southern's only on-screen credit during the 1970s was the teleplay "stop thief!", written for the tv miniseries "the american parade" (based on the life of 19th century american political cartoonist thomas nast). southern once again accompanied the rolling stones on their tour of the americas '75 and contributed text to a commemorative 1978 coffee table book ("the rolling stones on tour") featuring photographs by annie leibovitz and christopher sykes.