European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Comedian Jim Morris doing president Bush a i Bosnia ller a. Us.   gives you the impression of Bush or Clinton by Douglas Row the associated press people ask political impressionist Jim Morris a a whatever happened to Vaughn Meador Quot or a what became of David Frye a he does t know the answer and he s trying to avoid becoming the subject of a third Quot whatever happened to. Question. Meador and Frye built Brief careers imitating John Kennedy and Richard Nixon respectively. Morris who first got noticed by impersonating Ronald Reagan honed his George Bush act and has developed a killer Bill Clinton. Morris 35 and from Massachusetts resembles actor Tom Hanks when he a not contorting his face to mimic a Politico. He a working on avoiding his predecessors oblivion by taking acting lessons and hoping to become a familiar face in his own right on sitcoms and elsewhere. Quot i would like to play someone closer to my own age. I just Hope that when in a 81 i can play 35, because i know i can play 81 now a he said referring to sex pc Sidcot Reagan. He secs his act As a variation of a method acting. He said when he a doing president Bush he feels panicked defensive High and mighty and paranoid. When he does Ross Perot he feels Superior and paranoid. Clinton he a Slick and so Cool. A1 Gore he feels so full of himself. During his act As Bush he fractures words a Zbos Nia Herza. Us. Bosnia in a Gadda Davidaz and makes Points that belie his positions. About vice president Dan Quayle a emphasis on family values he says a a it a very important to him. After All where would Dan be without his family probably just another name on the Vietnam memorial a As Clinton he becomes a Smoothie explaining away marital problems a my wife and i have had our ups and Downs. Now obviously for me there a been a lot More of this up and Down activity than my  a i have a nifty tool Here a Morris said. A i can become the person portraying their version of the truth. Its like a political cartoonist would draw a caricature in one Frame of the politician the person and the caption would be the punchline. A a it a easier to Tell jokes about dating or safer areas. What is it called observational humor. But a political humorist has to take what a real Ami Concrete and somehow make it  interviewed in a hotel room across the Street from new Yorkus Madison Square Garden Morris has the television tuned to can. Attached is a videotape recorder that helps him work on his impersonations. A sometimes i just want to walk away and say. Why do i need the aggravation things Are so screwed up with our society and the world in general Why should i be the one who has to watch the news every Day a a a he said. A i think id be a much More peaceful person if i could do something else for a living. But that feeling Only lasts for so Long until i just use that anger and frustration and put it into crafting a really powerful impression of someone i can use As a conductor for my sense of  most surprising to Morris is that crowds at corporate events laugh the hardest at his act. Quot they hire me to come in and i know they re All republicans i know they re All conservative. Conservatives arc the Only ones in our society who can really afford to laugh at  he thinks liberals should enjoy his material More but certain topics a homosexuals women the environment a done to play Well with them. Quot everybody has their Pel sore spot and they re so protective of it that they just done to think anything a funny Quot he said. �?o1 think liberals need to lighten up a Little bit. They take everything so  a Star burning Mem up on the radio by Robert Hardt or. The associated press Howard Stern Calls his radio listeners morons berates working mothers and rates his wife a performance in bed. And people love him a or love to hate him. Either Way they re listening. He says filipino fathers Quot sell their daughters for sex and makes fun of magic Johnson contracting the aids virus. He talks constantly about masturbation and women a breasts and bemoans the size of his nose too big and Penis too Small. Such topics of conversation have made Stern King of the radio Shock jocks a no. 1 in the morning in new York where a 60-second commercial sell s Tot $3,000, and in los Angeles where it costs $1,500. Stern declined interview requests and reported a turns Down a number each Day. He says he docs his talking to the Public on the air. While he s taking the nation by storm he  l endeared himself to All his act is a spreading to other cities like the new Strain i it of drug resistant tuberculosis a according to Michael Hoyt of the Columbia journalism review. His comments about filipinos have outraged Many in the Philippines. This week a congressman there filed a Resolution urging that Stern be banned from visiting the country. Earlier this month the filipino american citizens group filed a $65 million lawsuit in new York accusing Stern of insulting Quot the entire filipino  a Howard says the things that other people think but Are afraid to say out loud a explains his agent Don Buchwald. Other people however done to broadcast each weekday to millions of americans in 10 Metio Politan areas they Don t have a television Cable talk show set to premiere later this month or a film Howard Stern in the works. Quot when is this Industry going to draw the Linea asks Tammy Bruce president of the i of Angeles chapter of the National organization pm women and one of Sterns numerous critics. Drawing the line is getting harder. Capo.  Foi the advertiser who needs to reach the noting a chit men w to form Sterns Core Audick c and hot it a v a Stein be judged  indecent it a Ltd a a pm c be w m n  h is cold hard ratings 6 a debut the. Am  a. Of lends Quot Community standards Quot still the Federal communications commission has fined three of Sterns stations $6, x for a lash Christmas show that featured among other things a Man who plays the piano with his Penis. The acc also plans to Fine Klix in los Angeles $105,000 a the highest Penally Ever assessed by the commission a for alleged indecency. Sterns four hour morning show is a lewd offensive often humorous commentary on the Host s life the news and whoever happens to be in the studio that Day. The program is broadcast live in new York on worx pm and syndicated by the station s owner Infinity broadcasting. Regular guests include exercise guru Richard Simmons Jim bakkers Nemesis Jessica Hahn Ami Quot grandpa a Lewis of the ministers. At times Stern seems like a teen Ager trapped in the body of a married Man approaching Middle age. Female callers inevitably Are asked about their Bra size and their sex life. Strippers and Centrefold Stais Are frequent performers. At times it seems no one is Safe a except Infinity broadcasting president Mel Karmazin who wrote a clause in Sterns contract b Irreg mention of his name on the show. Stern who lives quietly in a Large House on the fashionable North Shore of i Ong Island with ins i  Wile and their two i eng daughter s. 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