Isle celebs miss
Time 75th partyTIME magazine this week has a collection of previous cover photos in a foldout format to mark its 75th anniversary issue. Many folks who had appeared on the cover were invited to the party Time threw to mark the occasion, but former governor, Bill Quinn, wasn't one of them. The fact he appeared on the cover at all was due to some quick work on the part of Time editors. Nancy Quinn recalls that Time already had a photo of Jack Burns ready to run, so sure they were that he'd be elected first governor of the new 50th state. But Time's man in Hawaii at the time, Jon Rinehart, had requested to get a Quinn photo taken on the steps of Iolani Palace, just in case. Good thing -- Quinn won and it was that photo which Time ran on its cover. Another sometime isle resident, Wally Amos, creator of Famous Amos cookies, was also on a Time cover, albeit as one of four entrepreneurs. I guess he missed the party as well ...
ONE more local resident not in attendance at Time's 75th anniversary party was former Honolulu magazine editor David Eyre, who had been invited to and attended the 20th anniversary party in 1943 at the Waldorf-Astoria. He was a stringer for Time-Life in Oregon at the time, and was one of five stringers from around the country who was flown in for the event. It was odd during World War II to see such a display of conspicuous consumption, but Eyre reports he was put up at the Waldorf for four days and found a bottle of Scotch in his room, as did all the others invited. He got to know Time founder Henry Luce and his wife Clare pretty well at the time, a friendship that blossomed when the two retired -- if you can call it that -- to Hawaii. He recalls Clare being somewhat miffed that with all the people who appeared on the cover of Time over the years, she never did. Guess the editors from Henry on down felt it would look bad ...
'Frasier' turns serious
IT had its usual share of hilarious moments, but the situation comedy "Frasier" -- my personal favorite -- seemed uncharacteristically serious Tuesday night. Maybe it's a portent of things to come on the show. KCCN's Ron Jacobs had one of the writers of the episode, Ken Levine, on his KCCN radio talk show and the latter explained the process of filming a sitcom. Levine, an old radio buddy of Jacobs' from 30 years ago, teams with partner David Isaacs in writing "Frasier," as he did for over 30 episodes of "Cheers" and some 17 "M*A*S*H" shows ...THOSE tornadoes in Florida passed some 50 miles away from Honolulan Guido Salmaggi, whose wife owns a home in Sarasota. It would take more than a little wind to keep Guido away from his beloved National Anthem, however, and he was on hand to sing at the spring training opener of the Cincinnati Reds against Texas ...
Puckless in Maui
NO sooner did the U.S. Women's Hockey Team collect their gold medals at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, than they signed to have their photos appear on Wheaties boxes and then started showing up in person around Maui. The warmth of the tropics was something the young ladies had thought about all along, particularly since most come from cold weather climes anyway and Japan wasn't exactly having a heat wave. Four of the competitors were awarded symbolic "Gold Medals" for their performance on stage at the Aston Wailea Resort's luau. Accepting further plaudits from the crowd for dancing to the "Hukilau" song were Katie King, Cammi Granato, Tricia Dunn and A.J. Mleczko ...
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