European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse A profile taking Over from a Gasthaus by Rob Staggenborg staff writer now that Gasthaus is closing shop an tvs cameras turn to the latest show in town profile. The american forces network announced the name of the Gasthaus replacement which premieres at 8 . March 30. Profile will be a command information program like Gasthaus but the familiar sit Down interview style will be gone. According to network spokesman capt. Gary Carruthers profile will cover local personalities on location. I air Force sgt. Teri Laurhammer who hosts Gasthaus will Host the new show. She will be joined by army pfc. Lee Allen. A a it a going to be a More personable show a Laurhammer said. A it wont be the talking Heads so much. Instead of say a dentist coming to Gasthaus during National dental health month Well go to a dentists office show a Little of his one recurring feature the new show will carry will be what producer Larry Sichter called a signature these pieces will give the Soldier and airman photographers from an a Chance to showcase their creative storytelling abilities with the camera. The signature pieces Carruthers said will be signed by the photographer just As an artist would sign his finished painting. A i love it a Laurhammer said emphatically of the new show. A i think it will be a lot network officials said there was a need for such a program and that a change in style and format would serve its audience better. Gasthaus has been running nearly two decades. A i want to bring More of my personality to the show a Laurhammer said. A a in a glad to be part of the change sure. In a Way its strange for me being someone who a Only been Here a few years to be the person to bring this Gasthaus to an end after its been going on for this Long. Its a change for the better i think. A we needed to have a show that was More visual. We got feedback from surveys saying Gasthaus Wasny to serving its purpose. This new show will be More visual than two people sitting Down having an the planning behind profile began in january when results of that an viewer Survey showed dissatisfaction with the nightly interview program. A i go to the Post office a Laurhammer said a and someone says a of you re that lady who hosts that show that nobody Well id like to be known As something More than that lady who hosts that show that nobody likes. I just Hope people give the new show a Chance. We re definitely looking for input from the viewers on How to make it some of the first profile stories will include a look at the closing of Afna a Munich affiliate a segment on computer viruses and stories on recycling special forces children a theater and the special olympics. The new show will be five minutes Long the same As Gasthaus. John Sununu leaps from White House pan to to fills in Buchanan a right on a crossfire by Jane Hall los Angeles times going at it with Michael Kinsley on crossfire has Given John Sununu new Faith in the humorous Side of Fate. A a in a a Strong supporter of George Bush obviously a said Sununu the former White House chief of staff. A to be Here commenting on Pat Buchanan a candidacy is one of the pleasant ironies of Sununu replaced Buchanan two weeks ago As the conservative slugger on Cable news networks nightly opinion talk show which Buchanan abandoned when he hit the Campaign Trail to Challenge Bush for the Republican presidential nomination. A it proves a Sununu said laughing a there is a it also proves that the relationship Between Pundi try and politics is growing increasingly closer. At a time when the stinging sound bite dominates political campaigns and voters arc expressing disapproval of Many elected leaders the to pundit has gone from the sunday morning talk show a a ghetto to prime time a and in Buchanan Scase into primaries. To programmers meanwhile arc tapping new makers to be talk show hosts. Besides Sununu for example can recently signed former democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson to Host his own talk show both sides with Jesse Jackson. A there always has been a symbiotic relationship Between the press and Power brokers a said Rick Davis executive producer for in no a Washington based interview programs. Sununu resigned As White House chief of staff in december under fire for a series of controversies including his handling of Domestic policies and personal use of government transportation. He remained on Bush a staff As a Counselor until feb. 28, travelling with the president during his recent campaigning in new Hampshire. Having someone with such close tics to Bush on crossfire is different from assigning him to the White House beat Davis said. Quot with a reporter you re not supposed to be Able to Tell where they re coming from in terms of their own views a he said. A on crossfire John Sununu is a commentator he was hired for his opinions and he a not hiding Sununu was surprisingly relaxed on camera during his first week a and surprisingly soft spoken in an interview a for a Man who was said to have ruled the White House staff with an Iron grip. A a in a enjoying myself but i would almost rather be a guest every night Quot he said of the new Job on can. A a it a easier to answer questions than to ask them it takes less Buchanan a Job at can network executives have said will be waiting for him when he returns a presuming he does no to get elected. A i done to have any political ambitions myself Quot said Sununu a former governor of new Hampshire. A when Buchanan returns ill step off crossfire. I just thought it would be interesting to be Here during a political smoke lacks fire by Walter Goodman the new York times John Sununu a ascension took place two weeks ago on crossfire a we Knightly half hour of aggressively expressed uncomplicated opinions delivered in a spirit of absolute certitude and combative Bonhomie. Sununu fitted right in. His senior colleague Michael Kinsley welcomed him to a the Buchanan memorial chair Quot the former occupant being otherwise engaged for the presidential season. The guests were sen. Howard m. Metzenbaum a Liberal Democrat from Ohio and sen. Trent Lott a Republican conservative from Mississippi who can be counted on to agree on nothing and be sure about everything. The subject was the politics of taxes. Kinsley who plays the resident Liberal had to work harder than usual to Pep up the show. There was Jol lying Over Sununu a change of profession. A you certainly have a significant position now John a said Lott whom Sununu once called insignificant. The new Sununu joined the senator in assailing the democratic tax Bill recently passed by the House of representatives and plunged gamely into the sometimes incoherent partisan shout Downs. Sununu brought to the role of Host All the Charm wit and Candor that adorned his appearances on the sunday morning talkies when he was working for the White House. He was once again the administration loyalist delivering the certified position with lines like a what is this fixation on taxing the Rich a a and a a that a what this country is All about Quot a reference to yacht builders. The next night As primary results came in the onetime hard Ball operative expressed distress Over a the ugly Side of politics Quot being practice by Patrick Buchanan. Viewers who take the message but not this messenger to heart have two reasons to Hope for Buchanan a speedy return to crossfire March 22, 1902 sunday a f age 11
