The Dispatch from Moline, Illinois • 91

'Jeopardy' show termed disgrace "Jeopardy" format. But the three bland ciphers who competed for money and prizes on-the premiere sure didn't sparkle with anything resembling quality gray matter. Then again, the questions and answers were almost exclusively simple and simple-minded. And that is the most annoying aspect of the new "Jeopardy." THERE'S NOTHING special about the knowledge required. There's no challenge.

Science, literature, philosophy? Who needs 'em? If you watch a lot of TV and read People magazine, you're set. What a bore. In fact, "Jeopardy" resembles a remedial version of Trivial Pursuit. If you were at all familiar with Plymouth Rock, Mr. Wizard, "The Twilight Zone" or Van Halen, you might have won some bucks.

This is during Double Jeopardy, mind you. A category called Four Letter Words included such toughies as: Little girls do it with a rope. Van Halen does it with a song (Jump), and Serling's Twilight and a basketball defense (zone). Aaaaargh. The show is a pitiful echo of its former self.

Whereas the old "Jeopardy" rewarded Intelligence, the new "Jeopardy" merely Insults it. Heavyweight cast By MIKE DUFFY KMaMNmWirt The new "Jeopardy" is a disgrace. It may-get ratings, but it deserves no respect The slicked-up new version of one of television's few intelligent game shows is aimed straight at a pinhead pop culture mentality. With the new "Jeopardy," a knowledge of Michael Jackson is a lot more important than a knowledge of Shakespeare. Anyone with fond memories of the original "Jeopardy" may well be appalled.

The no-nonsense original was straightforward, cerebral and challenging. Host Art Fleming was refreshingly unslick. And the contestants were actually intelligent human beings. BEST OF ALL, viewers who played along at home could feel pretty good about their own brain power if they answered even a fair percentage of the questions. You had to be sharp to win on the original "Jeopardy." On the new "Jeopardy," you merely have to possess a quick finger on the buzzer.

The host is Alex Trebek, one of the generation of game-show host clones who popped into view during the 1970s. He used to host "High Rollers," which should have been a tip-off that the new "Jeopardy" would be a Joke. Even legendary announcer Don Pardo is missing. Of course, they couldn't totally demolish "Jeopardy." The brainless, shrieking Bozos who usually serve as contestants on many game shows just don't fit the HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Joanne Woodward, Richard Crenna and Lindsay Wagner comprise the heavyweight cast in "Passions," the story of a love triangle involving a man, his wife and his mistress. Crenna plays a wealthy businessman torn between his love for his wife (Woodward) and his mistress (Wagner) and chooses to split his time between two households with disctinctly opposite lifestyles.

When he dies of a stroke, his wife discovers his double life and vows to make the mistress pay for his infidelity. The mistress is Just as determined to fight for her own rights in this provocative CBS-TV drama screening Oct. 1. Travanti award tne ItNM TV movie tucuu," nmcll dealt with the disappearance of a young boy who was abducted and killed. Since then Travanti has appeared on talk shows and given interviews discussing the efforts of individuals and organizations such as Child Find to change legislation and spark interest in the problem of missing children.

HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Daniel J. Travanti, who plays Capt. Frank Furillo in the "Hill Street Blues" series, will receive the Bella Rackhoff Humanitarian Award at the Women In Show Business benefit ball Nov. 4. Travanti is being honored for his contributions to the movement to find missing children.

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