Tilt Saturday September 19H9 Page Eltertailmeit Night Rang scatters Did Prince sing Batman in 1966 a ROCK ON ASK DICK KLEINER Please settle an argument be tween my family and me Tell them that Prince sang the theme song to the 1966 Batman using the name Nelson Riddle MP Spring Texas A I d like to oblige but I can in Prince was only years Credit Hefti not Nelson Riddle another popular conductorcomposer for the 196 Batman musical theme Of course Prince sings the theme to the Batman Q My husband thinks it is quite he served in the Army with Dan Glover but since faces change over a 20year period its hard to know for sure Can you please tell me how old Danny is and if he ever served in the Army and if so what unit Mrs Sound Fla A Danny is but he never served in the Army Q Who played Webster s parents in the TV show Webster They were married in real life and I think the la was an ex football player A You re right Susan Clark and Alex Karras were Webster folks were married and was a former pro football star I ve heard that the starred in a movie Is this true Unsigned Carthage A Hard to believe but yes its true The movie called Head was released in 1969 I have a bet with a friend at work He says that Sean was the first James Bond I say It was George SET Allegan Mich A You re both wrong but you are more wrong than your friend Barry Nelson first played James Bond on TV When the character became a movie star Sean Connery was first in Dr No in When stepped down Lazenby did one Bond picture On Her Majesty s Secret Service in Ever since I watched Leave It to Beaver Ive always wanted to know why Theodore is called Bea Or maybe there wasnt a real reason B Texas A Bob and Joe Connelly who created that series once told me that they felt the name Beaver car with it an image of a small and friendly creature Also it rhymed with the family s last name And Jerry Mathers who played the part had a sort of buck toothed beavery look On AfterMASll David played two separate roles of men who wen amputees Is he an am in real life I A No Q Whatever happened to Randolph Scott Joel McCrea and Jeanne Cram G G Burlington Mass A Joel who is years old and Jeanne Cram 64 are both still living they are basically retired Randolph Scott died in OUR LANGUAGE by Jeffrey Should you say Some of what ever is or Some of whatever are A The answer depends on whether the whatever is singular or plural Some of the money Is missing cor uses the singular is on the other hand Some of the coins are able requires the plural are Some of the rules of English are not is easier to remember than others OUR LANGUAGE by Jeffrey McQuain Indict in DITE accuses or charges with a crime To leave out the when spelling indict would of course be criminal Someone parsimonious par sin MOAN is stingy or miserly Here s a spelling rule simple look for the simple Simon in parsimonious You wrote that a sentence can sometimes be a single word How can that be possible though when a sen iLnce needs both a subject and a verb A A sentence can consist of a single word it that word is a verb in the im perative mood and its subject is lm plied For example Go is a com plete sentence with the subject you implied Should you be using oneword sentences in your writing Stop Do vou have a question or comment bout our language please write to in care of this CRITICS CHOICE I VIDEO Rentals A Service Open Every Night Till 10 ft LitHour0loeCloH 2J5QuelphSt Avert turns aside or prevents If you were planning to use this verb in any other sense avert that catastrophe Someone surly is bad tempered or irritable Surely the best clue for spelling surly is to drop the from surely VIDEO PLUS Wt of Georgetown Fruit BRING HOME A STAR THIS WEEK BOUNTY HUNTER HORROR SHOW LEAH OH ME ACRIMIHAL SPEED LAKE FAREWELL TO THE KIND I EVIt 134 Guelph SI Georgetown Ontario YELLOW CAB HALTON HILLS 24 HOUR SERVICE SERVING HAL ION HILL Airport Service Parcel Delivery 8732527 8732931 effects Framing Centrei Limited Edition Prints 4168777491 348 Guelph Street TO BELL GLASS IN THE CENTRE Georgetown UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT NEILS MUSIC CENTRE WIDE SELECTION OF MUAL AM ACCESS0RE9 SONG BOOKS AHD SHEET MUSK- PRIVATE LESSONS FOR KAWAI ONE FINGER PERSONAL AD LIB KEYBOARDS ARE HERE I 130 Guelph St Unit GEORGETOWN Dear Rock On You wanted to know what your readers think of your col iimn Well reader its great I find out things I d never know from watching MTV or reading rock magazines There s one thing Id like to see you cover recently one of my favorite bands Night Ranger broke up Tbe guys in Night Ranger always stayed true to themselves their music and their fans its upsetting that a group with so much talent got so little notice I like to know what the guys from Night Ranger are up to Pans like me will behind them whatever they do Id appreciate seeing them get some mention in the press loo Ann Marie Pa Dear Ann Mane A little flattery will get you everywhere Heres an update on the Night Ranger folk Jack Blades has joined forces with former Styx Tommy Shaw and with the Motor City Mad man Ted Nugent to form a band called Damn Yankees They re now negotiating with Warner Brothers and you can expect a debut LP some time in 1990 Guitarist Brad Gillis has formed a new band called Mega Mega Drum mer Kelly Keagy is writing new ma and deciding whether he wants to do a solo project or form another band And guitarist Jeff Watson is taking some time off while he mulls over where to best utilize his talents Dear Rock On Tom Petty bas been my favorite artist since his LP Damn the Torpedoes Lately hes been earning the wide recognition be so deserves I was disturbed to hear something about Tom having filed for bankrupt cy in tbe late 70s Could you give me some information on that situation Were these financial re- solved Brent Clarks Summit Pa Dear Brent It was while he was getting ready to record Damn the Torpedoes in mid that Petty filed for bankruptcy a situation that came about because his recording contract was trapped in a legal snafu between the former label ABC Records and his new one MCA Records Everything worked out in time for the LP s release and as you know the disc went on to be a smash hit financial difficulties were nothing new to Petty As one old friend re called When he was with his first band he used to sleep at the Shelter Records studio You had to climb over Joe Cocker to get to him NOW OPEN COUNTRY LOBSTER 6oz LOBSTER DINNER 799 LOBSTER DINNER 199 SNOW RAB DINNER 8 Crab Meat LOBSTER ROLL SEAFOOD CHOWDER Medium 10 oz- Large 24 oz Snow Crab Dinner Excluded LOCATED AT COUNTRY VIDEO GAMES corner of 10th Line River Rd Across from Georgetown Golf 8772254 For like out can 10 before pickup We cook your take out as ordered J w