FREE CHICKEN DINNER Must Present Coupon • WITH SECOND PURCHASE Coupon Per Customer OF ANY OF OUR FAMOUS VW'S • • Sorry, No Buckets • Pickup Only CHICKEN DINNERS! • • • • • 111 • • • •• • ■ • • • 111 • • • • • • • • ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ III ■ •• ■ • ■ eChe illal •• • erg LET US CATER YOUR NEXT AFFAIR 26076 GREENFIELD at LINCOLN I L LINCOLN CENTER when his pieces were played. Laredo recalled that the per- formance of one of his corn- positions, which Prokofiev wrote for his graduation, caused quite a scandal. "People were throwing things and booing and calling him the devil," Laredo said. "No one had ever written anything like it before." Laredo's recordings include not only Prokofiev but Ravel, Scriabin, Debussy, Tchaikov- sky, Chopin and Beethoven. And she is the first performer to have recorded Rachmaninoffs complete solo piano works. has also She Rachmaninoff s autograph, framed on her wall in her New York apartment. Her affection for the Rus- sian composer seems fitting enough considering that the first piano recital Laredo heard was Vladimir Horowitz playing Rachmaninoff in the Masonic Auditorium in Detroit. "Imagine my ecstasy at the sheer presence of the great pianist, who sat a mere five feet away from my Buster Brown shoes," Laredo wrote in a recent piece for the 100th anniversary of Rachmaninoff's birth. It was an unforgettable concert. And, of course, those earth- shattering encores! The world stood on its head when I heard this man play." Cancer Fund Benefit Planned The American Cancer Society Young Professionals will have a "creative" black tie party on July 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Southfield. Hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar will be available. A silent auction will take palce. At 8:30 p.m., Norma Jean Bell and the All-Stars will entertain. Mark Ridley of the Comedy Castle will take the stage between sets. There is a charge. Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society, 557-5353. GOING PLACES hi Continued from Page 63 JOEY'S ON JEFFERSON 7909 E. Jefferson, Detroit, New York-style light show, Top 40 hits, dancing, 331-5450. SKYLIGHTS Griffs Grill, second floor, 49 N. Saginaw, Pontiac, Chisel Brothers, today and Saturday, admission. DUFFY'S ON THE LAKE 8635 Cooley Lake Rd., Union Lake, Bob Posch Comedy Show, through July, admission. 363-9469. FAMILIES DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM 5401 Woodward, "Go Outside and Play," toys from the past 100 years, Wednesdays through Sundays, now through October. 833-1805. HILBERRY THEATER Detroit, "The Arkansaw Bear," today, Monday through July 22, admission. 577-2972. FARMINGTON COMMUNITY CENTER 24705 Farmington Rd., Farmington Hills, Skate Mobile, Wednesday. 477-8404. Burns Takes Youth Angle In New Movie HERBERT G. LUFT I n his new picture, "18 Again!" George Burns, 92, portrays an 81-year- old man who during an acci- dent is thrown into the body of his 18-year-old grandson, thus fulfilling his wishes to be young again for a while. It's a little confusing to the audience, especially since we view on the screen the countenance of youthful Charlie Schlatter who only sporadically speaks with the voice of Burns. No one in the movie, except Red Buttons as the old man's life-long pal, knows of the change of per- sonalities; few of those in the audience can fathom the switch of character. The film, cooked up by Josh Goldstein and Jonathan Prince, is not everybody's cup of tea. The yarn gains momentum only when the oc- togenarian at the finish gets rid of the opportunistic dame who has taken advantage of him while he was still his own self, after having given herself away when he return- ed in the disguise of an 18-year-old. "18 Again!" is basically car- ried by the whimsical charm of Burns. The veteran comedian relays his own recollections of being 18. "I couldn't get a job," he recalls. "I was a small- time vaudevillian, worked with a seal and a dog and did a skating act. I had to change my name every week, because I couldn't get a job twice with the same name." Yet, when Burns celebrated his 80th year in show business in 1983, he achieved a record of acclaim unmatched by any living performer. The ninth of 12 children, George was born Nathan Birnbaum on New York's Lower East Side. He quit school in the fourth grade. At 14, he was a dance teacher and vaudeville enter- tainer, and he made his movie debut in 1929 opposite his wife and partner, Gracie Allen. They substituted for ailing Fred Allen in a one-reel situation comedy. Subse- quently, Burns and Allen starred in 14 shorts and were featured in a dozen full- length films, with the last of them, "Honolulu," made in 1939. They went on network radio in 1932 and stayed on the air til 1950. Five years later, they turned to television. When Gracie retired, George con- tinued alone, and he also pro- duced several TV shows. He became a recording artist and nightclub entertainer in Las Vegas and Reno. It was in 1970 that Burns' career received a boost after the death of Jack Benny, who was set to star on th screen in Neil Simon's "The Sunshine Boys." Burns took over as a tribute to his old friend, and at the age of 74 became an in- stant movie star. Jewish Telegraphic Agency With This Coupon Good Thru July 31, 1988 ANYHOUR! ANYDAY! JN 968-1 1 00 FREE DINNER CHILDREN BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY 1099 Lone Pine Rd., Bloomfield Hills, movie, "The Aristocats," Wednesday. 642-5800. 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