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EXTRA INDEX
Q&A Pg. 2
Cover Story Pg. 5
Dining Guide Pg. 4
Movie Listings Pg. 12 & 13
Soap Talk Pg. 15
Crossword Puzzle Pg. 19
Editor’s Choice Pg. 22
By Taylor Michaels
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Q: What was the 1960 s movie star
ring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin,
Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop? It
had a Western or cavalry setting. Was it
Sergeants 3? -Linda Zito, Salt Lake City.
A: Yes, that was the name of that
1962 pseudo-remake of Gunga Din.
Q: A group of us would like any
information you can supply on actor
Guy Williams. I think he and I attended
the same high school (George
Washington in New York) in the early
19405.
Did he make any movies in addition
to his Zorro films? -Marie Lucas,
Lafayette, Ind.
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A: There is a chance you went to
school with Williams, Marie. He was
bom in New York on Jan. 14, 1924,
which would have placed him in high
school during the early 19405.
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2- WSB(ABC)
3- WPBA3O(PBS)
4- PRESTIGEVISION
5 - WAGA (FOX)
6- WGNX-46 (CBS)
7- WTBS-17
8- WGTV (PBS)
9- WUPA-69
10- QVC (Shopping)
11 - WXIAtNBC)
12- WATL36
13- WTLKI4
14- WATCS7
15- WGN
16- CINEMAX
17- MOVIE CHANNEL
18- SHOWTIME
19- WNGM-34
20- PREVUE GUIDE
21- REQUEST PPV
22 - VIEWER’S CHOICE PPV
While Williams is fondly remem
bered for playing Zorro in two movies
and a TV series and for his final role as
professor John Robinson on TV’s Lost
in Space, the actor had a checkered film
career. He had small roles in mainly B
movies before his Zorro TV series made
him a star in 1957.
Between Zorro and Lost in Space, he
made only three movies: Disney’s The
Prince and the Pauper, Damon and
Pythias and the swashbuckler Captain
Sindbad.
Williams died of a heart attack on
May 7, 1989, in Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Q: Whatever happened to Martha
Hyer? -James B. Hill via e-mail.
A: Bom in Fort Worth, Texas, in
1924, Hyer was a lovely, talented actress
who nevertheless wound up making
mostly mediocre movies.
She made her movie debut at age 11
in Thunder Mountain and hit her stride
in the late 19505, when she appeared in
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28- WEATHER
29- LIFETIME
30- DISCOVERY
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33- VH-1
34- USA
35- TNN
36- CMT
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such films as My Man Godfrey and
Some Came Running, for which she
received an Oscar nomination.
Her quality of roles declined in the
19605, and she began to withdraw from
the limelight after her 1966 marriage to
film producer Hal B. Wallis (Becket,
Dark Victory).
Her last acting credit to date was the
little-known Day of the Wolves in 1973,
after which she turned to writing. Under
the pen name Martin Julien, she wrote
the screenplay for the film Rooster
Cogbum.
Q: Why isn’t Lovejoy Mysteries on
A&E anymore? -L. Andrews via e-mail.
A: Lovejoy was a British production.
A&E aired all the original episodes
made in England, then ran repeats for
several years. There’s nothing left to
show.
Q: What was the name of the sequel
to Terms of Endearment? - V.R., Biloxi,
Miss.
A: The Evening Star (1996).
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45- ESPN 2
46- MTV
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48- COMEDY CENTRAL
49- LEARNING CHANNEL
50- TRINITY
51- FAMILY CHANNEL
52- HOME SHOPPING NETWORK
52- INFOMERCIAL
54- TCM
55- HISTORY CHANNEL
56- HOME & GARDEN
57 - TV LAND
58- FX
59- ANIMAL PLANET
60- CARTOON NETWORK
61 - GOLF
96- PPV PREVUE
99- SPICE (ADULT)
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