Thursday, August 31, 1978
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Flip Wilson to bring show to KU
Staff Reporter
By SAM VAN LEEUWEN
The KU football team has a new player—Flip Wilson, the comedian who is best known for his television portrayal of Geraldine Jones.
Wilson will portray KU's quarterback for an upcoming NBC special, "The Flip Wilson Salute to Football." Don Baker, director of sports information, said yesterday.
The special will be filmed by Mediavision, a Toronto-based film company now in Kansas City, Mo., filming the Billy Graham Crusade.
The main reason NBC picked KU to film more than half the special was because the movie was very difficult.
The rest of the special will be filmed with the St. Louis Cardinals football team in St. Louis.
Baker said the show would be aired the night before the Super Bowl.
"The basic story line is Flip is KU's No. 2 quarterback and in a key late season, the No. 1 quarterback has his jersey torn and the slip is sent in as a replacement." Baker said.
"Through comedy of errors, he leads KU to the winning touchdown. Then he goes to St. Louis and eventually leads them to a victory through a series of trac accidents," he said.
Filming of the special tentatively is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning in the locker rooms of Memorial Stadium, Baker said.
At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, KU students and faculty are encouraged to take part in the filming of a simulated game game between KU players and Texas A&M, Baker
Football jerseys from Texas A&M already have been received, he said, and some of the players who were injured came to
Approximately 20,000 of the restricitors, which are free and available at company offices, have been taken by customers in the past three weeks. Woelfhout said.
A dime-sized water restrictor installed on a shower head could save 14,600 gallons of water a year for a family of four. Bill Doyle, director of market services, said yesterday.
The cry for energy conservation has prompted the Kansas Power and Light Company to do its part, no matter how small.
“It’s just one more small measure you can use to save energy,” he said.
Tiny water restrictor can save big gallons
The film crew will remain in Lawrence to film the KU-Texas &M game so that plays can be inserted to make the show seem authentic, he said.
Although KU will not be paid for the fitting, Baker said, the publicity will be of interest.
Although drastic cuts in water bills will
not occur, use of the restrictor will add to an overall conservation effort, he said.
Woolfoth said a family of four in each member takes a five-minute shower every day for a year could save about 14,600 gallons of water. Depending on where the family lived, the money saved could be $18 to $45, he said.
Wednesday morning, filming is scheduled to take place at an undisclosed location on campus and at the Eldridge House, Seventh and Massachusetts streets.
In the show, the university will be identified as KU, Baker said.
Baker said about 4,000 people are needed for the simulated game. Participants should have a computer with Internet access.
cheerleader with the assistance of the KU pumpon squat at an undetermined site, he be
Baker said that later that afternoon, Wilson was scheduled to be flinned on the sidelines while the Jayhawks were practicing.
The restrictor is about a half-inch in diameter, and it has a hole in the middle. The restrictor reduces the flow of water and increases water pressure. Wooloof said.
"There is no question in my mind the show
that we excellent promotional value for the
university."
An employee at the Bailly Farm hardware store said such a restrictor reduced the flow of water but not pressure. Use of a filter with a pump can reduce gallons used when taking showers, he said.
3rd campus theft reported
Pok-Chi Lau, assistant professor of design, reported that $180 worth of camera equipment was taken from his office in the Visual Arts building.
Another theft was reported yesterday in which the theft master master accessed to access the items taken
Last week, Jerry Moore, associate professor of design, also had $250 worth of camera equipment taken from his office in the same building.
his daughter might have had it at home
He said he and Lau had the only two keys to their office doors and suspected the thief's presence.
Wilson will arrive in Lawrence Saturday night or Sunday morning and will stay, along with the film crew and directors, at the Ramada Inn, 2222 W. Sikth St., Baker said. Wilson will leave Thursday night or Friday morning.
Moore said yesterday that his camera was taken sometime between the close of summer school and the start of this year. "I don't remember missing until last week because he thought
Moore said his camera had been marked with identifying numbers and could be used to identify them.
Thursday, Geraldine tries out for
Monday a similar theft was reported in Nuenmaker Center.
Lau was not available for comment, but Moore said Lau's equipment also could be used.
In that theft, Jerry Lewis, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, also thought that a thief used a master key to gain access to his video tape equipment.
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