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...Mama Kin Playhouse...
Thoughts and breath float down a golden saxophone and emerge as hundreds of liquid moans and cataclysmic rhythms on a night made for jazz. The Mama Kin Playhouse (owned by Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, of all people) presented Ravi Coltrane. As the son of John Coltrane, the legendary jazz musician, Ravi is making the saxophone a treasured trademark of the Coltrane family and also creating his own style. Dapper suits and casual jeans, cocktail dresses and T-shirts all stepped into the dim club with a quiet sophistication...
...seems, and won him over in a panty-flash. But finding a stand-in mother took a while. For a time Betty Currie, the President's secretary, seemed to fill the role, but when Lewinsky was transferred from the White House to the Pentagon, she apparently found a new mama: Linda Tripp. Lewinsky's dysfunctional household was complete, with the result that, ever since, the country has been bogged down in family court...
Lewinsky, a typical child of divorce--skilled, as many such children are, in secrecy, guilt tripping and seduction--found herself a new family in Washington. She was happy with them for a while, and they with her. And everyone's needs were met, as the therapists say. Papa Bill, Mama Linda and Baby Monica got what they wanted from one another, each in his own way. There was only one problem: they hardly knew each other. Let alone themselves...
...Mason City -- this week because the stations' owner, Nick Evans (of Spartan Communications in Spartanburg, S.C.), had trouble getting tickets for people who wanted to see the "Late Show" taped in New York. Instead, viewers of Evans' stations are being treated to a mixture of infomercials, sitcoms such as "Mama's Family" and "Married With Children," and "Judge Judy." Evans concedes that a ticket dispute was behind his decision, but also says he's unhappy with Dave's low ratings. "I don't think it harms viewers," Evans said of his scheduling switch. Said Rob Burnett, executive producer...