Three rings and it’s out: Prosecutor Marcia...

Three rings and it’s out: Prosecutor Marcia Clark was at the lectern, arguing a legal point in the O.J. Simpson case, when she was interrupted by a ringing noise. She looked over at Simpson defense attorney Robert Shapiro and asked, “Is that counsel’s phone?” As Shapiro attempted to shut the thing off, Superior Court Judge Lance Ito said, “That’s twice, Mr. Shapiro,” referring to a similar ringing episode of a few weeks ago.

Ito added: “Next time, it’s mine.”

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Just what L.A. needs: Observing a film crew on the steps of City Hall, councilmanic aide Tom Henry asked the name of the movie being shot. He was told:

“Jury Duty.”

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What would Stephanie Edwards say?The TV pitch-woman for Lucky’s, we mean. Paul Schowalter snapped this photo of a sign that seems to be making a value judgment about the supermarket.

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The baseball strike is peanuts to them: Dodger Stadium season ticket-holders aren’t the only fans who have some strike refunds coming to them.

There are also the season peanut-holders. Those are the dozen customers of celebrity vendor Roger Owens, who shell out $202.50 to have two bags of peanuts thrown their way at every home game.

“I’m sending out the checks this week,” Owens said. “Normally, I’d tell them they have a credit for the ’95 season. But the way baseball people are talking, the ’95 season may not get started until June or July, if then.”

Unlike some ballplayers, Owens has been striving to keep his throwing arm in shape, demonstrating his behind-the-back style at a trade show, a car dealer’s opening, a real estate agents meeting and a circus in recent weeks.

Next he’ll perform at a bar mitzvah--though he doesn’t toss any bags until the ceremony is over.

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Hold the salt while you’re at it: After seeing the enclosed pepper packet on an airline flight into L.A., Audrey Whitman of Beverly Hills wonders if she should take a whisk broom to the seasonings in her home.

Leave the jokes to us, Harvey: Looking over the mis-addressed mail that lands on our desk we sometimes think the co-authors of this column are ex-Dodger Steve Garvey and commentator Paul Harvey. We always answer their mail, though. In fact, we’ve been involved in a months-long debate over health care with an Oklahoma man who thinks we’re Paul Harvey and can’t understand why our position seems a little liberal for a rock-ribbed conservative.

Now things could get even more complicated. We won’t even be sure that mail bearing our name will be intended for us. ABC is debuting a new show, “Me and the Boys,” starring “stand-up comic Steve Harvey.” We wish him luck. And a share of our health-care mail.

miscelLAny The sounds of Dodger baseball aren’t quite mute. Nancy Hefley, the Dodger Stadium organist, is currently performing at the horse shows at the L.A. County Fair. Don’t think she does “Charge!” there, though.