European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Juci 08 sunday january 16,1994 faces n places the stars and stripes Page 17 Chevy Chase blames himself for failed show from wire reports Chevy Chase said he knows what went wrong with his failed late night talk show basically me. I should have stayed with pictures he said in an interview Friday on Abc s Good morning America. He took the blame again a few hours later in an appearance on lbs late show with David Letterman but in a More lighthearted vein. There Are myriad things that one could complain about that simply would t look very Good to America so i wont Chase told Good morning America in his first broadcast interview since the show s cancellation. Some things work some things Don to the come Dian said. Fox apparently Felt that after five weeks they had seen plenty of me and frankly i had seen plenty of  the Fox network cancelled Chase s Low rated critically panned show 5vz weeks after its september debut. He told Letterman that the show s failure was his fault joking that for one thing i was never on  i was told we went on at 11. Turns out we taped at something like 5," he said. I had Neil Simon on and i confused him with Paul Simon because they both have the same hair. But i remember saying to Neil Are you and Artie Art Gar Funkel Ever going to get Back together again " the former saturday night live cast member appeared fidgety and uncomfortable during the late show appearance. I was confused about the whole genre of the late night talk show wars he told Letterman. Losing he said was like  it s like suddenly making in your pants or some thing. It s very very  in his morning interview Chase said he Felt conflict ing emotions after the show was killed. I was stunned just stunned that i was dropped. I because i really was very surprised stunned and delighted he said. Yes i was  Singer playing Vietnam the big Gray Stone Monument to socialist workers stands proud at a Busy intersection in to Chi Minn City Vietnam but few pay attention these Days. Just Down the Road even bigger is a colourful Banner of the new Vietnam Canadian Singer Bryan Adams banging his guitar and rocking to Good times in the glow of floodlights. The Banner fronts the 2,500-seat Hoa Binh peace theater where Adams was scheduled tonight to be come the first internationally known Western enter Tainer to perform in the country since the Vietnam War ended in 1975. The concert is sold out even though the cheapest big wheels the largest bicycle in the world is presented by the russian Clown troupe memento Al last week at the Seig Estor in Munich Germany. The acrobats added some color and polka dots to the bavarian City As one of the attractions in circus  Are $15 a week s salary for the theater s ticket seller who said most buyers were people it their 30s and 40s, since younger people cannot pay those prices. The concert is the talk of the town and the subject of deep sighs from the Many who cannot afford to go actress Ross flouts image Marion Ross the wholesome mrs. Cunningham on Happy Days likes to rebel against her Snow White image. /.  -. She was starring this weekend As a woman falling apart in . Gurncy s love letters at Pierce College in Woodland Hills Calif. I like this role because a woman disintegrates. I m so Uphill All the time that i love to play someone going downhill said Ross who lives in Woodland Hills. The play traces years of correspondence betwee two lovers. Ross co stars with Paul Michael. Ross said she s had it with television. She played a family matriarch in the critically acclaimed Brooklyn Bridge and the show was cancelled after poor ratings. If people did t like Brooklyn Bridge what will they like she said. We were All really burned by  of s time to Send Valentines to vets dear Ann Landers your readers have said it in Valentines again for our hospitalized veterans. In 1993 alone your Ann land ers Valentine vet program encouraging readers to Send Valentines to their nearest veterans affairs Hospi Tal resulted in every one of our 171 a hospitals receiving an average of 3,000 Valentines from your read ers schoolchildren and teachers. Another 600,000 were sent to the Hines a Hospital in Chicago and were re distributed to other a hospitals. We Are rounding off last year s total at 1.5 million Valentines for a five year total of 10 million Valentines for grateful veterans. Your readers Are tremendous caring and patriotic. As in past years the responses came from All Over the world Valentines were received from Guam Ger Many and places in Between. A Valentine came from a school for the deaf in Buffalo,n.y., in the form of a video in sign language. Many veterans watched it on their television screens. Veterans and their care arc our Mission in life. We have pm barked on a Mission to put vet Erans first in care in our concerns and in benefits. We arc also committed to meeting the Ever changing needs of our veterans from the doughboy of world War i to the persian Gulf and Somalia soldiers and to the women a film we served and still serve their country in uniform. Many of the 84,000 veterans hospitalized on any Given Day Are women. Please remember them As a grateful nation does. Thank you Ann for the first 10 million Valentines for hospitalized veterans. If you and your readers Are ready to Start on the second 10 million so Are we. Jesse Brown Secretary department of veterans affairs dear Jesse Brown i be always known that my readers Are the most warmhearted responsive people in the world. When ask them to do something they come through like champions. Now dear readers it s time once again to let our vet Carris know we appreciate them. It won t Cost much and it s sure to bring enormous pleasure to our vets. The North Shore Hilton in Skokie 111., once again will be baking a huge cake Tor the veterans and having guests sign a 5-foot Valentine. The veterans would be thrilled if you could drop off your Valentines in person at your local a Hospital. If there in t one nearby Send them to Ann Landers Valentines vet hints a Hospital hints Iii. 60141-1489. Please Send English or French Valentines to Canad an veterans at Ste Anne s Hospital 305 St. Pierre St., Ste. Anne de Bill Educ Quebec City Canada. Ann Landers letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chi Cago. Iii. 60611-0562.c creators Syndicate Ann Landers missing husband sows family misery dear Abby six months ago my husband disappeared leaving me with our two Young children who cannot understand Why the daddy they adore does t come Home. We Don t know whether he is dead or alive if he left in a selfish bid for Freedom or in the agony of  outpouring of support from friends has helped me to Deal with my feelings of Hurt Shock and betrayal As Well As the financial Nightmare he left behind. But these kind supportive friends could not give my Chil Dren what they wanted the most for the holidays just knowing that their daddy was alive and doing of. Abby my husband May never read this letter but there Are countless other families out there who experience the same mixture of Hope and fear every time the Telephone rings. So i ask your readers if you Are among the missing by Choice please put aside your anger your shame your fears and pick up a phone. Someone who loves you is waiting for a Miracle. Dear waiting it s too late for a Christmas Miracle but that missing person could be a sweetheart and let his or her family know where he or she is on St. Valentine s Day. Dear Abby i just have to respond to the letter from the Reader who wrote that during the years when her children were Small every Christmas was spent travelling Between the Homes of her parents and her in Laws. And now that the Chil Dren Are grown they have no family traditions of their own. She went on to say that she was going to stress to her Chil Dren that when they marry and have children they should spend thanksgiving with her but Christmas should be spent with their own families and if invited she would visit. Well i guess people Are never Happy. You know the old saying the grass is Al ways Greener we have lived away from Home and family since my son now 15 was 20 months old. I would give anything to be Home with my family at christmastime. That s what the holidays Are All about the hectic Pace the dear Abby sharing the running out of hot water those big fun meals Board games renting videos talking into the wee hours of the morning vowing tomorrow night you All swear you la go to bed at a decent hour and then repeating the same routine and talking until 2 . What is this woman complaining about for god s Sake her kids have wonderful family memories and those Are their family traditions i was Home for Christmas -. But Only in my dreams dear Abby my brother is getting married and i am in the wed Ding party. My problem i have yet to see a picture of myself that i did t hate and i m dreading the picture taking session but there is no Way i can get out of it. Do you have any tips you can give me so i Don t come off looking so horrible i will ruin their wedding album a photogenic dear a photogenic most people who dread having their picture taken because they know they will look horrible usually do. Stand tall throw your shoulders Back keep your Chin up and if you feel like smiling smile but Don t Force a smile or you will look pained and unnatural. Look directly into the camera Lens and Tell yourself this time i am going to look natural and relaxed and you will letters for this column should to addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447, mount moms Iii. 61054. C in versa press Syndicate