Good Housekeeping, But Bad Bookkeeping
A lot of people would probably like to forget that Bill Clinton even exists - which is exactly what the editors at Good Housekeeping somehow managed to do.
The magazine failed to include Clinton in its annual list of nominees for the most-admired man in America (although Hillary Rodham Clinton made the women’s roster).
“We’re mortified,” Executive Editor Janet Chan said. “Some readers were upset. They’ve called to ask if it’s an oversight or if we’re taking a position.”
Chan urged Clinton’s admirers to write in his name, adding: “We hope he wins.”
Don’t hold your breath. Last year, when Clinton was on the ballot, he finished fourth behind the Rev. Billy Graham and former presidents George Bush and Jimmy Carter.
Loose talk
Former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers, on hearing from President Clinton after her recent drunk driving arrest (on “Later With Greg Kinnear”): “I think he was just glad I wasn’t working for him anymore.” Just between you and me … Happy B-day
Connie Chung turns 49 today.
So when do you suppose Willard Scott is due?
“Today” show co-anchor Katie Couric announced on the air Friday what her friends and family already knew - she’s pregnant with her second child. Said Couric: “I know people think I need to lay off the jelly doughnuts because they haven’t seen my waist in weeks.”
Either that, or they’ve seen Gerry Ford play
They certainly know who Bill Clinton is in Jackson Hole, Wyo., where the president is vacationing. The Boston Globe reported that when the local country club received a call asking about possible playing partners, “there was some initial hesitance to volunteer” among its mainly Republican members.
It was apparently part of her 12-step program
According to Life magazine, on former first lady Betty Ford’s last day in the White House, she told photographer David Hume Kennerly: “You know, I’ve always wanted to dance on the Cabinet Room table.” Replied he: “Why don’t you? Nobody’s looking.” After a quick pirouette, she hopped down, saying, “I think that about wraps it up.”
Guess that’ll teach you to use the john, John
Camera-shy John F. Kennedy Jr. plays himself on assignment for his new political magazine, George, in the season opener of “Murphy Brown” next month. For another angle, the Spanish magazine Noticias offers a photo of Kennedy relieving himself off the side of a boat.
Fame and fortune? He’s already had his Cher
California Republican Rep. Sonny Bono is back in fine form, twice belting out “I Got You Babe” - once by popular demand in a D.C. restaurant, the other on the “Late Show With David Letterman” accompanied by Calvert DeForest (aka Larry “Bud” Melman).
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