European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday december 20, 1989 Lades Esquire honors dubious achievements of 89 i from wire reports the dubious achievement awards of 1989 arc out. Courtesy of january s Esquire Maga inc. Fright of the year goes to fallen new York City hotel Queen Lcona Lac Lesley blight of the year to the Batman logo and flight of the year to author on the Lam Salman Rushdie. Pete Rote was named troglodyte of the invite of the year is awarded to Malcolm Forbes for his birthday extravaganza in Morocco dubbed Rich mammals on camels and the . Savings and loan Industry receives the parasite of the year award. The Magazine commends John f. Kennedyjr. For paying $2.000 in parking tickets before becoming an assistant District attorney in Manhattan and Giessen. Lloyd Bentsyn Democrat of Texas for rejoining All three of the exclusive clubs he quit during the 1988 presidential Campaign. Donald Trump s plans for a new television game show called Trump card is termed one reason to go on for its pan. This week s people Magazine weighs in with a Field of bad Zsa Zsa Gabor struck out swinging people said while Jim Bakker and Leona Helmsley complained loudly about the umpiring As they were thumbed the Magazine commends actor Rob Lowe for his career in the minors and silent Sam former housing and Urban development Secretary Samuel Pierce who went quietly humming the fifth amendment All the Way to the Little old Guy from Pasadena Joe Klein s Catchy Holiday song Christmas in a Aboul a forlorn beardless surfer who gels an unexpected Christmas visit from a surfing Santa Claus. Has become All the rage along the celebrity Laden shores of Malibu Calif. Beaches arc Bare. Ain t no one there begins the each boys Flavoured rendition of the Christmas Day visit of the surfing old St. Nick who proclaims with a Hearty hoho to. Surfs up dudes Klein shipped 7,000 cassette tapes to radio stations and local record stores. The response was phenomenal said Klein who hurriedly produced a video when Cable s music Channel mtg inquired. Chose fops movie list National Lampoon s Christmas Star ring Chevy Chase was the nation s no. I movie last weekend displacing the dark comedy the War of the teaming to s Roseanne Burr and Oscar Winner meryl Streep. Fell from fourth to out of the top 10. And the Eddie Murphy Richard Pryor collaboration Harlem nights dropped from sixth to i oth place. Warner Bros Christmas vacation moved up from second on a s7.23 million return last weekend while the War of the with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas As dueling spouses slipped to no. 2. Back to the future part ii was third. The film has collected $75.5 million since thanksgiving week end. Winter wonderland a horse drown Sleigh carries a Load of passengers through Snow covered Fields and Woods sunday in Augusta Maine. A Floral shop in the barn provided the free rides a a Christmas promotion. Good grief Murphy Brown yesterdays on today Murphy Brown the television new woman portrayed by Candice Bergen on the to show with the same name in t far off the Mark but she needs to work harder her real life counterparts say. Her personal life is fairly apropos of most women in the to business. We spend so much Lime working that by the time we get Home there s not much left for anything else said the news Anchor of abcs today show. Deborah Norville. In response to a Survey by to guide. The portrayal of a Blond to new woman who s As touch As nails is a breath of fresh reality said Faith Daniels of lbs this there s Al ways some line you hear on the show and then use. For weeks after Murphy used it. We went around at this morning saying lighten up. It s Only Morningto " but her professional life in t All that Tough according to a couple of pros quoted in the Magazine s dec. 23 . Murphy s probably a belter inter viewer than Man women on to. She also gels better said Linda Ellerbee former Abc and no news Anchor can comm Clator and now Independent producer. As for her easy Access to the High and mighty i Don t have that sort of Access but Barbara wallers s personal life is More on the Mark than the professional part said Jane Wallace of life most to journalists do much More work than meanwhile with Jane Paulroy set to leave today on dec. 29 after 13 years Abc says that four former today hosts including network news Anchorman Tom Brokaw will co Anchor the show during the first week in will work with co Host Bryant Gumbel. The first of the guest co anchors Abc commentator John Chancellor will appear Jan. 2. The next Day the guest Host will be Hugh Downs now on Abc s "20-20" series followed by Joe Garagiola on Jan. 4. Brokaw is to co Anchor Jan. 5. Right thing does right Well do the right thing did just that for the lot Angeles film critics association the controversial film about racial tensions scored honors As Best Pic Ture of 1989 and won Best director for Spike the right thing set on the hottest Day of the year in new York also won awards for Danny Alello for Best supporting actor and for the musical score by Lee s father. Bill Mcdowell. Who played the sexually frustrated housewife in sex lies and videotape shared the Best actress Honor with Michelle Pelffer the sultry lounge Singer in the fabulous Baker Lewis won Best actor for his portrayal in my left foot of Irish writer Painter Christy Brown who was born with cerebral palsy. Brendi Folcker who played Brown s Mother won Best sup. Porting actress. Dear Abby with reference to wondering in who wondered Why the scandinavians switched their is and is it s the same with germans. In the German language there is the a sound Bui not the double a w sound. When germans speak English their is become is and vice versa. Example by Are you laughing i had a cry Nice time in your other nationalities have similar problems. My hispanic friends have they sound in Spanish but no a sound. In speaking English they make it mental switch. Example jes. 1 like new Jork but i can t find a Yob Robert j. Alexander Pasadena dear Abby in studying the scandinavian languages i have noticed that the scandinavians pronounce the was a when the a comes at the beginning of a word the say Wolf nicer for Volunteer. However if the a comes in the Middle of the word such As carnivorous it is pronounced As a dear Abby now. If you will excuse me. I vant to go Vatch to. Living with a Viking dear Abby wondering in Wictoria was puzzled by scandinavians pronunciation. I would like to know Why some Eastern . Citizens Warsh their cars and go to cuban they insert an a where it in to and leave it out where it is. Dear Abby m1dwesterner in Tampa speaking of foreigners with strange accents my aunt s neighbor came from the East end of London and spoke in a Cockney dialect dropping her a this neighbor once said to my aunt " enry likes am. So e brought one orc for the when my aunt finally got the courage to ask her if she could t pronounce her is she replied certainly. I can say Bacon and Heggs " another fan in Holiday Fla. Dear Abby i have noticed that the filipinos when speaking English also switch a few letters. Tagalog i hair native language has no letter of nor the of sound so when speaking English the of becomes a thus filipinos pronounced filipino Federal becomes pc Cral and february becomes Jim Robinson Ponchatoula la. Dear Abby my German born Mother used to say she had to Vash the dishes and Warnish the furniture. She also called my sister in Milwaukee dear Abby Why do acc scandinavians have such a problem with the is and is the answer is As simple As it is obvious you the Anglo speaking people have got it All wrong you think of the letter Tow As a double a actually it is a double a and the is and a s Are both pronounced like a problem started with the germans. They pronounce the Vas of and the was the Volks Wagen is pronounced Folk Vagen. Not Volks. Not Wagon. Olaf Hult la. Dear Abby on my first flight to Hawaii 1 asked my seat partner if that Lovely state was pronounced Hawaii or Hawaii. He said it s pronounced said thank he replied you re in Utah
