When Lorna Luft told Judy Garland that she wanted to be a performer, the veteran actress gave her daughter some advice: ”You better study real hard because you ain`t getting in on my name.” Luft had a little trouble breaking in using her own name. Once, during a stint at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, where she followed Wanda the Diving Wonder Horse, she was introduced as ”Erna Lust.” But they do have her name right on ”Trapper John, M.D.,”
in which she plays nurse Libby Kegler.
One thing that Rock Hudson`s death from AIDS has done is make his sex life a matter of public speculation. But the FBI had been interested in it for at least two decades. Hudson, according to the January Penthouse, was refused a meeting with Lady Bird Johnson in 1965 because he was accompanied by ”an alleged homosexual.” He had come with the companion to the Johnson ranch and requested a tour, but Mrs. Johnson, following the advice of the Secret Service, refused them admittance. From then on the FBI kept its watchful eye on Hudson.
Ah, the theatuh! All those high-strung types raging at each other! In his ”Diaries,” Peter Hall, director of London`s National Theatre, recalls Oct. 22, 1973, as Just Another Day. ”Larry (Olivier) in full flow,” he writes. ”Last night after rehearsal (of `Saturday, Sunday, Monday,` director) Franco Zeffirelli had insulted him and the company, called them amateurs, incompetents, etc., and in fine Italian rage had walked out . . . The next afternoon I went to see if Larry and Zeffirelli were at blows. . . Apparently (Zeffirelli) had apologized all around and thinks there is nothing odd that he should have had a screaming match; he is, after all, Italian.”
REPLAYS
”Nothing is really real unless it happens on television.” Daniel Boorstin.
”The ultimate game show will be the one where somebody gets killed at the end.” Chuck Barris.
”The only absolute rule is never lose control of the show.” Johnny Carson.
