TV Warlock Role For Alice Article: 1974

Alice's First Non-Singing TV Role

Published in the UK on January 19, 1974, Melody Maker’s one-page article “TV Warlock Role For Alice” announced that Alice Cooper would make his first non-singing appearance on American television. The piece highlighted Cooper’s upcoming role as a warlock of shock in a TV special or programme, showcasing his theatrical persona beyond music performances. It emphasized his growing crossover appeal from rock to mainstream entertainment.

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Publication Details

Magazine: Melody Maker (UK).

Date: January 19, 1974.

Format: One-page news article.

Exact Text from the Article

A LICE COOPER will be making his first non-singing appear-ance on American television mid way through March in a TV movie entitled The Snoop Sisters. Shooting starts in Los Angeles next week.

Alice will be playing a bar owner and also a war-lock in the movie, which is a mystery detective yarn about two old ladies the Snoop Sisters who turn detectives to solve a crime they become involved with. It will be the second appearance by the Snoop Sisters on American TV, but the first involving Alice.

The complete show will be broadcast on NBC Channel 4 around 9 a.m., probably on March 5 to 12, lasting around two hours.

Cooper is hoping to get his name in the Guinness Book of Records through having more albums banned than any other artist. His latest album, "Muscle Of Love," already certified gold, nearly added to a long line was of Cooper records that have been reasons It banned -for various immorality ("Love To Death" sacrilege ("Killer" USA), -Mexico), failure to comply with Trade Commission stan-dards ("School's Out" USA) and failure to meet with FBI approval on repro-duction of photos of United States currency ("Billion Dollar Babies" -USA).

"Muscle Of Love" came under scrutiny in South Africa where the inner sleeves depicting Alice and group outside the "Institute of Nude Wrestling" were con-sidered obscene by the Customs and Vice Squad. The albums were finally allowed into the country without the offending material.

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