Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 28, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sunday fre6 september i 997 profile engaging look at Cummings by Btty Oswald to writer f All the songs Hes written during his some titties tumultuous and painstakingly studied the a pics documentary Crew have picked a better one to steal As the title for its profile of Burton Cummings Star its very evident from this hour Long examination of the Winnipeg born singers which kicks off the View season of abcs biographical series life and times tonight at 10 that Cummings journey toward worldwide Fame and immense Fortune followed a Predes tined Star baby begins its examination of Cummings life right at the begin Ning his birth on new years 1947 and offers up some never before seen or heard details of his childhood his who raised Burton As a single figures prominently in this describing How hard she worked to give her son a Normal childhood and How Early in his life she realized she had a musical Prodigy on her Cummings describes his magical discovery of the four chords that form the foundation of most Rock n Roll and How his life changed irreversibly the moment that this to preview life 8afl Tiri itt t Csc tonight whole other musical realm open Dup for he went from being the nerdy kid who took piano lessons while everyone else played Street hockey to being that Cool Guy who could play All the songs on the 1 used to if 1 could just Cut Ohe record and hear myself on the i could die he things turned out a Little better than the Earl years segment of the program includes a rare Gem a recording of an obviously preadolescent Cummings pounding away at a friends wailing the lyrics to a hit song in a voice a couple of octaves removed from once he started performing with a band first the and later the guess who there was no Stop Ping Cummings and a pure reveling in the spot Light and fully willing for Many anyway to surrender himself to the Roc Star these he looks Back on those wild times compared to the kids he grew up with he was a he but in relation to some of pop musics notorious party he was More like a choir Star baby chronicles the guess who meteoric Rise with input from Randy Bachman and manager lome follows the bands Progress through to its theres also an extensive segment on Cummings Solo right up to last years tour in support of his up close and alone through it Cummings Speaks fondly of his roots and of the Home town where he still maintains a Resi and that where the hours Only false note lies till seem to viewers in other part of the country that everything has always been tick Ety boo Between Burton and Winnipeg folks from hereabouts will remember a lengthy period about a decade ago when the Singer and the City were unquestionably on the Given Cummings openness in Dis cussing other aspects of his its a puzzling other than its a very engaging and a fitting tribute to a Guy from our Sutof therway Burg who did it did it did it hard perhaps most impressively of is still doing Cummings is still doing what he does Best performing his sitcom Doest earn its giggles there not of in referring to the giggles and guffaws on the laugh track that accompanies Jenny tonight at the new Abc sitcom concocted to showcase talents of former playmate Jenny Treyve got to be the i because except for a few Gimmicky appear ances by self perpetuating Hollywood gag George this show int even remotely despite the implantation of some plot lines and running gags that worked for much ear Lier and an inflated publicity Campaign touting this a one of the newest shows on its really just a Bunch of same old Mccarthy and costar Heather Paige Kent play a couple of working class girls from upstate new York whose lives change when Jenny her characters last name is Mcmil Lan learns Shes inherited a California Home from her Deadbeat and now just dead a failed movie the plucky pair Are lifted from their lives in separated from their dead end jobs and headed for sunny where they become Wacky roommates in a Funky apartment near the its a 90s version of Laverne and Shirley moving into something resembling the threes company Omar Sharif and Tannah Hirsch Goren Bridge what is your bid 1 As you hold j76 qj2 kj7 j763 the bidding has proceeded North East South West pass int pass 2v pass what do you bid now 2 North South As South you hold a976 akqj98762 the bidding has proceeded North East South West what do you bid now 3 neither As South you hold 93 k83 a7652 854 the bidding has proceeded North East South West in 2 what action do you take look for answers watching Brad Oswald Complete with a couple of Lenny and squid Gish do fuses living upstairs played by Rafer Weigel and Dale residing in the rope sold Mccarthy has prepared for her network comedy debut by undergoing resume Educ Tion surgery her Abc Bio lists her past work on mtg and makes passing reference to a modelling but fails to mention her High profile turn As a Playboy she has a Long Way to go before she has the comic instincts or timing of Penny Cindy Williams or even Suzanne who a much better is some what underused in her second banana the funniest moments in the first episode Are the videotaped chats left to Jenny by her late but hardly lamented father its Clear that this video device is intended to become a running gag As the series which will probably come provincial Park Inverness Falls resort a quiet relaxing setting cozy cottage with fireplaces some private whirlpools Romance the great outdoors complimentary equipment fish outdoor hot Sauna 5 Nicht reservation hour rl250 at ii shop Jenny Mccarthy and Heather Paige Kent As a Relief if the Liveo tape portion of the show continues the Way it All the laugh track augmentation in the world int going to get Athorne viewers to join in with the artificially enhanced studio audience read All you have to do is see them for and youll be Able to there not the i Twne 8 Nothof Damn ave k Printiss St information line 947 204b adults youth child senior 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