Love it or hate it, most of America is addicted to the Miss America pageant. Two who are particularly hooked are ”Hour Magazine” host Gary Collins and his wife, a former Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley. He`s hosted the show, she`s hosted the show, they`ve both hosted the show. Collins says he doesn`t think the actual pagaent has changed much, but that the contestants have: ”They`re more career-oriented, more professional. They`re using it
–very effectively–as a jumping-off place for their careers.” Collins believes the show will continue, at least into the next century, because it fulfills a basic need: ”People like to compete.”
Sex, drugs and rock `n` roll. As the wife of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Marilyn Rovell Wilson experienced it all, along with the kind of self-indulgence that many associate with Louis XVI. Once, to help keep his creative juices flowing, Wilson had a wooden fence built in his dining room and the area filled with 8 tons of sand. Then he plunked his piano down into the sand. Why? In ”Rock Wives,” Marilyn explains that Wilson wanted to create the sensation of being on a beach while he wrote music. ”It was strange,” says Marilyn, ”but what can I say? It worked.”
Is there life after ”Saturday Night Live”? The April issue of Penthouse tracks down some alumni and reports that Laraine Newman is appearing in
”Invaders From Mars,” Joe Piscopo will be Jerry Lewis` son in a sequel to
”The Nutty Professor,” Tim Kazurinsky will get beat up a lot in ”Police Academy 3,” Garrett Morris is guest-starring on ”Love Boat,” and Rich Hall has a cable-TV special in the works. Is there is life after ”SNL”? Judge for yourself.
REPLAYS
”The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.” Anonymous
”The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.” Will Rogers
Suggestion for a simplified tax form: ”How much money did you make last year? Send it in.” Stanton Delaplane
