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April 17 - 23, 2022 WHATS UP! T11 ly been gone. New episodes of "Candid Camera" have aired in every decade since (the 2020s have yet to see their version, but the decade's still young). It was created for radio by host Allen Funt, and he re- mained the face (and voice) of the franchise through to the 1980s. New versions continued to be made after Funt's death, hosted by his son, Peter. As you point out with your James Bond experience, the show is more than just the sum of its episodes. It's an estab- lished piece of global culture at this point, and a part of the Eng- lish language (you can find "candid camera" in the diction- ary). Not only is Britain's great- est spy talking about it, but oth- er versions were produced in several countries around the world. As the grandfather of the TV prank show, its spirit has sur- vived even longer. Shows like "Punk'd" and "Jackass" wouldn't exist if Funt hadn't blazed his tricky trail. Q: I just watched the new "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" movie and I know I recog- nize the voice of the narra- tor. Who is it? A: It's one of the greatest, rumbliest sets of pipes to ever read a line on camera. It's a voice that set the tone for one of cinema's greatest horror mov- ies, and now its sequel. The depth and gravitas that's baked into that voice are what made his often shallow, grasping char- acter on "Night Court" such a hit. In case all that didn't give it away, the narrator is John Larro- quette. These days he's best known as prosecutor Dan Fielding on the quintessentially '80s sitcom "Night Court," or more recently as the elder librarian on the TNT series "The Librarians," but Larroquette has been a pres- ence on the screen since the mid-'70s. His narrator role in 2022's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" — a sequel nearly 50 years in the making — takes him all the way back to his roots, and to the role that first brought him fame. Larroquette read the faux news report that opens the orig- inal film, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974). It's a testa- ment to the strength and believ- ability of his performance that audiences weren't sure how much of the report (and thus, of the film itself) was true. (The answer is very little, though the film did take some inspiration from real-life serial killer Ed Gein.) Indeed, David Blue Garcia ("Tejano," 2018), director of the 2022 sequel, immediately thought of Larroquette when he plotted how to shore up his movie's credibility in the minds of the original film's fans. "John's voice is iconic in the original opening, and we thought it would help set the perfect tone in our own intro," he told Variety magazine. "It's also a subtle way of letting the fans know they're in good hands." Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com. Please include your name and town. Per- sonal replies will not be provided. Advance Pest Control 2 x 2 TAKE 5 Solution on page T23 Use the clues above and beside the grid to fill in the squares BY ADAM THOMLISON TV Media Q: I was just re-watching old "X-Files" episodes and saw the one about the Jersey Devil. I immediately recog- nized the actor playing the professor who helps them. Who is he and why do I know him? A: Who is Gregory Sierra? He's Julio Fuentes from "San- ford and Son," Det. Sgt. Chano Amenguale from "Barney Mill- er" and Lt. Lou Rodriguez from the formative first few episodes of "Miami Vice" (rumor has it he quit because he hated living in Miami). You may know him because he's one of the great Latino character actors. If you owned a TV anywhere from the '70s through the '90s (or you've watched reruns of those shows later), you've seen him steal at least one scene from the show's top-line stars. Certainly the "Sanford and Son" role is the one that brought him to the public's attention, playing the Sanfords' neighbor and rival junk dealer from 1972- 75. Shortly after that, he got his next-biggest role, as the pas- sionate Det. Sgt. Amenguale on the classic cop sitcom "Barney Miller." Later, he more or less settled into his career as one of the great "that guys" — character actors brought in for temporary but significant roles. This is where he got to really show his range, doing comedies such as "Growing Pains," mysteries such as "Murder, She Wrote," and, well, whatever "Soap" was (he had a 12-episode arc as a Lat- in-American revolutionary on that late-'70s parody of daytime dramas). Q: When was "Candid Camera" around? They just made a joke about it in a James Bond movie from the '70s! A: If you think that the 1970s were a long time ago, you might want to sit down for this: The first episode of "Candid Cam- era" aired in 1948. And that's just the TV ver- sion. In fact, it's been around so long the "camera" part was kind of a novelty — it started as a ra- dio show in 1947 called "Candid Microphone." If its age surprises you, that could be because it's never real- Gregory Sierra (center) in "The X-Files" HOLLYWOOD Q&A Rogers 479-636-5590 • Springdale 479-756-1788 Eureka Springs 479-253-8967 www.advancepestcontrolnwa.com Family Owned, Competitively Priced, Quality Service Since 1981 PEST CONTROL | TERMITE FERTILIZATION | WEED CONTROL PRE-EMERGENTS