You can say that again!The blurb on...
You can say that again!
The blurb on a mailer from the UCLA Alumni Assn. (see accompanying) sounded familiar. Oh, yes. It reminded us of the recent Times story on UCLA’s admission policies--the one that was headlined: “UCLA Eased Entry Rules for the Rich, Well-Connected.”
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR TRAY TABLES, SPACE SUITS AND HELMETS ARE IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION: A colleague who read our item on the goal of locally based Interglobal Space Lines to offer orbital flights to tourists asks: “Will they offer Frequent Flier Light Years?”
THE OFFICIAL BOOK-TAPE COMPANY OF THE SANTA ANA FREEWAY? A radio ad broadcast on local stations proclaims: “Books on Tape customers look forward to boring commutes.”
CROSS-DRESSED TO KILL: A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising who returned for its “Debut ‘96” show was Marlene Stewart. And who is she? Why, she worked on the movie “To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.” Specifically, she was the dressmaker who made Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo look like a million bucks.
DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT THEM: “Shopping in Gelson’s,” Naomi Mizrahi of Sherman Oaks writes, “I was approached by a woman promoting ‘Sitting Pretty,’ a package of 10 toilet-seat covers. What could have been more appropriate as we are planning a trip to Turkey?”
SAIGON GOES HOLLYWOOD: We’ve mentioned that entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City have appropriated the names of some well-known eateries, without bothering to get permission.
An ersatz Spago popped up on Dong Khoi Street. And a familiar-looking Planet Saigon (with the trademark globe sign) was built on Nguyen Hue Street in defiance of The Terminator, Rambo and Bruce.
Now, Richard Deskin of Irvine has returned from a visit to Vietnam with a Hard Rock Cafe Saigon T-shirt (see photo). But he can’t tell you anything about the cuisine.
“We bought it in a store and when I asked the woman there if there was a Hard Rock Cafe in the city, she smiled and shook her head no,” said Deskin’s wife, Vanessa. “Then I said, ‘But you sell the shirts anyway?’ And she nodded.”
A GROWL WITH AN ACCENT:
Larry Haynes of Pasadena noticed a recent item in The Times about the Port of Los Angeles Police Department’s addition of a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois named J’est to its canine patrol. The article said that J’est, who was trained in France, “only responds to French commands.” Comments Haynes: “Only in L.A. would you find a Belgian dog, trained in France, can’t even speak English and is on the city payroll!”
It’s the hound’s beret that we resent.
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Guess what public address announcement we and the other passengers heard before the start of our two-block Angels Flight journey? Why, “Have a nice flight,” of course.