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Q&A Pg. 2
Cover Story Pg. 4
Dining Guide Pg. 5
Movie Listings Pg.-14 & 15
Soap Updates Pg. 25
Crossword Puzzle Pg. 21
Editor’s Choice Pg. 27
By Taylor Michaels
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Q: What ever happened to the actor
who played Carlton Banks on The Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air? What did he star in
when he was younger? -Brandon
Connell via e-mail.
A: Alfonso Ribeiro, who played
Carlton on Fresh Prince, has been hid
ing in plain sight. After the cancellation
of Fresh Prince, the actor went directly
to the United Paramount Network sit
com In the House, where he plays Dr.
Maxwell Stanton. He also provides the
voice of Roland Jackson on the animat
ed Extreme Ghostbusters.
Ribeiro, 26, has worked steadily
since starring in the title role of the 1984
Home Delivery Experts.
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Alfonso Ribeiro
Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid.
He made his TV debut soon after as
Alfonso Spears in the sitcom Silver
Spoons and appeared in the TV movies
Mighty Pawns and Out on the Edge.
PRESTIGE CABLE CHANNEL GUIDE
2 - WSB (ABC)
3 - WPBA 30 (PBS)
4 - PRESTIGEVISION
5 - WAGA (FOX)
6 - WGNX-46 (CBS)
7- WTBS-17
8 - WGTV (PBS)
9 - WUPA-69
10- QVC (Shopping)
11 - WXIA (NBC)
12- WATL36
13- WPXAI4
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
Q: Please settle a bet: My wife
swears that actress Virginia Christine,
best known as Mrs. Olson in the Folgers
coffee commercials, was Ann-Margret’s
mother. I disagree. Who’s right? -
McSpence via e-mail.
A: You are. Your wife may be con
fused by the fact that the younger
actress was bom Ann-Margaret Olsson
in 1941 in Valsjobyn, Jamtland,
Sweden.
Christine (who is no relation to Ann-
Margret) was bom Virginia Kraft in
Stanton, lowa, on March 5, 1920. Her
1940 marriage to film comic Fritz Feld
lasted until his death in 1993.
Christine’s career spanned more than'
40 years and included more than 40
films and some 20 guest appearances on
popular TV shows. But certainly it is her
21-year stint (1964-85) as Folgers’
matronly Mrs. Olson for which the
actress is most fondly remembered
today. She died of a heart ailment in
July 1996.
23- ACTION PPV
24- HBO
25- DISNEY CHANNEL
26- ESPN (SPORTS)
27- CNN-HEADLINE NEWS
28- WEATHER
29- LIFETIME
30- DISCOVERY
31 - A&E
32- FOX SPORTSOUTH
33- VH-1
34- USA
35- TNN
36- CMT
37- TNT
38- AMC
39- SCI-FI
40- E!
41 - C-SPAN
42- CNN
43- INSPIRATIONAL
Coincidentally, Christine’s film
debut in 1942’s Edge of Darkness was
as a woman named Miss Olson.
Q: In the film Four Weddings and a
Funeral, there was a recitation from a
lovely poem by WH. Auden. What was
the name of the poem? -Robert J.
Penney, Casper, Wyo.
A: “Funeral Blues.”
Q: Do you have an address where I
can write to American Movie Classics?
-H. Mendes, New Bedford, Mass.
A: Write to American Movie
Classics, Attn: Viewer Services, 150
Crossways Park West, Woodbury, NY
11797.
Q: Will Jenny return to TV? If not,
why? -“Pochaccos” via e-mail.
A: Jenny, one of the season's biggest
bombs, has been pulled by NBC but
remains in production. The Jenn*
McCarthy sitcom almost certainly will
not return to the network next season.
Perhaps MTV, McCarthy’s former TV
home, will consider it.
44- NICKELODEON
45- ESPN 2
46- MTV
47- CNBC
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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