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Alex's Entertainment Report
Alex
Reader Response
Mark Morford On Paula Zahn
Sent by Larry W.
Mark Morford on Paula Zahn
Embarrassed CNN executives have yanked an on-air promotion that referred
to anchorwoman Paula Zahn as "sexy" and was accompanied by the sound of
a zipper. In the ad, a narrator asks, "Where can you find a morning news
anchor who's provocative, super-smart (and) oh, yeah, just a little
sexy? CNN, yeah, CNN," the narrator answers. The words "provocative,"
"smart" and "sexy" are flashed on the screen, followed by a picture of
Zahn. The zipper is clearly audible just as the narrator is about to
call Zahn "sexy." CNN said the ad was created by a woman in its
promotions department and was not approved by top executives, who are
clearly spineless wimps and wish to quickly shirk all responsibility and
go play golf and get drunk. The ads were quickly replaced with CNN's
other commercial, featuring news anchor and former "NYPD Blue" actress
Andrea Thompson in her dressing room, gyrating lasciviously in thong
underwear and "singing" into her hairdryer to DMX's "Party Up (Up In
Here)" while rubbing a photo of Tom Brokaw on her chest.
Mark Morford on Paula Zahn
Thanks, Larry! That's a great one.
From ''Behind the 'Orange Curtain'''
Razor™-Master Jarret
Jarret (Razor™-Master), grandson of BartCop Regular Granny C, displayed his
talents at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this past weekend.
Here is a chunk of the 'official' press release:
RAZOR USA AND CHRYSLER GROUP TO UNVEIL DODGE RAZOR CONCEPT CAR
AT NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW
Razor USA Lends Its Trendsetting Name to Megacool Performance Coupe
LOS ANGELES (January 7, 2002) – Razor USA LLC, the trendsetting company behind phenomena like the wildly popular
Razor™ kick scooter and the Airgo™ pogo stick, in partnership with Chrysler Group today unveiled the Dodge Razor
concept car at the 2002 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. With its aluminum accents and the energetic
"Orange Slice" body color, the car reflects the attitude of Razor products, suggesting motion even when still. The
Dodge Razor includes two matching Razor scooters ready to ride in the back of the vehicle......''
Way to go, Jarret! More pictures, Granny!
Weekly Review
from Harper's Magazine
WEEKLY REVIEW - 8 January, 2002
General Pervez Musharraf, the president of Pakistan, walked up to
President Atal Behari Vajpayee of India and shook his hand at a
meeting in Katmandu; Vajpayee then gave a speech denouncing Pakistan's
empty gestures. Indian troops fired at their Pakistani counterparts
across the Line of Control in Kashmir. Officials at India's
Archaeological Society were planning to cover the Taj Mahal with green
cloth in case of war. A Hindu priest decapitated an eight-year-old boy
in a ritual sacrifice to Shiva, the god of destruction, in the Indian
state of Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister Hun Sen declared a moratorium
on all logging in Cambodia: "If any company wished to act against the
ultimatum," he said, "we will arrest them and shut down their company
without any further notice."
Democrats were beginning to attack
President Bush on the economy, arguing that he had presided over "the
most dramatic fiscal deterioration in our nation's history." The
President responded by echoing his father's fatal tax pledge: "Not
over my dead body will they raise your taxes."
The Pentagon was
pushing for a $20 billion budget increase. Senator Tom Daschle of
South Dakota engineered a $30 million Christmas present for Homestake
Mining, a South Dakota company: the federal government, in a provision
written by the company's lobbyists, will assume all legal liability
for environmental damage caused by a 125-year-old Black Hills gold
mine. Physicists plan to build a neutrino detector in the mine after
it closes, though similar closed mines were declared federal Superfund
sites.
Senate Democrats were planning to subpoena documents from Enron
executives to determine whether the collapse of the company, which had
extraordinary influence with the Bush Administration, might yield a
Whitewater-like scandal. Texas deregulated its energy market.
Buddy Clinton, the former First Dog, was killed in a Westchester County, New
York, cul-de-sac by an S.U.V.
( continued at Weekly Review )
--Roger D. Hodge
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Gave NBC's Hank Azaria's 'Imagine That' a shot. Well, OK...left me feeling like Peggy Lee - 'Is That All
There Is?' Saw some of '3 Sisters', and it was kind of cool to see Gary Marshall acting. Not only a viable actor, Gary Marshall is
also Penny Marshall's big brother, and a director of more than some note (like 'As Good As It Gets', and much more).
Pretty much hung with NBC the rest of the evening, til Leno, and being a repeat, I went to 'Dave'.
Was also 'clean the aquarium-night', so heard parts of 'Scrubs' and 'Dateline'.
Tonight, Wednesday, CBS starts the evening with '60 Minutes II', even though, technically, it runs under '44 Minutes'. It's
followed by the regurgitation of the 'Michael Jackson Self-Congratulatory One-Glove 30th Anniversary Special' with added footage of uber-virgin
Britney Spears.
NBC has 3 fresh hours, 'Ed', 'West Wing', and 'Law & Order'.
ABC has the (Dick Clark) 29th Annual American Music Awards', where they will roll out a 13 year old clip of Michael
Jackson, allowing MJ to air against himself.
The WB counterprograms with 'The Mask', starring Jim Carrey.
Faux has 3 reruns ('That 70's Show', 'Grounded For Life', and 'Bernie Mac'), and a fresh
'Titus'.
AMC flops between John Wayne & Jerry Lewis.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
''Last Call'' Didn't Show Monday
Carson Daly
The show will go on for everyman hipster Carson Daly, a day after his scheduled network television debut was
canceled due to a last-minute contract tussle, Daly's publicist said on Tuesday.
Daly, who hosts MTV's popular ``TRL,'' ironed out his differences with NBC late Tuesday afternoon, paving the
way for the premiere of ``Last Call with Carson Daly'' on Wednesday at 1:30 a.m. EST, said Daly's spokeswoman
Shirine Coburn. NBC confirmed the late development.
``NBC and Carson Daly have resolved the last minute contract issues ... and the show will go on as planned
tonight,'' NBC said in its own statement. ``We look forward to our continued relationship with Carson and the team at 'Last Call.'''
Coburn and NBC declined to comment on the issues that led to the 11th-hour postponement of the show from its
originally scheduled premiere date of Tuesday.
The show's first two episodes were taped earlier on Monday, with the first episode featuring six-time Grammy
nominee Alicia Keys and the second featuring actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
But despite a spate of pre-show promotions, which included a mention at the end ``Late Night,'' the two sides
failed to finalize a contract in the hours before the scheduled premiere, Coburn said.
As a result, an old episode of ``SCTV'' was aired in place of the show, both sides said.
''Last Call'' Didn't Call Monday As Scheduled
What the ef is going on here? Contractual questions past the time of air? Something ain't right.
On the other hand, as much as I hate reruns, last night's SCTV (which had been aired as
the 'final' episode last Thursday), was 'Das Boobs', their take on 'Das Boot'. Oh well. : )
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Ripping Bernard Goldberg A New One
Tom Shales
Disgruntled has-beens everywhere have a new hero and role model: Bernard Goldberg, the one-time CBS News correspondent and full-time
addlepated windbag who is trying to make a second career out of trashing his former employer. Goldberg has picked this moment in time
to haul out the old canard about the media being "liberal" and the news being slanted leftward.
It's the first refuge of a no-talent hack, that argument, and about as old as the printing press; in fact, wasn't poor old Gutenberg
denounced in some circles as a heretic and a radical? Mr. Goldberg would have been leading the charge, especially if he'd earlier
attempted to work in Mr. Gutenberg's shop and had made a spectacular botch of it.
Obviously hoping to follow in the footsteps of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly, two intellectual giants by comparison, Goldberg has
fashioned his rantings into a book succinctly titled "Bias," which, appropriately enough, won the dubious honor of a commendatory
editorial from The Wall Street Journal. And we all know how unbiased those Journal editorials are. Gosh it is soooo hard to figure
out where they're coming from.
Goldberg's laughably inept hate campaign began in the Journal in 1996 when it published his tirade, "Networks Need a Reality Check."
Goldberg's specialty is conjuring vast, sweeping generalizations that fit in with his own very obvious bias and are based on the
tiniest of specifics rather than well-researched evidence. In his poorly written (and poorly edited) WSJ piece, Goldberg lambasted
network news divisions for flagrant leftiness on the basis of one single piece that Eric Engberg had done for "CBS Evening News."
For the rest, Tom Shales Lets Loose On Bernard Goldberg
Worst-Dressed Women List For 2001
Mr. Blackwell
Mr. Blackwell put Anne Robinson, the ``Weakest Link'' host, at the top of his worst-dressed women list for 2001.
The acid-tongued critic and former fashion designer described Robinson on Tuesday as ``fashion's weakest
link. Looks like Harry Potter in drag. A Hogwarts horror!''
Britney Spears was No. 2 on his 42nd annual worst list for outfits he called ``belly-baring bombs.''
Actress Juliette Binoche, whom he termed ``a haute couture catastrophe,'' was third. All three
members of Destiny's Child shared fourth place for ``off-pitch kitsch.''
Singer Bjork, Monaco's Princess Stephanie, Kate Hudson, Camilla Parker Bowles, Cameron Diaz and Gillian Anderson also made the list.
On the high end of his spectrum, Julia Roberts leads Blackwell's ``Fabulous Fashion Independents for 2001,''
followed by Oprah Winfrey and Diane Sawyer. He also complimented opera singer Renee Fleming, Nicole Kidman,
Gwyneth Paltrow, Joan Allen, Penelope Cruz, Renee Zellweger and Katie Couric.
Worst-Dressed Women List For 2001
Fun Link
''LNSEMSF World Headquarters''
LNSEMSF World Headquarters
Thanks, Maddog.
Round One
Flynt v. Rumsfeld
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt lost the first round in a court battle for the right to send the magazine's reporters
with U.S. forces on combat missions in Afghanistan.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman denied Flynt's request Tuesday for a preliminary injunction to bar the Pentagon
from denying his reporters access while his lawsuit against the Defense Department is pending.
It "is far from clear" whether Flynt ultimately will prevail or has suffered sufficient harm.
Additionally, Friedman wrote, "It does not appear that plaintiffs have in fact been denied the access they seek
or that they necessarily would have been denied such access if they had pursued the matter fully."
He said coverage has increased "and the media now has some level of open access to American troops on the ground in Afghanistan."
Flynt's suit seeks the judge's affirmation that journalists have a constitutional right to document front-line
hostilities firsthand, even under specific guidelines.
"The court is persuaded that in an appropriate case there could be a substantial likelihood of demonstrating
that under the First Amendment the press is guaranteed a right to gather and report news involving United
States military operations on foreign soil subject to reasonable regulations," Friedman wrote.
He also rapped the Pentagon for expressing its commitment to providing press access to military operations
"somewhat vaguely and with minimal detail."
Flynt said he considered Friedman's ruling a victory, praising his assertion that the First Amendment could
establish the media's right to be present on the battlefield.
Government lawyers had argued that the media have no constitutional right to battlefield access.
Flynt v. Rumsfeld
New!
In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
2002 International Consumer Electronics Show
Harry Pooter?
Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and chief software architect, is seen in a video dressed as the character Harry
Potter during Gates' keynote address to kick off the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas
Hilton hotel-casino in Las Vegas, January 7, 2002. The convention, the world's largest consumer technology trade
show, begins January 8 and runs through January 11.
Photo by Ethan Miller - Las Vegas Sun
Engagement Announced
Richards - Sheen
Reformed bad boy Charlie Sheen is looking to make an honest woman out of Denise Richards.
The two actors are officially engaged, reps for both confirmed Tuesday.
Sheen, 36, and Richards, 30, first shared credits in 1993's Loaded Weapon 1. Both had small parts in the Lethal
Weapon parody flick, which starred Sheen's older bro Emilio Estevez.
But things got mushy over the past year, as they costarred as lovers in the blink-and-you'll-miss-it romatic
comedy Good Advice and on Sheen's Spin City, which Richards guested on. According to tabloid reports,
Richards recently moved into Sheen's Los Angeles apartment.
This will be the first matrimonial go-round for Richards, who was previously attached to her Starship Troopers costar Patrick Muldoon.
It will be the second marriage for Martin's baby boy. The youngest Sheen was previously hitched to model Donna
Peele. That union lasted a whole year before ending in divorce in 1996. Sheen was also engaged but never married
to Kelly Preston (whom he accidentally shot--one of many law-skirting misadventures from his hard-partying past).
In addition to those high-profile paramours, Sheen has shown a predilection for porn stars. The actor, who once
rang up a $50,000 tab with Heidi Fleiss' escort service, has had long relationships with adult-film, um, thespians
Ginger Lynn Allen and Brittany Ashland.
Sheen (né Carlos Irwin Estevez) shot to fame in such '80s flicks as Platoon, Wall Street, Young Guns and Major
League before his career made a beeline into B-movie hell. But things are looking up for Sheen, who currently stars
in ABC's Spin City, where he replaced Michael J. Fox. He's up for a Golden Globe for his role as Deputy Mayor Charlie Crawford.
Of course, Sheen is most notorious for a rap sheet that includes an arrest on domestic-violence charges and a
near-fatal accidental drug overdose in 1998.
He has since cleaned up and in March 2000 a Malibu judge cleared Sheen's record, saying the actor had "made an
enormous turnaround in [his] life and career."
Engagement Announced - Richards & Sheen
'Tiger' Is Up For Auction
Jerry Garcia's Guitars
After nearly a year of legal wrangling, lawyers have announced an agreement on just who will own several famed
guitars of the late Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia.
The contention swirls around five handmade instruments created for Garcia by Bay Area resident Doug Irwin, which
Garcia bequeathed to Irwin at his death.
On Monday, lawyers announced that Irwin will own two of the best-known guitars, nicknamed Wolf and Tiger.
Two will go to the Dead. Band members had argued the instruments had been communally owned and were not Garcia's to bequeath.
Lawyers on both sides remain unsure about the fifth guitar's whereabouts, and have not agreed who will own it.
Lawrence K. Rockwell, attorney for the Dead, said the band is "happy that the matter is resolved." Band members
have said they hope to make the instruments a key display at Terrapin Station, a San Francisco museum they have
long planned to open. Irwin has been destitute since he was nearly killed in a hit-and-run accident three years
ago. He said he will keep Wolf but put Tiger - Garcia's signature instrument - up for auction immediately.
The two sides had neared an agreement in October, but Irwin withdrew his approval when the Dead asked that he
not publicly disparage the agreement. Irwin also objected to a clause - removed from the final agreement - that
would have given the band first right of refusal if he put any of the guitars up for sale.
Jerry Garcia's Guitars
Newest Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Fabian Anthony Forte
Fifties teen idol Fabian had fans squealing again during unveiling Tuesday of his Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
More than 300 people, including a contingent of fawning women, crowded curbside on Hollywood Boulevard at midday to
witness dedication of the star, the 2,188th celebrity enshrined along the famous walkway.
Among those on hand were Chris "Let's Dance" Montez, legendary disc jockey Art Laboe and Ed "Kookie" Burns. They all
joined later at nearby Mel's Drive-In for lunch.
"As a little boy in Southern Philadelphia, I loved the movies and rock 'n' roll. I'm the lucky fan who got to do it all,"
Fabian told the crowd. "And I've never forgotten that's really all I am - a big fan - and proud of it.
"I would like to dedicate this star to all the fans out there."
Fabian Anthony Forte, now 59, was 15 when he first attracted a record producer in his South Philadelphia neighborhood.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Fabian hit the record charts with the singles "Turn Me Loose" and "Tiger." He also
appeared in more than 40 motion pictures, including "High Times" with Bing Crosby and "North to Alaska" with John Wayne.
Fabian and his beauty queen wife, Andrea Patrick, live in rural Pennsylvania. She was Miss Pennsylvania in 1980
and Miss West Virginia in 1983.
Fabian Anthony Forte
Prerecorded Jackson to Sing
American Music Awards
Self-proclaimed ``king of pop'' Michael Jackson will dust off a 13-year-old hit song during the American Music
Awards on Wednesday night -- even though it might jeopardize his chances of performing at the more prestigious
Grammys seven weeks later.
Grammys boss Michael Greene, who is being sued for $10 million by American Music Awards producer Dick Clark for
allegedly blackballing acts who appear on the earlier show, said on Tuesday he would see what the Gloved One does
during the ceremony before deciding whether to send him an invite.
Jackson, who received one Grammy nomination when the lineup was announced last week, salvaged some hope of a Grammy
slot by opting not to perform 1988 ditty ``Man in the Mirror'' live at the American Music Awards. Instead, he sent
in a video that was produced ``very recently,'' said event publicist Paul Shefrin.
Jackson will attend the Shrine Auditorium ceremony to pick up an ``Artist of the Century'' award. He had initially
backed out of the show altogether so as not to ruin his Grammy appearance chances, which drove an angry Clark to sue
Greene last month for unfair competition.
Greene, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, has long maintained that avoiding dual
appearances of celebrities on competing shows was a ``normal industry business practice.'' Shefrin said Jackson's
latest change of heart did not affect the status of Clark's lawsuit.
ABC will air the American Music Awards live on Wednesday, the same night that rival network CBS plans to rebroadcast
a Michael Jackson concert special that scored strong ratings in November. CBS will also broadcast the Grammys on
Feb. 27, live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
2 Michaels & 1 Dick?
New! Updated!
(10 Dec., 2001)
The official BartCop Astrologer, Geneva, has done good, again!
Very interesting reading!
Nailed Again?
Stephen Ambrose
A second book by best-selling historian Stephen Ambrose is being cited for allegedly lifting material from another
text. Forbes.com is reporting that Ambrose's "Crazy Horse and Custer" contains sections similar to Jay Monaghan's "Custer."
A spokesperson for Ambrose said Tuesday there would be no immediate comment. Anchor Books, which publishes the
paperback edition of "Crazy Horse and Custer," also declined immediate comment.
Last weekend, Ambrose acknowledged that his current best seller, "The Wild Blue," included passages taken from Thomas
Childers' "Wings of Morning." Ambrose footnoted Childers in the sections in question but did not acknowledge quoting
directly from the book. Both books are about World War II bomber pilots.
"Crazy Horse and Custer" apparently follows a similar pattern. Ambrose credits "Custer" as a source, but fails to use
quotation marks for passages close to the original. Ambrose's book came out in 1975, Monaghan's in 1955. Monaghan died in 1980.
Here is Monaghan's description of Gen. Custer's return to the U.S. Military Academy after a furlough:
"On August 28, 1859, Custer returned to West Point. Cadet James Barroll Washington, a great-great-grandnephew of George
Washington, entered that year. He remembered hearing the crowd shout, 'Here comes Custer!' The name meant nothing to him,
but he turned, and saw a slim, immature lad with unmilitary figure, slightly rounded shoulders, and gangling walk."
Here is Ambrose's version:
"When he returned to West Point, Cadet James B. Washington, a relative of George Washington, remembered hearing the
crowd shout, 'Here comes Custer!' The name meant nothing to Washington, who was just entering the Academy, but he turned
and saw a slim, immature lad with unmilitary figure, slightly rounded shoulders, and gangling walk, surrounded by
back-slapping, laughing friends."
Stephen Ambrose
Uh-Oh, Mea Culpa, Michael T., But, It's A ''Survivor'' Story....Scroll Down!
Lex
The residents of eclectic beach town Santa Cruz have come together to root for one of their neighbors, who's a finalist on CBS's ``Survivor: Africa.''
The Thursday night show, which pits strangers against each other in strategic battles and forces them to vote out
one member each week, has pared the group of contestants to four, including tattooed father and marketing manager
Lex van den Berghe. The $1 million jackpot will be awarded after the season finale this Thursday.
For many in Santa Cruz, van den Berghe is the epitome of what's unique about their hometown: He's smart (speaks several
languages, has won several challenges) yet laid back, cool enough to have pierced ears and tattoos but sweet enough to
bring his son's baby shoes with him to Africa.
The 38-year-old finished taping the show months ago, but is banned from talking about ``Survivor'' until it concludes this week.
That hasn't stopped others from talking about him.
The city's major nightclub, The Catalyst, is trying to book van den Berghe's band, Luckydog, and fans have planned
a potluck dinner after the show to celebrate with van den Berghe - whether he wins or not.
Santa Cruz, about 100 miles south of San Francisco, is known for its alternative and liberal views; discrimination
based on someone's weight is illegal, growing pot for medical use isn't.
Lex
Woooo-hoooo, don't get much better than Santa Cruz 'potluck'!
Recipient Of Living Legend Award
Sidney Poitier
Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier received the Living Legend Award at the annual Trumpet Awards, honoring black
achievements in politics, science and the arts.
Others honored Monday night include former Atlanta mayor and United Nations ambassador Andrew
Young, actress Cicely Tyson and AOL Time Warner Vice Chairman Ted Turner, who received the Humanitarian Award.
Poitier, 74, won a best-actor Oscar for 1963's ``Lillies of the Field.''
Among those attending were attorney Johnnie Cochran, former Washington Mayor Marion Barry, TV judges Glenda
Hatchett and Greg Mathis, and gospel singers BeBe Winans and Shirley Caesar.
A taped broadcast of the awards show is scheduled to air at 7 p.m. EST Feb. 23 on TBS.
Sidney Poitier, Living Legend
''Big Brother'' Bad Boy In Trouble, Again
Justin Sebik
The former "Big Brother" contestant who was kicked off the show for holding a knife to a woman's throat is facing
charges he assaulted his girlfriend.
Justin Sebik of Bayonne was arrested Monday after the woman was found on a Bayonne street around 2 a.m. with a broken
ankle and choke marks around her neck, police said.
Reached at his home, Sebik predicted the charge would be dismissed and said the arrest resulted from a misunderstanding.
"As we were going uptown, I was breaking up with the girl, so it got to the point where I said, 'Forget it, let
me walk.' Next thing I know she goes crazy on me. (She's) punching me all over the place," Sebik told The
Jersey Journal of Jersey City in Tuesday's editions.
"So I get out and she's still hitting me," he said. "She goes for a shot at the back of my head and misses. So
she goes down and hurts her ankle, I guess. It was all just a pretty minor mishap."
Sebik has said he was only joking during the "Big Brother" incident, which occurred in July while he was kissing
another contestant. He pulled the knife, and asked if she would mind if he killed her. She laughed, and they resumed kissing.
Sebik had been arrested for assault on June 19, 1996, and was charged with two counts of assault and two counts
of theft on April 2, 1997. All were dismissed on Dec. 16, 1997.
Real Charmer From ''Big Brother''
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RealNetworks Inc. & TiVo Inc.
Laying Groundwork
Media software firm RealNetworks Inc. said Tuesday it had struck deals to include its technology in an array
of microchips and devices, including TiVo Inc.'s digital video recorders.
The deals, to be announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, call for TiVo and television set-top
box start-up Moxi to include Real's new RealOne Player into their products, Chief Executive Rob Glaser told Reuters in an interview.
The prize deal is the relationship with TiVo, whose line of machines that customize TV viewing by recording
shows to a hard drive and learning a viewer's tastes have become increasingly popular, with about 280,000 subscribers as of Oct. 31.
The arrangement also calls for TiVo to start offering its users the RealOne subscription service, which pipes
exclusive entertainment, sports and news content to customers paying a monthly fee.
The support of Real's technology by more chip-makers meant the company was laying the groundwork for delivering
audio and video to a wide range of non-PC devices over the next few years, Glaser said.
Real already has deals to include its technology in the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console, Nokia mobile
phones and chips made by Texas Instruments.
RealNetworks Inc. & TiVo Inc.
New Syndicated Talk Show For Fall On NBC
John Walsh
A new syndicated talk show starring ``America's Most Wanted'' host John Walsh has won key clearances on the 13
NBC-owned TV stations for fall 2002.
The NBC outlets include local TV stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia. The hourlong show
will also air on a number of Hearst-Argyle stations in such cities as Boston, Kansas City, West Palm Beach and
New Orleans. The deals so far represent coverage of about 40% of the country.
New Syndicated Talk Show For Fall On NBC With John Walsh
Election Invalidated!
SAG
A Screen Actors Guild committee late Monday set aside Melissa Gilbert's recent victory over Valerie Harper in the race
for president of the nation's biggest actors union and ordered a rerun of their hotly contested election, ruling that
the original round of balloting was tainted by irregularities.
The SAG elections panel also ordered a repeat of balloting for two other national posts won by candidates on Harper's
ticket -- veteran actor Elliot Gould as recording secretary and Kent McCord of the 1960s cop show ``Adam-12'' as treasurer.
The decision marks the first time in the guild's nearly 70-year history that its elections for national office have
been overturned, a SAG spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
The direction of the union on a number of issues, including its approach to contract talks with Hollywood studios and
the advertising industry, could be drastically altered by the outcome.
Ballots for the election rerun are to go out to the union's 98,000 members by March 15 and be returned by April 10, the
five-member elections panel said in its unanimous ruling.
In the meantime, Gilbert, Gould and McCord will remain in office, the guild spokeswoman said.
The candidates for each of the three offices have 10 days to decide whether they wish to remain on the ballot for the election rerun.
SAG Election Invalidated!
IN Memory
Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas built Wendy's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers into the world's third-largest fast-food chain, but his real
fame came from the more than 800 television ads he made over the years that featured his folksy, sometimes self-effacing humor.
Wendy's lost its founder and premier pitchman when Thomas, 69, died of liver cancer early Tuesday at his home
in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He had been undergoing kidney dialysis for nearly a year and had quadruple heart bypass surgery in 1996.
``He was the heart and soul of our company,'' said Jack Schuessler, chairman and chief executive of Wendy's,
which is based in the Columbus suburb of Dublin. ``He had a passion for great tasting hamburgers, and devoted
his life to serving customers great food and helping those less fortunate in his community.''
The senior chairman of Wendy's International became a household face when he began pitching his burgers and
fries in television commercials in 1989. The smiling Thomas, always wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and
red tie, touted the virtues of fast food in humorous ads, often featuring big-name stars such as bluesman
B.B. King and soap opera queen Susan Lucci.
``Golly, what a sweet man,'' said former NASCAR driver Darrell Waltrip, who filmed two commercials
with Thomas. ``We finished one commercial last fall and I could tell he wasn't feeling well but he was out there like
a trouper. He was out there doing the best he could.''
The 12-year campaign resonated with customers.
Though he was a multimillionaire, Thomas' favorite meal never changed: a Wendy's Single with cheese, mustard, pickles
and onion; fries, a bowl of chili, a Frosty and a diet Coke.
Thomas, born July 2, 1932, got his first restaurant job at age 12 as a counterman in Knoxville, Tenn.
While working at a barbecue restaurant in Fort Wayne, Ind., he met KFC founder Col. Harland Sanders, who became a major influence in his life.
Thomas came to Columbus in 1962 to take over four failing KFC restaurants for his boss, who promised him a 45 percent
stake in them if he turned them around. Thomas sold the restaurants back to KFC for $1.5 million in 1968, making him a millionaire at 35.
He opened his first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers in Columbus a year later, naming it after his 8-year-old daughter
Melinda Lou - nicknamed Wendy by her siblings. Thomas said the burgers were square because Wendy's didn't cut corners.
The company now has 6,000 restaurants worldwide and more than 2,000 Tim Hortons, a Canadian-based coffee and baked-goods
chain acquired in 1996. The two chains have combined sales of more than $8 billion.
Wendy's got a big boost when Thomas started making commercials.
``People could identify with him. He looks like America - jolly, happy and slightly overweight,'' said Al Ries, marketing
strategist at Ries & Ries in Roswell, Ga. ``Fast food isn't serious food. Serious food is white tablecloths. Fast
food is fun food, and Dave Thomas portrayed that.''
In 1996, Thomas filmed his 500th commercial. The company staged a lookalike contest that attracted 1,600 entrants
vying for the grand prize: a chance to appear in a commercial with him.
Thomas, who was adopted as an infant, created the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, an organization focused on
raising public awareness of adoption. The profits from his books, ``Well Done!'' and ``Dave's Way,'' go to the foundation.
He once testified before a congressional committee about the importance of creating incentives for adoption.
``I know firsthand how important it is for every child to have a home and loving family,'' he said. ``Without
a family, I would not be where I am today.''
Thomas is survived by his wife, Lorraine, five children and 16 grandchildren. His funeral is scheduled for Friday
in Columbus, and a memorial service is scheduled for Jan. 18 in Fort Lauderdale.
Dave Thomas
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