HERALD OUTLOOK December Entertainment Outlook Whos Bewitched by Fred Dryer ASK DICK KLEINER Did tbe una that plays Rick on Hunter play on Be- witched America A No When the TV series Be witched being made Fred Dry er was only Interested In playing foot bail He a former college and NFL I bare live bucks on this one My friend says that Vlcki Lawrence and Carol Burnett are sister 1 know are friends and look alike and worked together bnt are they sister B A No they are not and never have been That rumor started because they worked together and took alike but It lsn t true Can II possibly be rue thai both Steve McQueen and Gig Young ally died AIDS- SUA A AIDS was lint recognized in Young died in and McQueen In 1980 So probably not McQueen s battle with cancer was well pub lie I ted I watched Lucille Ball and Harry James in Best Pool Forward In the beginning of the Judy Garland one of the girts singing in the group She sang two but didnt see her name listed MR Mich A No I don t know who you might have mistaken for her but Judy Gar land was not in that 1943 film Please tell me the name the actor who played Joe Bingham loo sidekick on old Navy TV series GJH Houston A That was Bob Hastings who played EIroy Carpenter the cap tain a perennial yes man I love watching Shadoe Stevens on Hollywood Squares He said something on the snow recently about a movie he Is in What ta movie Is Shadoe Stevens his real name Columbia Ala A Shadoe his real name Is Terry has made a film called It was supposed to have been released this spring and then this summer but It is still That always makes me suspicious that it is a bomb and may never see the light of the driveins As a kid In the late or early 6H I saw a movie called The Atomic Kid with Mickey was about two prospectors who bled across a ghost town where the was measuring the effect of an atomic bomb blast bomb went off and Mickey and his friend some how survived thought it might be because be bad Just eaten a peanut bolter sandwich so they tested pea nut butter Nobody else remembers that movie I thought was very fun ny and would like to see ll again J A Audubon Pa A You arc probably the only one cast of the Pecos who saw that movie The Atomic Kid with Rob ert Strauss and Elaine Davis was a Grade floperoo that was made in 1954 New films update Dickens classics By Robert In Movie- Theaters SCROOGED PG11 BUI Murray always stands a bit outside his roles mocking them why we like him His material may get sappy as in the ill fated remake of The Ra lor but Murray won He effortlessly hip Playing the youngest network in TV history Murray Is in good misanthropic form in the first half of this update of Dickens A Christmas Carol He s like a nightmare version of Brandon Tartlkoff the bottom line is all that matters lo this greedy young go- getter The movie scripted by two Saturday Night Live alumni is at its best when riling the TV business coming up some dandy examples of com network Insipidity But the Dickens is a Victorian morality tale at heart and Iht movie gets m trouble and into schmaltz when It tries to teach Murray char a lesson In humanity Along the way the Ghosts Christmas Past rock star David and Christmas Present Carol Kane arc welcome additions to the fun and there arc lively hits throughout But the movie tries to have It both ways lampooning the corny Americana of Inspirational holiday flicks like Its A Wonderful Life and ending up as Inspirational Itself Karen Allen has the cheerless task of playing Murray former sweet a mousy good girl who works with the homeless and stands for the values that Murray has forsaken Playing Murray assistant Atfre is part of a how lives subplot that seems straight out of a black sitcom At the climax Murray and the cast sing Put a Little Love In Your Heart and he speechifies There are people who are having trouble making their miracles happen The way it finishes up this could be the first wholesome feel good movie of the George Bush era if thai your idea of a good time GRADE OLtVER COMPANY Not one great Disney animated movies this revamping of Dickens Oliver is nevertheless likable familj The his been transposed from 19th century Mr I UJIIBBBi By Glenda Hughes Sales Rep The holly and Ivy Is appearing everywhere and it really Is star ting To Feel A Lot Like Christmas In the real profession this month Is a round of parties good cheer amongst the agents and of flees and most of all a time to be In touch with our past clients Actual I am always glad that this arrives with gusto each year for it makes me do the little things that I been meaning lo do over the past 11 It means I have a REAL to shop and I can play a kid again without people looking at me really strangely What fun wc can all have in this holiday season and no one need be exempt 0300 e that si your home when you want lo get out and do other things rather than think about your home looking perfect but it Is not the end of your at fun Several of my clients have expressed me their fears that perhaps there might be a load of washing left couple of coffee cups In the sink that have been left out due to a squeeze for time In the morning Good grief people are very forgiving you Know during this lime year and you have to live even if your property la on the market Don t go overboard In trying to do everything you will only dampen your Christmas spirit and I sure don want that to happen Loosen up have fun and turn on the Jingle Rock and enjoy I think Im going to go around and put bows on my For Sale signs Just to remind my clients that Its a run time of year and Just to have a good time January rolls around with amazing speed and all of a sudden the holidays are gone and sure don t want my clients telling me that they wish they never had their homes on the market during December You can turn negatives agent to help you out a lit try and comply with different wishes at this time of year don hesitate to ask Enjoy Enjoy As my doctor says cook sherry and most of all smile a new home for Christmas has got to be the nicest gift of all London to contemporary Manhattan with cats and dogs standing in for original humans The story follows the contours of Dickens Orphaned kitty Oliver hangs out with a pack of pickpocket dogs led by the human When Oliver is taken in by a sweet Fifth Avenue girl seeks revenge kid napping Oliver and the girl This Is Disney s most urbanethnic animated effort to date Alas the computerized drawing lacks the depth of field and handcrafted finesse of classic Disney Its the characters themselves will have kids purr wilh pleasure especially since the voices are supplied by the likes of Billy Joel Cheech Marin and Bette Midler Midler gives her brassy best to the part of a poodle and she warbles the best song too GRADE V Now Homo WILLOW PG RCA Columbia This George LucasRon How blockbuster received a lot of bad press or borrowing freely from sources ranging from the Bible to The Eclectu it most certainly is need gruesome It is too tally for a rating mo is not the boring fiasco some have described It a moderately en fantasy pastiche complete with cute baby orphan prophesied to save his people an evil sorcerers queen Jean Marsh her beautiful warrior princess daughter a dashing swordsman Val Kilmer a com muni of elves and a fearsome twohead dragon The dwarf characters give the movie a tickling kid charm Would that the bigger characters had as much appeal GRADE W Film grading- good poor nursery furniture accessories maternity fashions JnfanI wear toys 211 Guelph St NORTH VIEW CENTRE Georgetown PRECHRISTMAS SWEATER SALE 20 ALL SWEATERS and SWEATSHIRTS INCLUDING POLO ALSO 20 MENS OP SKI JACKETS and YOUTH JACKETS sizes MY Main St Georgetown 8772851 S3 mow rat CO THE TORONTO DOMINION BANK Halton Hills Shopping Centre 235 Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario 8776981 or NEW HOURS OF BUSINESS Monday Tuesday Wednesday 930 am to 430 pm Thursday Friday 930 am to 800 pm Saturday 930 am to 300 pm Green Machine Available 7 Days a Week