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Nostalgia out piece < By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES ? Nostalgia videos ? taped television shows and even commercials from the 1950s and '60s ? have found an ever-growing market since Paramount Home Video introduced "Star Trek" on tape in 1985. With unit sales for various "Star Trek" episodes on tape approaching $4 million, others in the video business have beamed aboard. Now almost every kind of old program is on tape, from familiar titles such as "The Honeymooners," "The Lone Ranger" and "I Love Lucy" to cult shows like actor Patrick McGoohan's "The Prisoner." Outfits like Paramount and CBS-Fox Home Video have access to a wide library of shows. Paramount is considering the original "Mission Impossible," "The Untouchables and Mannix" as well as more recent items like "Mork and Mindy." CBS is looking at "Batman," "Gunsmoke," "Hawaii Five-O" and "Rawhide." Amy Schorr, the vice president and general manager of Rhino Records, says the much-targeted baby boomers seem to be most willing to part with their money for nostalgia videos. "They're the people who grew up with the stuff, and it brings back comfortable memories," Schorr said. "Also, if they have very young children, they know its O.K. to put 'The Lone Ranger' on. They know nobody is going to get killed and the good guys are going to win." Rhino's video department is an arm of retrospective specialists Rhino Records in Los Angeles. It has such tides as "The Lone Ran ger" and "SgL Preston of the Yukon" along with "Roger Ramjet," the late 1960s cartoon series filled with adult asides, "Death Valley Days," with stars including Ronald !S36SSSii?f; ^ mmmmm HVJW w Jm Wrongly convicted of drug d Selleck) must deal with prison life United W^u of the Midlands < era Pre-lease CALL TODAY TO RESERVE Conveniently located from Grey stone Blvd. Tun videos pry of market Reagan and Clint Eastwood, and "Peter Gunn," the popular detective series with its driving Henry Mancini theme song. MPI Home Video has tracked the cult favorites, including a recently discovered batch of "The Honeymooners" and "The Prisoner," starring McGoohan as a secret agent who resigned only to be a captive in a seaside village. Both shows, said MPI Vice President Jaffer Ali, are good examples of what clicks in the nostalgia video market "Jackie Gleason has been popular for 35 years in 'The Honeymooners,' and its safe to say that 35 years from now, Ralph Kramden will still be funny," he said. "'The Prisoner' was not very successful in syndication, but it was a huge hit for us. There was a real following." "It's almost a new kind of syndication, a video syndication," Ali said. Most of the nostalgia videos are priced from $10 to $20 for sale directly to consumers rather than rental stores, and even such giants as CBS-Fox Home Video have found that television advertising for mail orders ? or using catalogues ? increases sales for nostalgia videos. Taking even a quirkier step into nostalgia is Video Resources New York Inc., whose founder, Ira Gallen, has turned his nostalgia film collecting and research efforts into six volumes of "Kid's Commercials Of The '50s and '60s" and 18 other volumes on commercials. "I've been collecting films sipce I was 16," Gallen said. "There is not a school or museum in the country that has the full version of the history of TV commercials." Gallen said he makes most of his finds by contacting private collectors, along with the original producers, directors and writers. ealing, Jimmie Rainwood (Tom ! in "An Innocent Man." v y fun place to i live : , 2 &3 Bedroom apts. J Ixcellent roommate oor plans urnished or unfurnished J ool, tennis courts & ubhouse Now for Next Semester I 50 Security Deposit J Per Person 1 YOUR NEW HOME 779-2373 i USC. Exit 1-26, right on 1 right at traffic light. 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Sponsored by Burroughs Wellcome Co. i Academy of Dermatology, the American American College of General Practitionei Surgery, the American Osteopathic Asso Health Association Copr. ? 1989 Burroughs Wellcome Co ( I 'Innocent Man' ? By DAVID BOWDEN Staff Writer - mm An Innocent Man is a preposter- ll/l 0* ous movie somewhat redeemed by llfl Vi Tom Selleck's good acting job. He J J s-y generates sympathy for a character in a totally unbelievable situation. Selleck's character is Jimmie Rainwood, a flight supervisor for American Airlines with a beautiful a ,a . c wife, Kate (Laila Robins). JlI ie 1S se One day, two corrupt cops an(* c &ets ! (played by David Rasche and Ri- ycarschard Young) break into the Rain- s. *s P1 woods' house. They think they are 1S breaking into a drug dealer's warrant and house, but they got the wrong break into hi address. washJimmie is taking a shower and The way comes out with a hairdryer in his will probabl hand. Thinking he has a gun, the goers. Howe corrupt cops shoot him. It would a great job c make more sense for the cops to tions of a gu leave as fast as possible at this reason, point. They don't The relati They put a gun in Jimmie's mie and his It's tirr If you're sexually active, you : GSE. GSE stands for genital a simple examination you ca for any signs or symptoms o disease. Send for your free C cause when it comes to sexi are some important things tc To receive your free GSE G return the coupon or call, tc A/? " * S&*'" - '';4^$'/' '" ^ Plk ~" ^ J* ?** ^--^r * >f the Serpent Festival held here. perform at The festival will feature The London Serpent Trio, one of the world's only professional serpent groups. "It's great that they were able to come over from England. South Carolina will have an opportunity to hear the world's finest serpentists," Kridel said. The London Serpent Trio's founder, Christo_1 1 K 1 *11 . * I! * L!. pner mohk, win enieriain auuiences wim nis comments amid the music. "I heard him b 1983 and was so impressed with not only his talent, but especially his wit and energy that I ordered a serpent from him," Kridel says of Monk, the only man who makes the $900 instrument on a full-time basis. Scrpentists will probably meet in England for the instrument's 400th birthday, but this festival is the first and last of its kind. "This is it, at least for the next hundred years or so," Kridel said. Work by USC music professors Donald Portnoy, Gordon Goodwin and William Moody, band director James Copenhaver and Peter Schickele made the festival a grand scale event, guilty of bad sci ? works well. The way t cope with awful circi gives the movie som mm KMill W strength. 1 1t/>| I \ The movie also gets I L/ LC- IX/ Jimmie goes to priso winner F. Murray Abra Virgil, a veteran con ocaine in his house. s^ows Jimmie all the it up as a drug dealer, Pris?n things like how : r__ .i man with a niece of plas< >ciu iu piisuu xur uiree . * ?? 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Bejal relationships, there Name (please print) i look out for. | uide, simply fill out and ill-free, 1-800-234-1124. ^ siiii" n conjunction with the American | English version Spanish Academy of Family Physicians, the . _ rs in Osteopathic Medicine and I Are you over 18 years of age? ciation. and the American Social kll rights reserved Oamhr^ll Kridel said. "A whole variety of people from the university and the public have helped with the festival. We wouldn't be performing at the stadium if it wasn't for their saying 'Let's do it,"' he said. The United Serpents Grande Band's performance at the USC-Wcstem Carolina football game will be the largest audience in the 20th century for serpent music. "It's going to be a unique experience for the audience and for the people in the band. I doubt if any of them have even seen the serpent unless they've been to a music museum or studied music history," Band Director James Copcnhavcr said. The USC Band and the United Serpents Grande Band, which has 25 players, will play "Under the Boardwalk" at the game. "We wanted to do something upbeat and something See SERPENTS page 6 ipt, no plot hey try to corrupt cops. lmstances An internal affairs cop (played i i Kt; Poriio Knlrvo e Iiceucu fjviaj jiiiimiu revenge. They want to catch the corrupt cops doing some corrupt rf Oscar6 and send them to jail. ham plays A person does not have to be a ivict who psychic to guess how this movie important turns out The ending has no surto kill a prises whatsoever. The movie as a s. whole has no surprises. An Innocent Man is only worth ?d. Jimmie seeing for the good acting of all ical prison the major players. The direction by mean con- the legendary Peter Yates is very iendly, etc. good, but the screenplay is prison, and worthless. nge in his T ,.. 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