Hawaii
By Dave Donnelly
Friday, August 30, 1996
Timing is all as Clinton aide out
TODAY'S topics, class, are the generation gap and timing. I'm reminded of a line used by comic Bill Dana when he was doing a "local" show at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. He'd say to a guy, "Ask me how I became the world's greatest Portagee comedian." The guy would then begin, "How did you become..." "Timing!" Dana would snap back, interrupting him in mid-sentence. Dick Morris, who's on the cover of Time magazine this week as "The man who has Clinton's ear," is suddenly out on his. Ear, that is. After a, shall we say, ill-advised, long-term dalliance with a $200 an hour call girl, the over-paid Morris picked the day of Bill Clinton's convention acceptance speech to be found out and hand in his resignation. Late night comics will have a field day with this one, particularly in light of USA Today's recent profile on Morris - who's married to an attorney - describing him as a "family man" who has "a weakness for all things French." Au revoir, M. Morris ...
Michael Butler
AH, yes, the generation gap. Anyone still watching the NBC "Today" show at its conclusion yesterday saw Bryant Gumbel speaking to original "Hair" producer Michael Butler about the musical of the late '60s. Butler has staged a revival of the show in his hometown of Chicago to coincide with this year's Democratic convention. But talk about dated! It's truly about another age, be it Aquarius or whatever. I was reminded of the April day 20 years ago in Honolulu when Butler and I spent the evening watching what he called a "bandit production" of the rock musical at the old Toyo Theater downtown, meaning they paid no royalties. Needless to say, the producer of that show was open-mouthed when we went backstage after the show and I introduced him to Butler. I had a feeling at the time that if no royalties had changed hands, they were about to ...
BUT the greatest example of a generation gap I've seen of late came when New England Patriots coach Bill Parcells was talking about some "prima donna players" on his team, and a young public relations intern wrote it out as "pre-Madonna players." ...
American Originals
SEND home the frogs. Drop the "I love you, man." All you ad people and Bud people had better get ready because Anheuser-Busch is coming out with a new line of beers, and for the first time they'll be introduced in Hawaii at "A Taste of Lahaina." Called American Originals, they'll be featured at the event's beer garden along with other A-B products. Maui's largest food festival takes place Sept. 14 & 15 from 4 to 10 p.m. at Lahaina Center and more than 20,000 are expected to attend ...
BEFORE 'Net surfing there was channel surfing, and now that Oceanic Cable is changing certain channel numbers, there's sure to be confusion. So you'd best hold on to Sunday's TV section so you don't end up watching something strange when you're trying to view, say, ESPN. One person happy about the moves is KIKU-TV's Joanne Ninomiya because it'll take fewer "clicks" on the remote to find Channel 9, her new address, than Channel 21, her old ...
Harman Lum
EVEN newspaper carriers retire. One of downtown Honolulu's most familiar faces, if not names, belongs to Harman Lum, who's sold papers on Bishop Street and even made daily deliveries to top bankers and business execs at their offices for something like 43 years. He's decided to hang up his trademark ballhat. On his 60th birthday, Lum was honored by then-Mayor Frank Fasi, who declared it "Harman Lum Day." ...
Real regional cuisine
MANY local chefs boast that they serve fresh regional cuisine, but Bones Yuen of Steck's Restaurant in Kahala Mall challenges any to come up with cuisine as "regional" as his. For example, women with gardens in the Kahala area sell him the produce and herbs they grow. He gets his royal oak lettuce from Joyce and Ted Heewai and Dr. Lesley Luke provides him with freshly caught squid. Now that's regional cuisine ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968. His columns run Monday through Friday. Contact Dave by e-mail at donnelly@kestrok.com.
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