European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a the stars and stripes monday january 29,1990well, whade a know this radio shows a hit Madison. Wis. Apr Many of the 250.000 listeners who tune in to Michael feldmans nationwide Quot what a know a program saturday mornings on american Public radio beg to hear about his personal life. But hcs not talking about that anymore. A do you bother your minister or rabbi with that question a Feldman shot Back at a caller on a recent show who asked How Feldman spends his time when he a not on the air. A when i first started. I talked about my said Feldman who said such talk was therapeutic. Quot now i figure it s none of heir business. You have to save some for the 40-year-old bespectacled Feldman known for his dry. Of cat humor started Quot what a know a in 1985 after working As a High school English teacher and experimenting with other radio jobs. The program has developed a Loyal following. It airs on i03 stations. Quot he Sonc of the most popular radio personalities on american Public said Dan Jensen. Apr a marketing director in St. Paul. Minn. Quot what a know a airs before a live audience and features music a Call in quiz and the Quot town of the week a a feature in which a town a chosen by throwing a Dart at a map a is critiqued. Serious subjects Are olt limits on Feldman s show. Instead the Host prefers to Ponder callers questions like Quot if prunes arc dried plums where does prune juice come from a and a do radio show hosts gel dressing rooms a a not this Feldman replied to the latter query during a recent show. Quot i come Feldman said he hosts the show because it s fun and he Only has to go to his Madison office twice a week. A i m very conceded Feldman who spends much of his free time researching questions for the shows quiz or just Quot doing a hate working for a he said. Quot my main concern was doing something feldmans growing popularity has earned him a Chance to Lake his wit quizzes and other innovations on National television. The Disney Channel will air four taped segments of Quot whade a know a in March. He said he currently makes Quot As much Money As a bad but if the television debut proves successful his salary could jump to that of Quot an average he began working Odd jobs in radio in 1977, but his first big shot came in 1984 when he was hired for a show at won in Chicago. But he and his co Host clashed and both were fired. When the offer to Host a Kwh add a know Quot came in 1985, Feldman was reluctant to leave Chicago. Quot i wanted to stay and gel my revenge Quot he quipped. But he went and his show now is heard around the nation a including Back in Chicago where Feldman recently did a live Remote show that Drew a sellout crowd of 1,300. His show is usually aired from Madison and people sometimes arrive two hours Early to get a scat. Quot we have enjoyed Michael feldmans Zig Zag humor for More than 10 years Quot said Sandra Larson who has been attending Feldman s show with her husband since the Days no broadcast from the Madison diner. Quot he a refreshing Quot she said. Quot he has that sort of Boyish Charm that lets people open Reagan a still popular despite latest mistakes Washington apr after More than a year away from the while House Ronald Reagan is doing much As he did during the previous eight years he May put his foot in his Mouth from time to time but most people still seem to like him. A i think there is a Broad Reservoir of Good feeling and admiration for Reagan in inc Public Quot said John Milton Cooper a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin and a Democrat who has made a specially of former presidents. Donald Mccoy a University of Kansas historian who also keeps an Eye on former presidents said Quot so far if he had asked me what to do. My advice would be rather different from what he has been doing and i m a still he said there is a Lack of data on the popularity of former presidents so its hard to say How Reagan is faring. Reagan Drew criticism for going to Japan in october and accepting a reported $2 million from Fuji Sansei communications group a japanese Media company. Some said the payment on top of fees of More than $30,000 per speech that he gets in this country was inappropriate for a former president. Reagan said he could have made More by reviving his acting career but that would have been Quot cashing in on the while in Japan he said he supported Sony s $3.4 billion acquisition of Columbia pictures entertainment corp. Because Quot i just have a feeling that maybe Hollywood needs some outsiders to bring Back decency and Good taste to some of the pictures that arc being after he got Back he apologized joking to an entertainment Industry group about his dentist a removing from my Mouth the last piece of shoe leather i acquired in Japan Quot it struck me that the trip to Japan was a Public relations said Mccoy. Quot it has not been one of our bet Ter moments for former presidents. On the other hand there has been a tremendous amount of attention Given the reagans and that May juggle the Dice a bit unfairly if one puts it on the basis of comparing him to other former mrs. Reagan s memoirs Quot my turn Quot came out in the fall to mostly stinging reviews. A los Angeles times reviewer criticized a the Catt iness displayed throughout the in the Washington Post Sally Quinn called the volume Quot so hurtful so painful so embarrassing so pathetic that it lakes your breath in addition to All this the internal Revenue service is said to be investigating whether the reagans owe income tax on dresses mrs. Reagan borrowed while she was first lady. A los Angeles Magazine article by Sally Ogle Davis summed it All up in a headline Quot the Teflon wears thin. One year after the presidency citizen Ron and Nancy have become the couple everyone loves to reporters who follow him on occasional outings in los Angeles however say he still draws smiling waving crowds. The times Mirror Center for the people and the press which measures such things said president Bush s approval rating is higher than Reagan s Ever was. But when the Center asked people which president was More popular after one year in the White House most of them thought Reagan was. When not making news the reagans live quietly on a winding Street in the exclusive Bel air Section of los Angeles. Tim Walsh assistant director of the Hoover Library said there was Little discussion of Reagan at a conference on former presidents that the Hoover and Ford presidential libraries sponsored in octo Indian with Ponytail wins suit against bowlers tour St. Paul Minn. Apr the Amateur bowlers tour unlawfully discriminated against a Chippewa Indian by barring him from a tournament because of his Long hair worn in a Ponytail a judge has ruled. Ramsey county District judge Roland Faricy ruled in favor of Joe big Bear of St. Paul and turned Down the tour s Appeal of a decision by the St. Paul human rights commission. In september the commission said the tour discriminated against big Bear on the basis of sex and awarded him $3,000 in damages. The commission also ordered the tour to pay $1,300 in costs incurred by the City in investigating and prosecuting big bears complaint. Big Bear ran afoul of a Rule that male Bow lers cannot have hair below the Bottom of the Quot Normal Collar Quot and cannot Wear braids ponytails hair curlers headbands or hats. The commission noted that there were no rules governing the length of the hair of female entrants. The tour s attorneys contended that it is not a Quot Public in which the Law forbids discrimination because it is selective in admitting members. Faricy rejected the argument noting that the Competition excludes Only High scoring bowlers from Amateur status. With the support of its co sponsor Bud Light Beer the tour has paid More than $40 million in prizes to bowlers since 1977. Questioning the tour s argument that its grooming standards Are necessary to attract sponsors Faricy cited a Bud Light commercial in which two men Are captured by an army of scantily Clad amazons. They discover they cannot leave but Are told they will get an unlimited Supply of Bud Light. Quot if that level of bad taste sexism and excess is acceptable to Bud he said Quot perhaps the Amateur bowlers tour docs not need to worry about establishing very High standards for its
