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The Poeono Retord, The Stroudsburgs, Pa. Sept, 20, 1968 Rickles remarks rib audience NEW YORK, N.Y. In the fanciful kingdom of comedy, i is a considered a rara avis--a brash and tart-tongued wag humor is wholly spontaneous and who is beholden to no battery of gag writers for his a i a A i trademark is the abrasive comment, the acidulous ad lib, the barbed Rickles maintains that he really doesn't insult his audience "I put people on, rib them as you'd rib a friend at a parly," lie explains. His savvy spontaneity also extends to his nightclub act. "I've never written a line for a club date and no one has ever written for me." His bruising ad libs are never written 'in anger, although he feigns that emotion occasionally for added audience stimulation.

i i a i a i i 1957--after several years of playing small clubs around the country--during an engagement at the Slate Brothers club in Los Angeles. Spotting Frank Sinatra in the audience opening i i called "Remember the good old days, Frank, when you had a voice?" i a i a a immediately became a Rickles a a Hollywood stars followed his lead after being skewered by a Rickles barb. He was born in New York City and brought up in Jackson i Long I a He attended Newton High School in nearby Elmhurst, Hickles 1 father was in HID clothing a'nd insurance business. His mother was 11 housewife. As a boy i was extremely shy.

To overcome his diffidence, he sought recognition by trying to amuse people, initially as a performer in high 1 a a a neighborhood dances. After he a a a from i school, he joined the U.S. Navy. Following his discharge in 1946, he worked at various jobs by day while attempting lo achieve recognition as a performer at night. Rickles, who possesses an amazing memory, isn't as shy today as he was as a boy, but admits that underneath all his "tumulling and roaring" there's si ill a lol of mouse.

In 1965 Rickles married the former Barbara Sklar. Their daughter, Mindy Belli, was born 3, 19G6. Rickles is a devotee of all spectator sports and is an active golfer, His other avocations are movies and television. The O-E Girls, Marina Ghane, Eileen O'Neill, top, Shawn Robinson and Sivi Aberg, bottom, are four long-stemmed beauties in the tradition of Billy Rose, who travel the road with ABC-TV's variety 'show for the "Operation: Entertainment." The show telecasts in color on Fridays at 7:30 p.m. Caustic comic The caustic and aggressive humor of Don Rickles is showcased in ABC-TV's "The Don Rickles Show," making its debut this fall in color on Fridays at 9 p.m.

Tuning tips for color TV NEW YORK, N.Y. Tuning color TV is as simple as one- two-three and allows each viewer to select a picture according to his or her personal preference. Here are the easy steps for tuning eilher UHF or "VHF: 1. Start wilh the "fine-tuning" dial. Turn it in Hie direction that initially gives a distorted look; play with this setting until the picture becomes sharp.

(You can recognize the wrong turning direction if the picture loses detail.) On some sets, the fine-tuning is aulomalic after you've set it the first time, eliminating the need to tune the set for each viewing. 2. Adjust the "hue" control, using flesh tones as your guide. When these tones are natural, the other surrounding colors will be right, too. 3.

Adjust the "color level control" also called the "color amplitude control" -until human flesh tones appear most natural. i a a adjustments are exactly the same as those you're used to with black and white. Adam-12 new police TV series UNIVERSAL CITY, Calii. "Martin Milner is the best driver I've ever known," said Kent McCord, who stars with Milner in Universal Television's new half-hour police action series, "Adam-12." Having been born in the motor city of Detroit, in addition to his four years of experience as the "wheel-man" on "'Route Milner has probably spent more time steering an automobile on the screen than any other actor. In "Route Milner served as a sports' car chauffeur because the script described him as the owner.

Back behind the wheel of L.A.P.D. squad car "Adam-12," Milner drives because he is the senior officer on duty. The "Log-131" episode of "Adam-12" requires Milner to navigate his patrol car through and harrow alley at 40 miles per hour in pursuit of a burglary suspect. Before the a i crook is cornered Milner must back the car up the entire alley at 30 miles an hour. A peerless virtuoso driver off camera, Milner has never received as much as a parking violation in almost 20 years of driving.

"Adam-12" is produced by i a i i i association i Mark Vll Productions. "Log-131" Saturday, October 5, on NBC Television Network. 'Outsider 1 uses new approach UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -When Universal Television's new private investigator series, "The Ousider," began filming for its debut this fall; it marked a return to the "ordinary guy" hero exemplified by Humphrey Bogart. It also marked a return to the type of role that made Darren McGavin a household word for television viewers when he portrayed Mickey Spillane's rough, blood-and-guts hero, Mike Hammer.

"But 'The Outsider' has little i i i Hammer," says series star MeGavin. "In the first place, the character I play, David Ross, is not basically a violent man. He uses force as a last resort--for self preservation. He's just an ordinary guy trying to eke out a living at the one profession he knows best." All-channel reception All color television sets now being manufactured receive channels 2 through 83, which include both UHF (ultra high frequency) and VHP (very high frequency) programming. The choice is yours Color television sets are now available in as many varieties as black-and-white 'receivers.

There are portables, table models, and consoles, as well as console combinations, the space-saving all-in-one type of units that also include stereo and radio in the same cabinet. More color TV programs Have you noticed that many- television guides no longer denote color telecasts? That's because the greater portion of a i i programming is in "natural color. Television Notes Kyle Rote, former pro football star who is now a sportscasler for NBC, will appear in such a role as an actor for the forthcoming "Hall of Fame" drama special, "A Punt, A Pass and A Prayer," which just a to be a pro football. Rote also will serve as technical a to director Ralph Nelson. Oct.

23 is the date when ABC will telecast "Sophia," a one hour special in which film star Sophia Loren will serve as narrator for her life story. The Cowsills, singing family already well known to video i a a a a i programs, will have a half-hour special of their own on NBC Nov. 23. Eud Cowsill's wife and six of their seven children make up the singing group. Dorothy Provine will be seen as a guest star in a segment of the Fall's "The FBI" series.

Perry Como's only video' special during the new season will be aired on NBC at 10 p.m. Dec. 1. It will mark the 21st year that the singer has starred on the tube. 7 5 0 5 2 Prudential i i is the tallest structure in Boston.

North Carolina is the i largest hardwood producing state in the United States. 'Operation Entertainment 1 returns from short vacation "Operation: Enlertainment" went on the road Ihis summer with a line-up of stars for ABC- TV's 1968-69 a Tim Conway and Jimmy Dean are set to hosl-emcce four shows each. Ed Ames will hosl two, and Dob Crane, Flip Wilson and Dale Robertson are scheduled to do one each. Eight military bases in the southeastern part of the country will be origination points for the first 16 shows. Among them a a a a a A i Station, Parris Island Marine Basic Training Station, Parris Island, S.C.; Sheppard Air Force Base, Tex.

and Fort Leonard wood, Mo. "Operation: Entertainment" is comprised of lop variety acls wilh an emphasis on girls and is taped before an audience of servicemen. Nancy Ames, Lainie Kazan, iJane Morgan, Abby Lane, Dusty Springfield, i Henderson, the Lennon Sisters and the Kim sisters are some of the singers scheduled to appear during 196B-6D, and Pat Paitlsen, Joan Rivers, Richard Pryor, Myron Cohen, Martha Raye and Allen and Rossi are among the comics sel to guesl. The regulars on Ihe show are Terry Gibbs and his band and the O-E Girls Sivi Abcrg, Eileen O'Neill. Shawn Robinson and Marina Giiane.

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