Flesbag ‘sold as well. for Homer. and Jethro as: a

. The jop is over for a group
' of Vancouver. businessmen

‘Who. last summer united,
themselves Team :
B.C., and set out to help.

V ae WINNIPEG (CP) - - Homer -is ‘gone but
“Jethro lives on, strumming his mandolin and
= ‘making people grin wherever he goes; ;

7 day as’ ‘Patti’ Page’s‘Hoy
tn the ‘Window?

"the song,. Patti's cuddly puppy’ ina. pet shia
._ Window became a''‘fleabag”? witha, deformed
. ail and a.dublous‘future- . 9°".

aga er:

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Pave 10, The Herald, Thursday, duty: 7, 1983

‘Music and humor have been Jethro Burns's

. game since. the ‘1830s, firai as d 12-year-old

. mandolin-player on ‘his. home-town ‘radio .
- station in Knoxville, Tepn., and later —- with his. .
'. sidekick Homer — ‘a8 Sountry, music's ; top:

‘comedy act,” . me fe
‘Now, at 63, one aeteinily
sing: da retirément,

‘Jethro had: their biggest years in: nihe 19508, with’
“a serie’ af ‘zany takeoffs of. such f ‘Pop hits of the

‘in: ‘Honier aid Jethro ritusieal 1 riugéing of:

. Pure corn, but-like: many of incir parodies

“in this city for the 10th.

a -bluegrass’ to Newfoundland|se
‘tribute to. ‘Canadian folk. aisiger Stan Rogers,

Doggie did for Patti Page: ! .

The duo , were named by) \ their old tadio
manager in ‘Knoxville and it stuck — “and so. \ did
the parinership — until Homer's death in 1971.
Since then, i has been‘ on his own. He's

‘Festival, three’ ays of cone

who: had been: schediled. to ‘appear ;
ire aboard: an’ “Air: Canada‘ DCs ‘aieline } Tait L

month; and.a ‘concert i in hig memory will be Ted
: ee a fo Joh

Py

“nen al begins today ‘and ends: Sy

; Jazz from. a mandol

“That! 'g right, ” Jethro sald j in ‘an intervieve,

annual baile Folk, ;

-" Was. never ‘traditional : id ariything ae ies
_ Played jaca from the. first,. back, in the: 18808. Pr

iment from: 10 stages. in. wooded Birds
Par fat north ‘of Winnipeg. at

| ial emphasis on Newfoundland musi
‘Performers from the eastern proviice; with

“Bh financial booit from: a. Canada Council Patil

ww

“Women watch Johnny B. Bad strip

” HALIFAX (CP) — By hay he's a mild-

_Mannered father of three with a face as wide’ _

and open’as a Saskatchewan wheat field. .
By night he’s Johnny B. Bad, a masked male
siripper who struts his stuff at showers; dffice .

: parties © and other predominantly female
- gatherings. ;
Johnny, whose real name is- Richard ;

"(You're not going to give my secret away are~
you?’’), delivers strip-o-grams for Greetings:

_ Hotand Cold, a fledgling Halifax company that . .

bills itself-as a fun message delivery service.
Since it started 14 months ago, Greetings has
offered pies in the face, clowns, singing

telegrams: and cheerleaders, -But, in the '
- traditionally conservative area of Halifax-
Dartmouth, it's (he risque routines that are"
"producing the titters.

“‘Tlove to entertain,” explains Johnny on his’
way to a bridal shower. “I'd like to have three
or four of these a night.”

Dressed'in a: flowing: black cape, a dapper

_ double-breasted jacket; black pants, ‘white

shirt, Shiny black loafers and a bow tie, he looks

more like an amateur magician , than as

stripper.
WANTS TOP HAT

“This is my winter outfit,” sdohnny says
Seriously. “I haven't gat a summer-one yet, but

Thope to get one’ — with rip-away paints, atop ©

hat and all.”

Before entering the neat, suburban duplex .
for the show, Johnny realizes he has forgotten a.-

key part of his act — the gloves he seductively

neels off at the beginning of his dance,

:,qnore sexy things: to come.

. A female. photographer, along to shoot the’
show, digs in the: car trunk arid produces an
alternative, a pair of women’ 3 winter mittens. ,

_ Johnny gratefully : ‘accepts the mittens and --
adjusts his black-and-white Lone Ranger-style
. mask over his thick eyeglasses. ("Does it-look
OK? I can’t see a thing without my glasses. If

things get busy I'd like to get contaets.").
Shortly after Johnny starts to gyrate around
the living room to recorded. music, one of the

_ Women spots the bulky sheepskin mitts and
starts giggling. .

' “Look at the mittens,” she, squeals.

“He forgot his gloves," ‘the photographer 7

confides in a stage whisper.

IGNORES THE GIGGLING | .
- Johnny, ‘oblivious -to the laughter, “hovers —

over the startled bride-to-be and suggestively

"_ drops one of the mittens in her ‘lap. The women

roar with laughter.

Steve Shibowitz, founder’ of Greetings, says .

the response ‘is. predictable. “Usually the

, _reactjons range from amusement to frantle ;
_ Shock.”.

He says the company has. never received | a.

negative response. “They range from mildly -.

unenthusiastic to’ exhilarated, but never-

. megative,”

This night, Johnny, who starts the show by

_ delivering a 2.5-metre banner bearing best .
', Wishes to the bride-and groom-to-be, is having
‘trouble with his socks, which cling to the |:
carpet.. As he shakes, shimmies and slides. .
_ across the carpet, the socks gradually slide off:
his toes until 10 centimetres’ of lifeless, black .

nylon trail him around. .

"The women spot the socks, and while sohiiy” cas
dramatically unfurls his cape, : they. almost ..

choke ‘with. lqughter. we

The 10 women at this gathering havedhared ee Sore
the $60 cost for the surprise performance." ”
Shibowitz says several elements mbke it worth ae

the money, *

IT ALL ADDS UP ; we
“The mask,. the excitment, the shock,.all at:
the same’ time make it’ a very. exelting.

evening.” . -

- Johnny’ disrabes to his shorts for the stripo- :

- @tam, but the bride-to-be, who has no idea how.

fer he will-go, shouts ‘in. panic: “Tell him to '

o . stop. | _

Johnny; who looks rx more like an elementary -

_ sctioal teacher thana stripper, makes up for his
lack’ of. machismo with some fancy foot stepe

_ anda sense of fun. .

“ studied. dance at the Fred Astaire school, ae

he ‘saya: after: the show. “The only. thing 1

: couldn't pass was the rhumba,"

- Johnny! ‘3 been with Greetings for more than ”
_four months, but says his ambitions extend

further than strip-o-grams. He has performed
in some theatre productions and saya he'is’ also .

interested in advertising and promotion. :'

_ ‘This night; he-had a chance to earn a little Shee
extra money. “For another $20 will you take it :
- all off{?".one woman shouted as his act drew to

a ‘close. a we
_ ‘Ignoring the offer, ‘the - fearless - atripper oo
. nipped out of the living room and meekly called =.
from the hall:. Would someone bring n me my’ me

Stothes?” 2

Team B. C. disbands as. planned —

VANCOUVER’ (CP) —.

all,” Triplett said: “But we
realized. _You ‘can’t just go

‘month Recovery Forum, in
_which. two Vancouver

_ information to more than 30 ‘on
communities.

? the Atlantic, this. year g featlyal will

} val will bresk the 1982 attendance record of -
35,000. ‘Tickets for the full y Nentent cost $35 in

. “everyttilng * “roa” =

_ called

British Columbians. battle
the recession,’ ;
‘Last week, the

~- organization, conceived by

_ Business

public ~ relations — man
‘Richard “Alm and Joe‘
Martin, publisher of B.C,
'_- Magazine,
disbanded as planned, -
“We gave a lot of British
‘Columbians the incentive io
use their. own initiative and. .

“examine what could be done _

to lessen the effects of the
recession,” sald ~ Skip
Triplett, who was the
group's executive director.

What ‘began as a
movement by more than 20
.persons to boost provincial
morale .turned” into . a
crusade. by thousands ‘of
people to pull.B.C. from its

. economic doldrums.

“We didn’t plan that at

set up. some

around cheerleading, so we

really

constructive programs.-
“We brought together

community groups, which:

normally would never cross
paths, and, by exchanging

~ideas, they found ways to
. - fight ‘the recession. Our job

-was mainly to. bring them

: together. ”

Team - B.C.’s task - was

’ . assisted by the Ioan of a

$15,000 compuier from IBM
Canada Ltd. More than 2,000

ideas were contributed and.

recorded in the “idea
bank,” which was
accessible tc all B.C.

-communities,

The ideas ranged from a
proposal to. create about

2,000 high-tech jobs in

Victoria to a used] clothing

. exchange in: James Bay, 7:
-about 100 kilometres south

of Kitimat,
The other Team B.C.
program was the five-

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February and July, giving

BLT.

- between

OTTAWA (CP) — Zellers

Ing, has been ordered by the
Federal Court of Canada to - -
stop selling E.T. dolls and -

key ‘chains until a lawsuit

for copyright. infringement,

is settled, _
‘Universal City Studios,

“Inc. and its licensing agent,

Merchandising Corp. ‘of.
America, inc., are britiging
the suit

‘After Zellers bought the
made-in-Taiwan _ trinkets
from International Games

‘of Canada Ltd. as the movie .

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

_ Was becoming a smash-hit,
t be dealt with severely by
the courts 80 as to protect

4

against the .
department store.

Bovernment - finding right
Kim Calloway and downto how to protect your. °
Maggie Chew counselled

people in the communities,

sales § stopped .

the valuable rights of the
creators. "

He refocted the Zellers ..
argument. that the store -.
would suffer considerable

loss if prevented from

disposing of a ‘considerable -
quantity” of trinkets in its .

. Warehouse.

He also rejected~-the
Zellers argument. that its.
E.T. products were creating

housing if-you're laid off, "
Triplett said. me :

publicity‘ for the movie

. which might make. more

. People Ro to see it.

He ordered Zellers not to -
. buy... or sell’ any more
. unlicensed | ‘ E T, o ve
‘Merchandise snd to -give. wet

Universal an accounting of

all unlicensed: E.T. trinkets
- inthe store’s possession...
_ ‘The injunction is effective
‘until the finak judgment in
the lawsuit, °

GREEN FORM NEEDED
Persons . sending smail-
packets to other’ countries |
must attach a completed
green Customs label.
‘Canada Post Corporation:

CANADA
GRADE

. officials. ‘Teport ‘many. items ~" p
are, being -received. at .§

. Exchange Offices without the

* Customs label..:The absence

of the declatation delays
delivery of the: item. ;

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