European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                French comics Gerber jokes for a Wayne a world by Terril Jones the associated press american movie fans know Alt about two awesome heavy Metal dudes named Wayne and Garth who spend their time discussing a babes a what a Quot excellent and Guys who look like they re going to  it was Rad in Peoria a but will it sell in Paris to make the French go for Wayne a world full of its distinctively american Slang the films distributors turned to a pair of Young frenchmen who Call themselves a Les Nulse the nothings. So when Wayne a world hit French cinemas recently Wayne and Garth started checking out the a bomb est and the a Czar by dudes who look like they re about to  Les null arguably the hottest comedy team in France were tapped to provide the French script for Wayne Campbell the excellent Host of his own Cable to show and his Dorky sidekick Garth Algar. The pair Alain Chabat and Dominique Farrugia turned to French teen age Street Slang and a kind of pig latin argot called a verlan a in which syllables of words Are reversed. Voila a lesson in Wayne speak amp la Francaise a a party on becomes a me Gateff a a Ste of a being the reverse of a fete a or party. A a a weird is a Zarb a or verlan for  a a a a babes is a june bomb a while a big time babe is called a bomb Raham  a dudes a Schwin a a healthy Many a reaction to a a Bombe a is spelled  a a hurl a or vomit is  a a not a at the end of a sentence is simply a Onul a a though even Les null admit it loses something in the subtitling. The things that Chabat and Farrugia do to the language of Moli amp re would make the 17th-Century dramatist Well hurl in his grave. Farrugia 30, a High school dropout said that once the project was proposed the most difficult part was negotiating the Money. Not. Seriously there were Tough passages such As when Wayne and Garth played by Mike Myers and Dana Carvey of saturday night live spoof the sitcom la Verne and Shirley. A we thought a there a probably something funny there but what a a recalls Farrugia. Quot but it was great fun putting French words on american  they took two weeks to adapt Wayne a world watching the movie about 25 times to come up with appropriate translations which Are used in both subtitled and dubbed versions. When Wayne drives alongside a limousine leans Over and says a Pardon me do you have any Gray Poupon a the line comes out As a Tje Vous Gerrais Bien dans in Fiat Uno a or a a you a look great in a Fiat Uno a taken from a to commercial for the car at the Low end of italian automaker Fiat a line. Both null Are keen on american comedians and Chabat is a fan of Steve Martin Chevy Chase Dan Aykroyd and weird a1 Yankevicz. As for Farrugia he says a i like Jerry Lewis. Not a. Farrugia the son of a drummer left High school to work for canal plus the French pay television network answering phones for a game show. Chabat 34, whose father was in the jewelry business wanted to be a comic Book artist but became a disc jockey after High school then a Weatherman at canal plus. The two met at the pinball machine at a cafe across from the network. Do they Hope to break into the . Entertainment scene a who knows anything can happen a says Chabat. Hughes Rudd in 1974 died oct. 13 at age 71.lingering laughs for newsman and Wii hero Rudd by John Carmody the Washington Post this column very nearly did no to get written. I stopped by a reception honouring Hughes Rudd in Washington around 3 in the afternoon to collect a list of some of the friends and colleagues who attended his burial service at Arlington earlier in the Day but when they started telling the stories about the lbs and Abc newsman i got hooked. The anecdotes just got funnier and funnier and the picture i had of Hughes a Grumpy sure by unfailingly kind to columnists in need of a Story or the unvarnished truth a kept filling out and getting bigger. He was a genuine world War ii hero who flew 600 missions in Europe in one of those Little scout planes that flew ahead of the front lines and who later in Vietnam enjoyed the company of the Quot kids Quot who fought and wrote and talked about it for the folks Back Home. He produced outrageous expense account excuses he once picked up Cash with a a trip to Bercht Esgar ten for an interview with an e. Braun about her rumoured marriage to an a. Hitler Quot. During Wii he flew a Mission so far behind German lines he finally had to make a crash Landing in Southern France. Hearing footsteps thinking he was being pursued by the enemy he found instead a French Farmer waving a bottle of wine and shouting a Welcome to  he fell in love with the area and he and his wife Ann built a House there for their retirement. They remembered too monday that Rudd was a Superb journalist whose iconoclasm probably Cost him. Among the Good friends who joined his widow at Arlington on monday were Charles Kuralt Andy Rooney Ray Brady Dan rather Roger Mudd Sally Quinn Ray Gandolf Walter Pongs Phil Bergman Martin Clancy and Gordon Manning. A Charles Bierbauer who covered the Reagan and Bush administrations the past nine years As in no a senior w hit House correspondent has been named to the new position of senior Washington correspondent. He begins Early next month. He will continue As Host of news maker saturday. A former Abc news correspondent Bierbauer joined can in 1981. A Abc is winning the november sweeps despite cd so a Early Lead in the 1992-93 primetime. Two weeks ago Abc won five nights monday through Friday in a Row the first time any network has done that a outside of an olympics week a since Abc did in the week of Jan. 3,1988. A Abc announced it has pulled Covington Cross and Crossroads from its saturday night schedule As of halloween and replaces them with old Columbo movies. The two crosses became too much to Bear after delivering season to Date averages of 6.4-12 and 5.9-11, respectively to rank Only 89th and 95th among 103 series seen so far this Young season on the four networks. The repeat Columbo movies a starring Peter Falk and his Raincoat a will continue in the two hour time period for the remainder of 1992. Abc says both crosses will be borne again later this season. A Abc researchers estimate that some 150 million viewers watched All or part of the election night coverage on the three big networks As Well As can a Span and pcs. A it happens every four years in november and december. The National election is Over exhausted correspondents stagger off on vacations if they can a and it s time for reassignments at the network bureaus in Washington. Lbs news Bureau chief Barbara Cochran says there really Arentt plans to change anybody a assignment. Susan Spencer who covered the Bush White House the past two years is going to Little Rock to cover president elect Bill Clinton. Bill Plante a who has been on a Long leave from a do nothing news Wise anyway state department a will continue to cover Clinton in Arkansas too Randall Pinkston will continue covering the White House in Washington and a Start to get into the Clinton Story Quot according to Cochran. Richard Threlkeld who has been following Clinton goes Back to new York and his assignment on lbs evening news Eye on America segment. David Martin has been keeping an Eye on things at the state department and will apparently continue to do so As Plante returns to a White House assignment he reluctantly gave up a few years ago. Cochran said that As the year comes to an end a we May have to re evaluate state to see if its still a separate beat and of course with the changeover do we push More manpower into covering Congress a which is Why despite All the signs of an uneventful quadrennial at lbs Cochran says she and lbs news president Eric Ober still a a Haven to had All our  november 15, 1992 sunday a Page 11