Walk of Fargo: When country music star...

Walk of Fargo: When country music star Garth Brooks placed his footprint in cement, the crowd attending the ceremony was so large that every police car in the city was there--all seven of them.

Brooks was being honored by the Fargo, N.D., Walk of Fame.

“It was a little difficult to get people (celebrities) to do it at first,” said founder Mike Stevens, who came up with the idea three years ago after a visit to Mann’s Chinese Theater.

But since trumpeter Al Hirt left his (deep) footprint on the sidewalk, 62 other visiting notables have followed, ranging from entertainer Tiny Tim to First Son George Bush Jr., who took off his boots to reveal unmatching socks. Another honoree, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, was so enthusiastic that she grabbed a microphone and led spectators in chants of “Love and Protection!”

One of the few luminaries to say no was former Fargo busboy Bob Zimmerman, who now goes by the last name of Dylan.

Stevens, who owns a print shop in the city of 70,000, often must resort to a portable fame-maker, a wooden mold that enables him to take prints indoors.

“Six months of the year, it’s too cold to go outside,” he explained. “When we honor people in the winter, we have to wait until spring to put their prints in the sidewalk. That’s one advantage the Chinese Theater has over us.”

Lois Lane is still too upset to attend: Ron Roark, publisher of the Whimsy Times, is holding a “non-sectarian memorial service, open to all, in honor of the Man of Steel” Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at the Griffith Park Observatory. Superman, in case you didn’t hear, was bumped off Wednesday by DC Comics--much too soon (he never even left a footprint in Fargo.)

Mourners, Roark said, “are encouraged to dress appropriately (red, blue, gold, basic black or character attire).”

Malcolm, everywhere (cont.): Andy Epstein of Studio City reports that even Golf Magazine has an article titled, “The ‘X’ Factor.”

Familiar plot: “Wanted,” began an ad in the Hollywood Reporter. “Information leading to the location of more than $200 million in stolen gems and jewelry last known to be in the possession of an American financier, following a robbery by a gang of terrorists in St. Moritz, Switzerland.”

The ad listed a Swiss post office box.

Does this guy want information or a screenwriter?

Here’s something Fargo doesn’t have: “Nude Handyman--for Women Only,” says a flyer that office workers were Xeroxing in Pasadena. “Services include cleaning, painting, minor repairs, (enclosed) yard work.”

It adds: “Also available for parties. . . . Call Brad.”

But where does he keep his tool belt?

MiscelLAny:

Celebrities not honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame include Paul Newman, Marlon Brando and Tiny Tim.