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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 18 3:05 0 Common Ground 3:10 © ® Movie -(Comedy) ** "Hollywood Knights" 1980 Tony Danza. Robert Wuhl. (Paid Subscription Television) A drive-in burger joint, the headquarters of the Hollywood Knights Car Club, is doomed •<" destruction, so the Knight? < -ne revenge. (2hrs ) 3:13 B Reflections O ..ookies 3:30 C (Drama) ••• "inside Moves" 1080 John Savage. Diana Scarwid. A young man f jgles to recover from an V empted aulcide. and in the f.r- cess, helps himself and his friends. (Rated PQ) (2 hrs.) 69 News-Day's End 4:00 IB) ® Nlte Owl rf*yer With the Epic release of George Jones' Still the Same Ole Me, Jones continues to ride the crest of momentum that has helped him capture 11 country music awards in the past year and a half. The LP contains Jones' current hit single, "Still Doin' Time," produced by BiHy Sherrill, who has produced many of Jones' past hits. George Jones Roy Clark's three-year-old Ap- paloosa horse named Australia Kid recently won the World Championship in Junior Trail in competition in Oklahoma City. Australia Kid also took third place in the World Competition in Junior English Pleasure. • David Frizzell and Shelly West taped a segment for "The Parade of Stars," a syndicated, 60-minute music/variety special. Taped at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, the segment will air in conjunction with local United Negro College Fund Telethons across the country. * The Oak Ridge Boys recently completed a tour of Canada and are back in the studio wrapping up work on tbeir seventh album for MCA Records, to be released in 1982 • This month is the anniversary of Sammi Smith's smash single, "Help Me Make It Through the Night." In December, 1970, the Mega Records single was in the No. 1 position on the country charts, and it clung to the charts for 20 weeks. Sammi has had her ups and downs since that time, but is now on a hot streak via Sound Factory Records. She's already spun three charted singles for the label, and her current "Ozark Mountain Jubilee" is on its way up. This month marks the anniver­ sary of Leroy Van Dyke's hit, "Black Cloud," which hit the No. 16 slot on the charts in Dec­ ember, 1962 and was charted for seven weeks. The single was a follow-up to his "If a Woman Answers," which made it to No. 3 in March, 1962. "If a Woman Answers" was a follow-up to his No. 1 single, "Walk On By," which reached the top in September, 1961 on Mer­ cury Records. Leroy Van Dyke Van Dyke has had problems hitting the charts since those days, but remains busy with per­ sonal appearances, nonetheless. He is booked for his 21st ap­ pearance at The National West­ ern Livestock Show in Denver in January, and you can be sure he'll be there. After more than 5,000 personal appearance bookings, he has missed only one show--due to a blizzard. TV CO»wv>ioa MKVICC1. IMC. 4:04 • News 4:20 9 Editorial-Chapel 4:30 0 Mike Douglas Co-host: HelenReddy. Guests: Impression­ ist Fred Travalena. Magician Marie Fidler, Pianist Leonard »nario. Movie-(Horror) * "Track of the Vampire" 1966 William Campbell. Marriaa Mathes. A series of brutal murdera In Venice sra linked to a modern dav PACES! Vampire. (90 mins.) 4:38 W Rat Patrol 8:05 0 Meditation 8:30 19 Movie -(Terror) *• H "Cardiac Arrest" 1980 Garry Goodrow, Mike Chan. An offbeat homicide cop discovers a black market operation that tradea in disembodied hearts that are aold for transplants. (Rated PG) (90 mine.) ROCK ON by Ethlie Ann Vare INTERVIEW Curtis Mayfield If you've heard Curtis May- field's new Boardwalk LP, Love Is The Place, you no doubt noticed the ballad that leads off side two. "Just Ease My Mind," which Mayfield says is his favorite cut, is an almost- country song, a gentle tune 180 degrees from his usual R&B idiom. It is, according to Mayfield, indicative of his new direction. "I'm in search of something to be a little-well, not a little, a lot different than what I've been hearing and what I've been do­ ing," says Mayfield, who has been 'doing' since the 1950's when he was a vocalist with the Impressions. "I'm in search of something that might be ap­ pealing to everyone, with no lines and no barriers. "We have so many musics-- the new wave and the hard rock and the R&B and the gospel--but for a music lover who has been with it and loves it all, I think it's time for future changes. I can't honestly pin­ point what it might be," muses Mayfield in his softspoken way, "but whatever it's going to be, I want to try and do it." ALBUM REVIEWS Sheena Easton You Could Have Been With Me (EMI America) Another scoop of vanilla pudding, decorated with multicolored sprinkles, from Scotland's 22-year-old singer. Easton is a one-woman ABBA, a virginal Olivia Newton-John, a--wait, I've got it--a female Donny Osmond. Climax Blues Band Lucky For Some (Warner Brothers) This is the 13th album for a journeyman band from the north of England. Since they hit the charts last outing with a love ballad (titled "I Love You"--how original), it's a bit topheavy with love ballads. Still, there's one nice b'ues tune--"Last Chance Saloon"--the usual fine guitar work with the addition of piano accompaniment by Nicky Hop­ kins. J. Geils Band Freeze Frame (EMI America) Another long­ standing blues band who have undergone a sea-change or two. Boston's J. Geils have add­ ed an almost heavy-metal tone to their sound and de-empha- sized Magic Dick's harp, but it's still good party music. Best cut is "Centerfold." UPDATE What Muhammad Ali did for boxing, Mick Jagger is doing for rock and roll. Specifically, ar­ ranging closed-circuit, reserved seat screenings of the Stones' December 18 performance at Bond's Casino. There will be 200 showcases nationwide, and the Stones are rumored to be in for 75 percent of what promises to be a multi- million dollar gross . . . The United States pooped out in the World Popular Song contest held in Tokyo's Budokan Hall. The winner was Osvaldo Rod­ riguez of Cuba ... I don't know if it's slow mail service or what, but the No. 1 song in Brazil is "Sunshine On My Shoulders" by John Denver . . . Kenny Rogers is asking to be released from his Liberty Records con tract. He also wants $4 million in back royalties and $44 million in damages. Industry in­ siders say that he was signed before he became a household name, and his pay-scale is so low it's embarrassing. TV COMMILOO tiKVICES IMC.