European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Profile entertainment eth some i substance Bye Delavis staff writer Anir Iran Ron h.i-.1 problem Lair mine the it Slot pm in of Luvimin Midiri of like him he More problems he ims Wilh German Pulier Ian Sand to . Bui Williams can live with the Irvil pm by of iwo fallers. First tit Martin Luther i says he in Enol in otherwise. Second. Get mans Are slowly to live Wilh his Wil. "1 Don t know How you want to define what 1 do i wid Silling in a Hole cafe before going to the studio to film his 60-Mlnule ror ubi and i Ron evening Thi germans like to Coll it cabaret Hul i Dill in some Thi 45-Yimr-old from Oakland ii Lii is an actor a Ting and dance nun Mil above ill a Nutter of satire on the american and German ways of life. What makes his Nevin who says such awful things about German and american politicians so popular Why Are we All laughing so loudly critics believe the secret of his Success is his incl Wil. In May 1985, 3,000 journalists covering the nato and economic Summit meetings in Bonn were surprised to have pumped Iraln the press Center j n conversation Between president Reagan and West German Chancellor Helmut Kuhl they were feverishly inking notes on a highly demented conversation Between the iwo Heads of slate when the television station revealed thai it was ill a Oke with rom Williarm doing Reagan s voice and a German Cal Malner supplying Kohl s. Of it hit the fan after thai Williams said. The director Here wanted an apology the German government wanted an apology. But he program director Hansjurgen Rosenbauer stuck by his guns they asked Keann he thought about the in body and he laughed so they had to Back off Williams has a Lougher Lim wifi German politics wins. Mis relax up Luk in ii Imus la Tim music srt-m1 him him with a Milf but Liis Siligs in Polit Fitins have a Itle program dirt Artois Seesaw the show from he Simili a vow in in the a Laird to i Ihu isl pair in. Ii nil then Back in Llie third Prii rain again. It s Lough in a but Pilgrim Diri Altir i i morning who they re dealing with when Ihry tall me Wil i irn the a Iii Hill slyly i hot has brn Vimr his Iraq remark. Show l Usini �. Williams Niri is difficult whether you Are while or Black. Hut it s Lougher if you Are , he said and hey is Eccl in Unck Tom role is an.ilhem.1 to the Williams psycho. A sign that television hns come to act pm Williams is Hal in receives invitations to talk shows on serious subjects. Bui the sir ingest sign that Williams hns arrived is thai he has his own show. Konji my Wilh its saturday night liw , is in about the highest rung in the German television ladder one Tan climb prime Lime be fart for Kan Berul. Williams has engager a Small corps of lop Talent including Only Python director Mcnaughton. Williams does All the writing Ilone or with the help of his agent Sigrid Grizzi. I Don t like the heavy handed of humor. You know look out Here comes the punch Linel no Way. My Nurmi Encis have never got from me and Don t exp lil thank god Between filming his own show and the music program Williams has been filming in Israel its a nine part series called desert fever it s of. More important than the film itself was the Chance to see is Riiff. The israelis arc a Beautiful people Sun tanned and types bul their problem Wilh the arabs is frightening. I be Irav eled All Over the country and seen nil the sights and talked to arabs and israelis. There ire some heavy thing happening there As we All know. In looks like the israeli of Justice for All has gone sour on Williams also acted in the German film the in vol of the Victor which came out this year. He will he doing stage work in Kurt Weil s if col scene. Williams came to Germany in 1 oho is a military policeman and inner was stationed at an Stuttgart. I used to siring anonymously for i he Owr sews Vrej Lviv a civilian paper for the go Market in those Days t fed them ill the Dirl i could find to said Williams was discharged in Germany and subsequently worked in several jobs. I drilled Here and there Italy Germany Austrin Switzerland Holland Scotland and England driving trucks limousines and even Butler. Bul also moving in and out of show business working for German when the show business Bubil him its Teeth went deep. Williams branched out Wilh a Uris nun show in Munich the in crowd began to drop his name and they would Man inbred Nusly Al anyone who admitted he had l been to Williams cabaret. In 1976, his Happy birthday Ante Lea became legendary. He followed Wilh such shows As co la Devil a Murk a Mark uber Altes and on Thefton. They brought Fame bul Tittle Money the old show Biz Story. But Williams break was to come. Afler some fits and starts to executives decided that they wanted Williams and he did some review Type shows. Including from Broadway to Hollywood and Ellington a for German television and we come la Munich an eur vision. Williams said the turning Point in his career came in 19b3, when he Pul on his one Man show countdown in the Munich Lach & Schoss Gessell Scharz the Valhalla of German cabaret. The Only real question Afler countdown was will Success spoil Ron Williams it has t. Doors opened and he walked in and stayed Ron Williams bound Lomnic you laugh bound to make you think bound to entertain you. Ron with firm 45, a Molnr of California is a increasingly pop Uhr Clor tonn and Dan of Man and to still Millet Ali Ollre. 1988 in Ripe r
