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1stho oxnmlnor Wodnoody May 1m broadcasting in obsolete and inadequate death blow Short takes Sundays concert Clarkson Hotel showbiz it BOB HOPE Bob Hope tribute NEW YORK AP Bob Hope received tribute in New York on Monday night that he complains he never got from Hollywood as about 3000 show business financial and political celebrities packed Avery Fisher Hall to honor his acting The tribute was given by the Film Society of Lincoln Centre and included 70 minutes of film clips from the comediaiis mov ies narrated by Woody Allen who entitled the show My Fa vorite Comedian CBCs survival losing cause By STEPHEN GAUER Of The Examiner Theres pathetic irony in the recent CRTC announce ment that the CBC must start to phase out popular American programs in favor of Canadian programs and outstanding foreign programming The CRTC issued the order when it renewed the CBCs TV if license until 1982 The CRTC regulates radio and television Canadaunfrotunately distinguished itself with wise decisions The CRTCs regula tions seem designed to make life difficult for private broad casters at the same time the CRTCs rigidly narrow view of the CBCs role seems designed to create public hell for Al Johnson the president of the CBC The CRTC is telling Johnson that the CBC must increase Canadian content particularly during the primetime hours But Parliament acting on its authority is gleeing chopping the CBCs budget The CBC has few friends in the House of Commons and that makes budget increases as unlikely as federal government surplus Its absurd to expect the CBC to produce enough programs to fill the primetime schedule The corporation simply doesnt have the financial or technical resources to do it Production facilities in Toronto for example are hopelessly The CBC cant do everything well often it has trouble doing afew things well And unlike the American networks it cant afford the luxury of using only fraction of the pro gams trying to win place in the lucrative primetime schedule In the US for every sitcom thats hit there are peraps dozen pilots that fell by the wayside Thats an in credibly wasteful method of producing television programs and one that the CBC just cant copy But theres more important issue at stake in the CRTC decision whether the CBC which has broadcasting monopoly in smaller communities has the right to eliminate popular US shows Im not defending the merit of those programs just the right of Canadians to watch them if they chose to In Barrie we have the luxury of watching those shows on other channels If the CRTC gets its way although Johnson is appealing the decision communities without cable TV will have to accept what the CBC gives them And considering the drop in CBC ratings over the past 10 years the CRTCs stupidity will force the corporation to lose even more its audience The CBC has been an ailing cripple for long enough is the CRTC determined to deal the final Tonight at the Orillia Opera House the Kiwanis Music Festival will present the Festival of Stars featuring top per formers from the twoweek competition The names of the young musicians havent been released but Barrie students will be among those performing according to festival 53 organizers Scholarship winners will also be announced at the concert which starts at 30 pm Any Rand fans can look forward to an upcoming ABC miniseries based on Rands longest and bestknown novel Atlas ShruggedMusic students at Eastview present their spring concert at Georgian College Theatre tonight at pm Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for studentsNext Tuesday the Eastview Strings perform at the college theatre at pmPeter Northcotts photo display of members of the Huronia Symphony was on view at Georgian College during The display features photographs of the musicians and its an outstanding piece of workLater in the week hope to run reviews of three art shows currently on display in Barrie the design arts show at Georgian College the AGOs Art of the Caves exhibit at if the library and Ann Harbisons show of silkscreen art at the its rarely large color The audienCc which ranged in style from black tie and silks to sport shirts and jeans also heard 30minute monologue by Hope and gave rousing ap plause to the 75yearold actor who had made 60 films between 1938 and 1972 Pop composer dies LOS ANGELES AP Com poser Milton Ager who wrote such songs as Happy Days Are Here Again Aint She Sweet Hard Hearted Hannah and No bodys Baby has died at the age of 85 Ager died Sunday at Centi nela Hospital Medical Centre after long illness Memorial services will be held Friday Sellers divorce LONDON AP Actor Peter Sellers and his fourth wife 25yearold actress Lynne Frederick are seeking divorce after three years of marriage the newspaper Daily Mail reported Monday The 53yearold Sellers was quoted as saying The divorce will be an ami uible one think its com bination of reasons which caused the final breakup She wanted to start her career McGibbon will attend Gryphon opening night The Honorable Pauline McGibbon Lieutenant Govemor of Ontario will at tend the Gryphon Theatres opening night show at Georgian College Theatre on July the Gryphon Theatre Foundation has announced Earlier this year Vernon Chapman artistic director of the Gryphon Theatre announc ed that Mrs McGibbon had consented to remain the patron of the theatre foundation which has expanded the theatres season to full year of eight productions Mrs McGibbon and her hus band will attend the opening night banquet in the Georgian College cafeteria before the first performance of The Rainmakerat830pm The lieutenantgovemor has enjoyed active participation in the theatre and arts in Canada She waspresident of the Domi nion Drama Festival first woman to be chairman of the board of the National Theatre School and first woman presi dent of the Canadian Con ference of the Arts In 1957 she was awarded the Canadian Drama Award for services rendered to the Cana dian theatre In 1974 Ryerson Polytechnical Institute granted her an honorary degree in theatre arts Local music students play Lynn Langford the Barrie music student who won eight firsts and four seconds in the recent Orillia Kiwanis music festival will be one of the 23 students performing in an audi tion recital May 20 sponsored by the Barrie Registered Music Teachers The audition recital will be held at Grove Park Home at 230 pm The two recital judges Dr Anthony Dawson and David Ford of Toronto will award scholarships of up to Pops group drops suit BRANTFORD Ont CP civil suit for $45000 begun by the Boston Pops Orchestra against the city will be dis continued The orchestra announced sev eral months ago that it was suing the city Mayor Charles Bowen former alderman Bill Tovell and promoter Arthur Kelly The Pops group said the money was the balance owing for concert arranged by Kelly and held last August in Brant ford City council approved set tlement on Monday that re quires the action to be dis continued at no cost to the mu nicipality and an agreement that the city provide the orches tras lawyers with all docu ments it has relating to the con cert DEBUT UNLUCKY Alfred Hitchcocks debut as director in 1922 was in film called Number Thirteen film that was never completed again although when we mar ried she said she was sick and tired of it We wanted child and we werent able to have one Thirdly Im very hard working actor and put every thing Ive got into my work Exiles excited LONDON AP Actress Joan Collins says British tax exiles in the United States are excited over Margaret That cher becoming British prime minister Margaret Thatchers victory is trememdous said Miss Collins who arrived here from Los Angeles on Monday to film television series If she lowers the taxes like she said she would it will mean that can come home far more often Everyone in California was so excited especially the Brits living out there We were phoning each other and spreading the news Mrs Thatcher has promised income tax cuts at all levels as an incentive to make people work harder and to halt the ex odus of some of the countrys most talented people Setting his sights on disco Snow wants to sell records TORONTO iCIi The coun try and western purists were miffed when Dolly Parton dab bled in pop and disco They were aghast when Tanya Tucker tried her hand at rock lurists brace yourselves Hank Snow is setting his sights on the disco floor Only to point the country veteran is quick to add But his new show will indeed mark broadening of his style to ac conunodate younger market Snow native of Brooklyn NS who was inducted this year into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame admits that aftei 43 years in the recording iii dustry he must give in to the styles of the day Its question of economics Youve got to sell records he says If wasnt to changel wouldnt sell its that plain and simple Unless youre in the charts cably the retailers wont SAVE on repairs to TVs Radios and Stereos For chkSewnce Coll STEWART ELECTRONICS 7283451 74 Peel touch your product This is the thing weve got to explain to those faithful fans and believe me appreciate them We just cant stick with the old style of twin fiddles and steel guitar Thats not to suggest that Snow has plans to go electric and sell himself to the rock market Well follow the trends up the beat but well keep it coun try Helping Snow narrow the inu sical generation gap will be his protege young southern belle named Kelly Foxton She ap proached Snow about year ago when he was taping in Nashville and expressed her desire to sing professionally His reply routine send me atape AMAZEI BY TEST Snow received the tape and now recalls his amazement on listening toit RCA wanted me to come up with another duet album his last one was 15 years ago with Anita Kerri but could never find someone of the numerous girls we tested in the studio who could phrase with me have very unusual manner of phrasing both vocally and in strumentally The RIVERIA SCHOOL of SELF IMPROVEMENT Invites You To 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