European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a the stars and stripes wednesday october 3,1990 faces a it places Lucy Desi Flashback takes on new look from wire reports hundreds of Lucy look alikes and near desis Are out of Luck. Two professional actors Maurice Benard and Frances Fisher will play the Wacky couple in a to movie. The two were introduced monday As the stars of a Lucy and Desi before the laughter.�?�. Hundreds of look alikes Many of them amateurs turned out for auditions in new York Miami and los Angeles during a search for the perfect Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Fisher who without makeup bears Little resemblance to Ball has appeared in the to movies a cold Sassy tree a a Home and a broken vows a Benard who played Nico Kelly on the soap opera a fall my children a looks a Little like a Young Arnaz. Benard is practising on a Conga. A a it a big shoes to fill. I m an actor. I m not an Impersonator. But he a a lot like my father a Benard said. Lbs Pla play covers they premiered in 1951. Following auditions of Quot a couple thousands Lucy look alikes and desiring desis producer Larry Thompson said he selected Fisher and Benard to play the famous husband and wife. A there Are a lot of talented people who wanted to be Lucy and Desi a he said. A a i love Lucy is More than a he said that the heavily publicized casting Calls were not a Public relations stunt but helped a form what we were looking he said one actor discovered in one of the Calls will y a band member in the film. Usher and Benard said they were not concerned about playing two of the Best known actors in television history. They added that they were not bothered by concerns about the lbs project expressed by Lucie Arnaz Lucy a and Desius daughter. Thompson said he was close to signing another pair of actors to play Fred and Ethel by reptiles gov. Mario Cuomo got a High five from a Young paisan. The governor appeared monday with the teenage mutant ninja turtles a Michelangelo Leonardo Donatello and Raphael a and thanked them for help with a new drug prevention program. A and i love their names Cuomo said. Michelangelo dubbed Cuomo a your honorable dude ship during a ceremony at a new York City Grade school. A anybody Here know the ninja turtles a the governor asked a gymnasium filled with first second and third graders. He got a deafening affirmative response. A Man i Hope they done to run for office a Cuomo said. Donatello High five Cuomo before the pizza Loving to turtles performed their anti drug song a walk the turtles recently launched a singing career and a National to treatment teen age actor Corey Feldman pleaded innocent to heroin Possession and got another warning to stay in drug abuse treatment. Maurice Benard and Frances Fisher in front of a poster of themselves As Lucille balt and Desi Arnaz. A los Angeles municipal court commissioner on monday ordered Feldman to remain in a rehabilitation program As a condition of his $5,000 bail. The 19-year-old actor who appeared in the movies a a goodies a a stand by me and a gremlins a has been in a residential drug abuse program since sept. 21, when he was arrested on a heroin Possession charge for the second time. Feldman got a similar admonition in Superior court last week during a hearing on the first charge after he failed to appear for a lightning Success a International guerrillas a the pakistani made film epic in which writer Salman Rushdie is incinerated by lightning opened to an almost empty theater but the distributor said monday he was still hoping for a Box office Success. The 3vi-hour movie made its British debut in Bradford 200 Miles North of London. It was in Bradford that British moslem first burned copies of a the satanic verses a the Book by Rushdie that angered moslem for its alleged blasphemy and caused the late iranian spiritual Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to Call on moslem everywhere to kill Rushdie on sight. In a slight drizzle a few dozen people stood in line for the show scheduled to Start at 11 . Sunday due to fears the film could attract troublemakers. But the Only angst came from the audience which seemed restless to get the movie started chewing Popcorn while theater owners waited for More customers. The films British distributor Mohammed Fayyaz wants permission to show it during regular theater hours saying he can make some Money that Way. The movie stars Afzal Ahmed As a mild mannered Rushdie who gets his comeuppance from a four Man hit squad a the Good Guys a much Given to piercing stares. But it was the Koran floating overhead like the dark Cloud of Fate that finally struck the author dead with lightning to the cheers of the movie audience. Rushdie in hiding since feb. 14,1988, despite easing of tensions Between Britain and Iran was notably absent from opening on the move the Rev. Jeb Stuart Magruder who spent seven months in prison for his role in the watergate scandal is off for a new pastor ship in Kentucky. Magruder 55, has been executive minister at first Community Church in Marble Cliff Ohio since 1984. He will take Over As senior pastor of the 600-member first presbyterian Church in Lexington ky., on nov. 1. A life began for me again when i came Here six years ago a Magruder told 1,000 worshippers sunday. You gave me Back mar identity and you gave me the inspiration to continue in my Magruder pleaded guilty in 1973 to conspiracy and perjury charges stemming from the 1972 break in at offices of the democratic parly at the watergate hotel in Washington . He was Deputy director of former president Nixon a re election committee. Dear Abby i have a question for a new Friend and need help in devising a Subtle approach. This new Friend $ has the potential to play a significant role in my life. I done to care if the answer is yes or no but i would like to find out if he is jewish. How can i find out if he does no to Volunteer his last name is questionable. He is from a Large family in upstate new York. His nose tells me nothing. His father is French and i done to know about his Mother. His complexion and hair Are very dark. He has jokingly referred to jews As Abby How can i ask without sounding too concerned which i really am not curious Down South dear curious its a Good thing you Are not drawing your own conclusions on the basis of his name or his nose because both Are easily changed. Having a French father does no to dear Abby Tell you anything about his religion. There Are French jews mormons christians moslem buddhists and atheists. And done to draw your conclusions on the basis of hair color or complexion jews come in All colors. Also some jewish people jokingly refer to jews As but if As you say this new Friend has the potential to play a significant role in your life and if you re still seeing each other in december ask if you can attend Christmas services with him. Dear Abby i have been wanting to write this letter for years but i a finally getting around to it. I used to respect the signs that read a parking for handicapped no More. In my Community Many Drivers have special License plates issued to handicapped people and do you know what one persons Handicap is she is hard of hearing Why on Earth would a person who is hard of hearing need a special place to Park i also know a Man with a handicapped License who is supposed to be disabled. He goes dancing four nights a week until 1 . Why should he be Given a special place another person i know borrows a car from a handicapped relative so she can Park in reserved for Handi capped spaces. Those places Are meant for people who Are in wheelchairs or use walkers or crutches. Is there no decency left in this world disgusted with cheaters dear disgusted i too am disgusted with cheaters but May i remind you that not All handicaps Are visible. People with heart conditions or emphysema May a a appear to be Hale and Hearty but they can to walk a Block without needing to Stop and rest. Dear Abby _ this to your collection of unbelievable Hospital Bills in 1953, my wife gave birth to a baby girl. Before checking out of the Hospital we were presented with the following Bill birthing and Hospital care.$129.00 circumcision.$25.00 Frank in Hamburg . Universal press Syndicate
