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...Soon he noticed that she was paying only the faintest attention. Eventually the great actress explained: It was the Muppet hour, and she absolutely must see them. A blow to his ego, admitted Lord Grade with a shrug of his cigar, though not an unendurable blow, since Grade's ACC organization finances The Muppet Show. (Grade, who is short, bald and whimsical, by no coincidence strongly resembles Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, the mad scientist of the Muppets...
...sold to the stations," says Henson. "It's a couple of years away." Lord Grade adds with satisfaction that the take from this "strip syndication"?the sale of a show for the same time slot several days a week?will be split equally between HA! and his ACC group and will mean "millions of dollars." Until then HA! is supported handsomely by fat merchandising contracts with such outfits as Fisher-Price Toys and Hallmark Cards, Inc. Muppet faces appear on coffee mugs, T shirts, yo-yos, playing cards, pillowcases and anything else that will take an imprint. Henson...
...this the networks refused to provide unless it was aimed strictly at children. Finally the FCC opened the 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. slot to local programming suitable for both children and adults, and HA! bypassed the networks by signing an extraordinary deal with Lord Grade's ACC group: 24 shows a year, international syndication, a healthy budget and complete artistic control...
Most of the wrestlers spent last night in their rooms, relaxing by watching the ACC basketball tournament on television. But that's another story...
...Devils had whipped Clemson, the ACC Champions and the only other team repeating a 1976 trip to Omaha, 10-7, largely on the efforts of freshman third baseman Jamie Allen. Allen smashed a homer and two singles and then pitched the Sun Devils out of a ninth-inning jam, earning a save to boot...