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4 Sunday October 3 1982 TV Weekly Time ftraueflors By RAY BENSON TelevWoa Editor NBC trie a new attack at CBS when it introduces in the 7 pm time (lot Sunday (Channel 10) and if enough youngsten become Interested in this weekly "history it could make some inroads and stay on the air The characters have already been introduced in Scholastic publication for vouna students Scholastic Books is one of the producers of the series The two characters of Phineas Bogg and Jeffrey Jones have reached 80 million students In their classes before the show premieres Sunday time show opens the said executive producer James Parriott who attended a Los Angeles press session along with Us two stars Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce has tried to do a successful time show for the last three years And ours is educational What their duty their objective will be is to say history is fun "That alone is Parriott said here are many major events and major characters in history and here in a major way is what they were responsible for although the details be exactly right because we are taking dramatic license However it will boil down to true SCHOLASTIC is hoping teachers will do follow-ups Testing has been done around the country with educators and they are very excited about it Educators will be analyzing every show Hexum making his TV series debut and the 12-year-old Peluce star as improbable time travelers on an incredible journey through history Hexum is Bogg an adventurous rogue who travels through time with the job of setting the course of history straight Peluce is Jeffrey an orphan from 1982 who is startled when Bogg comes crashing through his bedroom window high atop a skyscraper one evening They fallouts that window and begin their journey Jeffrey keeps telling Bogg he has to go to school in the morning but the voyager take him back A malfunction in the omni (the time travel navigational device) allow Bogg to return Jeffrey to the time he took him from so they travel Phineas is not always sure where they are but Jeffrey a history buff in school is so be keeps Bogg out of trouble Asked if his character Is similar to the Phineas Fogg of "Around the World in 80 another traveler Hexum said "Bogg is a much cooler character He is a self-humored hero He has some of the personality traits but Bogg is a bit more serious in some ways and subtle know what year he was born war where he came from but it another planet I have an idea but being developed I think we want to saddle him with an THE THREE think this show works and the pilot shows it The problem with all the other time shows according to Parriott is the lead characters have been afraid to touch time Usually in those premises the idea was not to interfere with time affect one little character a little bit at best bnt stand back and become involved this show we roll up our sleeves dig right in and become part of said Peluce "I think why this will succeed for kids of all ages swashbuckling things fight in the gladiator rings save Christians from lions meet Abraham Lincoln every fantasy to participate in the great events in time going to do all those things wonderful stuff and what going to be Parriott said one of the stories will deal with them rescuing Cleopatra from fate She rewards Phineas with a kiss accidentally hits the omni and they find themselves in 1927 in New York City She sees and loves the flapper era runs off and disappears They have to find her "Meanwhile the guys discover there are no New York Yankees in the papers (Babe) Ruth is not there So they have to rectify that bring them (Yankees) In catch Cleopatra and take her back to the Nile so she can meet Mark Antony cannot guide where they go except to dial a time xone or hit the automatic mode If you kit the automatic you go to the time that needs help or the next one that needs help If you dial it and hit a green spot no telling where you wind up They are going to be hopping around all the What about the suspense if you know they will always survive? "BELIEVE ME there will be suspense aU the Hexum replied "You know the guys are going to pull through the suspense is how they do it! I know going to be messing around with history a bit but you ha veto buy 1L That omni dial will do (See page 17) Jon-Erik Hexum right as Phineas Bogg and Meeno Peluce as the young orphan Jeff The new CBS adventure series has a tie-in with Scholastic Magazine where the characters have been introduced and with Scholastic Books one of the producers of the series The producers hope the series wl help teach children that history is fun.