European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                On the Ai America braces for the him that a her Dame Edna by Susan King the los Angeles times australian superstars Mel Gibson and Paul Hogan have achieved Success on americans shores. Now Dame Edna Everage the self proclaimed aussie a a a megastar housewife Swami and investigative journalist is determined on conquering the United states. But is America ready for this wonder from Down under decked out in a multicoloured dress ornate glasses a a my face furniture a that would make Elton John envious purple hair and Garish costume jewelry Dame Edna was posing for photographs outside her cozy Beverly Hills hotel Bungalow. A my legs Are considered to be a rather special part of me a she said coyly lifting her dress above her knee and exposing rather trim Gams. A they Are my supporting  passersby stopped dead in their tracks and giggled at the sight of Dame Edna and not because of her outlandish attire. It was hard not to notice the fact Dame Edna is in fact a Man. She is actually australian comedian Barry Humphries 5?, who created Dame Edna More than 30 years ago. Dame Edna is a phenomenon in her Homeland and England. She has starred on stage in several one woman shows a night with Dame Edna an evening s Intercourse and award winning to specials. On her popular British talk show the Dame Edna experience she trades barbs with the likes of Sean Connery Roger Moore Tom Jones and Lauren Bacall. Abc is banking that Dame Edna will be another a a Golden girl for the network and has Given Cher joins Dame Edna a Hollywood. Abc her her first american to special Dame Edna a Hollywood which premiered saturday night in the states. Filmed at her fictitious Beverly Hills manse Dame Edna surrounds herself with such Good friends As Cher the duo sing i got you babe Gibson Jack Palance Beatrice Arthur and Larry Hagman. Lunch with Dame Edna is quite an experience in itself. Wicked witty and outrageous Dame Edna who stays in character at All times goes As far As frisking visitors to make sure they Haven to a pinched any of her treasured belongings. A actually i just wanted to touch you a Dame Edna said smiling. Adjusting her numerous bracelets Dame Edna explained that she had been approached before to test the american television Waters. A i would hear Little mutter rigs from Hob and Showtime a she said. A there were feelers put  \ but none offered her the Type of Money she wanted. A a in a not cheap Quot Dame Edna proclaimed. But now she thinks the time is right to conic to Hollywood. A americans have been increasingly flocking to see me in London and there has been an underground grass roots groundswell of appreciation. America has been coming around to the idea of me even though they done to quite know it yet. This show for Abc and we wont Call it a show we wont Cal lit a special. Lets face it its an event that will catalyse that groundswell. Who knows i could become the flavor of 1992 that could go on to the beginning of the next  Dame Edna was interrupted by a Knock at the door. It was room service delivering her lunch of Spaghetti and meatballs. A i have to sustain myself a Dame Edna said twirling the Spaghetti around her Fork. A i have a Little Rule a done to get hungry lonely angry or tired but not necessarily in that  though no name Dropper Dame Edna prides herself on the fact that she is friends with the likes of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher president Bush and the Pope whom she refers to As her a single polish Friend who lives in  the Mother of three grown children Dame Edna is a widow. Her a insignificant other Quot Norm was a Pioneer in prostate research. Since his death she has been approached and has a had a lot of pressure put on me by Prince Rainer of Monaco to marry him. A the idea of becoming her Serene highness Prince Edna of Monaco is tempting but no a Dame Edna said. She also has gone out on the town with the infamous Claus von Bulow. A i went out with him quite a few times thinking he was Jeremy Irons a Dame Edna said. She discovered he was the real von Bulow when she began nodding off during dates. A i realized it Wasny to anything he put in the Tea Quot Dame Edna said. A it was just his conversation a it makes you want to sleep  As for the future Dame Edna would like to interview Madonna a ust to see if she is interesting and is hoping Hollywood will make a movie out of her Best Selling autobiography my gorgeous life. A a there stalk of filming it with Mel Gibson playing my husband and meryl Streep playing me in old age a Dame Edna said. A i am playing myself in  Harbor big on Abc Cosby Jane Hall and Leslie Helm la. Times n the Early morning hours on dec. 7,1941, Waves of japanese planes undetected by american radar dive bombed the airfields and warships of the . Based at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. More than 2,400 american servicemen and women died nearly half of them trapped aboard the battleship Arizona. It was the worst disaster in american naval history piercing americans veil of invulnerability and mobilizing the county into world War ii. Fifty years later Pearl Harbor is a politically sensitive subject. While it May be difficult for most americans to imagine that there could be in effect two sides to Pearl Harbor the japanese a who have been criticized for giving the attack scarcely a line in their history books a have a different View of the events leading to world War ii. So the efforts by Abc and lbs to put together major prime time documentaries about that fateful Day half a Century ago have been undertaken care filly with one Eye on history and one Eye on the present. A a we re focusing on individual stories of american soldiers and sailors retelling this moment in history from the Point of View of these people who lived through it at Pearl Harbor Quot said David Corvo executive vice president at lbs news. A i think any fears on the part of the japanese will seem misplaced when they see the show because we do include some interviews with japanese soldiers and sailors from their perspective. But at the same time this is a historical documentary and you can to change history. The portuguese did not attack Pearl  although the two documentaries will air within two Days of each other this week in the states a along with a spate of other Pearl Harbor commemorations a lbs and Abc Are taking divergent approaches to their two hour programs. The lbs program which will be co hosted by retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf and Charles Kuralt will Tell the Story almost completely from the american Side focusing on american heroes at Pearl Harbor. The other is a co production Between Abc news and Nhok Japan a largest to network and will attempt to Tell the Story from both the american and japanese perspectives. Borrowing a technique from the pcs series the civil War cd so remember Peari Harbor will Combine interviews with americans who were at Pearl Harbor with news footage and the Reading of letters from the period by Well known actors. Because it will be broadcast dec. 7, it will also include Awe rage of the memorial ceremonies held earlier that Day in Hawaii which president Bush is planning to attend. The program will Mark the first major to appearance by Schwarzkopf who was based at Pearl Harbor from 1978 to 1980, since he retired from the army in August. Scheduled two nights earlier on thursday abcs Pearl Harbor two Days that changed the world will feature a moment by moment account of the attack. December 1, 1991 sunday a Page 15