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Kukla, Fran and Ollie in a box

Here they are againChicago's own beloved kid show "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" is out in a new box set containing five classic episodes. Compiled by Martin Tahse, who worked with puppeteer Burr Tillstrom in the late '70s, these color episodes sell for $36 at kuklafranandollie.com or by calling (800) 393-0462. Give your kids the gift of truly classic children's television - and enjoy it yourself as well.Kurosawa centennialTurner Classic Movies celebrates what would have been the 100th birthday of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa with a 24-hour marathon of his movies starting at 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 23. Highlights are saved for prime time: "Rashomon" at 7 p.m., followed by "The Seven Samurai" at 8:30. Those two are also paid homage with an "Adapted From Kurosawa" program Sunday, March 21, with the Western "The Magnificent Seven" at 9 p.m., immediately after Paul Newman in the "Rashomon"-inspired "The Outrage" at 7.Come fly with meHow low will they go? All the way up to join the mile-high club, as it turns out. The CW debuts the new reality series "Fly Girls" at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, on WGN Channel 9. It follows a bunch of sexy Virgin stewardesses (that's the company, not their status) as they jet-set around the country.Here kitty, kittyWoowee, we got a good'un this week. Ann-Margret stars in her first dramatic role as a teenage hellcat in the mid-'60s sexploitation movie "Kitten With a Whip." John Forsythe is the voice of authority beset by juvenile delinquents on all sides. The set for the Bates Motel turns up in Tijuana. It's at 1 a.m. Saturday, March 20, on Turner Classic Movies.False13152000Ann-Margret is "Kitten With a Whip." False

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