| Show ---— talIMIEDIEMI-- 4" -- - - - I gle charming deprecatory bone in his body It was just glare or ignore—that was his whole repertory And so—gently at first but with increasing firmness—I started to acquaint him with the possible consequences down the dangerous path he was taking The public I warned him would not take kindly to his attitude The public knew that if it didn't get its way all it would have to do would be to turn to some lesser celebrity and he would be consigned to oblivion I even brought up the "Where Are They Now?" columns How would he like to be in one of those? I also mentioned the archetypical story of the five stages of Hollywood celebritydom: (1) Who is Hugh O'Brian? (2) Get me Hugh O'Brian (3) Get me a Hugh O'Brian type (4) Get me a young Hugh O'Brian (5) Who is Hugh O'Brian? Polar Bear wanted to know who Hugh O'Brian was I told him that wasn't the point The point was: How would he like that story to be told not about Hugh O'Brian but about Polar Bear? Make no mistake about it I said he was dancing on a very thin edge In fairness I should say that he did have the graciousness to grant the grand total of one television interview This occurred on Entertainment Tonight on the Christmas Eve following the publication of my book It took place of course in the apartment—Polar Bear would not have considered it anywhere else—and from the beginning I knew the whole thing would be touch-and-And that is just what it turned out to be The moment the crew entered the door was of course the exact moment Polar Bear disappeared I eventually located him under the bed in the very middle and finally hauled him out There is something about being in front camera that makes it Polar Bear's of least favorite part of being a celebrity I believe it is the slight sound it makes somehow audible to a cat In any case to get him even to look as if he is looking at the camera I have to hold him in an ironclad grip with hands on both sides of his jaw And during this no matter how hard I try to smile and make light of the whole thing I promise you he looks as if he doesn't know what a television smile is His expression is that of someone in front of a firing squad As for the from little "clucks" and "nice the cameraman these not only do not make things better but also make him look as if he has already been executed In any case somehow we managed to get through it—me holding Polar Bear in my viselike grip trying hard to smile chattering away about what a fun cat he is meanwhile all the time trying not to turn whiter and whiter from the fact that his front claws were digging deeper and deeper into my knees and that his back claws which were even worse were earnestly proceeding into areas where no claws should ever be At first the i - i - PAGE ' --- Sour " - r 1 a : ' c ''' t r ''' - 4 1 ''kt- - 7141 : '4'71 - --40"' '1 7 - ' ''' '- '4( "7 - - t 1'' AA4 "et-- 1 ' ! 41r alm ! '4 1 - - : - :4!i Z 'o r t ' 10 1 i" j" 10 '' - f it 1 ' r--N t -- - ' ' ed ' ' -- A ' :' -44 1414r 11 r - 6 A t 0'2w t - - "'"' ' s‘ N - t 1 et: - 1 4' 4 is - -- ft e '' tiy 4 I It --- 141- - 4 f ' elt vs s t- 4 i - t t ': l o - x ''' C I Ir'y - 60L 4 - - ''- ' o t '04' A 4 's- -- -- A "' t - ''' - P- ‘ Of minl It 01VAli i t: is ''''' L' 044 2 ''''''' ' ' i t ''? c -- ': ? ' Vill 1 '1 4 - ' ' if - ‘ k 'I'1 - - ote e 1' '''''t' 0' cy - t''' 5- x - t 44er'Er V4'':'-'-'‘ ' 1e xt y --4 4 '4 ' ' "'" j 4 - - 5 A- r 1 ' 5 - 16--- "-- 0 -" - 4 '' l''' ''''"-Tc0 - '41- ' -' ' V 4101' 4 47 r t 11-1-- 41 A-- f Pt Itr-tor--- ot Jr' 4 1' - 00Nrs1 i'''''''' ' :" g- ii t - - - - - ' - - ‘ COWEN BRoca)- - - - NEW Cream Campbell's° 1 can Soup ot Broccoli milit Cheddar ch V3 cup shredded V2 cup melted r crurnbs 1 tbsP-bubread dry f°t e d ' ONngtole115 cut broccoli 1 lb testi ot1P4011 into spears and draint!! (10 oz) chicicen spears 2 tsp with cooWt cubed broccolt top ctlee cups 112 casserole chiclkesiSpria cle or turiej or shallow over wit: plate pour connge over 11n 9" Pie soup and millç until Combine ccurnbsirmin or bread butter and at 450q tor 4 paper BaWe 2 Combine ough with beau"' Convenbwa71at Cover dish l'a olt hot rotating ITu-zke- : -- kitty-kitty'- s" 14 1990 !''' - ‘ 1 r : 1 it tour-:"'-- OF BROCCOLI T-- I an OCTOBER - --- A Ekocco - ': go PARADE MAGAZINE -- -- 44f to sseseeetvi mitt ngs '113-y-tr- - until -- - -N ' ' 11 - Itrj 11 9 - LI LI! i - - J 1 4 Li L LI' Ld' ' 04 10' A! 0 1990 Campbell Soup Company 4 |
