European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Afna so Gasthaus commands attention with prime Slot by Rob Staggenborg staff writer network executives would kill for Herb Glover a time Slot. Glover the command information chief for american forces network television has a five minute Slot allotted to him every weekday at 8 p.m., when he invites viewers into Gasthaus the longest running show on an. Glover started the show in 1975 shortly after to came to an in Frankfurt Germany. He figures he hosted More than 2,000 shows through 1983. Now he a in charge of overseeing the show s production. These Days the show is a command information tool. Public affairs offices vie for airtime to inform viewers Abou upcoming events and services in the . European come. One an staffer mused wondered what the a umber of flushes in Europe is when Gasthaus is on a while the show tends to be dry and unimaginative there was a time when Gasthaus hosted Rock stars authors and astronauts. A the very first show we did was with Elton John and Glen Campbell a Glover wistfully recalled. A Elton John was travelling through Europe with Kiki dec and we went out to do a spot on him. I invited him to come on the show and he said sure. Then we find out that Glen Campbell was doing a show Quot in town and we asked him. He said head be glad to do it. So Here we were on our first show with two guests with not a lot in com Mon with each other. Quot it was really a Loose interview. They got along very Well. 1 remember Elton John a who used to be into the wild hats and glasses you May re 1 member a telling Glen Campbell How head really like to get a Nice big Stetson Cowboy hat. A hell. I got a whole closet full pm a he told him. After that everything went Well. And these were two Guys who a never met each other before until just before the other guests included Moon Walker Neil Armstrong who drove hallway across Germany to appear on the show. Chuck Yeager country Singer Anne Murray then sen. Edmund Muskie authors Alvin to her and and comedian Jonathan Quot Ray Charles was on Eric Segal Ray Charles Winters. C. Twice and we did two shows with Johnathan said Glover. A that was a great time. Winters just came on and did his thing. It was a really neat show. A the thing 1 liked about the show Back then a was that it was More of an entertainment oriented show. In a not saying that a Good and in a not saying that a bad. We had a cabaret atmosphere in the Gasthaus. We even shot it at a real Gasthaus with other people sitting at tables waitresses around the whole thing. The set also has gone through extensive changes. It used to look real this is to so what you Sec May not be what you get. Like the Apple wine Pitcher and glasses on the tables. A just water a said spec. Jan acid Nuller who hosts the show on a rotation with spec. Jim car Nall. A every single guest that we have on the show comes on the set and looks in the glasses and says a of just its like they re disappointed its water. Like Jim and i really get rooted while we do the a yeah just water a Carnall said. A just before we tape it someone goes out to the water Fountain just outside the studio and fills the Pitcher with water. We used to have cookies from what i understand but those were bought by someone at the station out of her own other Gasthaus titbits a the name Gasthaus Glover said Quot was just grabbed out of the Blue because at that time an was Only seen in Germany. Now its seen in Many countries in the theater and its even on radio in some a Gasthaus used to produce two shows a Day. The morning edition dealt with family issues a like cake decorating and things like that Quot Glover said. The evening edition was geared toward political guests science and technology topics and military affairs. A in 1982 and �?T83, the show was live. A Frank Zappa appeared once and interviewed Glover on the show. A that was an interesting shot a Glover said. A about 250 shows Are produced a year. The show is taped Early in the week two Days a week. Several shows Are taped during that time each Day. A it Wasny to until 1985 that the in Tele viewer was put into uniform and the program focused More on Milita and military Community issues. Why has it changed so much Why wont you be seeing Vanilla ice and Randy Travis chatting with acid Nuller or Carnall a a we re command information a Glover said. A a we re dealing with subjects the command thinks is important. Plus we have limited resources now. Back then we had people actually on beats digging up stories. A sure the shows have changed. But what Hasni to in the past 16 years is amps Dave Didio Sas Cut Schuettler Herb Clover oversees the production of cd a the a which on wednesday aired Jan Reidmuller s interview of Lilile leaguer Kevin Finnigan of Frankfurt. July 21 1991 sunday a Page 11
