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The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 74

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form. But a3 long as you have that light burning in your eye, with distractions In a room, you just don't have the satiation for sta art form." 15 Pert V-WSD, FEB. tat gltgtlt Zi Kt HOLY 1IUSTACHE i Problem and cigars and provide a little light entertainment as a hook to bring viewers to thi set I see nothing wrong with it, as such. And I'm not sure TV is capable of much more than this as a medium. But I know it's not what I want to spend the rest of my life doing.

"A lot of men in TV are trying to make it an art ihow creators have taken the next step. Tou know," let's give 'era something a little wilder. "Where do we go from here? I don't know. I think -reached -the this year. It's been a very bland season all the way." -Rationalizing the situation, Astin concludes: "After all, these people are simply trying to sell soap John Astin Solves Riddler rT we sell-.

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648-471 'ft i 5 hi3 own of a tragic comedy, I Instead of feeling surfeited from all the TV comedy he's been inAsthv seems content to roll with the tide. Regarding the spoof trend, he says, "It's a consequence of the continuing effort to grab the audience. Having become satiated with one thing. vl 4 .5. ''-'-I 1 I S.

i BY PAUL HENNIGER TtaiM Staff Wrtttr There's no difficulty understanding the new Riddler on ABC'3 Batman. John Astin, "who takes over the role for tonight and Thursday episodes, is one who propounds clear thoughts about many things, including himself and television. It will come as a shock to the small fry when they see their jolly green Riddler hero wearing a mu Btache. But just explain to them that the moustache comes with Astin, and that he's replaced Frank Gorshin. Gorshin, who played the Riddler from the moved on to greener pastures, that the moustache comes with Astin, and that he's replaced Frank Gorshin.

Gorshin, who played the Riddler from the start, has moved on to greener pastures. Good as Another Actually, I price has escalated with his popularity to the point where producer William Dozier, can't, afford him anymore. However, on the assumption that one giggling Riddler is as good (or should that be as bad?) as another Riddler, Dozier secured the services of an unemployed ghoulish character named Gomez Ad-dams. "It's just a guest shot as far as I'm concerned," says Astin, who formerly played the Charles Ad-dams weirdo in The Ad-dams Family which ABC dropped after the '65-'66 season. "You know, people forget that I've done Shaw, Shakespeare and Eugene O'Neill This is what I've been reveling in since the Addams series went off.

After doing 'Oliver' and Rattle of a Simple Man1 1 was asked by writer friends why not do some TV guestings. I've since done six covering a wide range of roles." seven is the Riddler. When Astin got the script he said the part appealed to him because he thought it might be interesting to try to provide reasons for a nut going around in green underwear. Call Astin a method comedian. "I had very little knowledge of how Gorshin played the role," he con-, essed, adding that he perhaps should have consulted with his three young sons first.

"I figure the guy's got to be in love with himself a narcissist. 1 play him this way. You know, striding around. Striking a few muscle poses. It was fun." Another Series Astin's four appearances thus far with Phyllis Diller is the closest he's come to being in another series.

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