Show 'V: : f 'V' t ' 4' !l! WlWWtW?) J I ?: 'i'- SHERMANS UGOON w i v v ft" v i‘ "' fl tf- T'nr -- v r iK JWHflflL t k'r- r-- fj-- ' "j The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 19 2003 — C3 1 ln'S't ' -- MtV M LOSANGELES (AP) —Craig Kilborn stiin expansive yawn then apologizesto an afternoon visitor to his CBS Television City fles office Is the host of CBS’ “The Late Late Show” losing sleep over the flashy new competition ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live”? Not according to Kilbom “I worked out really hard yesterday” says e the college basketball play er As for Kimmel’s program that’s something he claims he isn’t wasting time or energy on “I don’t watch the other shows because I don’t want to pick up any bad habits” Kilbom says a sly accompanying the dig Besides he says he’s comfortable with die niche he’s carved out in die four yean since he took “Late Late Show” over from Tom Snyder k Kilbom’s style: host of a tightly crafted hour that makes die comedy look casual It seems his audience also is drawn to youngish sophisticate persona (he’s 40) with a hint of lingering y bravado The modest formula works in part he admits because his time slot David whose Letterman (following company produces Kilbom’s show) helps minimize network expectations and pressure It also keeps down the show’s budget with expensive comeruled out dy skits and Kilbom says he’s content with the status quo but initial ratings against Kimmel might have given him pause Debuting in late January “Jimmy Kimmel Live” was unsurprisingly dominant among die young male viewers targeted by the ABC show but was also well ahead in total viewers Figures for the latest week available however showed Kilbom closing the gap For Feb 8 his hourlong show (airing 12:37 am to 1:37 am) averaged 179 million compared to 181 million for Kimmel (12:05 am to 1:05 am after “Nightline”) Results for the period in which the shows go head to head reflect even better news for Kilbom “Late Late Show” edges “Kimmel” among total viewers (196 million vs 67 million) although the latter has kept its hold on the young male crowd with a 50 percent rating advantage over Kilbom “Late Late Show” executive producer Todd Yasui takes a philosophical view of the new challenger “I think most of us working on this show one-tim- AP Photo Actor Cfint Eastwood gestures as he talks with Craig Kilbom on CBS "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilbom half-smi- le laid-bac- BEETLE BAILEY Kil-born- ’s frat-bo- near-wee-ho- co-ho- set-piec- es HAGAR THE HORRIBLE 24-2- - ril 1 PEANUTS have ail been in the game long enough that we’ve seen competitors come and go In the end you stick to your own game plan and keep doing what got you there in the first place” Yasui said For “Late Late Show” he said “at the end of the day it all comes down to laughs and I think our show has more jokes per minute than many other shows out there” So while Kimmel chases manic silliness — for example decking his audience in Don King-styl- e wigs in tribute to the flamboyant — Kilbom is fight promoter a recent happy trading quips with his celebrity guests Well represented among them are older actors including Clint Eastwood his prized big-nacatch “From day one people said 'Wow you have a great respect for the veterans of the industry’” said Kilbom whose honor roll of guests includes Kirk Douglas and Merv Griffin Kilbom isn’t snubbing the young crowd stocking his show with hot celebrities such as Ben Affleck and pop stars including Avril Lavi-gn- e and Alanis Morissette In an act of synfergy “Late Late Show” will move to New Orleans for the week of March 4 in conjunction with CBS’ broadcast of the NCAA basketball championship April 5 The style of “Late Late Show” is more direct It moves from a short punchy monologue to fixtures including a satirical news review then heads briskly into interviews That's when Kilbom 's impish side emerges “As long as I don't get instructions that I need to handle someone with kid gloves" Kilbom said he feels free to indulge in what he considers “good-nature- d ribbing" Sons of Bear Lake A T MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM 9od AieePTO SORWTHl5 PACKAGE IS purlhtWINCrrTH IWR6SWMP5 IDOH£fiW on17 gAT 'HEWERTJcANM FOXTROT THE MENU SAYS CMCKEN MWMTE SAUCE IMS lEDfFERENT THAN WHAT’S ON IMS MENU TMS IS RED SAUCE NADME HAD A SMALL ACCOENT SUCMS THE MEAT THE CAFETERIA' WORKERS CAN BEPsrmr FUNNY Sometimes ft pn REAL LIFE ADVENTURES novel by Douglas CLOSE TO HOME here was wisdom in Hank’s view Har- net agreed And his surrender to her values ever so tenuously was a delicate victory she did not want to disturb But she also sensed in Everett Junior and Alan a collaboration with Peter a desire to chart their own paths One summer at lunchtime Junior and Alan came into the house bursting with a report “You gotta come with us to our new hideout You must try our new game You can discover what we have if you can really master the rules” The roles consisted of what they called the “silent treatment” They had discovered nature at Bear Lake She let them explain everything to her as though die had never been in the valley before Their effervescence was so genuine that she recognized her obligation She agreed to go with them the very next day Mornings were best because the sun’s rays were still cool they said Harriet knew the dew would be enticing at that time Besides the natural life responded to daybreak with the same awe as humans The four of them hiked single file Peter in the lead past the outbuildings past the corral into the wheat field and beyond then down the ravine and into a natural blind There Alan IDIOT ff DO YOU TAK At FORf Fl£CCt OFFHAND T TAKC YOU WA we-KIN- ! atm DONS 007 0FFIASH6A FLUID IN f TH MODUS In a pair event everyone plays the same deals You and your partner receive one matchpoint for doing better ' than another pair when they held your cards This deal arose at the Manhattan Bridge Club in New York City At all tables but one West opened with g which ended strong the auction After a low-hea- rt lead every declarer finished three down for minus 150 At the last table East-We- st were using the weak no- trump so West opened one diamond After North overcalled rme heart South settled for a two a fair assessment with relatively weak diamonds Note that if West had five diamonds three would be hopeless and it is no-tru- OF A STORM ft a game-invitatio- no-tru- Aska Before Introducing hereetf to data substitute er BossdaHsrg lilted to pertorm a brief karate demonetraiion Alder instructed Harriet that she had to become a log to lie absolutely still for at least an hour Yes an hour So silent that her breathing would not even raise her clothes There could be no whispering no wiggles None of them could budge Peter added that they could not even wave insects away Here they must accept the sun roundings fade into them for they were the guests of the forms of life that owned this turf They must choose a position which' elevated their heads providing a broad view beyond the blind of fallen trees and entwined brush When the hour had passed they could open their eyes but that was all the motion allowed the blinking of their eyelids Then the pageant would begin Harriet smiled inside and out nodded in understanding and chose a spot kneeling down instinctively smoothing out a bed brushing away twigs and pebbles hidden beneath the bunchgrass Stretching out on her back and shifting her hips into the contours of the earth she settled her head on a large stand of grasses which she haifbent into a pillowlike pad As she exhaled long breaths to indicate her settling in she felt Alan snuggle next to her shoulder She naturally slipped her ample arm under his head to give him an elevated view: See tomorrow's Herald ment of Journal for the next install- this story Wia at bridge By Phillip Alder FWC DOLLARS FOR OAMCR VHAT KINO OF AN FLUID -- D no-tru- not good even so West led the spade six: eight seven (high from a doubleton) two Now the declarer Carol Rostad played a low club to her king West ducking smoothly However Rostad knew East to be an expert and was confident that if he had the club ace he would have won the trick and shifted to diamonds So Rostad unblocked her heart honors and continued with a low club toward dummy West went in with the ace and exited with his last club Now West was marked with shape sOn dummy’s three heart winners Rostad discarded one card from each suit West erred though throwing three diamonds 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