Variety (August 1963)

~ Foreimn wv Reviews Continned: kom pase: rs Aistracting ! on glidin itrusive _Bimmick,”rem: the ‘words. : | Before. various “evocative. ‘baekf rops from John Wood; snatches. of | ld sentimental. and eomie _ ballads ere delivered by. a‘ eapable | fourome, .of .whom . Patsy . ‘Rowlands sored most freely :with a. confi-. ential. and. effervescent : manner, lost. striking impression was the: ‘reverence towards the Queen, her lbert, and the socializing “Prince | E Wales, as; -welk as the acidity of | pmeof: the lyrics about: such _o ‘one. ne 1] aimed. interviews. As a means of conveying ‘galpable cricketers and * ‘with ocial history, the idea. worked well, nd contemporary prints. deftly. idicated. such. phenomena ‘as. the. rystal | Palace. and the: ‘first™ rail‘ays. Redgrave himself . ‘burst into: mg with “Two. “Lovely ~ Black. yes,” and the martial. imperialism: E the ‘époch was wittily indicated 1. repetition. : ‘of: the “We. ‘Don’t. Fant to Fight, but, by: Jingo, Tf We io”? refrain; =~. _teommunicated Ned: ‘Sherrin’s production. ° ‘was. Kcellent,. ‘although ° ‘some of. the ong. excerpts ‘might ‘have . ‘been mger, | ‘too.-many: -being. cut. off. in. 1éir prime. When: James -Boeth: ngered over “Lisa,” the: mood ad a chance to take Foot. Otta. three. days “to two, which’ inspire closer and: more exciting. finishes. petition bétween the’ leading. sides | —games. to be played on Sunday— ject as. ' seriously as “‘most.. English ‘in. with appropriate comments. -The: program, purposefully. :di‘tected by Philip :Thompson. and ‘cunningly produced by. Leslie Kett to present sporting arguments: The. itself, spurred..; the: ‘interest. | -Otta,. ‘EXPERIMENT | With C. Day Lewis ; Producer: Michael Redington. 25: Mins., Sun, 5:46 p ALKING SPORT dons ‘ith Brian. Rix, Jan ‘Carinichael ‘Peter West _ roducer: Leslie: ‘Kettley L irecter: Philip. ‘Thompson’ | ) Mins., Wed., 6:56 pm. BC-TV,. ‘from: Londen: Famous. personalities, . asually 1e<ps: who closely follow a. partieur: ‘sport, attend. to air. their opinms: about these off-duty: passions. fterest-‘in tv-fodder. : he.-idea,’ in ‘the ‘segment caught, | orked well. ‘It .provided an. unsnal slant on the. performers and, nder Peter West's: deftchairman2D, . the discussion. “was. , -pointed. nd. ‘pertinent. The “theme -was ricket—but .others. have included hilesopher A. J..Ayer on football nd: will involve Kenneth More’ in ndéder-water Swimming . and} tthegries. about the: médiresult. cannot -fail::to: :be their pet. those ‘with ‘more than a ‘casual. ‘in poems. ‘about: darkness,” “with. link‘ing. exposition, by” ‘poet. and: critic. Cecil: Day. Lewis. Its -chief innovation was .that Michael Redington; ‘who ‘produced. ‘Day .Lewis. in | Michael: “sauare Worle”. P Bentne ferred :to Tr adic. But® there was: al: . The public. for cricket. 4s dwindling; ‘and both Brian Rix and. ‘Tan: Carmichael, : who. partake as:-amia-|: teurs, discussed the former's plan |¢ for ‘brightening it up.: : Rix was_ in. favor of reducing: the: playing. time |: ‘inthe British championship . from He: also suggested a knock-out com and other = ‘lesser. improvements. with: leading | ° ‘comedian |. Charlie ‘Drake, ° ‘who: ‘took. the. sub aficionadoes.. Carmichael ‘chipped ley; impressed .as,an original ‘way: enthusiasm. of. all. thosé. taking part . and . other film. of exciting. . cricket. ‘finishes . Associated” Television. ‘from ‘Len: || . “Demands of normal programming ‘act: against, boldnéss in: tv experi-} ment. Thus .-Associated ‘TeleVision |’. . _ lis allowing its staff ‘producers. to a "| Jet off creative steam. in: a weekly | spot, designed for them to. try out. a offbeat; but ‘it: should intrigue all “The: initialler -was. a. recital of. ‘intimate. ‘headand shoulders, Jet | * the “screen go blank -for*-some. of. ‘the readings. -It certainly . ‘workéd.. While. the eye. focussed. on. the! definite -. advantage in: (wa ‘Day Lewis‘provide his: ‘introduc-| ‘tien-:in full’ view, and‘then fade away. whilst, the. -verse spoke for ‘itself. The. ‘Script, ‘which. took. the blackness. ‘theme from the womb to the} grave, a : : Lewis's well: modulated an tbut percentage-wise Sunday is. not. | off as much as Friday, and our ‘live. coverage is on Sunday,” declared | | Paul whose: Indians this year in‘augurated a new: television. ‘policy of doing ‘just weekend games. “was excellent; . and Day tive voice was admirable... Otta.. . NASO FINTO. (Fake Nesey. ; ‘With Marisa del Frate;: Paolo Fer-. ‘Yari, Cetra. Quartet, ° Walter |° ‘Aldo -Bonecere | coir live eoverage of télevision. Baseball, like any. product,. needs: yexpesure. . If. the. product. is good, I people. will: ‘pay ‘to. see. or buy it. Television gives.us part of that ex-. Chiari, others, pirester: ‘Vite ‘Molinari © ‘Writers: Terzoli,. Zapponi ‘13@ Mins, ‘Sat: 9:85: p.m. , RAI-TY, Reme (tape): “Naso. Finto” emerges as: a. lik able summer Variety: stanza ably |' ‘hosted: by. Marisa: ‘del. Frate; Tapidly’ shaping as ‘a: top’ comedienne, and Paolo Ferrari. ... ‘Second: show, : -§poofing “black humor” {n‘the Charles. Addams. -‘manner;’ effectively -dealtwith. a| . | difficult: subject, thanks. also ‘to“| strong.assists from ‘comedian -Wal| ter, Chiari, the Cetra. Quartet, -as ‘| well as-some risible writing by Ter|-zoli. and Zapponi, the. eoauthors of. the 'skeini: : -Pacing and technical. ¢ éredits’ were food. | = Hawk. Weed Res CBC -. Toronto, Aug. 13. “Wéed & Go. has been. appointed | Canadian ‘Broadcasting ‘ Corp. reps in. the US. for: English-language } ¥4S “CBC tv: stations. across Canada: . Sales -of programs on an indi-. ‘vidual station basis will be’ ‘made, plus. spot. commercials,: ‘throughout BaltimoreWilliam O). Gallaglier has joined WJZ-TVhere as a-staff announcer. He. was with WILX-TV, Jackson, Michse. ‘ager of the Cleveland Indians, disclosed as he. viewed «a. ‘general: tures, skimp: in baseball attendance. ‘a greater. ‘buy. -Leome it. .We—all of us in base|. ‘pali—have a tremendous. market | ‘fear it, and-I'lh welcome it évenas: ‘{E ean appreciate the value in tele-. ?schedule and permitted us..te do .&-mMaximum job for both. the ball {is down about 29% compared to ‘that it is the fault of: club “is re-. flecting | in ‘his. statement . that “we. ‘are rebuilding: this is 2 good base-. ‘ball ‘town,. and that even as. you have to-séll a eommodity like beer, . “Cleveland, Aug 13. Live: ‘television coverage of. ali. weekend games, both at home and | has not: cut back om ‘at-|” away,. tendance Gabe Paul, general man “General. attendance is. ‘down, “Actually, . there is. no. Heed: to. posure. Baseball on radio. is. even: 7 “Pay-ty: 4s ‘coming, ‘and when it. arrives on the: scene, we'll wel{: and future in. pay-ty. Of course; to be seen, but I, for. one: don't | ‘casting: live baseball: on. weekends, " Paul said. was a minimum .disruption of our club’ and: maintaining a program "Cleveland's ‘basebali “attendance a year.ago, but. Paul’s. assertatien for the. year. ‘Memorial Day, are |} Rew. offering. dians : did ‘Saturday names. This year there are 24 home and 27 away weekend telecasts, — all the. ‘details have as yet to be{.‘worked out,.-but: T can’t help but fee¥ it will be a bonanza for base| o ball. What. it will: mean for com mercial tv as it now exists, rem2‘ns |. ming. schedule to the | advantage |. US. ‘In its operation; CBC: has 24{9f all”. tv.stations, 37 private stations -and | 50 Tebroadeasters, across. Canada. dan tv No BO. Deterrent asoline, etc., 50, too, do yeu have ie offer. iter the public a product on the diamend.” ‘There are. 52 telecasts. scheduled Al, except for weekend. venes, with Sundays being. the Last year, the In Paul pointed out that Friday at tendance is off even more than Sunday ‘when there is ne black-. {out policy in... efféct. exact ‘figures were not disclosed, | Paul-said “we studied the problem thoroughly, Sunday attendance is up, compared ‘to.. Priday.. ‘operation today, we feel it would. ‘no mere. effect our boxoffice. that | present. attendance. It depends. on ‘the product. People will go to Although and percentage wise If pay tv were in ‘see. that: which: interests. them.” _ Tale TV-Radie Preps ‘Por Olympics Coverage .. Rome, Aug. 13. RAI-TV, ‘the. Ttalian. radio-video net, will most probably run two daily hours: ef eoverage during the 1964 Olympic Games, ta be. held in Tokle. oo .| -Not only does the bail. elub. ap| | prove. ‘of weekend -televising, “but | 1WIW-TV's general. manager, Bob | Buchanan, noted that it solved a wast problem for the ‘station’s pro| gramming ‘department: in ‘there "Material, according te present plans, would be flown ever the pole: every day by a special jet for use by European. ‘nets. A: ‘transSiberian. ‘cable. relay system for direct pickups. has apparently: been “abandoned in . faver of | tape. and . filmed. shipments via air. ‘Group of Japanese video effi : eials have meanwhile. visited Ital installations in Rome, Naples, ‘and Milan ‘to scout and coordinate for the athletic coverage. Tokyo eoverage is planned for six-studio coordination, with 60. ‘cameras. and 80 lensers servicing ‘the ‘central tv studio in the Jap anese. capital. 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