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Hoe AtiflcUg CUnee Tuesday. Februa ry 2 1 1 984 Part VI 9 VIDEO FILE ON THE RADIO Continued from Page I Many of the pair's routines over the years were created for them by a Southern Californian: Tom Koch, a writer for Mad magazine who "lives somewhere north of Santa Monica," Elliott said. But even with a California producer and writer, their impact here has been minimal. "I don't know why that is," Elliott said. "In the past, we've always been strong on the East Coast and the West Coast and medium strong in between." The 30-minute program roughly follows a pseudo talk -show format, with a radio psychologist who regularly provokes emotional outbursts from the crazies who call in to seek his advice; the hard-luck story competition, with charlatans posing as down-and-out -ers telling their tough -luck tales; and Mr.

"I-Know -Where-They-Are" who can deliver the present whereabouts of the most obscure "public" figure: Bob: Wainbridge Van Cortlant. His grandfather made millions selling defective railroad ties back in the 19th Century when the Iron Horse was first spanning the country. But where is he now? Bob: Well, Wainbridge lost everything during the war, Ray. He'd invested the family fortune in buying a (Most video-game makers make their money by selling machines to arcade owners and other retailers, not from the collection of quarters. Machines sell from about $2,000 for traditional video games to more than $4,000 for the laserdisc games.

A new trend in the business is to build machines that can be reprogrammcd to accept different games and discs. To date, Bluth said, "Dragon's Lair" has grossed more than $32 million. Game giant Coleco has plans for a home version of "Dragon's Lair," Bluth is preparing a feature film based on the exploits of Dirk and his girlfriend Daphne, and ABC may introduce a weekly series based on them. CBS has expressed an interest in a series based on "Space Ace," which sold 1,500 machines in its first week on the market. FOR ADULTS, TOO: If adolescent macho fantasies are-not quite your cup of video tea, you might be yintereked in a new firm trying to broaden the video entertainment field.

New York-based Video Arts International has introduced six new fine-arts cassettes into a market that until now has been dominated by feature films and exercise tapes. The company's first list features performances by the Bolshoi and Kirov ballet companies, and several of the tapes include rare footage of ballerina Maya Plisctskaya. She is featured in "Plisetskaya Dances," a black-and-white documentary featuring scenes from "The Dying Swan" and "Romeo and Juliet" and in a full-length "Carmen" and "The Little Humpbacked Hor ae." Other tapes in the Video Arts catalogue include "Stars of the Russian Ballet," "Swan Lake" and Vladimir Vasiliev in "Spartacus." Prices range from $59.95 to $64.95. If your local video store doesn't carry the Video Arts line of tapes, you may order them by writing Box 153, Ansonia Station, New York 10023. South Pacific Island.

But the Japanese managed to sink it some way. I think they just let the air out underneath it and it fell. Anyway, Wainbridge now lives in a small furnished room across the street from the bus station in St. Louis. He supports himself by raising goldfish and selling them to neighbors.

Mr. I-Know-Where-They-Are can also tell listeners what became of Tumbleweed Gargon, the famous rodeo rider and child movie star Fat Baby Moxford. Their dining-out segment takes fans to "A Little Bit of Honduras," a restaurant that serves only bananas. And there is "Garish Summit" a parody of "Dynasty," "Dallas" and all the other power-and-money TV soap operas. It is, as Elliott describes it in each segment's opening, the endless story of intrigue among the socially prominent.

There in stately splendor far removed from the squalid village below the beautiful people fight their petty battles over power and money." Bob Ray have a segment in a music-variety television pilot that ex-Monkee Mike Nesmith is currently trying to sell to NBC, Elliott said. It could once more put them before a broad national audience. But, for the moment, they are satisfied with the NPR audience. They may seem out of step with the times, what with their lighthearted satire and good-humored characterizations, but there is something comforting in their traditional sign-off that fits the American character in all times, whether Truman or Reagan is at the helm: Ray: And now this is Ray Goulding, saying write if you get work. Bob: And Bob Elliott, reminding you to hang by your thumbs.

The Bob Ray Show, "Approximately Coast-to-Coast," will also air over KPCC-FM (89.3) in Pasadena beginning April 2 at 7:30 p.m. The next installment in KCRW's "Running for President" series, combining a weekly address from President Reagan followed by rebuttal from one of the eight candidates for the Democratic nomination, will feature Sen. Ernest Hollings (S.C.) Saturday. The 14-minute program, airing Saturdays at 6 p.m. until the summer Democratic National Convention, will have Sen.

John Glenn (Ohio) as the Democratic respondent March 17. Continued from Page 1 the first, tentative steps toward a personal theatrical experience. For Bluth, it is not inconceivable that the technology of his games may someday evolve into elaborate viewer-operated feature films, providing each member of an audience a unique version of a story. Imagine that, never again will film critics be able to1 complain because they don't like the ending of a movie. For Bluth, the developing relationship between movies and video games is a natural extension of both media.

Major movies and games have essentially the same audience, teen-agers and young adults, and successful laser games must contain the basic theatrical elements of characters, plot and action. "Most people love to hear a story," Bluth said. "They want to be entertained." And an essential part of the arcade experience, Bluth noted, is the competition among young males. "Space Ace" appeals to the macho in those teen-agers in the arcade," he said. Bluth, who left the Disney organization in a much-publicized 1979 dispute over creative quality in the animation department, has attempted to infuse his games with rich, classical animation style.

There's little of the static, uninspired Saturday-morning brand of cartoons in the games. Indeed, Bluth said, the cost of animating "Space Ace" was as high as animating a feature. The new game has about 14 minutes of animated scenes that have been doubled to produce almost 28 minutes of action. Just the animation for the game cost $1.8 million, Bluth said. In contrast, an average TV cartoon runs about $125,000 for a half-hour.

The budget for "Space Ace" is up from the $1.3 million it cost to make the 12 minutes of "Dragon's Lair" but well below the $2.3 million Bluth plans to spend making "Dragon's Lair II," which will feature elaborate musical numbers and different plots. 'Dragon's Lair' was a real roll of the dice," Bluth said, "and it might have been a fluke. We have a lot riding on 'Space The success of "Dragon's Lair" surpassed the expectations of virtually the entire game and entertainment industries. It sold more than 8,000 arcade machines. RAtllO FM HIGHLIGHTS AM (9) 90 7 106 7 101 1 90 1 9(9 99 7 103 1 999 91 9 101 9 99 7 107 9 9(9 109) 939 103 9 KXH 104 JCH 99 KKQO (0 1 KKH 91 1 XLON (9 9 KLOS 99 9 XI.

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