents aren't necessarily true.

Do TV stars ever answer their fan mail? I am one of those people who send letters to all my favorites and I have yet to receive a response of any kind. Mrs. Toledo, Ohio. Many TV stars do answer their mail, but some other top stars can't begin to answer their fan mail; they would have time to do nothing else. a Can fans of "James at 16" get the network to bring the series back next season? This is the best show I have ever seen about kids in their teens and I'm Radio Highlights tor of "Parents" magazine in discussion of child development.

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Dr. Margaret Wade on blood volunteerism; Paula Hawkins, candidate for Lt. Governor. 10 a.m. (WNWS 790) Mickie Dahne.

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Shirley Aron, ex-director of Switchboard of Miami in discussion of suicide prevention. Mid. (WIOD 610) Larry King. Bill Dwyer, spokesman of tobacco Institute. 6 a.m.

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