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Live! B2 THE SCRANTON TIMES THE TRIBUNE SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2003 QVC: Tours available at TV shopping giant RENAISSANCE: Take a trip to the 16th century FROM 81 long since been retired. (QVC also had a mascot dog named Murphy, whose popularity peaked in the 90s.) Here, you can also view the first-ever QVC broadcast, which aired Nov. 24, 1986, at 7:30 p.m.. Its sort of a glimpse into the early days of cable television. Next, the tour moves through the hall of celebrities who have appeared on the network to hawk their latest product.

Glossys of Joan Rivers, Cal Rip-kin Lionel Richie and dozens of others line the walls. QVC Publicity Coordinator Abby Shaefer said celebrity viewing often lures many of the employees from their offices to get a quick peek at their favorite star up close. When the big names show up, youll see a lot of us make our way down to the studio, said Shaefer. Shaefer said a recent visit by a certain mohawked, gold-chain wearing ex-A Team member caused quite a stir. Everyone in the company wanted to meet Mr.

she said. Patty LaBelle was also a big one. After a stroll down celebrity lane, the host leads the group to FROM B1 QVC jewelry store and gift shop. Let the shopping begin. But first, since you made it here, lets check out the actual tour.

The first stop is a QVC museum of sorts, a carpeted showroom where youll learn that QVC stands for Quality Value Convenience (actually, most QVC devotees probably already knew that), that the first product QVC ever sold was an AMFM shower radio, and that its first mascot was Q-Bird, a cross between Fruit Loops Toucan Sam and Tweety Bird who has KID'Z ClosetoflFTS W25 Off AUUADYKDUOD SFfiNQ i SUmtK dOTMNO Mil MMOMNOKI MMVINO DAILY LAYAWAYS WILCOMI mmm4mU4OS Cik SnH-N. fe MbolH mi Balances TTie Scale. What Mother Nature has so cruelly taken away, MoreHair gloriously adds back. It's hair addition and it's something you should know about. Acrobats Ilka this ona ara among tha variety of entertainers who recreate medieval amusements at renaissance fairs around the country.

If you New York Renaissance Faire WHEN: Saturdays and Sundays Aug. 2, through Sept. 14, and Labor Day Monday, Sept. 1, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

WHERE: 600 Route 17A, Sterling Forest, Tuxedo, N.Y. (Its in the heart of the Hudson Valley, 35 miles northwest of New York City, 1 1 miles south of the Woodbury Commons Premium Outlets.) DETAILS: Admission is $1 8 for adults, $8 for children (ages 5-1 2). For more information call (845)-351-5174 or visit www.renfair.com. DIRECTIONS: Follow Interstate 84 East into New York to Exit 124 (Go-shenFlorida). Follow Route 17A EastSouth towards Florida; continue on 1 7A through Florida, Warwick and Greenwood Lake into Sterling Forest; the New York Renaissance Faire is on the right side as you enter Sterling Forest.

the meat of the tour, the chance to see a real, live QVC program. Depending on what time the tour is taking place, visitors may get to view an on-air program through a large picture window, or from a 50-foot observation platform above the studio area. Visitors love to go out on the observation deck and view a live broadcast. Thats definitely the thing that excites people the most, said tour guide Donna Zarmanian, of Delaware County. People love to see the hosts.

Sometimes, the hosts will acknowledge the tour. If they have time, some even come out and greet people. Zarmanian said the most common question she receives from tour attendees is Where do the celebrities stay when they are in town? The answer? I dont know, said Zarmanian. Along the tour, visitors also get a chance to view short films on how the network chooses its products, how products are tested and delivered and other aspects of the inner workings of QVC. Finally, visitors are delivered back into the shopping area, ready to vi6w just a modest sampling of the thousands of products QVC offers.

But if the gift shopjewelry isnt enough, your tour guide will be glad to give you directions to the nearest QVC outlet location, a mere two miles away in Fraser. Here youll get a chance to purchase products that have been returned to the network. At a reduced price, of course. If youre looking for a more interactive visit to your favorite shopping network, visit qvc.com to reserve tickets (for free) for one of the channels many live-studio-audience shows. WALL lflflfJTEEH MECIfANDISE Arriving Daily KATHY KAREN rmiimiys shoppe OPnnkfTPumm) Ue Be CCwed lltmdm, Juki 3 lot Oat I Hm Ceramic Tile fit Vinyl floors Values to (la Stock Only) MBBPmr Expensive.

Come See. Pennsylvania Renaissance Fair WHEN: Saturdays and Sundays, Aug. 16 through Oct. 26, and Labor Day Monday, Sept. 1, 9:30 a.m.

to 6:30 p.m.. WHERE: The Mount Hope Estate and Winery in Manheim (15 miles north of Lancaster) DETAILS: Admission is $21 .95 for adults, $8.95 for children (ages 5 -11). For more information call (71 7)-665-7021 ext. 231 or visit www.pare-naissancefaire.com. DIRECTIONS: Interstate 81 South to Exit 30 (Route 72 South), approximately 1 8 miles to Faire on left at traffic signal (a quarter mile south of Pennsylvania Turnpike Exit 266, formerly Exit 20).

One of the perennial favorites of the New York fair is the Mud Show, featuring improvisational humor and audience participation. And yes, there is jumping aroynd in the mud, Mr. Gargiulo said; Other highlights include a living chess game involving a battle between the Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hoods men, and a birds of prey show, where you can see falcons soar over the helen schwartz gifts We Only Look Come Browse. 300 Spruce Street, Downtown Scranton 342-8241 1-800-637-8495 Open Mon Tues Fn. 10-530, Thurs.

Sat 10-5 Free Parking PENNSYLVANIA Set on 35 acres on the grounds of the Mount Hope Estate and Winery, thp Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire is a replica of a 16th century English village, with more than 100 Tudor buildings and what is said to be the largest jousting arena outside of Europe. The fair is now in its 23rd year. The characters perform in a story that unfolds throughout the day. This years scenario takes place in 1562 at Mount Hope, the site of Queen Elizabeths summer retreat. It involves the queens lady-in-wait-ing, Caterina de la Strozzi, who was promised at birth to become the bride of an Italian duke.

The nobleman shows up at Mount Hope and demands his fiancee. But meanwhile, she has fallen in love with an English nobleman, and wants the queen to nullify her engagement. Negotiations for Caterinas hand in marriage ensue, along with a chess competition and a joust. In the midst of all this, performers have gathered for the queens entertainment minstrels, dancers, swordsmen, jugglers and puppeteers. A young William Shakespeare puts on one of his stage plays.

It truly is a fantasy. Its interactive theater, Ms. Wyman said. The performers wander around, always in character. There are also a living chess match (in which players engage in combat to advance), an on-site brewery, "royal kitchens where food is available, and the jousting tournament that ends each day.

NEWY0RK The New York Renaissance Faire started 26 years ago, and takes place in the 35-acre Sterling Forest. Like the Pennsylvania fair, its a recreation of a 16th century village in Britain. Artisans sell their wares throughout the day in a Tudor marketplace and, twice a day, theres a Celebration Parade, where shop owners process through the village, showing off their goods in honor of a visit by Queen Elizabeth. MATES: Take steps FROM B1 The Game Show Network runs To Tell the Truth with Bud CoUier, Whats My Line? with John Charles Daly and Ive Got A Secret, with Garry Moore every morning between 4 and 6 a.m. In the case of "Line, these are among the first repeats the live shows had since they aired.

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Better Air Conditioning 4. Easy In and Out Access from the Road 5. You! forests lake. There is also a gaming area, where guests can try their hand at archery and axe throwing, and a number of stage shows, including the Singing Wenches of Sterling and a production of MacBeth. The fair offers a number of human-powered rides Theyre basically powered by human muscle, Mr.

Gargiulo said including the Dragons Swing and the Barrel of Bedlam. ferred to a digital format to be saved. Secondly, this is a relatively minor issue, but telecines or film chains (devices linking motion picture projectors and TV cameras) dont exist. But 16mm projectors do exist. So a telecine can be fashioned.

Video tapes are more of a problem. Bob Absher says some video from the 70s is already unusable because tape loses its magnetic qualities or otherwise degrades. There are also a number of formats which are incompatible. If something exists on 2-inch tape, lots of luck in trying to find anything to play it back. Those machines havent been used in ages.

Then there is money. It takes people and equipment to move this stuff to DVD. The hours of manpower needed to move about a million feet of film to a more permanent format is enormous. The first thing that should be done is to get the film out of WBREs basement and put it somewhere that is safe from flooding. They can make the levees as high as they want and still anything in a basement is at risk.

What about a water main break on South Franklin Street flooding the basement? The next thing to do is get all the news film and videotape transferred to DVD. Thats the hard part. A lot of your history is disappearing. Who WILL save it? RICH MATES is a Turn- Tribune staff writer who covers the local television industry. Rem VQm a Rem hair stylist Jay Sebring (who was a Manson Family victim) and Mad Magazine founder William P.

Gaines appearing on these shows and, in the case of Mr. Gaines and Mr. Sebring, not be recognized. But TV news is as much a part of history as these game shows and its shocking to see how much of it has found its way into the trash, literally. Bob Absher, WNEP-TV assistant news director, said it was just one person, whom he would not name, who was responsible for trashing most of the stations film library.

Hurricane Agnes destroyed WBREs archives in the 1972 floods. It really wasnt until the 1980s that people began to get a sense that this may have any kind of value, said Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television in Syracuse, N.Y. Until very recently, local television archives were almost considered valueless. Even in big cities, Old film and tape was trashed. Archives were rescued because someone went Dumpster diving and saved the old film and tapes.

Channel 22s archives were saved largely through the efforts of Jack Scannella, one of the stations original photographers. He saved all the old film and the scripts that went with them. But the film is all negatives. All the film was electronically reversed when it aired. This means that it must also be reversed into a positive print if it is ever trans i 66 FF Service Fee FOR THE FIRST 50 MEMBERS exg.

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