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...morning show on the fX cable network, sidle from room to room in their spacious, apartment-like set in New York City. When not trading quips with a wisecracking hand puppet, they introduce segments that make Good Morning America look like The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour: a visit to an Oklahoma ostrich farm; an interview with a Florida man who makes furniture out of junk; a live report on Hula-Hoopers in the park across the street. This is homemade TV -- and proud of it. On the show's first broadcast, Bergeron playfully chased his executive producer around the set and accidentally...
Friends observed that she kept "an ostrich position" with regard to stories of his infidelity in the White House. Indeed, she professed to be shocked by similar allegations by Paula Jones about Bill Clinton. But she had always been prim. Says Manchester: "She was appalled by Lyndon Johnson's earthiness. At one time he was talking about Adlai Stevenson, and Johnson said, 'You know, he squats to piss.' Jackie was horrified. She didn't know what to say. She was stunned...
...unrelated note, emu societies--organizations dedicated to the breeding of the large, ostrich-like birds--are becoming major contributors to universities...
...whose Postcard releases have been harder to find than true love for the last, oh, ten years. Postcard's head honcho revived his label last year, and two of the results so far are The Heather's on Fire--which collects all of Orange Juice's early 45s--and Ostrich Churchyard, the unreleased-till now first album they recorded...
Which is why it's nice to have Ostrich Churchyard, the pre-major label, pre-gauzy scrim versions of all the early Orange Juice songs that aren't collected on The Heather's On Fire (and of a couple that are) along with a few live recordings. This material--to the extent it doesn't duplicate Heather-- is less immediate, slightly muddy-sounding, and requires some patience as Edwyn Struggles With His Emotions; it's quite worth your money if you don't already own the songs, though. Presuming, that is, that what you already own includes some taste...