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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mork goes to Ham by Bob Thomas associated Pressi f Robin Williams seems less manic Whoso Days. It May be Dun to a science Prodigy named Zachary Williams. When i Star to gel a Little crazy to says don1 do thai or drop ii " Williams said. He s a Peculiar kid. He s now 5 or rather. A w and already tic demands Mesquite dishes i i his such  the comedian made the comments admiringly. Separated from his Wile Lor a year and a Hall and living in san Francisco he has custody Olson or Mehary Tor half of the year. It s addicting watching Iho changes in a child and seeing the mind form. Zachary and i go to a place called the explore Albrium in san Francisco. And he understands everything. I expect him to build his own laser by the age of 10" Williams May be somewhat More restrained around the younger set but his Hurricane Lorce comedy Haan l diminished. It can be viewed to Best advantage in the Touchstone pictures film goad morning Vietnam. Williams plays an irreverent disc jockey who Bailies the brass to present his comedy and play Rock records on armed forces radio in Saigon. Grilles have been saying Hollywood has finally found the right casting or Robin Williams the movie started with a Ona paragraph premise Williams said then in took about tour or five different forms until in finally developed. I did t take Perl in any of the scripts the production was Pul together by my management  Mitch Mark will wrote the original script and Barry Lovinson dryer the nil ural became director obviously the radio stud offered me the Chance to do some open Field running Williams said. Barry had been a comic himself and he would spark to some of my suggestions and let to go with them. Many of the things in the movie like the James Brown impression and playing records Al different speeds happened  Good morning Vietnam was filmed in and around Bangkok Thailand in the summer. It was not exactly a fun location. The thai authorities were helpful but a key scene a terrorist explosion in a bar frequented by . Soldiers could not be filmed because of complaints by squatters in the neighbourhood. So we had to shoot the scene in America in the desert Williams said. The trouble was in finding vietnamese who seemed authentic. Most of them had become Loo  Bood morning Vietnam is Robin Williams seventh film and the one that might finally achieve the Success that s Boen predicted from the beginning he has played amazingly diverse roles starting with the Brave attempt to impersonate Popeye. The Mack comedy the world according to a flip proved too dark Lor the wide audience. Williams was appealing As the soviet immigrant in Moscow on he Hudson. But the survivors the Host of times and club pars Rise somehow missed. He was born july 21,1952. His father was a Ford motor executive in Chicago. He retired when Robin was in High school and the family moved to Marin county North of san Francisco. Williams became entranced with theater at Claremont men s College studied under John Houseman at the Julliard school in new York and began stand up comedy in los Angeles in 1976. After the hit to series Mark and winery he moved to films. He continues doing standup to hone his skills despite Iho punishing prelude it s that last two minutes before you go on. 1 Sil there and undergo narcolepsy the loss of oxygen sending me into a catatonic dive. It s pure  flown what in Good mooting  does he Ever bomb sure. It happened recently in England. They booked me into a big drinking Hall filled with 2,000 people. What would worn i wondered. I tried my american references and nothing happened. Ii was like hang gilding nude Over the grand Canyon. To restore my Confidence i played a couple of Little clubs in London. They got it  William Alto scored at a Charity event before Prince Charles and Princess Diana at the tabled London palladium. I went like a bal out of hell the comedian recalled fondly. The audience was a bit restrained Lor the first two minutes and i could imagine them saying whal s he doing7 nothing bad about mrs. Thatcher 1 Hope i did t do anything  what he did was an irreverent and suggestive routine involving a Telephone conversation Between president Reagan and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher to demonstrate that Zachary had l totally restrained him he launched into the routine. Ii was totally. Outrageously Purs Robin Williams. The Queen of Romance on the go go go by Matt Wolf associated Pressi t s a Gray afle Moonin the English Countryside but Barbara Carland is As they say All go. The 86-year-old Romance writer who Bills herself As still the bestselling author in the world has dictated 7,000 words for her 461 is novel and that s just since lunchtime. The thing is to go go go said the White haired millionairess whose tales of virginal Young women who fall in love with Brave handsome men have sold More than 450 million copies in 24 countries. On that recent Day. Carland was verbally on the boil. It was television that had her going because one of her earliest books a Hazard of hearts written in 1948, was made into a to movie. Set in 1810, it Marks Only the second Lime one of cart Larf s romantic sagas has come to the screen the first me flame it love was in 1982 and the author could not be More pleased with tha results. It All comes Over she said of the $7,3 million adaptation a gothic drama of lechery and love set at a Cliff top mansion called Mandrake. Diana Bigg Edward Fox. Christopher Plummer and Helena bowl Tam Carter starred alongside some of Britain s most Beautiful stately Homes such As Belvoir pronounced Beaver Castle in Leicestershire and Bui Ley House in Rutland. The House look wonderful because of course they Are she said in a teatime interview at Cali est place her mansion. It was originally built by the Grandfather of Beatrix Patter author of the Peter Rabbit books and is located 17 Miles North of London in the Liny Hertfordshire Village of Essendon. Twice married. Cartland has been a widow since a second husband Hugh Mccorquodale. Died in 1963. She maintains nonetheless thai a Man is essential to a woman s Well being. La s no use saying women Are Happy on their own because they re not she said a woman is incomplete without a Man. Without marriage which is the most important thing in  and despite what some women liberation ism and feminists might argue Cartland believes women must be kept pure Lor their men. Women s lib says you must be free bul free from what i be travelled All Over the world and have never met a Man of any class Creed color or nationality who wants logo into a room with Law woman who is his Wita and Mother to his children and wonder How Many other men have gone to bed Wilh her. You can Lalk 111 you re purple in the lace bul it s Niltair a woman does t mind a bit if a Man has had affairs before marriage bul a Man minds terribly she said. Cartland refused to indulge in gossip about a certain Well known marriage Sho has followed from its beginning the much chronicled relationship Between her step granddaughter Princess Diana and Charles the Prince of Wales they be Only got or one minute to Slop smiling and the press says of la s very serious. The marriage is breaking up " lha author said. It s absolute  bul she thinks the Royal couple might handle the press More skin Lully. The people around them Don t give the press any meat she said. The Pross have got to write we quite agree they be got to have something. Ii need t be Nasty. Bul when 1hey get nothing they make stories up As they go  Cartland attributes her writing Speed to her own journalistic background writing for the daily express. She claims since 1976 to have held the world record for the most books published annually an average of 23 a  do the ideas Lor her novels come irom prayer. I say a prayer i really do. I say please god. Get me a plot it s absolutely extraordinary then a plot  she shows no signs of slowing Down i think old people Are so much better when they have something to do Cartland said. Nobody yet has Ever been known to die irom overwork. People retire at 65, which is wicked go Home to their Boring wives and die at once. The whole thing is you must keep  1987 readers poll a fit readers poll stasis swipes Apo Ofel Tor Tole German address readers poll. Stars an stripes Post Lodi 11 if37 6100 a Sissy 11,Timwyenlnss must be postmarked no later than Jan. 20. 1988. Results will be announced the end of january. Best artist. Best laid.,. Mite performer Fenale per1inber. Favorite album. Of trite Sligo Beilner Jet bust Temick. Falte live Perlo Raue. Lost full tote artist monday january 11. 1888 the stars and stripes Page 17  
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