European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Of the air dialogue filled format proves talk is cheap by Howard Rosenberg los Angeles times if you re a Cross dressing sex addicted paraplegic alcoholic victim of sexual and physical abuse by a satanic White supremacist Albino Parent who sold you into prostitution where you murdered a Madonna look alike who was raped by pygmies while snorting Coke with an Organ donor who turned out to be the Long lost twin of your Gay mobster Uncle who weighs 400 pounds and is Happy about it and if As a Bonus you be written a Book linking sexual fulfilment to varicose veins. Sec you on television. You May be courted by two dozen talk shows Many of them adept at creating the fantasy of intimacy. Incredibly there arc just that Many talk shows on stateside to these Days and nights ranging from Golden oldies to a spate of newcomers weighing in with infinite versions of the same verbiage. And those that fail will have no shortage of replacements with Dennis Miller Vicki Lawrence whoops Goldberg and Mega biographer Kitty Kelley among those either already set to Host their own talk shows or being mentioned As possibilities for 1992. To needs More talk shows like it needs a Hole in the Tongue. Most merge into a fuzzy Monolith consisting of indistinguishable platforms for plugs and pitches. Whether the Host or hosts Are facing the camera from a desk or from a set or from the studio audience the talk show format is so generic that even half hour infomercials have adopted it As a tool to sell their products. Among the newcomers the Maury Povich show premiered with the biggest profile Given the stardom acquired by its Host on a current affair. It is also the biggest retread with Povich doing Little More than aping the Oprah Winfrey show Donahue satay Jessy Raphael and Ger Aldo although tending toward multiple topics Perafan to show v corps at War by Gary Pomeroy staff writer v corps participation in world War ii will be chronicled through segments that will air on american forces network television and radio for the next four years beginning this week. The 75 spots will commemorate the corps involvement in world War ii and will be produced jointly by v corps Public affairs tv-5, v corps audio visual Agency and an according to 1st it. Horst p. Hurting project officer. The spots will vary in length from 30 seconds to one minute and will air during the same week or a the Oprah Winfrey show spreads he word. Hour instead of one. Nearly As derivative is the Chuck Wool cry show wherein game show Host Wool cry enthusiastically interviews celebrities in a Standard Host sits with guests style. Its All very genial but if anything could be called Muzak of the Mouth this is it. By far the Best of the new daytime talk programs is Jenny Jones with stand up comic Jones energizing a tired genre by virtue of her Luminous personality and playful wit. There is no one funnier or fresher in daytime. In avoiding topical issues Jones also avoids the insidious affliction that Marks Povich and Many of her other counterparts pretentiousness. Monday was an example. While two Sisters were screaming at each other on Sally Jessy Raphael Jones devoted her hour to the lbs daytime soap the Young and the restless. Because of their popularity soaps Are a talk show Staple in ratings sweeps months. But Jones soared above the mundane by visiting the set and getting among Many things hands on instruction month that events occurred 50 years ago. The first spot is scheduled to air wednesday 50 years from the Day Adolf Hitler declared War the United states. The initial report will describe How the United states and great Britain agreed secretly in March 1941 to allow the construction of . Military facilities in Northern Ireland. When Hitler declared War the construction was nearly Complete on what became a staging area for v corps soldiers or car Horst Herting ing to travel across the Ocean from Camp Beauregard la. A the spots will be aired in a regular rotation in part of the daily programming a said Herb Glover an euro pc a chief of command information. Quot they be gone to a great extent digging up Froni the casts male hunks on How to do love scenes with the shows steamy music in the background. When she gave her version of the a Long lingering look Quot your heart thumped so hard that you popped your buttons. In the wardrobe room Jones patted a mannequin on the rear. By not taking itself seriously her show is a refreshing Pat on the rear. Also on the lighter Side is Cristina amp friends. It has tackled serious issues too. Whereas the Jerry Springer show a an oppressively self important talk hour starring a Cincinnati news Anchorman and former mayor a is generally funereal Cristina amp friends at least has a sense of fun and spontaneity with Host Cristina Ferrare leading Quot friends Quot Cyndi James Gossett and comic Carrie Snow in Coffey klatch style chats about themselves a especially about themselves a and the slate of whatever else suits them. On monday that included penile implants. Yes those or As Ferrare put it a now we move on to penile implants for men unable to gel or sustain  said los Angeles news Anchor fat Harvey a guest panellist Quot in be interviewed a lot of people who have this particular  that s the to news business. Meanwhile enter or. Jack Jalife with a variety of implants and jokes a i can to make it Long enough to hang a Flag on or hard enough to drive a Nail  this was getting pretty serious so it was time to lighten up by having Cristina and her friends commiserate with the nation by revealing How they were cutting Back on Christmas spending out of economic necessity. Snow was especially broke she said because she was spending $10,000 a on my new  Well the mood was getting rather somber. So it was time to lighten it up again by bringing out or. Carolyn St vans Mohr to watch controversial portions of Michael Jackson a notorious new video and in doing so Analyse Jackson a motivations. Fortunately for the doctor she had never met Jackson and thus could approach her diagnosis with a fresh perspective. A the simulated masturbation. Was his Way of saying to society a screw you a a St vans Mohr said. A is this a cry for help Quot Ferrare wanted to know. A ooh yes it is a the doctor replied emphatically adding later that a underneath i think he a really a Beautiful  filling time that s the extent of most talk shows. Original footage from German and american archives a Glover said. Also included in the segments will be photos and interviews with europeans and americans who have stories to Tell from the Era. Many of the spots will be filmed on location throughout Germany France Luxembourg and Belgium Herting said. The reports will also focus on human interest stories medals of Honor winners and liberation Herting said. And Little known titbits. One segment will detail How an army lieutenant signed for a Castle in Ireland and inherited responsibility for All of its furniture and supplies As Well As a family of midget Chimney sweeps that were associated with it. The frequency of the spots will increase after the 50th anniversary of the Normandy invasion in june 1994, Herting said. A we will be sensitive to our German neighbors Quot he said. A your purpose is not to gloat. Our purpose is to  december 8, 1991 sunday a Page 15