Word: nbc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hope is more excited than he has been in years. He doesn't give a hoot that he's about to turn 80, but all the fresh attention makes him feel on top again. Last week the Senate celebrated his birthday and this week NBC is devoting an entire prime-time evening to a lavish tribute from Washington's Kennedy Center. The President and Nancy will be there to honor Hope and his wife of 48 years, Dolores. So will the third generation of pretty young TV women-Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley-who have smiled their...
...this one?" he asks. " 'This is three hours from the Kennedy Center, or as it's known at NBC, The Winds of Washington.' " The eyes whip over the pages. "Howzabout this? 'Security is really tight in the President's box. One agent checked me for bombs and threw out half my monologue.' " Hope's memory is as big as his desert mansion. Today's one-liner is stored away for use as tomorrow's ad lib. "Pseudosmart. That's the way I describe my stuff." says he. "I want...
...Bird in China, NBC, May 29, 7 p.m. E.D.T...
...passport is needed to identity this traveler. As an 8-ft. canary, he is one of a kind: an innocent abroad, with feathers. He is none other than Big Bird, star of Sesame Street. On May 29, a 90-minute NBC special called Big Bird in China takes him on a peregrination of the landmarks of China. A $1.3 million joint production of Children's Television Workshop (creator of Sesame Street) and China Central Television (CCTV), the national Chinese network, the program is essentially a beautifully photographed travelogue...
Bigger & Better TV's Greatest Commercials III (NBC) was rated only 28th last week, off sharply from its two top-ten-ranked predecessors. Nevertheless, it was a sponsor's dream, a video scrapbook celebrating the potent appeal of all those 30-second morality tales with happy endings. Among the "classics" shown: the new groom who, after consuming his wife's first meal ("Honey, I've never seen a dumpling that big"), tries to muffle the sound of Alka-Seltzer s fizzing. The show was a form of recall for the audience ("Hey, l remember that...