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Show iiilik WIhadl(ffl9ya by Rick Brough It's Marsac music time, folks! We call it the Marsac Municipal Building, but maybe the new name should be the Marsac Music Building. At any rate, KPCW is now firmly ensconced in its new offices. And by this writing, the technical glitches have been resolved. (I think. ) Several dramatic changes have been introduced to KPCW's format, including the following: In the new studios, the disc jockey has a window to look out over the Park City scene. This will enable the station to adopt a new, more sophisticated weather-casting systemcalled sys-temcalled Looking Out the Window Win-dow and Seeing what the Sky Looks Like. Randy Fields will appear, three times a week, as KPCW's first irritating radio talk-show host. Randy knows lots of facts and has lots of opinions. In fact, a computer calculation has shown that if no one ever calls in, Randy will only run out of steam by April of 1997. -KPCW will feature daily traffic reports from a special bird's nest installed atop the roof of Mike Troupe's Aerie house. Reporter Dave Fleisher will give up-to-the-minute reports of Park Avenue and belt route traffic, its direction and speed of flow and any interesting out-of-state plates he sees. Right after its move, the radio equipment suffered from a problem called "phasing" that means that on any song, the backup guitars, drumming, etc. can be heard loudly and clearly, but the singer is a dim echo in the background. Well, the public loved it. So Marilyn Zink will host an all-percussion format, 11-12 p.m., five days a week. You know how TV stations, when they're signed off, display weather reports or temperatures, or they just show those little color bars? In order to provide a sound equivalent during its sign-off hours, KPCW will arrange for repeated playings of "Love is Blue." The radio will take advantage of its new proximity to the city staff. A ?', new program is called "Mr. Master 1 Plan," which will explain the j principles of urban design in an E interesting, fun way. In this week's experiment, Mr. Master Plan shows S Bobby and Susy how to create steam with a simple experiment that uses a I flammable developer, a little red house and a $200,000 letter of credit. PARK CITY'S DEDICATED COUPLE: This award is given to Donovan and Debby Symonds. They merit the honor by virtue of Debby's letter last week, in which she discloses some nighttime activities at the Symonds household. No, it's n6t what you think. "A few weeks ago, my husband and I were lying in bed listing all of the fantastic opportunities we have available to us right here in little ole P.C.," Debby wrote. "It became apparent to us after the first 10 items on our list that Park City is absolutely unique for a town of its population and size." Such devotion to Park City boosterism is extraordinary. How do I tout thee? Let me count the ways. Or maybe it's that Donovan and Debby lack a sense of proportion. Close friends say they recently visited the Louvre -in Paris, where they admired the air conditioning. The best number in the current production of "Oliver" is the song "Oomm Pah Pah!" This explains why the musical's stage crew walk around with sweat shirts saying "Crew Pah Pah." Well, you gotta be there. SNAPPY SPORTS BRIEF: Last week, our notorious sportswriter Randy ("The Man You Love to Hate") Hanskat, claimed in his column that the mediocre white players of the Utah Jazz (Mark Eaton, John Stockton) are idolized in preference to the black talent (Adrian Dantley, etc) that really boosts the team. As if on cue, the Tribune's new columnist Bob Ottum wrote a column this Sunday that is a paean to John Stockton. The piece portrays Stockton Stock-ton as a cross between the young god Apollo, Robert Redford's the Natural, Nat-ural, and a Wheaties box. In other words, he doesn't make waves? Ottum mentions all this as prelude to an announcement: He is running a Dinner Date with . John Stockton Contest wherein one, . must write "I want a dinner date with John Stockton because . . ." in 25 words or less. Several interesting thoughts present pre-sent themselves: Since Stockton is presented as a young Greek god, what if the winning entry does not come from a woman? Wouldn't it be interesting if they ran a Date with Dantley contest instead? Wouldn't it be ready interesting if Sharlene Wells won? DEATH NOTE: Jack Mercer, identified as the voice of Popeye the Sailor, died at 74, reported the newspapers. Just for you trivia buffs, here are a few other famous cartoon voices. Fred Flintstone's voice was originally orig-inally done by Alan Reed (also now dead.) Mickey Mouse's voice was Walt Disney, according to legend. Donald Duck was voiced by Clarence Nash (and many obnoxious kids in imitation.) The voices of two male characters were done by women-Woody women-Woody Woodpecker was done by Grade Lantz and Rocky the Flying Squirrel was June Foray. Mel Blanc mouthed virtually everybody else. And the voice of Goofy was done by a man named (no kidding$) Pinto Colvig. Believe it or what?: Any Parkite who sees the current cover of Lodestar magazine will say that the skier pictured sliding down the slopes is David Chaplin. But the skier looks like Chaplin by pure happenstance. Artist Rick Sutter lives in Salt Lake, doesn't know Chaplin and has never met him as far as anyone knows. According to Lodestar sources, the cover was altered because the skier at first looked even more like Chaplin. Jack Palance. call your office! By the time you read this, the Record staff will be moving out of its offices at 419 Main. This has been my office and home for Wz years now, and it's going to be hard to say goodbye to Old Paint (and old walls, old ceilings, old brick.) It's also sad to move the Record off Main Street, its traditional abode. Maybe these words, in a crazy kinda way, say it all: . , "Oh" where."' ofwhere', "can "my baby be; The Lord took her away from me; She is gone to heaven, so I got to be good; So I can meet my baby, when I leave this-a world." |