European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse % Page 20 the stars and stripes i faces a no places saturday october 29, 1994kermit jumping to speaker s pad at Oxford from wire reports the speeches at the Oxford Union the prestigious debating society at England a Oxford University tend to be lofty and the tones stentorian. But Friday night the delivery was expected to be Well Down to Earth because Kermit the Frog was taking the podium. A we done to usually invite amphibians but we feel that Kermit is a cultural icon of our generation a said Joanna Carr a student and the Oxford unions vice president who came up with the idea to invite the muppet. A there has been lots of student she said she expects 1,000 people. And what words of Froggy Wisdom will Kermit impart. A i will talk about issues of importance to frogs the environment the health of the planet and How to be yourself in the �?T90s,�?� Kermit said through the voice of Steve Whitmire from his room at the Mayfair intercontinental hotel in London on thursday. A i am a Frog of the �?T90s, and i Hope to help these Young people out with what they Are about to face in Kermit also took a moment to debunk a tenacious Rumor. A the truth is that there never was a big Romance with miss Piggy a he said. A i know miss Piggy would Tell you otherwise but she just loves to Plant things in the Copperfield secrets intact with the wave of a binding agreement David Copperfield has made the secrets to his magic tricks disappear from a new Tell All Book. Copperfield and publisher lifetime books announced thursday in los Angeles that secrets of magic revealed will not include Copperfield a techniques. The decision was based in part on a secrecy agreement that author Herbert Becker signed backstage at a Copperfield show. It also was based on an Independent experts assertion that Becker did not accurately describe Copperfield a secrets. A my company and i value our integrity a said publisher Don la Sec. A we will Honor the secrecy agreement.Stallone had Rocky year Sylvester Stallone says its Tough to be a Star. Or to love one. Media scrutiny of your romances a can become quite humiliating and incredibly painful particularly for some of the other people involved Stallone told a entertainment television in an interview scheduled to air thursday. Stallone ended his relationship with Model Jennifer Flavin last year then became involved with Model photographer Janice Dickenson she gave birth to a child last summer but tests showed Stallone Wasny to the father. Kermit the Frog enjoys the wet English weather As he prepared to address members of the Oxford Union society on Friday Quot before this said Kermit Quot the Only Way a Frog could visit a uni verify was As a biology a i just got out of a situation like that. It was very damaging to me physically. It really was a he said. A i feel very very guilty and it was a Tough Tough year. A Denver wants More notice John Denver wishes people would pay More attention to his newest songs to his old hits and his recent lows. A a in a writing and singing better now than i Ever have. My voice has matured and i write melodically for that a Denver said in thursdays Evansville courier in Evansville ind. A but radio plays the old ones and continues to break in new he said he a also frustrated that his recent Drunken driving arrest in Colorado is making More news than his singing and his environmental activism. A Denver was charged after he drove his porsche into a tree aug. 21 near his Home in Aspen. His attorney has said Denver will plead innocent dec. 22. I a a in a embarrassed that i put myself in that situation a Denver said. A a it a frustrating when it gets coverage like \ i a i a a a a a a. A a Manilow hires big bands Barry Manilow went to the source for his new album celebrating big band music. He enlisted the actual bands from the Glenn Miller orchestra to Les Brown and his band of renown to perform the music. A i feel absolutely humbled by the experience a Manilow said. At first Manilow said he had tried to record the album with his own arrangements. But a i would always sound like was some Singer at the Holiday inn lounge a he said wednesday from Bournemouth England where he is on tour. 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