Batman
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how truly devious Carrey can play
the bad guy.
He also does some VERY im
pressive work with his cane, which
Carrey supposedly took home from
the set every night to practice to
perfection. His work shows through
beautifully.
Another prize goes to Michael
Gough, making hi s return as A1 fred,
Bruce Wayne’s butler, confidant,
and so on. Not only does he help
around the house and Batcave, he
makes both Wayne and Grayson
realize what needs to be done. You
can ’ t help but like him because he ’ s
just so cool.
The film has several breathtak
ing action sequences, and they start
right at the beginning with Two
Face and Batman.
(By the way, since when did
Batman’s outfit have nipples and
wobbly ears? Just curious.)
“Batman Forever” has plenty of
amusingmoments too, with special
attention paid to the mentioning of
the home of the Man of Steel and to
the “Holy (whatever)!” phrases
made popular by the 1960’s
“Batman” television series.
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Cable TV finds more to offer viewers
By Kathryn A. Ratliff
Staff Reporter
There’s something new on the tube
these days.
Operating out of the KPTM Fox 42
studios, Channel 15 KXVO Omaha
went on the air 8:30 a.m., June 10th,
with the program “If These Walls
Could Speak,” a university produc
tion of the history of Omaha.
KXVO is broadcast from KPTM’s
tallest tower in Gretna and is affiliated
with the Warner Bros, and Paramount
companies. This free, over-the-air sta
tion offers 20 hours, 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.,
of programming daily.
Howard Shrier, executive vice
president and general manager for
KPTM, said KXVO offered a full
range of strong programming.
KXVO’ s programming list includes
animation in the morning and after
noon, dramas, sitcoms, an abundance
of movies and a great deal of first-run
shows, Shrier said.
For the science-fiction fan, KXVO
offers Star Trek the Next Generation,
Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine.
Other features include highway
patrol shows such as “Cops,” “Na
tional Geographic Explorer,”
“MASH,” Rush Limbaugh and a vari
ety of talk blocks.
Shrier said there were no news pro
grams as of yet on the station, but that
KPTM’s news segment would prob
ably expand to one hour in September.
“There’s a wealth of available pro
gramming not yet on the air before,”
Shrier said.
Shrier said KXVO would air 24
hours a day starting this fall.
Rick Kiolbasa, divisional manager
of public affairs for Cablevision, said
KXVO’s programming list consisted
of quality syndicated programs simi
lar to thbse found on KPTM Fox 42,
WTBS and WGN.
KXVO has received a tremendous
amount of strong, positive response,
Shrier said, including a letter of ap
preciation from Don Gill, director of
development of Nebraskans for pub
lic television, and $5,000 in dona
tions.
Cablevisioil has made other
changes toward viewer enjoyment,
Kiolbasa said.
New features include the addition
of Channel 43, the history channel,
which airs documentaries and movies
on historical events, people and places
and Channel 42, a food network.
The food network features shows
such as Mrs. Field’s “I Love Choco
late” for both instructional and enter
tainment purposes.
Kiolbasa said both the history and
food channels had received positive
public response.
Cablevision dropped its nostalgia
channel, which aired classic movies,
due to a lack of positive response,
Kiolbasa said.
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He said the travel channel was also
deleted to make room for the other
changes, but Cablevision would like
to bring it back by the end of the year.
“We’ve tried to make all the
changes at one time so people aren’t
confused,” Kiolbasa said.
Cablevision will add Channel 51, a
movie service,on July 1 st. Channel 51
will air movies four to five years old,
Kiolbasa said, similar to those found
on USA and HBO.
Kiolbasa said the changes had been
made to simply offer better program
ming.
“The goal is to provide the best
programming at the best price,” he
said.
Part of that price includes a small
increase of $1.77 in fees for
Cablevision subscribers, effective July
1st.
“Our customers will ceffainlybeti
cfit frombetterquality programming,”
Kiolbasa said, “which will increase
customer loyalty and gain new cus
tomers.”
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