European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 takes n places the stars and stripes tuesday july 29,1986 8/7/ybofobus re nexus an endangered species from press dispatches Good of boys those Beer bellied bib Overall cd bastions of blatant backwardness May be on the verge of becoming an endangered species. So says Doug Marlette creator of Kudzu a comic is rip about the South. Some other observers of Southern ways Aren t so concerned Marlite who works in Charlotte ., has taken a Tongue in Cheek look at the situation in recent new image All America linebacker Brian Bosworth of Oklahoma Tayt for Hopes hit image will it Pel belled that All at Fetai an on drug Tot Worth was in new York on a personal anti drug Campaign. The athlete admit that hit Campaign plight Alto it torn people think ing about him at a Heltman trophy Candida. Weeks in his strip which appears in some 200 news papers across the country and is based in the Mythi Cal town of bypass Marl Clec s theory is that yuppies and the concept of the new South have combined to put the squeeze on the Good of boys. In recent strips he characterized Good of boys As a subclass of culturally deprived while males Billy Fobbus re nexus who Wear cat hats and bib overalls Chew tobacco drink Blue ribbon Beer sport Blue ribbon Beer bellies and drive pickup trucks Complete with gun Racks and mud flaps. Due to the development of the son Belt Over the past decade he says these Good of boys have been rapidly losing their native habitat the Era of the Yuppie is a hard Lime for Good of boys he says. These Days Marlette says Good of boys in Char Lotte and other Southern cities have begun replacing their pickup trucks with bows in a pathetic Effort to become yuppies. Uncomfortable at the top Darid letter nun the late night Abc funnyman is on a Roll but Between wisecracks admits things Are a bit uncomfortable Al the top. The Nielsen ratings for the 39-year-old Hoosier born entertainer s late night with David letter Man have never been higher. It s like a tap on the shoulder from some Omi Nous unknown Force he said in an article published sunday in new York. To me that s the position you Don t want to find yourself in the one you can t sustain. Now that the ratings Are Good i feel a differ ent kind of but he s Laking his new problem in stride. It s like a warning that i be got to do better and keep doing bet Ter or the ratings will go Down and i la be left a lonely broken Shell of a human like i am monster melons Midsummer even in a year of drought Means Ivan Brighi s Sandy soiled Patch in Hope Arlu accommodates hefty watermelons that win world titles. Bright 72, craggy and Tan is modest about the Gargantuan produce. We happen to have big melons he said As he trudged across his 2-Acrc Field ringed by tall Trees and an electric Fence to keep away hungry animals. He credits the 1985 world record to the Luck of his 11-year-old grandson Jason Bright of Arkadelphia. Who tended a handful of the vines in the Patch last year and grew a 260-Pounder. He Snow Dart i Voder Jim cordon lady son of watergate character g. Gordon Liddy is in his first Penl athlete Competition at the . Olympic festival in Houston. His coach says he could become one of the Besl in the country in the event which Combine equestrian shooting Fer cing swimming and running skills. Liddy 25, it an Ensign in the Navy and very or Jud of his father but in t sure he would have inc along with the watergate break in plan. Liddy says there was t much talk about his father s crime while the elder Liddy was in prison. La was something i knew i was t supposed to know,1 Young Liddy says but i knew my dad was not an evil Man not Darth Vader. He s my talking on the part Gregory hums preparation for the role of an undercover cop in running scared required him to go on the Job with the Chicago police but he Hud trouble remembering which Side of the Law he was on. He went on a heroin bust and had to help search the suspect s House. I Felt weird going through this Guy s drawers boxes trying to find drugs he told us Magazine because you know i m an old reformed on the Edge of America a teacher who apparently likes to live an the Edge is giving himself an unusual geography lesson this summer by flying along the Borders of the Continental United states in a homemade lightweight plane. John Faulkner who teaches Fine arts at the Choate prep school in will Longford conn., has Down Dawn the Atlantic coast along the mexican Border to California and up the California coast to san Francisco since Jane 19. He flies in 600-mile stretches with is slops so far in a 650-Pound plane made of plastic foam fibreglass and epoxy inscribed edges of America on the serious Side Tom a infect is known for his comic roles but he had to get serious for his latest movie nothing in common with Jackie Gleason. The movie takes a More somber look at the Hanks character s relation ship with his separated parents. Director Ganv Marshall says Hanks needed some Pep talks to gel him ready for the serious Side. Tom was scared to death. Bui when those scenes came along he was aids testing in Usa eur a Frank discussion about the facts needed by those who could come into Contact with aids and what us army Europe is doing to protect the welfare of Usa eur soldiers and insure combat effectiveness. V aids testing in Usa eur another in the continuing series if of Community interest special reports on an tonight on an to at b . Tonight on an am radio at 8
