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w INNIE THE POOH.

--Winnie the Pooh, the lovable little |
-bear of A.A. Milne’s classic stories for. }

wars _ children, visits American homes once.
. again when. Walt. Disney's Academy

ward-winning ‘Winnie the Pooh and:
-the: Blustery ‘Day’. is repeated ’.on:
-NBC-TV Friday, Dec. bl. 0
. This” will) mark the: sixth NBC-TV.
telecast of the widely praised animat-
ed musical): first presented. on the
- network in1970). 0 ee
= ~~ Inthe story, Winnie. braves: high
. winds: in the Hundred - Aker Wood,
* faces tiger trouble, has a nightmare
: peopled. by heffalumps .and.woozles,

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his precious supply of honey, only to
- awaken to the very.real danger of a

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The voice of Pooh was provided by .
. Sterling Holloway; the narration. by
_ Sebastian Cabot. Voices for . other.
“characters ‘include: Pault.. Winchell:
(Tigger), John_ Fiedler “ (Piglet), Jon.
Walmsley (Christopher . Robin)
“Howard Morris (Gopher), Barbara .
“Luddy (Kanga) and Clint. ‘Howard
(Roo). I

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| Mew York, N.Y.—Although no formal announcement has}
i been made, this reporter has learned that’ CBS plans on { -
. bringing ‘The. Avengers,’ the popular series that graced §
1 the tube in the ‘60s, back to prime-time television some | -
|. time during the Spring of ‘79... on ane Tee on]
--.. The series which starred Patrick MacNee (pictured 9
.- | above) and an assortment of: lovely ladies, principally |
-"f Honor Blackman and Diana Rigg,.has been seen all over’ .-
_’ | the world in re-runs. in 1976, based on the almost cult-like }
following. of the program, Avengers Enterprises Ltd. |
decided to. shoot some: new episodes—renaming it ‘The |. .
ee, a SOD we A res 1 New Avengers,” adding another male co-star and replacing |.
na oo Diana Rigg with comely Joanna Lumley. eso

_— ’ “The New Avengers’ has recently been. seen on}

— oes oo Toe mee ca ~ = = ~ a ae oe oe es q i) fate-night TV over the CBS network and ‘according to }
: Cc UT HEATI NG CC STS- | pp MacNee. the ratings nest competitor, That and the fact |
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that CBS is in dire need of revamping its late winter and f 7

oh spring prime-time sked, clinched the decision to bring the. A
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-“The 70's shows move a fot faster and are more. jj
1 realistic. The young people can appreciate the new 9 -
§ episodes better because of the action. The original show |
f though, had the better storylines,’’ MacNee. said in his |
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{| “In the early 60's, way before women’s lib, we were a 9.
| novelty. of sorts. because here we were taking a woman.@
‘and making her do something instead of having her sit at .
| home. and doing ‘nothing. The "60s gave us better values. §
4. Even the violence in the original show was not ‘as cruel’ 9.
. as ne violence ‘that is: portrayed on TV. today,” he |
verre che PaaS WWE SO : Sood added.
Dn nn |. The 56-year-old veteran stage and screen actor claims {| -
ra “ ‘that the new production has the blessings of the “European §
a ‘Community’ (et. al. broadcasting interests) who will assist
_ ' ; ‘the series when they begin shooting their new episodes .
; OW | WS a | in January. “This will help us. out in the central part of: §-

| . ee re-doing the program. We will be shooting all over Europe, |

. ’ and quite frankly | think we can do it cheaper this way,” 7
a ee ee —— offered Macnee. The series will commence its shooting 7

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I ; ‘The New Avengers’ will continue to play. upon the -

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| series back to’American-TV.

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; -" _ _q presently grace the tube. — - re |
© Replacement windows §... “Joanna is a sheer beauty and has strong intellect.
re ee BS ‘I never treated the female star as a sex object, although |
© Inside Storm Windows ce _ § the subliminal message. is there. Diana. Rigg (who played
: SO |. opposite MacNee in. a majority of the original episodes) is
7 ff - a sparkling woman who, with Glenda Jackson and Vanessa
8 ; | _ . Redgrave, is among the top three actresses in the world.
min sealed or single glazed. | : Those three have acted onthe st e. If you can't acton §
so in sol a | stage then you can called a great actress.” |
in solar bronze. «fs When ‘asked if he felt that ‘The New Avengers’
| J represented. a Renaissance in his distinguished .career,
‘MacNee chuckled and replied, “Gee, I'm honored you
~] consider this being the Renaissance part of my life and.
not the geriatric part.” ae .

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