Eight of the top ten regularly scheduled television programs seen in areas of Canada covered

' by - both CBC-TV and CTV networks ‘were .on | CBC

: television, according to the latest. BBM Bureau. of Measurement ratings ‘relased

- today.. The BBM ratings cover

the period of October 28° to

‘ November 10, 1974. Following is a list of the top

ten programs with -ralings as

release by BBM: . - 1, Warld af Disey (CBC) -

3,487,000

2, MASH (CBC) - 2,977,000

4, All In-'The Family. (CBC) - 2071,00,

4. Wallons. (CBC) - 2,544,000

' 5, NHL Hockey (CBC) - 2,387,000 6. Streets of San Francisco (CTY) ~ 2,320,000 Lots 7. Irish Ravers (CBC) - 2,276,000 8. Rookies (CTV) - 2,185,000

_.9,. Mary ‘Tyler Moore (CBC) - 2100 ot :

10. The Beachcombers (CBC) -

2,123,000

Of the top fen Canadian- produced television programs seen in the common CBC antl

CTV coverage: areas, seven were CBC-TV programs. : Follawing is ihe BBM break-

down of programs in this’

eatepory:: te Lo

1, NHL Hockey (CBC) - 2,987,000

2. Irish Rovers (CBC).- 2,276,000 ~

3. The Beachcombers (CBC) - 2,123,000 ; :

4, NHL Hockey (CTY) - 2,028,000 5. Tommy Hunter: (CBC) - 1,649,000" . . 6, Front Page Challenge (CBG) 7 1,622,000 re

7. Headline Hunters (CTV) -

Light of Tolstoy on

’ where

‘TV Ratings

1,537,000 a. This Is The Law (CBC) - ‘1,59

1,407,000 10. Funny Farm (CTV) - 4,386,000 - |. 7 ’

Looking al the coverage of the

full CBC-TV -English network, including parts.of the country there: is no (CTV coverage, the BBM ratings show that the-top Canadian productions’ were The: Irish Rovers, with 2,966,000 viewers; NHL (CBC). Hockey, with, 2,980,000 viewers;' Beach- combers, © with" 2,745,000 viewers; Tommy Hunter, with 2,156,000 viewers; Front Page Challenge with viewers; and This Is The Law, with 2,026,000 viewers. ;

In its new Sunday at 7:36 p.m, time slot, The Irish Rovers, produced by Ken Givson of CBC Vancouver, has added neatly a mitlion viewers. to its already * substantial two million viewers who watched last season when the series was seen on 37 of the 43 stations of the CBC television nelwork. The series ne~ igseen ‘on the full CBC-TY network. ©

Two new musical programs

-on CBC-TV this season which “are attracting large audiences are: Ceilidh, - produced by Charles’ F. “Reynolds of CBC Halifax, which goes to the full CBC-TV. network and. has 1,512,000 viewers; and Stompin’ Tom's Canada,. produced by Don McRae ef CBC Edmenton, seen normally on about half the stations of the CBC-TY English nelwork, .with a viewership of

1,143,000.

CFTK December 11

Maleolm Muggerridge

narrates a personal in-

terpretatian of Leo Tolstoy's life

and works of the fifth program

in the A Third Testament series

- on CBC-TY,- Wednesday, Dec. 11 ‘at 9:30 pam.

2. > Tolstoy 1828-1910 is a powerful

” {ulm and todo it, the producers,

‘+ Nielson-Ferns Lid. of Toranto,

+ had the full co-operation of the

Soviet , State Committee for

~ Television when they. shot the” documentary on the life of the’

_~opreat writer on localion in the / USSR.

It meant Soviet archival film on Tolstoy's death never before

seen in the West is-included in.

the program.

‘Tolstoy was one of the most’

- famous men of his time, - Muggeridge states: ‘*In - November 1910, the eyes of all mankind were fixed on the _ Slation’masler’s, house. in Astapova,-a- tiny--place in ' Eastern: Russia, I .. Talstoy lay dying. Journalists kept arriving [rom every cornet “of the world, and lacking other

: feller’ of parables,

Where Leo:

“The old man lay in the stalion-master’s bed oblivious Of all this. What was it that made the drama of his end so obsessively interesting to his fellawmen?"” Muggeridge answers his rhetorical

_ question: ‘*Not just that he was . a great writer... Nor even just

thal he was a moralist, a great whose

thoughts and words, had

reached far .and wide, Not just.” that he was an aristocrat who

tried to live and look and be like - a muzhik; not just that he was

a rebel: who had turned away -

2,070,000. ;

7 000 ~ oon 9. The Collaborators (CBC) - 2%

es

ments in the United States in §.00,

1974 will be honored by a sel of commemmoralive postage stamps to be issued by the Directorate-

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Mei Ho Senior the victor in the elimination, went

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straight crown. Then Li Teh:

in ils classy at.

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‘Thefunof —

batching it —

By BILE SMILEY QNE of my real pleasures ~ in lile ig “batching it.” I've just -been through ten” days of it, and have another stretch ‘coming up. 1 look back on the one with nostalgia, and forward to

‘the other with anticipation. There area lot of men who go around with a long face when their wiie is going to . be away for a spell, and they'll have to look alter themselves.. Some of them would” literally starve to death if there “were : no restaurants. Others actual-

ly-“miss” their wives con-

- slant babble, oo

from fame and success, all-the. -

prizes (hal everyone sought. In -some.way he symbolized the:

longing and the dreams of his -

lime. Freedom, -brotherliness, peace, love-these were the promises he held oul, and if he” notably failed to, realize them in his own, life, thal was it

. particular irony. His dreams .

lived on, and live on still.’’

’- Director of this film shot. in the U:S,5.R2, at -Yasnaya: Rdyana, Tolstoy's Moscow ‘house, the ‘Kremlin, Soviel

- And: there .are a lot af women who are convinced |

that their poor weaklings af

“husbands will ba hard done — by ifthey leave them ta fend ‘for themselves for.a few

. days. There are also a lot of . “women who are convinced

that. their husbands are

* going to miss their presence

dreadfully, Both convictions are erroneous, ip my case.: llove my wife, but oh, you.

+. happy, .carefreé days of - abatching it. I feel the way .

Lused to, about nine years old, when school is letting

— outdn June.

For one thing, there's no

_. teacher ab me all the time, -

trying to make me. behave,

. changed the beds, did-two

+ the: paper,

ment,

public of China. —

‘feel like a fellaw who has just walked out the jailhouse gates. .. I'm not saying that mar- ‘Tage is synonymous with prison, though it is a life © sentence. I'm just saying that it's nice to get a week- - end pass once ina while, for goad behaviour. First thing £ do when the ald girl disappears’ over the horizon is kick my shocs off, settle down in.a cam- -

. fortable chair with <a. beer

and :the evening papers., I read it through with quiet ” enjoyment, no’ interrup- tions. . : .. Nobody relating how she

washings, called the. plumber, .. Nobody wanting

to talk about decorating the

.Spare.room. “Nobody telling me [had to go-over the bills with her. Na, just me and I read . Front. page, . editorials, . columns, sports and entertainment. «Normaily, I ‘never get past’ the front page. . .. .

Nohody saying, “Dinner’s nearly ready ‘don't open

_ another beer’ which would you like canned peas or ---. “frozen spinach.” I have my

dinner when I jolly well feel like it, Maybe nine p.m., or len. .

And when 1 do,’ it’s a gourmet spread. Unlike some of those. snivelling wretches who can't. boil a cup of water without spoil- ing the flavour, I was

The set consists of two deno- won three world titles at lourna- minations: NT$1.00 and NTS$-:

The three-champions are the All-stars Big League team, Mei Ho Senior League team and Li Teh Littl League team. =“

Entering Big League Baseball competition for the first time, the Chinese all-stars won by posting a 4-0 yecord at Fort Lauderdale,

. diana, and captured the third

team beat all [ts cormipetitors to win the fifth worid championship

Along with the stamps, en- velopes and mounting folders will be put on sale lwo days be-

Orders for ihe items can be sent to: The Philatelic Depart- Directorate-General _ of,

Posts, Tuipci, Taiwan 106, Re-

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League team, Far.. Eastern to Gary, In-

Little, League

Williamsport,

date.

good meal. Chops and sausage, bacon and eggs are child's play. along with steak. . 1 can turn out a creditable turkey, ham, roast of beef. I can make stuffing, bake a fish.

So, when I'm alone, Idon't

' go hungry. Oh, not. that I

roast a-beel,.or turn out a golden brown turkey. That's a bit much for one average * appetite. . ; But I don't settle for the

- baked - potato, fried “pork -chop and canned corn

routine, either, That's for - ~ workaday ‘cooks and worka-

. day appetites and workaday

marriages. ne

.Nor am‘ I one of those - fancy-dans who fool araund ‘ covering the essential bland- ness of their cooking with . alot of spices and sauces. : Tm more apt to turn out a “nice mixed grill: bacon; a small fresh lamb chop, a ~ sausage or two, a bit.of liver, and a gram or two of kidney. -

+. Ifthey're not on hand, I get “ the latter two.items out of -

acan of cat food. It has a

_ distinct; unique flavour,

“When all is sizzling a la

« perfection,.as we say, I

carefully put the meat on 4 . paper towel, and ‘fry two

large slices-of.golden-brown -

bread in the drippings. I top

these with tomatoes and”

malting cheese. By - this

‘time my stomach can scarce- | -

ly ..stand. the “aromas mingling. ©

‘Then [put the whole

' work’ into the cat's dish, _ open the refrigerator, take

out: a frozen chicken ‘pie, - heatit, and eat it, garnished . with a sprig of cabbage. The

‘eat and I are both happy.

By this time, it’s 11.30 p.m., sol watch a late movie | or two, with no one saying, “Isn't it time for bed?” I

Versatile Ginette Reno.

“T Naw everyhody knows that .

Ginette Reno is one of Canada’s

top song stylists, buther myriad

fans may nol be aware just how versatile the talented Mon- trealer actually is. - . That versalilily is superbly demonstrated in Ginette Reno - With Love, a full-hour CBC-TY “special to be telecast Friday, Dec. 13. at9 p.m,, asshe runs the

- musical gamut from pop lo

rock, from blues to country. Canadian humorist-singer Gordie Tapp is special guest for the songfest, Tapp has been hilting it big in the U.S. of late .as a regular om the syndicated country varlely series Hee Haw. On the CBC special he'll

~Join. Genlette for a country

music segment. Highlights of this CBC

_ showcase of popular music

inelude:' Help Me Make It Through the” Night, Kodachrome, Rock ‘n’. Rell Lullaby; Raised on Rock; Country Girl; Stop’ and Smell

THE HERALD, Wednesday, December 1h 1974, PAGE AIL,

the Roses (a-duet with Gordie’

Tapp); Husbands and Wives; Early Morning Hush; -Last Blues: Song; -My Man; Photographs and Memories; Il Doesn't Have To Be That Way.

Backing Miss Reno and -her guest is an all-star aggregation of Canadian music makers

headed by musical. Rick -

Wilkins, McConnell.

Anne Seymour cast in fifth show this month

Anny Seymour has been set to play Donald Pleasence's

housekeeper in MGM's ‘Hearts .

Of the West,” thereby setting a casting record of sorts.

The comedy-drama, a Bill- Zieff Production starring Jeff Griffith, .

Bridges, Andy Pleasence, Blythe Danner and ‘Alan Arkin, is Ms. Seymour's fifth acting assignment in only four weeks, Within that’ period, she has portrayed a librarian in “Harry-0,"". mother in “Emergency,” Roddy MecDowall’s mather

an hysterical °

chimp in ‘“Planel of the Apes” and a school principal in “Police Woman.”

“Hearls Of the West" is the story of a Midwestern lad and his adventures in the Hollywood of the Thirties, Tony Bill is producing and Howard Zieff is directing [rom an original screenplay by Rob Thompson.

- Hetter With Age?

People claim whiskey improves with age. Scotch and bourbon too. Wonder why if is that drunks don't impreve with age?

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accommodation, dossed’ down. -Writer’s Union, ‘Tula and in disused railway carriages. - Astapova “was Pat Ferns. - The cameras --a relatively new © Original music, which has been.

_ dleanup after me, and learn something new, all al once. This is hard work, -and I'm

brought up in alarge family, . and was a’ pretty - good,

_elimb into bed at 3.30, read

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movie one. The whole Tolstoy ‘clan had ‘arrived on the scene, including — the _: Countess, Sonya, in a special -— train..- Set .

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Arctic blue

‘abandoned:

fox kits are delightfully iriquisitive,

released as a record album is by John Mills-Cockell, This’ film,

with the other films in the six-. .

part series are being shown first

on CBC.” Other networks that. - .. Wil carry, the series at a later.

date include the BBC.

allowing humans within a few yards before they take fright and head for their underground dens, -Then, as- the human listens from atop the den

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Nope, when I put the old battleaxe on the bus, ar see. the car drive off, [try to ©

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mound, the kits-yap and grow! fiercely in their defense of home. This particular fox kit posed for ‘several minutes atop his den mound on St. Paul Island, The Pribilofs, Alaska.

rough cook when I married.

A far better cook than the’- bride, I might add, sotto pace. , Log : And Since then, I've filed; ~' ‘aff a number tof -the’ rough edges, and can turn aut a * |

ame;

Every time my wifecomes -home and I've been batching -it, she is appalled by my . appearance. . "Your eyes

° Jook like two burned holes in

a-blanket.’ They do, but T've enjoyed every burn. Then the inevitable ques-

> toni “Did you miss me?”

Hah! Miss her my foot: I

*~ didn't miss her any more

“than 1 would my teeth, or

“my right arm.

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