Show — i 1 Il- k- -- J l -- SCOTT'S WALTER Personality Parade Want the facts? Opinion? Truth? Welk Walter Scott Box 5001 Grand Central Station New Yolk NY 101635001 Full name will be used unless otherwise requested Q ''' ' I notice that the voice of the beast in "Beauty and the Beast" was performed by Robby Benson Is this the same actor who appeared in "Ice Castles" and "One on One"? And how was he cho- 01 "- Nit iJr ) -- $1 1 - I 0 41 '': 1 s l I it 1 w I 0 I've heard that the Army assigned a number of active-dut- y personnel as bodyguards for When Schwarzkopf retired last September Army feared that the hero of Desert Storm could be an easy target for terrorists so it assigned three bodyguards A month later—after his appearances in public with g men had attracted negative publicity the —the general's guards were permanently withdrawn i at age 57 the 240-pou- gun-totin- A o 1 J THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE M A Y 3 1 9 9 2 Address oriborial centribistione to Adidas Parade 750 Bird Are mosanahle call us be mho Parade Now York NY 10017 Mhos b net responsible for wordicited mien& t Q Before Johnny Carson retires on May 22— what is the picture on the coffee mug that's alon ways his desk?—MA Fitch Springfield Ill A The mug bears Carson's photo and name He has given thousands of them to charity groups which distribute the mugs at money-raisin- g events - 1 ‘ -t-- it 1 I i 4 11 k : 4 i: y V l''1 v QThe White House press corps John Cochran Where did he get his faint Southern accent? Also is he married?—Mary Perkins Asheville NC Q Who has the record for the most consecutive free throws in college S z-- I L basketball? My friend says it's a woman True?—Enid Fort Worth Smith Tex A True Valerie Kepner set the record (69) in '89 She hit 8 straight at Lake Erie College transferred to Baldwin-Wallac- e College in Ohio then sank her first 61 after sitting out for a year Kepner: Better than peers consider Cochran one of the most enterprising reporters in the business After other American broadcasters left Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis Cochran remained until the secret police deported him Now chief White House correspondent for NBC News he recently became engaged to Barbara Cohen 45 Washington bureau chief for CBS Says Cochran of sleeping with the competition: "Barbara and I simply cannot discuss anything that would compromise our loyalties to our networks—but who wants to talk about that stuff at home anyway?' Q Every time there's something on TV that set in the film capital I see that hillside sign spelling "HOLLYWOOD" in crooked letters What's the story behind the famous sign?—A Rax Cuthbert Ga originally said HOLLYWOODLAND AThe sign was erected on Mount Wilson in 1923 as an outdoor ad that could be seen for miles It gained notoriety in 1932 when Peg starlet jumped to her death Entwistle an off the H The LAND was removed in 1978 and the landmark is now maintained by the Hollywood Sign Trust Incidentally the letters aren't crooked—they ' just look that way because of the uneven terrain by a QI -- -- boys noticed a photograph published recently in PARADE of Princess Margaret in connection with her attraction 40 years ago to Group Capt Peter Townsend But wasn't he missing from the photo?—Robert Mrozowski Glen Rock NJ several other readers have sharp AYes You andgood memories Here's the photo with Townsend included He's the young man behind the princess Next to him is Lord Mountbatten Margaret's escort is an unidentified Guard commander f 1 I t' 1 trl :A?: i ''' 111111e1 t ti itto 1r- ‘ - i " -' -- - - t) 41kkka-- - - - -- A - 1 1 'lecf ' irl ' if k 1 4 K :: 1 '14 C-- land-develop- er -4 rk 6 '14- 1- Margaret with RAF T slib k - '- Captain Townsend (I) - and other escorts Cade Marini EDITOR Weiler Andecion PRESIDOIT Frank McNulty SENIOR WM RESIDENT Mites Lieberman VICE PRESIDENT Ken Wallace Larry Smith Duarroe OF DESIGN ka Yolk EDITOR AT LARGE Lloyd Shooter WECUt CORRESPONDENT Eddie Adams ERECUTIVE EDITOR David Currier SENIOR EDITORS Sera anewsity Herbert Kupterberg Gael McCarthy loads St Clair SENIOR COPY EDITOR Marlin Moine SENIOR AFITICLI3 EDITOR Erna Carpedier ART DIRECTOR leas Fuksaid PHOTO EDITOR Miriam tareatem CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Diane Adana" Cleveland Amory Llea ilkehoch lames Brady lane Cleland Nadel Cohen Bel Wasik Ovid Demob Bernard Gamer David L Klein Miner Mein lialberatam Larry King Edward his Love Pater Maas Donna Mat Lyme lilinhati Wilk Monis Mcbaid O'Shas Dotage Rader Michael tram Cad Sag" M Swint Mania Scott Tem silicon till Sheehy Tad Sink Wallace Tony Niched Verldesks David Wallechinsity Lally Warmth LIFESTYLES EDITOR Skokie Gaynor some esoce Assoc:am my Whom Childs Iseesil Dalad ASSISITUIT ARTICLES liparak Rai Mar WASINGTOK Ink Worsen human diet Michael Gimbal' CONSULTING EDITORS Say Cliataler Mho Frock EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Melissa laid Michas( Anthony Virghla Daiy Matta Swdear Anita GOBI Ronald AL Niliney Oda lograsala Leo Leventhal Nita MAIN Some MOWN Patricia Well FOOD EDITORS Sheila Lublin and Moo Rosso IMAM EDITOR Earl Mel SPORTS EDITOR Dick Schutt PURISM:It BERMS Warne L Newel& PUBLISTER MAGDA EDITOR lid NV MOJA 001B lommul Ibilebelies le whin wr in plot Am NY 19112WEII Minium Imo IY4 dam fade Wind ponimio iv prallkt woo to Skie IVI ilithe an nelliend toolonorin et hod Plikkoilms ing 'Valor Wes Poommilly Funk" Poolmolly Parade vmde gnii and ay awe "VOW lash Poodle "On Vale 411 Slop liVIIK"evi illOpete lime me talloids at Pin nilicallos lc PAGE 2 0 MAY I personal repfies knposside 4 Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf in his retirement How many are there? Is the general entitled to these bodyguards for the rest of his life or just a limited number of years?—John E Rowland Carlisle Pa A ! 1' il 4 AJohn Cochran acquired his accent in Mont- Ma where he was bom in 1939 His "Beast" Benson with Paige O'Hara the Wee of "Beauty" Q ' facts please about that dreamboat in t m) Lr1 i : Cochran and Cohen outside White tiousc Can't discuss work - 1 I 0t Bohm of mail makes :i ? po' - -s - - -1 ' 4 dem 1 i 1 '111- 't )i 'I I 'ItA i - t- ‘ t —ou i - i I - the warmth sincerity and intelligence of a human prince" said the film's director Kirk Wise "Robby was the first person we heard who actually managed to combine both in a believable way" 1 I 4 pi' ' ( 1 A -- - 4 3) Yes it's the same Robby Benson Despite screen credits and experience singing in his ip ac- several Broadway productions the tor had to audition for the part in the animated Disney movie winning out over dozens of other candidates "We needed someone who could sound like an 8- foot-ta- ll hairy monster and at the same time express I '- — - sen?—Thomas P Haydock Portland Maine 0 'N -- 3 1992 0 PARADE MAGAZINE C |