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By Glenn Rawls
Gamecock Staff Writer 1
NBC's Supertrain series debuted
Wednesday night, with less than |^nlftimr
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vivt^i i vouiio. a lie oiivjvy , ait caujr t-.
one million dollars over-budget, is ri
about a huge atomic-powered IK
coast-to-coast train and the ffi
"comedy, mystery, romance and ^
suspense" the passengers endure [ 7
on each run. kg
The two-hour debut was at least ?
half an hour too long for most
tastes ; indeed, a solid hour episode
would have been enough. But the an
pilot episode shuffled helplessly shi
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and therein was lost the "mystery ,
and suspense" it may have con- s '
tained. There was no comedy
apparent. en
Edward Andrews is the con- be
tinuing character of the series, the L;
crusty old conductor of the as
Supertrain, and he fares well tri
enough in the pilot against a crusty 22
owner played rather blandly by fa
Keenan Wynn. Where the show pr
faltered was in the 'guest star' to
routine of 'Love Boat' style, where be
Steve Lawrence proved himself a
far better singer than actor. He su
was not helped by the less-than- cr
spectacular teaming of himself
The top 10 singles this week, according t
1. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
2. YMCA
3. Le Freak
4. A Little More Love
5. Fire
6. Every l's a Winner
7. I Will Survive
8. September
9. Too Much Heaven
10. Lotta Love
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1. Blondes Have More Fun
2. Briefcase Full of Blues
3. 52nd Street
4. You Don't Bring Me Flowers
5. Greatest Hits, Vol. II
6. C'estChic
7. Greatest Hits
8. Cruisin'
9. Best of
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The cast of 'Supertrain
d Don Meredith, which gave the Whether they have
ow less than originally hoped cept with a weekly Oi
however, remains to
Still, there are some well-done CBS's entry into th
ecial effects. The train (both look-alike contest
side and out) is believable called Co-ed Fever,
ough, although that conceit not be justice for I
comes a little stretched when pretend he watched I
iwrence and his would-be episode. It was, quit
sassin cling on to the roof of the Jane Rose (of P
ain, which is traveling at a mere limped through a we
0 miles an hour. The last hour dirty old lady whih
red the best, and had the California kids pr
evious hour and a half been cut knew what the real v,
half an hour, the show may have
?n considerably better. ere w?s n0 ..
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comedy writing on ti
o Billboard Magazine, are: was simply no writ
Rod Stewart would say somethinj
Village People and then mug towar
Chic and, on cue, the 1<
Olivia Newton-John would giggle uproa
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Gloria Gaynor obviously left when I
Earth, Wind & Fire
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Blues Brothers
Barbra Streisand
Barry Manilow
Village People
Earth, Wind & Fire
Eric Clapton
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