Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 31, 1993 TAG: 9303310269
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Wire Reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
In the May 13 episode, Krusty the clown is depressed after his show is canceled. So he seeks advice from former talk show host Johnny Carson, while Bart and Lisa Simpson plan a Krusty comeback with the help of Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Midler and Luke Perry.
Other voices to listen for in Fox television's animated series are those of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, singer Barry White and the Red Hot Chili Peppers band.
A pair of shoes - or the need for one - turned singer Frankie Laine into a benefactor of the poor and homeless.
Mayor Susan Golding proclaimed Monday "Frankie Laine Day" in San Diego, and the Salvation Army presented him with with Tradition of Caring Award.
Laine, who turned 80 on Tuesday, started the "Old Shoes For the Homeless" program three years ago after seeing a homeless man with ragged shoes on a television news show.
"I said, `He needs a pair of shoes, and I've got shoes in my closet just sitting there,' " Laine said. "I told some radio stations about my idea to collect shoes, and they just flipped over the idea. They got involved and we took in 6,000 shoes the first year."
Laine still performs regularly. His autobiography is due out in May. In the 1940s and '50s, he performed such hits as "Mule Train," "Jealous," "Moonlight Gambler," "High Noon" and "That's My Desire."
by CNB