| Show I - 11111 it 1 SUPPLEMENT TO THE SALT LAKE TR:BUNE AND DESERET NEWS i : !ICD1 t t i 2 Al 0 :L 01 r firirti t: a t V1299-- 1 December 17 1993 1 CLOSE TO HOME JOIN sl - CLOSE TO HOME AITHERSON JOIN NicITERSON::: 17- 1- Republic who volunteered last summer Items you may have missed in other media the Circus! Morn I Joined i I App Isriff--e- ti4t I lite 9 ti s s al liF ' Case History From a letter to the editor by Charles Wauwatosa in lip0-- ety of drug dose" Mom didn't want to hear her son was going to Clown College but So why do people work for Kenneth Feld's Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus for a few hundred dollars a week? Adventure for one thing a good entry on a resume for another Living on the train was the best part of the job" said Robert Zeiser who quit college to attend Ringling Brothers' Clown College and worked for Feld from 1986 to 1988 at around $180 a week Zeiser now works as a freelance performer recently appearing in Japan and Korea reports Forbes He feels he was lucky to get his foot in the door His price by the way has gone up Clown College costs about The to attend $2500 One of the best known alumni is Bill Irwin who never worked for that circus but recently starred in his second hit broadway show "Fool Moon" The show's producer: Kenneth Feld eight-wee- k One Organized Pen Pal From a list given to volunteers in the White House correspondence office of 141 possible letter topics President Clinton receives about 6000 personal letters a week volunteers category them by content using the list excerpted below Each correspondent is then sent the appropriate r-generated form response The list was obtained by Richard Etow a writer for The New compute- 1 acting superintendent Siti the Winslow Township School to walk a tightrope" But oh the ways that schools devised to teeter along that hrope:The School Marple-Newtow- n District in Delaware County Pa nallows each of its schools to have 2 )ne "holiday tree" in the main of- --- il rt iasst gadministrators just D feel h hat there's a religious connota- i1 tion to calling the evergreen decorated with tinsel and shiny balls a Christmas tree In Memorial Junior High in ( Willingboro NJ it's called a ' Tree Students can decorate 1 Unity t with Christmas Hanukkah and Kwanzaa ornaments In the Owen J Roberts dis1 trict in Chester County Pa y (where telephone callers hear a i selection of syncopated Christmas carols while they're on hold) Christmas parties are banned but the band and the chorus give To group that 19hy for ea1 4- k I 1 have a lot of sym- - channel I would e like to see would have to be called Channel This the would be news and opinion by for and about people who can't mtke up their minds People who are a bit diffident about forcing r Itheir opinions on other people would be a great departure from the broadcast commentary NJ that you bear now Your typical all-tal- k ti Wishy-Wash- y ct—ot "McLaughlin Group" t Alk 1)01-We- discussion leatur itioowanooomm ‘ —::-111- ' 11 ' dependence J Engel - ' — A ' '' Aisvetc wogeolfil N - - 2 syn- double-strengt- h Liberties Union to remove those decoraThe postage stamp-siz- e tions (a creche for Christmas a menorah for Hanukkah) will remain on the calendar along with brief explanations of each holiday's religious or ethnic significance and a reading list about each one The calendars in turn are used as classroom resources by the district's teachers "but we don't dictate how" said district spokeswoman Laurie Zellnik "Our sole aim is to have the kids and oblearn about differences viously all the things we have in common which are so much more important than the differences" she said sounding a common re- frain The idea is to teach about religious traditions without actually proselytizing said Gary Marx the senior associate executive director of the National Association of School Administrators in Arlington Va a suburb of Washington k "Our whole purpose" said of Cherry Hill "is to advance knowledge and understanding and mutual respect for the very diverse populations we have" "We believe" she said "that education is the best weapon against bigotry" Super-Stepp- Editor a Comment CNN might be cable's most networks experienced because of retransmission consent blackouts The entire city of Corpus Christi Texas was denied the networks on its cable system for a couple of weeks Less concentrated blackouts occurred nationwide Still the networks are up in ratings One factor for the plateau effect in cable is the slowing of the wiring of America In its early counter with ESPN The TV Academy has bestowed more Emmys on HBO than all the other cable programmers combined I would argue that cable's No 1 triumph is convincing people that it is wonderful and almost indispensable Fact is the vast majority of Americans not only can live without cable TV they do Forget the of the statistics about nation's households subscribing They are as meaningless as countless millions of homes having electric juicers and waffle irons What matters is how often they are used once the novelty wears off It certainly appears that the novelty has worn off cable For the first time since the cable era began ABC CBS and NBC are up in combined ratings over the previous year This is especially significant because there have been no extraordinary events to hype the numbers In fact the leading viewer magnet each fall the World See low ratings ries fell to this year Also not to be overlooked is the ratings loss however slight the years cable penetration noteworthy contribution to the culture but except when something extraordinary is going on it's like a home smoke alarm — comforting to have around but pretty much ignored During any given minute more than 99 percent of the homes in America are not watching it If it weren't for kids and sports nuts cable would be even less of a presence in most homes For the most reweek of Nov cent figures available six of the 10 highest-rateprograms in the in- rating of the top other commentator will scratch his head and say "Gee you know that never occurred to me" And then the first guy will respond "Well that's just my opinion I could be wrong I mean who knows for sure?" Channel will The have regular features such as "We Don't Know Either" in which a panel of experts explain why there are no easy solutions to most problems and "It All Depends" a call-i- show in which we welcome calls from people who can see both sides of a question Alas I think it'll be difficult to finance such a channel since it's hard to get contributions from people But that's only my opinion A - - - - - - - : - - d cable universe were football e shows ang games pre-gam- Sportscenter on ESPN Two werd: cartoons The other two were the atrical movies oft seen on traditional TV Just in case it strikes some as unfair to use Thanksgiving week with its orgy of football as the gauge the situation was pretty much the same the previous week So much for originality Even supporters must concede that the snide putdown of cable as the home of reruns and rasslin' has :: some validity The only exclusive:: series to attract any att tention this fall is Beavis & Butt- head The latest medium to proraisd to bring culture to the masses has turned into TV's house at many times the price 11 cable networks translates to about 2 million fewer homes than are typically tuned to third-plac- - 22-2- 8 this The combined average prime-tim- e : -- creased by millions annually Naturally this meant more homes watching cable shows Now cable penetration growth has become negligible A more important factor is that the closer you look at basic cable services (not including extra-fe- e such as HBO) the more you realize how little of note there is Viewers seemingly have done two-thir- e NBC This season's lowest-rate- d program on the big three networks was "The Paula Poundstone Show" and it almost tripled the average rating of the highest-ratecable network USA Pound-ston- e was cancelled in two weeks "South of Sunset" which was cancelled in one week had a rating almost five times that of the cable leader : - - le d dollar-movi- : e Norelco's Santa Claus Cuts a Dashing Figure Again marketing manager for razors at Norelco "Now we've done it with computer animation I guess it's fair to say Santa looks more like a cartdoti than a doll now" The original ad used a Santa doll and photography to simulate Santa's movement through the snow Through the years Santa's "sled" also has changed to reflect new styles in razors But you probe ably didn't notice Yaggi: "People don't have an exact image in their heads If you saw the '61 ad you'd think it looked: very funny" Treasure the Norelco Santa for you will see himn only two or three times (if you're an average viewer) this season Instead Norelco is emphasizing its "lift and cut" campaign The average viewer will see 25 "lift and cut" commercials for every three Santa ones By Susan Stewart Yaggi Newspapers The shepherds were shaggy the Wise Men shaved not a beardless Santa would be blasphemy There's no natural link between an electric razor and the holiday season but no matter Since 1961 Norelco's Christmas commercial has been a seasonal staple When Norelco pulled it in 1987 there were so many complaints the company brought the ad back last year You've seen it: Santa rolls over the snowy hills on a triple-hea- d razor To the tune of "Jingle Bells" the razor cuts a swath through the snow the way a Norelco's "floating heads" "hug every contour" of a man's face As metaphor it's a stretch As a symbol of Christmas in a capitalist society it's perfect It's also different 'We updated it" said Tim Knight-Ridd- er iii4W---Aiftmo000- 071W411k4W4k i '' e t ' tt ' ' 4 r -- 4 0'4'- - lkiiOi'''''' - - :4 -- : - - A Ca Ill (:) v - stop-actio- n 0 P 4i 1' it : 11 - r All t - ' 1 is :cir: itt' 7 wishy-wash- y - er Zell-nic- n : Unfortunately for Dominique neither the nor the accompanying cassette tape was refundable the left nostril Good!" all-tim- symbols y ::: --- ::- :: : - k Dr Jack Kevorklan Wishy-Wash- agifire Oli N - : : ' - 509a-37tPPE- R 'N - - ' 7 :: reaction Sports fans might 21-m- sure of themselves produces the following incisive insightful commentary: FIRST POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: As the facts clearly show you sir are a total mucushead SECOND POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Liar liar pants on fire Or was that Al Gore and Ross Perot? No matter what we want Is the new perspective that the Channel will provide On one of our discussion shows when one commentator delivers a political opinion the - :11 : t Fort Lauderdale What would you say is cable TV's greatest success? CNN is the probable knee-jer- y ing people who are extremely Coy:- I : If Cable's So Wonderful Why Aren't More People Watching? drome and nicotine dependence The patient had undergone coronary angioplasty in August 1992 disease Two weeks prior to for coronary-arterhis October hospital admission he attempted suicide by means of nicotine overdose He placed g seven nicotine patches on his chest and began smoking cigarettes two at a time Prior to applying the patches he had flushed the patch enclosures down the toilet It was his intent to precipitate myocardial infarction and he had planned to hurriedly remove the patches and dis pose of them once he developed chest pain He also brewed and consumed a pot of coffee Approximately two hours into this attempt having experienced no chest pain or other untoward symptoms he became anxious that he might actually succeed in his suicide attempt and abruptly removed all the patches and discontinued smoking Taken from Harper's Christmas concerts In the Washington Township district in Gloucester County Pa religious symbols like Advent wreaths and menorahs can be used in educational displays but they must be removed after the lesson ends "In districts all over the United States as the diversity of the country increases questions arise as to how to have kids enjoy a holiday and at the same time not feel as if they're celebrating a tradition that isn't theirs" said a school employee who asked not to be named As Morrow of Mount Laurel noted the issues are emotional ones Discussions of how to resolve them can become acrimonious In Cherry Hill NJ a debate over whether the district could decorate its school calendar with' religious symbols ended up in court Last week a federal judge rejected an attempt by several parents and the American Civil ---- ' Itt 4 "OK now 0) in additional diagnoses of pathalogical gambling alcohol- - 1 jt ' — 1 --- By Tom Jicha evaluation resulted i""-"- aft si7co rent suicidal ideation Diagnostic 1 4 - 1 - I 44 man who came to the hospital in October 1992 with a single episode of major depression and recur- Wishy-Wash- y - M 17 - 1 111kA11111: lor rt Mtill Sun-Sentin- el All-Conservati- ve itinued From Page Itt ks — N : Our patient was a PCable Gears Up for Nations's First TV Channel t''1 - - u ' '' i' :-: 1 1 OPvt I ' forty-four-year-o- ld How Should Secular Schools Handle the Holiday Seasons? ontinued From Page tab - N ) Wis- over- 4 : AWIW-7- 1 consin were writing to warn other phycians of "a new vari- lid 7 (1' - : IWO ir' : chiatric Hospital in ip Ii ! and A Hilton Parmentier that appeared in the July 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association The authors doctors at the Milwaukee Psy-- 6 tit Paging Dr Kevorkian i c' ti v Personal InvolvementAIDS Crisis Anti Billy Graham Benediction General Concern re: Morality (AbortionGaysChurch and State) Allergies — Concern Suggestions Taken from Harper's folk r L) Er g Town Meeting Appearances P UP AND DOWN! 1 VeteransPlight ofViews Constructive AdviceUnhappy Supporters Y4 v 41 AVD OVEAID 7W0 AND FIELIN65 Child-Abus- alatri°241110r- P 11 t rigIULTVA-tch- Coun- Personal Hardship (does not request help) shared Birthday with President Sympathy re: Vince Foster e Views re: Prevention Bill ("Oprah Bill") Winfrey Welfare Reform World Hunger Mental Health in the Health-Car- e Package Pro Blockade of Armenia by Azerbaijan Views re: Whaling Industry General Environment Concerns el ta tt fettm6s? 02711)6 MOW' 77441 l' tries - t i ' Congratulations from Citizens cf Other : -- in the White House Pure SupportCongratulationsLove SupportCongrratsPrayeri SupportEncouragementV!ews ilibbip - 1 ' 4 141 '''''' 6699 10:1 ):"': u :0 Zoom ' Icnsfl4 I- r i:::::: k1 ' '''' ' 7- :no :71 'T' - t- 7 ' l''i ' it: All IMOLAI MEN 111:1411 4 '- - -- ' e p V - — ' — 17 '' : $199 & -- - r'1::-':- - -- 1 )A -° ' - ItiL:-ow- 4 N All Specialistsoinc video de4ler Utah's most expedenced 180 East 2Ist South 4865757 i --'- ' - &4( i -- - !) 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