Show Wf tqk$6!p Page 14 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday August 25 1999 SHERMANS LAGOON a mwfw irSHMKY mans b 1 mntt mmmuT 11230 mm wm ik mtfcm mvim- m mWMBFM? -t high-profi- le v -- At Emmys even presenters show winners By Lynn Elber AP television writer THIS YEAR FORCED TO DO AN A&ONIlINGr LNWA MERE PROMAWHED WITH AM OPERATING SYSTEM HE INTERNAL OVERHAUL THAT ONLY LET US ACCEPT A UffllTED DATE FIELD FBU WSTOH y FAILURE MOO "TO 00 A FEW TEST RUNS BEFORE DECEMBER 31 LOS ANGELES — Let's say you’re a star who failed to score an Emmy nomination Or maybe if you did you're a long shot to win next month But you could at least serve as a presenter for goodness sake proving you have the stature to hold an Emmy statue even if you can’t take it home with you You are Mr or Ms Television and the show will not go on without you — unless Don Mischer decides it will Mischer producer of the Sept 12 awards for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences knows how much industry members long to be associated with the ceremony “I have had cables sent to me by people who’ve said ’I’ve got the dress I just need the invitation' I’ve had big bouquets of flowers sent by artists who Some will get want to do something on the show the heads of big agencies to call you" “There are many people who deserve to be at the Emmy Awards who we simply don’t have room for" said Mischer “In the end our job is to do what’s best for the show" A scant three weeks before the ceremony he and his crew are balancing the big and small elements that can turn the three-hobroadcast on Fox (down from last year’s four-ho50th anniversary blockbuster) into a thriller or a yawner There’s the display of stars of course Jenna Elfman (“Dharma & Greg") and David Hyde Pierce (“Frasier") were tapped this week as Presenters announced so far high-profi- BEETLE BAILEY le ur ur co-ho- sts include Dennis Franz Calista Flockhart Sarah Michelle GcIIar David Spade Dylan McDermott and Jon Stewart Decisions are being made about the show's theme look to TV’s (Mischer favors a millennium-tinge- d future) comic relief and the clip packages for nominated series and perfumers The mob drama “The Sopranos" the leading nominee with 16 bids and contender “Sex and the City" will get especially careful attention The two HBO series true to their carefree cable pedigree brim with explicit language and story lines "We’re trying to find scenes that don't have more than five or six bleeps" said Mischer “This show will probably have more bleeps than any other” A veteran of five Emmy ceremonies Mischer HAGAR THE HORRIBLE best-come- knows die potential pitfalls some of which simply can't be avoided When a presenter's remarks fall flat the stilted scripted banter between two stars is painful to behold the celebrities may have only themselves to blame “When you rehearse that stuff emerges and you fix it on the spot But fewer and fewer stars want to rehearse Those who have a good sense of will want to come to rehearsal but a lot of stars say 'Hey just let me show up and do u it’" It is after all a nonpaying gig But Emmy does have some lovely gifts for her guests: “Treasure chests" filled with several thousand dollars worth of products will be bestowed on presenters and nominees Dry mouth? Pop an Altoids or a bottle of Champagne Got a sugar jones? There's Godiva chocolate Stars also can divert themselves with their new camera hide behind free sunglasses or lose themselves in a reverie about their two free nights at a posh Beverly Hills hotel Merc mortals can get their own taste of glamour but for a price An “Emmy experience" weekend including two balcony seats at the Shrine Auditorium was being sold to the public through the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission The $499 package includes a “red carpet” arrival at the ceremony parties and for a change of pace a York Mets game Los Angeles Dodgers-NeIncluding outsiders is a boost for the ceremony according to Mischer “We want to try to get real television fans into the hall It adds a real spark of energy that you don't have when you're playing in front of an exclusively industry audience” he said All his work notwithstanding Mischer still counts on serendipity “It’s the things you can't plan and you can’t produce that makes these shows interesting My friend Gil Cates who produces the Oscars has said when you do these kinds of shows the award gods are either with you or ignore you" Camryn Manheim's exuberant “This is for all the fat girls!" — which she shouted as she accepted her best supporting actress trophy — was last year's golden Emmy moment Mischer said “It's really about when people win how they feel how they express themselves These are tire things that make the show” Piper-Heidsie- ck w Sotheby’s set to auction John Lennon’s old guitar PEANUTS By Simon Birtwistle The Guardian LONDON — When John Lennon bought a new guitar over 40 years ago he could never have d” guessed that the instrument would bring him together with Paul McCartney or that one day it would be expected to fetch tens of thousands of pounds at a London auction house Tuesday at the Hard Rock Cafe in London Sotheby’s announced that the Dutch-mad- e Gallotone Champion acoustic guitar bought by Lennon from a mail order catalogue in 1957 would be put up for auction later this month with experts predicting that it could MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM fetch between $128000 and $160000 making it the most expensive item of early Beatles memorabilia Speaking at the announcement Stephen Maycock Sotheby’s rock V roll specialist said: FOX TROT DAD TMI CANT IE LATE Fo WoRK -I- TS SATURDAY SeMC WCiRD THIN ARC DEFINITELY AFooT “This is the most important and significant piece of early Beatles memorabilia to come on the market It was a vital element in an event that was to lead to the formation of the greatest rock 'n' roll band ever” The instrument's value is REAL LIFE ADVENTURES CLOSE TO HOME enhanced by the fact that it was McCartneyri handling of it at a church fete later that year that impressed Lennon sufficiently to offer him a place in his band the Quarrymen forerunners of the Beatles McCartney then IS was in the Win John Lennon's Gallotone ‘Champion’ acoustic guitar from the late 1950s seen in this handout photo The instument is estimated to go for $128000 to $160000 when R goes on sale at Sotherby'a in London on Sept 14 audience as the band performed at the St Peter's church fete in Woolton Merseyside Later that day the two were introduced and Lennon was immediately taken by McCartney's ability to to be sold along with one of Lennon's old trunks whose contents include a 1957 guitar tutor book and a typewritten letter signed by Aunt Mimi A percentage of the proceeds from the sale will be donated to the Olive Mount Learning Disabilities Directorate in Liverpool England — Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service For more GuanSan news go to http7Awwwgusrdisnooui() By Phillip Alder best player ever from the Far Huang had found a variation on the Dentist’s Coup East It is strange the way things go in groups — threes some would say I cannot stop seeing deals containing dubious penalty dou- After a heart to the queen and the 01999 by NEA Inc spade ace suppose declarer continues with another trump West North Q I S I goes in with the king puts his V41i partner 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East’s three-hea- rt opening bid wouldn't meet with universal approval but the modern tourna- ment player loves to whenever the opportunity pre-em- pt The glamour of flying Scripps Howard photo at bridge bles In this deal though the "OK just to recap Five points IT you hit the World TTade Center Ton If you hit thoUN And 50 If you get one In the Lincoln TtmneL remember lyrics and tune the guitar The rest as they say is history as the two guided tire Beatles to musical immortality The “cheiTy sunburst-coloreguitar remained in Lennon’s family with his Aunt Mimi until his murder in 1980 Subsequently the distraught Mimi who had restored the instrument and fitted it with a brass plaque saying “Remember — you'll never earn a living by it" passed it on to the son of a family friend “The poor old guitar was in such a state when I found it that I had it professionally repaired It was to have been a big surprise for John I can’t bring myself to even look at it now" she wrote It was subsequently given to an anonymous disabled girl whose father is now selling it in order to “secure her future” The guitar which will form the centerpiece of Sotheby's rock V roll auction on September 14 is pre- sents itself The declarer was Patrick Huang most people’s pick as the |