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Show e Lee ee The Salt Lake Tribune TELEVISION ° & Saturday, January 22, 2000 his wounded radio operator during a mortar attack. Happybirthday. In “Regret to Inform,” which airs Monday at 9 p.m. on Ch. 7 (KUED), Sonneborn, a photographer and visual artist, began a journey of understanding that took her to war widows on both sides of the demilitarized zone: “When I was young, I had hatred in orderto defend my country stitute teacher. The E! cable channel's online site printed its list of the best 10 fighting just as I did.” “He wanted to be patriotic,” said Charlotte Begay, Arizona. “He wanted to help. But once he entry into the dark world of high school teens, welcome “Brutally Nor- saw all of the killing of all the group, the Vietnamese, just looking like him, the same skin color, the same height. I think thatreally made him think of whatis he doing here.” Sonneborn began the project in found that women there wanted their stories told, too. This moving, eloquent docu- 8 p.m. on Ch. 30(TheWB). In this not-too-original dromedy, viewers follow the antics of 1988 and talked to more than 200 mentary, which was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Best Director and Best Cine- four students at Normall High. In the opener, Russell Wise (Eddie matography documentary awards from an older woman (Cassidy American widows. Four years Q Died Too Young later, she traveled to Vietnam and mal,” wi premieres Mondayat Kaye Thomas) receives a kiss shows that were cancelled too soon. It turns into an indictment of Fox and ABC, two networks which have never been known for patience regarding new program- ming. Fox had five programs on the list, including “Harsh Realm,” cancelled this year and picked up by the Sci Fi cable channel. Four b It puts a human face on the alltoo-often overlooked casualties of war — the survivors. all same, people there and people i grSEe to inform . . . “ Sonneborn's husband was killed trying to rescue Rae) who turns out to be his sub- val, has been called a tragic epic poem. Bie Taii ee He i ef here. Butifthe war had not ended, the younger generation would be there is peace. I can see that weare at the 1999 Sundance Film Festi- Seats iTh The telegram read “We regret MARTIN RENZHOFER many days left in mylife, and aFg ct : BEiar pe osZe Fs and my people,” said Tran Nghia, Vietnam. “Now there are not too g On the day Barbara Sonneborn turned 24, she received word that her husband, Jeff, had become another casualty of the Vietnam War.It was 1968. ' Double Winner at Sundanc e LastYear, ‘Regretto Inform’ Airs on KUED on Monday ABC shows made this impressive list of lovable losers. And here they are: ments at Martyr@sltrib.com. ANN LANDERS a Channel 7:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 KuTV-2> KSL-5 > KUED-7 > 4-F Father > kstu-13> Too Goodfor > Abusive Mom Dear ment on where the I would like to com“how we met”story writer said Soldier whowas killed in World War II. She then married my fa- ther, who was 4-F. He was a decent man — didn’t drink or smoke, andI'm sure he never cheated on her. He worked 40 years for the same company, then VIVIVIVIVVIVIVVViY wentinto business for himself and did well. You would think she would appreciate such a man, but my mother has an unt abusive mouth. I looked likea brother she couldn’t stand and paid for it for years. I guess my fa- ther’s rationale has been he made his bed, and now he has to lie in it. He has always let Mom have The closest thing mother died first, and added, “She can be little domineering, you know.” Tonly hope someday my mother will realize how lucky she was to have found myfather. Very few people would have put up with her for 50 minutes,let one 50 years. —L.R., Kansas ity Dear Kansas City: You don’t indicate whether you are male or a female.I’m betting you're a guy. ‘Thanks fora letter thatis sure to hit many readers where theylive. Todayis Saturday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2000. There are 344 daysleft in the year. Today’s Highlightin History: OnJan.22, 1917, President Wilson pleaded for an end to war in Europe,calling for “peace without victory.” By April, however, America also was at war. In 1901, Britain’s Queen Victoria died at age 82. In 1922, Pope Benedict XV died; he was succeeded by Pius XI. In 1938, Thornton Wilder's play “Our Town”was performed publicly for the first time, in Princeton, N.J. In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces began landing at Anzio,Italy. In 1953, the Arthur Miller drama “The Crucible” opened on Broadway. In 1968, the comedy show “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” premiered on NBC-TV. In 1970, the first regularly ‘i aaifai 4 i fi itis 7 scheduled commercial flightofthe Boeing 747 began in New York and ended some 6% hours later in In 1978, the Supreme Court handed down its “Roe v. Wade” decision, which legalized abortion a trimester approach. In 1973, former President Johnson died at age 64. In 1997, the Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the nation’s first woman secretary of state. |
