Tonight gets real friendly on the stage for Friday, February 27th, 1987.
Come with us for a little fire.
Hi everybody, I'm John Tesch. And I'm Mary Hart.
ABC is airing a major television movie on Sunday, but what you will be seeing is a watered down version.
The movie is Casanova, starring Richard Chamberlain and Faye Dunaway in the bawdy tale of the legendary lover.
But when it comes to those intimate love scenes, what will be seen by American audiences is far tamer than the European version.
So tame, in fact, that the producers had to shoot separate scenes.
The European version of Casanova will contain some nude scenes that we, of course, cannot fully reveal.
In America, good taste is somewhat differently viewed than in Europe.
Here's a bedroom scene from the American version.
You're not coming, private Casanova. Oh no, you're not coming.
And here's part of what they'll see in Europe.
Once or twice when Casanova was enjoying himself in bed with a lady that perhaps one lingered a little longer for the European version than in the domestic version.
In all, television audiences overseas will be shown about 20 minutes more of the telefilm.
Scenes that ABC deemed too suggestive for American TV viewers.
It is. Thank you for transporting me.
The pleasure was ours.
Probably the only thing we got away with in American television is we had shot material, as I said, for both European and American broadcasts.
And we had shot some stuff with Sylvia Kristal, who was Emmanuelle.
And there's one particular scene where she reveals herself to the young Casanova.
And we had shot that, and to our surprise, the European footage, which was also shown to the network, was considered acceptable for American television.
Monday, Entertainment Tonight will begin an in-depth look at the differences in handling sexually oriented material for American and foreign television distribution.
From Marilyn Monroe to Madonna, actresses have been haunted by risque photos taken before they became stars.
It's happening right now. Vulnerable young women hope to achieve stardom, but they need money to survive, and some pose nude to get it.
We talked with some actresses who've posed for these pictures, and they told us how they try to protect themselves.
There are personal appearances to adoring fans. There are posters capitalizing on her popularity.
And there is also a past, when the struggling young actress needed money.
Now, her lingerie photos are headed for Playboy.
I did not pose for those lingerie shots that are going to be out.
These shots were sold to Playboy by a photographer from something I did several years ago when I couldn't eat or pay the rent.
So they're lingerie shots, and that's all I have to say about this matter.
Vanna White is suing Playboy magazine over the publication of her photos in a future issue of their magazine.
This one case will likely be resolved in the courts.
But there are hundreds of other stories involving young women and photographers every day here in Hollywood that go unnoticed.
You know, you come out here with stars in your eyes, and you go, I want to believe that this is going to be a great role.
I want to believe that they're going to make me look good and not exploit me.
But the bottom line for them is making money.
Angela Ames has done partial nudity in films and in this cable TV spoof.
Her criteria? The merits of the individual project.
But to others, her advice is simple.
For the young actresses just new in town, just right off the bus, I say don't trust anybody.
Excellent, excellent.
For those models who do place their trust in a photographer for nude work, ownership and use of those photos becomes a question mark.
Most photographers will require the model to sign a release.
This model's release, for example, holds the photographer harmless, even though the photos, quote,
may subject me to ridicule, scandal, reproach, scorn and indignity.
A girl should not sign that release, should not sign it, until after she's seen the photographs developed.
You don't have to. Believe me, they'll shoot those pictures.
And then if you're pleased with the work and you're not embarrassed of the work, sign it.
If not, walk out.
And a big smile.
Shake your hair.
Many models and actresses make a conscious career decision to draw the line short of nudity.
I can't see me posing nude and feeling comfortable with it.
Lingerie is covering up those parts that I wouldn't want to show on television.
It still has the same emphasis of sexuality and sensuality, but to me it's not exactly the same.
Attitudes today toward nudity may be more liberal, but nude work does still raise eyebrows.
Judy Norton Taylor from the Waltons was well aware of that when she did a photo spread in Playboy,
aimed at changing her wholesome image.
It's amazing how much interest people suddenly have in you when you take your clothes off.
You can do four films and they go, hmm, okay, everybody's doing films.
You take your clothes off and all of a sudden everyone's interested.
This was a calculated risk. I'm putting it on the line and hoping that it pays off.
If it doesn't, you know, I may end up with another career.
I may be selling shoes next week.
Let the photos be old. Let them show what they want.
Nude work is motivated by money. Young models need it. Photographers need it.
And as long as there's a market willing to pay the price,
Hollywood and the rest of the country will continue to see poses exposed.
As long as young women with stars in their eyes come here to Hollywood,
there will be photographers who take advantage of them.
It makes you wonder which current stars live in the fear that exploitive photos from their past will be revealed.
It is unfortunate, but there are bound to be more disclosures.
However, sexuality, as you know, is more than skin deep.
Today we're going to meet some actors whose fans love them for their magnetic qualities,
sensuality, support and caring rather than merely good looks.
We call them real men.
What makes a real man? To some it's the rugged macho individualist,
while others prefer the strong but sensitive type.
Who are today's real men? We asked the editors of five of the top women's magazines in the country to give us their picks.
A real man is someone you fall back on when the mortgage is due. You know you can count on him.
He's got a knife.
That's not a knife.
That's a knife.
We decided on Paul Hogan for the number one real man because with a face like that,
there are more lines and cracks in it than a crocodile has.
And you just know when you see him that anyone who has been outdoors that much,
who has been seen every wickedness and rough experience in the world,
is well equipped to come to your rescue.
Real men have much more going for them than just great looks.
They might not be the greatest looking guy around, but they've got wit and charm and laughter and intelligence and power.
Sorry, I have three other interviews to do before this party's over.
Yeah, if they're not working on something, they'll change the world as we know it.
They say they are.
Yeah, but they're lying.
Glamorous first choice for real men is Jeff Goldblum. He's the analytical woman's sex symbol.
He's urban, he's intense, he's Jewish, he's dark, he's complex, and even as the fly, the guy oozes intensity.
I think the new definition of a real man is somebody who commands your respect and who can make you happy in bed.
First of all on the list of real men would probably be Dustin Hoffman.
He is such a consummate actor, he is so gifted, and every time I see him in a movie, I think there is a man who really likes women.
I can't describe why. I just think that he would make you happy in bed.
Essence sees men who we might call real men as the men who consistently maintain a standard of excellence in their work,
and men who also, I think in their personal lives, have a political point of view that really uplifts black people and tries to move us forward.
In our secret, secret rendezvous.
Essence picks Bill Cosby as the most real man in Hollywood.
And you know, Bill, what's so unique about him, even beyond the great things he does on the Cosby show,
he's one of the few comedians who can make you laugh until you hurt without using one curse word.
That's being a real man.
At Family Circle we see a real man as someone who is maybe physically attractive to some extent,
but basically his looks are enhanced by his personality or his intelligence or anything other than his looks.
You gonna follow me?
No, not tonight.
You said you wanted me to know you fast.
You're not interested?
Maybe I'd like to think it was my idea.
At the top of Family Circle's list for real man, we have Paul Newman.
He's a loyal, trustworthy kind of person, someone that you can really rely on, responsible.
He's the type that you can take home to mom, but mom might want him too.
I'm free every night but Friday.
How about Friday?
Okay.
Real Men Runners-Up included the equalizers Edward Woodward, LA Law's Michael Tucker, and the perpetual lonely guy Gary Shandling.
Coming up next, Jonathan Winters hates TV laugh tracks.
He says a hand grenade may be the solution.
And a hand Burt Reynolds tells us how he lost his job as a $75 a week actor.
Jonathan Winters is one of the world's most eccentric comedians.
But here's a bit of trivia for you.
What is Winters' proudest accomplishment?
He shook the hands of both Orville Wright and Neil Armstrong.
And Lisa Gibbons is here with more from the Walter Mitty of comedy.
Thanks, Mary.
Interviewing Jonathan Winters is kind of like riding the bumper cars at an amusement park.
I mean, you know you're going to get hit.
You just don't know which direction it's coming from.
There is no reining in the freewheeling Winters.
The best technique is to throw out a question and hang on for the ride.
I think if you watch our news shows, you know the news isn't that funny, but they're making it funny.
When you can take a weatherman away from an unusual drab map, and then with special effects,
throw bears and mice and wild geese, pictures of him moving around like this,
it bothers me that the temperature is 48 in Canoga Park.
But he's brought some magic to it through the guys upstairs.
Don't just do the weather. Hi, everybody.
Do you object to everybody on TV trying to be funny?
Well, I don't, you know, there's nothing I can do about it.
I guess we shouldn't throw stones, and I'm certainly against that.
I think we should throw grenades.
Stones are not effective enough. No.
The biggest thing that annoys me is why we must have canned laughter.
Interesting when you see a television show, and you're like this, and the canned laughter,
ah, ah, ah, ah, and people are like this.
They don't laugh. It's the same as the canned laughter.
Interesting. You don't have it in the theater. Couldn't.
You don't have it in the movies. Not yet.
Not yet. For me, it's coming to that probably. Rambo could have been funny.
Don't be afraid. You pull out NATO, France is ours.
No, I kid about it. That's a Russian joke.
Other than discovering Jonathan Winters' disdain for canned laugh tracks,
I was able to draw out one more of his innermost feelings.
I'd like to meet somebody from outer space if they were articulate and say,
you come with us for a little while. Would you go?
Instantly. If they were going to stay within the states.
I don't want to go out there that quickly. I'd want assurance.
I don't know. I think Jonathan Winters is orbiting already.
I think he's been there a few times.
If you are a Winters fan, there's a cable special coming on in May,
and it's going to be loose and unstructured, perfect for him.
Looks like you had a good time. The best. He's great fun.
Thanks, Lisa. Thank you.
The weekend's big television battle is between lovers,
the 18th century's Casanova and the 20th century's Bertinelli.
That takes place on Sunday, but first let's get you through Saturday,
where the fun is all going downhill.
The John Denver celebrity ski classic gets out of the gate,
syndicated from Heavenly Valley, California.
One of the competitors, entertainment tonight's Mary Hart.
Saturday evening, CBS premieres Pals, a made-for-TV movie
starring Oscar winners Don Amici and George C. Scott
as retirees who stumble onto a small fortune.
ABC hopes to fly high with Supergirl, the campy 1984 British film
that barely got off the ground at the box office.
And NBC's Saturday Night Live will be joined by guest host Valerie Bertinelli.
Sunday night, Bertinelli will kick off the CBS four-part adaptation
of the Judith Krantz bestseller, I'll Take Manhattan.
Bertinelli stars as a jet-set daughter who tries to save her father's
crumbling magazine dynasty.
ABC airs its three-hour American version of Casanova.
Richard Chamberlain stars in the title role as the 18th century lover.
With Faye Dunaway co-starring as a French heiress, he bilks out of a fortune.
And NBC sends the Dirty Dozen back out on patrol in The Deadly Mission.
The original Dirty Dozen ended with only three survivors.
So if this mission is being called Deadly, what was the movie, a picnic?
By the way, Telly Savalas was one of the casualties in the original,
but he's back in the new version.
Oh yeah, the wonders of Hollywood.
For those of you who are looking for family-oriented fun,
Disney will be offering a special animated look at the Academy Awards
hosted by Tony Danza.
This weekend on Entertainment This Week, Shelley Long changes her image
from straight-laced to raunchy.
Watch Mr. Wizard celebrate an anniversary, but don't try this at home.
And three-time Grammy winners, the Judds, are singing Elvis Presley's hits.
Then Monday on Entertainment Tonight, we talk to Mel Gibson.
He's hot, sexy, and happily married.
We'll show you what you can't see on American television
and subpoena you to join the cast of Night Court for a unique visit behind the scenes.
Gryphon O'Neill, son of actor Ryan O'Neill, was fined $200
and placed on 18 months probation today for his involvement in a boating accident
that killed director Francis Ford Coppola's son, Giancarlo.
Judge Martin Wolf set a stringent list of conditions for the 22-year-old
to meet during probation, including periodic drug testing.
Wolf said he would impose a 30-day suspended jail term if any of the terms were not met.
Wolf also told O'Neill that he had, quote,
a history of lying with little respect for others, end quote.
It was 1964 and the song was I Wanna Hold Your Hand.
It was the start of the Beatles' first invasion of the United States.
A planned second invasion is currently underway with the reintroduction
of the first four Beatles albums on compact disc.
Nina Blackwood has the story. Nina?
Thanks, Mary. The expected Beatles compact disc boom has not happened.
Record stores that we contacted said sales were steady,
but there hasn't been the frenzy that surrounded the Bruce Springsteen live album release.
If you wonder why there's so much interest in this 23-year-old music,
it's because the compact discs, or CDs for short,
don't have the hiss and pops that plague vinyl records and theoretically should last forever.
The Beatles songs were remixed to improve the sound quality,
which is a plus for music fans as well.
Ironically, the top two songs on the British charts are classic American hits.
Percy Sledge's 1966 song When a Man Loves a Woman is number two,
and Benny King's Stand By Me is number one.
Back on these shores, the girl group Bangles has a top ten album which just went double platinum.
The Bangles didn't get a Grammy nomination this year,
but selling over two million albums is reward enough for this group
who was told they didn't have a chance to make it.
For us, this has been sort of a long, slow, progressive climb,
and to have a night like this is very rewarding.
Thank you.
This is really fun.
It took three weeks, but as those bad Beastie Boys predicted here on Entertainment Tonight,
they knocked Bon Jovi out of the number one spot on the album charts,
and it's the first time a rap album ever made it to number one.
You know, it's nice to see a band who can have a name that they're comfortable with.
Yeah, certainly.
It's the Beastie Boys. They are Beastie Boys.
They dress so well, though.
We love them.
When we come back, Burt Reynolds tells us about the days when he and Clint Eastwood were contract players at Universal.