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'Late Night' keeps America awake
By MIR Badcr
"And now a nun lo whom Ihc end
of Fncly IK came ai • complete »urprue.
David L-aterman." ukl announcer
Bill Wendell, jnj so began
another taping of the thow that u
quickly brcomin| the mml popular
television ulk ihow in ihe nation.
tar Nifhl mih Datid Lnitmun.
•• it b formally called, it»la!: night
talk ihow x% off Ihe wail and
outrageously clever at the ) wng hoM
himself, nto one* predicted hail
Kon.1 the sUc orcann-d harm while
wotking ai > local weatherman in
Indiana.
Lat Night tin every Monday
through Hunday from 12:30 lo 1:30
in the rooming." directly following
Johnny Canon's Taught Sho*.
Some 3.J million people, half of
than bcrweea ISandM, tune into the
show four nights a week.
They may late a link sleep, but
where ebc arc they going to >cc Tina
Turner den jjnstnte a "tuna-tuna" or
Magnum P.I. KarTom SUlec* stick
ha head in a tun of water and do
raw boat impressions?
On whil "lier TV program »re the
viewers likely lo vx the host — a
38-ycar-old man dressed in a suit and
tie — covered witn alka-sducr and
lowered into a lank cf witcr? The
answer b DO* here but on Lai* Sight.
It that'fc nc4 enough to loie sfcep
over, -Jen it is time to try what many
Late Night fats have been doing since
I9M when the show Cm aired. VCR
owners upc ihe show and watch it
over the nut morning t tveaMasl.
Lencmun b well aware of this and
Ian season he even went ii fur as tap-
lot* Sight bort Lctlcnriui robs tlctp from Inaoctnl viewers.
ing • tpccLiI ''rnorning iho*»." The
show wu tiped *t rt» uia* time of
5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, bt t the KI.
l«thting and introduction wtx cnanjcd
tomakc tiKanmorco.'amoni' •
ing ttnxnpherc.
Having uncd over 650 U owi. Lctternun
has proved thai be has the
courajie of hit off-beat conviction*:
in no wiy u he about to "play along"
ami rennet what he aiLs fib guotv.
The worn thing a Late .Vh
can do U take himwir tehoiuJy and
export Learrman to lympathia:. Tnii
only annoy* htm and that umally
meant trouble for the gucM.
Once. Model Cheryl Tiej*. for example,
appeared on the ihow to ouih
her 400 line of Sean da.
with much tin pnxitdy tKwaijrrjphed
oincc wtnet tttu jre i»>li/ed (o
the ruini of cpp^^ing pbti^c and
rrechanical.
The simple arwl (uvviMe but-silly
plot Mill manage* tc be confuting and
all but uKomprche^sible until late in
the inuvte when cve.*yihing rather
clunuily enma Wj-cthcr in a utiriol
wxul comment that berates ncul
bigo*ry and fU^hy. pretentious
adventsing.
The film'), major attraction.
David Bowie, la a bit part though he
is. Almost manages to MVC ihe film
with his magnetic stag* appearance
and overpowering charm and
chzhsroa. Bowie plays Vcndice Partner*,
a sardonic adverthunf man who
lures in the innocent Colin with the
apple of advertising. In one par-
Itculorl) good production number.
Bowie Jtows Colin the ins and outt
of adbnd to i snnji tx singt called
"•TKit\ Mt^ivjtino." Doiwinj: t-n the
Vc>« of an cn»ni»m\ i>pc» nn-r JI>J
n effect underlining the rx»wcr ol
O4in.
* Su/cttc
It; armthcr tun^er. pt.»b.iH> the
SCM in the fitoi. RJ> I>avi^ (inim the
Kink«) tine\ un^wj: utter *tjpuuk
thaos about "The Quid Life" in a
ennvxetioc of hi* ahuic. vren tile
juViII-htvie. AlthixiUi ii\ J wonderful
number and Ray Davics ptay« In*
pan to hilUKUt perfevtion. the MXTK
icenu tomshow out of place, av iu
*ty!c i% tike no other in the film.
Abtotutr BfxiruKn decs mifljgc
likely to opcurc aspects of the last
four dccadei. T«ki ; place in London.
I9M. it coven the London nee
riou aaj shows the beguning of
super »ivertisui;. The music and
clothes in unmiiiakcnly an iatcn*
wtocmtclof'fOtand'SOfstyle It's
not very realistic, but. nonetheless.
shows the '30s roots of '8ft. Cuhion
— clrthcs aoJ music. It has mods
from die '60%, and *70* rode star survivors
Bowie and Davis, but despite
the lime and seeing it bears the utv
misiakeaMy shallow-, bhght-neon
O k of the 'SO*.
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As Late Sight concludes its fourth
successful season, having won two
Emmies this year, it continues to
amuse and entertain its growing wuilience.
Wake up America: Lair
Mgh*'s no, just jar insomniacs
anymore.
'Mack & Mabel'
sparkles at S.I.
Bv David Hunt
An epic nuhcr than a play. St. lynatiuV
production of Mori .W
Mabtln a VIMUI. re well u vocal ex
r' iv painico «KI
i t.;rcular lube and routed while an
Indian chases a putential tcalpec in
the opptKiic direction, tints giving the
illuiion of foiling hills and
gra**lvu*. At enc pnint three giris
are iwtnging on swing sea wispended
from the cei'ing. Surprises nut
rampata tn the pby. A typical number
would find half the cast dancing in
full niwdocnjcfhblc, let! by Bielawa
wielding a baton.
In the musical. Mabel Nonnand U
ditco^crol by Mack Sennet:, wh-i
quickjy recognizes her potential. Scnnctt't
calloiu treatment of Vabcl has
an unexpected effect on her. and she
fads herself in love with him.
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biainchrd. it picktd up by a coupic
of bundling businessmen played by
Jeff Y.aggiunciMa and Garth
Gillrspie. The two are a step above
Laurel and Hardy, but fall short of
Abbott and Cottdlo.
The road to Hollywood fUli love
for M^ck and Mabel, but dmenlion
from ihc rest «>f the crew. Mabel is
turn luirtl awa> from Mack by the
evil William Oeunond Taylor. pUycd
by MUrFrcrnun, who convince* her
the u. a real actrcxt.
It's r>M uitpritirtg lhat Miller's
tinging it thaltow. ht>ar»c. and juu
plain dreadful, but ihU d**c«,t
dampen ihc thrill of the show. The
wealth of ciperier..e *hi>wn in the
pcrtonruncc* of AiLihM>n and
can't be equalled in a debut.
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