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PAOtW By Aphrodite Jones i The Cable Health Network (CHN), a round-the-clock cable television service devoted to the most accurate, up-to-date and thorough coverage of health and related subjects ever shown on TV, is scheduled to be launched in the spring of 1982. CHN is being formed by Viacom in conjunction with Dr. Art Ulene, who now delivers "Health Messages" regularly on NBC's "Today" show. CHN plans to make the advertiser-supported network service available via satellite to all cable television systems, free of charge for all basic cable subscribers. Free health channel planned for cable The 24-hour programming is being designed to appeal to audiences interested in health, physical fitness, nutri­ tion, personal care, beauty, consumer information, family advice and sexuality. It will be divided into three-hour blocks, offering 12 hours of original programming each day. Programs will cover each topic in-depth, aimed at providing viewers with a thorough understanding of the matter. "This is a realization of a dream," Dr. Ulene, the chair­ man of Cable Health Net- Dr. Art Ulene chairman of CHN work, stated at a recent press conference. "CHN is a milestone in the use of the media, for not only health education and information, but also for a vast array of other [health related] sub­ jects. For the first time we will be able to cover all of these issues in as much detail as necessary. "Traditional television has suffered from the severe time constraints linked to the medium," he explained. "Now, finally, with the Cable Health Network we will have the-necessary time to tell and inform the people what they need and want to know about their health and quality living." Ulene will carry out his duties in the development and production of programs for CHN while he continues to do his spots on "Today." TV COMPULOG SEMVICiS. INC For All Your ̂ Electrical, Plumbing And Hetting Needs... ALTHOFF NDUSTRIES 24 HOUR SERVICE 815-385-5700 809 N. FRONT ST., McHENRY ' •-J Behiidf theScenes Gilliam's "Time Bandits" slakes kids' sophisticated tastes "There's no place like home."--Dorothy In "The Wizard of Oi" "I don't ever w*nt to go back home."--Kevin in "Time Bandkt" by J.T. Yurko It's not that Terry GilHam set out to make a film that would be the answer to "The Wizard of Oz," he just wanted to make a film which, as he puts it, "was something the family could see and enjoy. Most of the films for kids today are so bland and bor­ ing even to the kids. Kids today are very sophisticated, but kid­ die shows are still pablum." As it turned out, however, "Time Bandits" is a sort of reverse "Wizard of Oz." Swept away in this case by a group of dwarves who bear absolutely no relation to the Munchkins of Oz fame, the hero of this story is a young man named Kevin who realizes quickly that there must be some other place better than home, especially when home is a plastic slip-covered world of frozen foods and parents who are TV zombies. When Michael Pallin and Terry Gilliam got together to write the script, both were afraid that people would consider the film another "Monty Python" epic, and wonder where the laughs were. Terry is quick to point out during our interview, however, that this is not a "Python" film. "We didn't want to get stuck with the 'Python' label. This is not a 'Python' film, and I've spent the last three weeks traveling around the U.S. trying to dispel that idea. In fact, we didn't ask John Cleese to be in the film because he is the person perhaps most associated with 'Python.' But he asked to play the Robin Hood role and we agreed. It's only an extended cameo, and he's very good." Dodfinf the scissors Getting characters into the film was no problem for Gilliam, but keeping^hem there for the final cut was a whole 'nother story as he explains. "A lot of people, like the producers, want things like they've already seen. For example George Harrison (the ex-Beatle who produced the film) didn't like the Ogre se­ quence, he said it was boring. Well I liked it, and when I ran the film for audiences of kids, that was one of the parts they liked best. The kids really believe they're going to be eaten (the characters). They believe in the ogre. Then Harrison wanted to take out the injection of the sleeping potion, and I had to fight for that. Also the cage sequence they wanted out. They said it was too long ancfnot right at that point. The parents also meet a rather untimely end, and that's perhaps what I had to fight most against losing." RVOPMWIMMIKWI.MC