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stir-fr- y chicken which he sweetened with a side of maple syrup a palate-pleasibow to his soulful past The Chef of “South Park" was here to shake and bake whipping up reminiscences of his work his loves his losses and his amazement over how his career has found new life “I thought I'd be around in the business 'cause I haven't thrown in the towel" said Hayes who thought he would have a few more hit tunes He never thought his newfound success would come by cartoon series" way of “an animated whacked-ou- t And curiously enough Hayes had to be sold on doing “South Park" when it was first presented to him “I thought they were kind of nuts I thought it was a whack idea" he said "My agent told me he had a voice-ove- r for me I’m thinking it was a Disney thing It didn't turn out to be that so I was a bit disappointed So I had kind of a negative attitude going in" But he was talked into meeting “South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone then read scripts and “stalled crackin' up" "You guys crazy No insurance? ‘Cause you're definitely goin' to get sued"' he told them Finally he felt they were on to something Not only did "South Park” become a hit series on Comedy Central but it also spun off to become one of the summer's most popular movies with its precocious fourth graders and weirdo town of South Park Colo Hayes is the voice of the school cook “He's a person that speaks his mind he's sensitive enough to care for children he's wise enough to not be put into the ‘whack category like everybody else in the ladies” he said town — and he “I like kids I love to cook and I love the ladies” said Hayes who has 11 children and 14 grandchildren has been married and divorced three times and still dates And like Chef Hayes is quite the gentleman He interrupted his lunch to help an elderly woman in a wheelchair who was struggling to open the restaurant door by herself Hayes has always been smooth with women Born in a tin shack in rural Covington Tenn about 40 miles north of Memphis Hayes was raised by his maternal grandparents after his mother died and his father took off when he was 1 11 The family — which included an older half sister — moved to Memphis when he was 6 Times got even tougher when his grandfather became ill and died when Isaac was 11 Still Hayes said he kept an inner fire to overcome poverty and retain his dignity “Somehow the moral values of my grandmother stuck” he said He wanted to be a doctor but then he won a talent contest in ninth grade grabbed the attention of pretty girls and thought: "Hmmm I think this is what I want to da "In the fall of the year football players got all the pretty girls in the wintertime the basketball players got 'em in the spring track and field guys and baseball guys got 'em But singers could pull 'em he said laughing all d Hayes dropped out of school but persistent teachers and guidance counselors reported him to his strong-wille- d grandmother (“When I looked at her I said ‘Oh I'm dead"') and they got him to go back He even received some scholarship offers but by the time he graduated he was already married with a child He held down various day jobs while in rural Southern where at gigs joints playing juke times you had to hit the floor because someone would start shooting up the place "I was getting some experience and some background" Hayes recalled matter-of-factmusician Hayes learned enough or A faked his way through enough to eventually get hired by Stax Records as a backup pianist and he started writing songs His first “You the Mistletoe and Me’’ was scheduled to be recorded by his idol Nat “King” Cole but Cole died before he could cut the record Hayes then established a songwriting partnership with David Porter and in the 1960s they wrote such hits for Sam and Dave as “Hold On I'm Coming” which became a soul standard and “Soul Man” which went gold Nonetheless Hayes longed to become a successful singer himself After a party one night in 1967 Hayes and a Stax executive went back to the studio Hayes played the organ and sang with only a drummer arid bass player for backup and in only one session he recorded “Presenting Isaac Hayes” "Of course I was drunk when I did it so that didn’t count” said Hayes who expresses a fondness for his second album "Hot Buttered Soul" which made him a star in 1969 Mob movies once a staple of the American imagination are being played strictly for laughs Don Corleone must be spinning in his grave as he contemplates the end of a venerable tradition but time (and contrived scripts) march on The bloody romance of the Mafia has worked its way into mainstream comedy Earlier this year we saw “Analyze This” a comedy about a jittery mobster who sought psychiatric help Now “Mickey Blue Eyes” follows suit using familiar faces from recent mob movies to add credibility to a fitfully funny comedy about a British art auctioneer who falls for a mobster's daughter Hugh Grant crown prince of stammering charm plays Michael Felgate an auctioneer who’s in love with Gina (Jeanne Tripplehorn) a schoolteacher She rejects his marriage proposal for an unexpected reason She doesn't want him to rub elbows with her father mobster Frankie Vitali (James Caan) Michael persists and the couple become engaged Frankie runs a restaurant called "The La Trato-ria- " (note the redundant article) and hangs around with a variety of unsavory fellows the worst of whom is the brutish Vito Graziosi (Burt Young) a k a “The Butcher" Vito's son Johnny (John Ventimiglia) fancies himself a painter which leads to a scene in which Grant's character auctions off a ridiculous painting (Jesus toting a machine gun) as part of a moneylaundering scheme Grant provides plenty of his usual shriek but goes happily beyond it when he feigns a New York accent He comes off sounding like a garbage compactor with an Oxford education To carry out a midpicture ruse Michael’s prospective father-in-la- w introduces him as “Little Big Mickey Blue Eyes” from Detroit As is the case with mob movies these days “Mickey Blue Eyes” thumbs through a thick catalog of references to other movies Caan who played Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather” has a longstanding movie association with family enterprises that veer toward larceny and murder And you'll recognize several of the supporting actors from TV’s “The Sopranos" Some of the jokes are broad and witless At one point Grant drops Us trousers as part of a farcical scene in wUch he tries to keep his fiancee from spotting an incriminating painting in his office As is the case with most of Grant’s movies he’s way overexposed Caan of course has the chops for this kind of comedy and his looks of mock concern are priceless He seems to be having fun as the conniving Frankie Vitalie Tripplehorn as Frankie's straitlaced daughter brings as much personality as she can to a minor role The plot from a script by Adam Scheinman and Robot Kuhn overloads with silly contrivance as it works its way toward a finale at the wedding of Michael and Gina Some of the movie’s oddball touches amuse Caan for example drives a car with a trunk full of Cuisinarts and other stolen merchandise and there's a hilarious confrontation with a marble-mouthe- d mobster from a rival gang who takes the Don Corleone rasp to new levels of incomprehensibility Did I laugh? Sure But “Mickey Blue Eyes” has lots of slack time and too many gags that fall flat No one connected with the movie need seek anonymity inside the but this so-s- o refused Rated PG-1-3 Grade: XX witness-protecti- on program comedy offer ultimately can be Win at bridge By Phillip Alder When an expert makes a bod that works it g receives wide publicity But if a disaster ensues the expert tries hard to keep it quiet Today's strange-lookin- deal occurred some years ago in Paris The declarer was Paul Chemla a colorful character with a roguish sense of humor and a love of good food and wine Look at only the South hand The dealer on your left opens one diamond the responder on your right bids one spade you opt to pass the opener rebids two diamonds and it is passed around to you What would you do if anything? There is a natural reaction not to let the opponents play at the two-lev- el Yet rather than double Chemla made an imaginative balancing overcall West was delighted to Shortly two-hea- rt double three hearts but was horrified when dummy tracked with the of trumps Chemla won the first trick with his spade ace over East’s jack CJW t9NEAbc North Q 7 5 ace-que- en From the bidding West was known to have led a singleton West surely had of hearts for Us double — not five because he would have bid the suit And West had to have six or king-four- V 10 7 Wert Spotting the winning line Chemla finessed dummy's heart queen cashed the heart ace and turned to clubs West refused to niff any of those winners but at trick nine Chemla calmly exited with a trump endplaying West Chemla had to win tnck 13 with S 4 S East KJ0II I th seven diamonds A Q 7 5 4 V K J 10 OAQJOISS f OI0S4 JI Q Smith v A 10 4 a s I K 7 AK00S Vulnerable: North-Sout- h Dealer West his diamond king giving him nine tricks via one spade two hearts one diamond and five clubs I recommend that you not try to emulate Chemla! 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