The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 51

THE SHR EVE PORT TIMES Oct. 6, 1978 5 it's rid ay it's rid ay it's 'Gay Poppa9 pushes music STARTS TODAY Moses Wine Is in a big fix. He bets on ioses. He goes on rains He gets iU Between the ex-wife and the Between the alimony and the Moses is in a fix. did that for years.

That was even before we ever had a black show at the coliseum," Rutledge remembered. Over the years, emceeing shows and being an on-the-air personality has helped Rutledge develop a coolness and a suave, showman's attitude. Call it a professional demeanor. Rutledge admitted to one occasion when the facade cracked. "I was fixing to bring on the group and got off into my regular rap building the audience up, getting them heated up, getting them talking back to me, hollering and screaming," he said.

"I started running down the songs that the group had done to make them hot, some of their more popular songs. I had named one record when somebody in the audience said something I think the question that threw me was 'What have you been and I started laughing. I completely forgot the rest of the records, even though I had practiced and practiced and had even written down the List," said Rutledge. "There I was, standing in the midst of thousands of people, not knowing what to say. It was the weirdest thing.

I finally got out of it by saying something humorous back to the audience. Then I just went on and introduced the act." he reminisced. "It's the same way on the air. You're saying something and all of a sudden your telephone in the studio might ring and you'll completely forget what you're saying. You've got to improvise," Rutledge said.

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"I started bringing the artists into this area because I noticed that the people doing the promoting here weren't bringing that much in," he said. "Back in 1963 when I first started bringing the shows in, I was the only person bringing in black artists, and I GENERAL CINEMA 1 'I i mrjlJE MI I it iii A. I 5 ii.JwiUtei& i iiMm jli'Nfrr-h By JOHN ANDREW PRIME Of The Times Staff Readers who listen to the end of the AM bandspread on the radio and who frequent soul, boogie and disco concerts will know who Gay Poppa is. How about the "Godfather of Soul" or "Godfather of Sunrose Rutledge is all of those people and more, but don't be reminded of the plotline of "The Three Faces of Eve," for Rutledge uses the names and titles professionally. "Gay Poppa" is Rutledge's radio name on KOKA Radio, where he is the morning drive disc jockey and the programming director.

The name "Gay Poppa" has been associated with Rutledge ever since his first days in radio as a part-time, teen-age disc jockey at WBCO in Bessemer, Ala. Rutledge, married and the father of a grown son, has been associated with a number of radio stations in the South, including WEDR in Birmingham, WENN in Huntsville, and WYOU in Tampa, Fla. Rutledge was hired at KOKA in 1962 as a disc jockey and eventually worked himself to the position of station manager, a job he held until recently. Now he is the programming director of the station. How did he get the radio name "Gay "That question has been asked a lot lately, and I've never been able to answer it.

It started so long ago I just can't remember how it started. I guess it all began when I was a guest deejay in high school," he said. Rutledge is a voice on the radio; the Nine movies open By JOE LEYDON Times Entertainment Editor Richard Dreyfuss, Jack Nicholson, Peter Ustinov, Jacqueline Bisset and James Whit-more are among the stars in new" movies this weekend at theaters in the Shreveport-Bossier City area. Dreyfuss plays Moses Wine, a former student radical now working as a private eye, in "The Big Fix," a PG-rated thriller. Susan Anspach, Fritz Weaver and Bonnie Bedelia co-star in the film.

"The Big Fix" is now at the Eastgate Four and South Park theaters. Another detective, Hercule Poirot, pops up in "Death On the Nile," a PG-rated mystery at the Quail Creek theater. Peter Ustinov plays Agatha Christie's legendary sleuth in the film, which features Bette Davis, George Kennedy, Maggie Smith, Mia Farrow and Jack Warden. Jack Nicholson plays a horse thief saved from the gallows in "Goin' South," a PG-rated comic Western now at the Eastgate Four. Nicholson also directed the film, which features newcomer Mary Steenburgen, John Belushi and Veronica Cartwright.

James Whitmore recreates the role of Theodore Roosevelt in "Bully." (Rated PG, "Bully" is now at the St. Vincent Six theater.) The St. Vincent Six is also featuring the PG-rated comedy-thriller "Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?" Starring Jacqueline Bisset, George Segal and Robert Morley, the film tells the story of a bizarre murder spree which claims famed chefs as victims. Donny and Marie Osmond play themselves in "Coin" Coconuts," a PG-rated comedy now at the St. Vincent Six and Shreve City Twin theaters.

Also new in town this week are "Number One of the Secret Service," a PG-rated spy spoof at the Joy Cinema Six and the Don and Showtown drive-ins, "Think Dirty," an R-rated Marty Feldman comedy at the Don and Showtown drive-ins, and "Bruce Lee's Secret," an R-rated martial arts drama now at the Don STARTS Wm34 iTjCgJ THEATRES 2JIBT' PRE Sf NTS I WEEKDAYS I T.8UN. THE 7:20 i FIX i 9:35 too I 7:20 9:38 i TT I I I I PICTURES PARAMOUNT Fl tf" Ili I LONGVIEW MARSHALL CARTHAGE MT. PLEASANT MINDEN JACKSONVILLE ALSO COMING TO YOUR AREA ATLANTA HENDERSON CENTER NACOGDOCHES SPRINGHILL MANSFIELD MAttlN md'IOMMV 0N6 1 mruARrt nnFYFUSS IN BIG TODAY (po).