The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 19

P' It i ii Ut Xl eron, who drives a silver 1974 Alfa Romeo, and Valder with his Honda Accord will get their chance later this month to cast a vote in the Cameron-inspired residents referendum. In this week's Mosman newspaper, Valder wrote: "I've always wondered why so many Mosman residents have felt it necessary to ride around in four-wheel drive vehicles. "I'm now beginning to understand why. They are necessary to negotiate the increasing number of obstacles the council is erecting all around Mosman. In fact I can see the time approaching when all Mosman residents will need army tanks to get around.

At times I think there must be aldermen on Mosman Council who still refuse to concede that the motor vehicle has not just arrived but is here to stay." Lady Potter, above, was wheel girl in the cause of fundraising. Margaret Clark, below with Moffatt Oxenbould, bid up for the port. Just what is the secret behind the success of the ABCs early morning current affairs radio program AM, which first went to air 20 years ago today? If the yarns of drunken nights and hung-over mornings told at yesterday's celebration have any truth, it can be put down to alcohol and adrenalin. Together to make a commemorative recording were, from left, past AM personnel Red Harrison, Steve Cosser, Hamish Robertson and Robert Peach (first presenter), current presenter John Highfield, PM's Paul Murphy and reporter-now-politician Bob Carr. Not to be left out, past reporters Richard Carleton, Allan Hogan in Washington and Ray Martin phoned in anecdotes which will go to air at 10 am today on Margaret Throsby's show on 2BL.

i Snippets What this? nin 1 T- INuxnbcr Why did Housing Minister Frank Walker have a fake rustic leaf pinned to his suit at lunch yesterday? It seems that Today's People has uncovered a secret society possibly more awesome than the Fabians as the other dozen at his table also wore the leaves. As one of the rowdy party departed the Kwen Thai restaurant in Surry Hills she tried to shove her leaf down Walker's shirt. Our Thai mole, who was unfamiliar with this ritual, reports that Walker resisted. Billy Idol, now in New York, raged late Wednesday at Chasers, with six strippers helping celebrate his end-of-world-tour party. Billy said six comedians would have been better.

Sports colossus Rex Mossop is flabbergasted at two newspaper reports yesterday that he doesn't know the difference between Rome and Vienna. The finger is now being pointed at newsreader Anne Sanders as the Channel 10 identity who transported the World Track and Field Championships to Austria. An 1888 painting. The Sitting, by Italian-born artist Marchese Nerll was snapped up for $170,000 at the Leo Schofield sell-off by art dealer Dennis Saville. Channel 10 sent 2DA YFM supremo Noel McGurgan a black bra this week to promote Saturday night's Madonna concert His response? Tve been on a diet for two months so the size 38C was an insult.

1 need a 34 with narrow back. said McGurgan who also has an Annie Lennox red bra in his collection. Todays People wonders if the Christian Brothers-educated McGurgan wants the 34B for Saturday night's Sleaze Ball or for Ted Noff's next Life Education fund-raising auction. In a warm display of political bipartisanship, and with just a few weeks left as Liberal Party federal president, John Valder has joined forces with ALP pollster Rod Cameron in the great Mosman speed-hump debate. The fellow Mosmanites Cam ation suit arose from an episode of Tlie Johnny Carson Show last year in which Carson said a study showed American dentists were going out of business.

"Imagine dentists going out of business. I haven't been so happy about a group disbanding since the Gestapo, Carson said. Mendelson wrote to Carson at the time: "To compare this group of 'doctors to a gang of sadistic and bigoted thugs is ludicrous." He demanded a "smirk-free public Instead Carson read Mendelson's letter over the air and cracked more jokes while standing under a marquee with lights that read "Michael Mendelson, Today's People never thought we'd see the day Lady (Primrose) Potter became a wheel girl. But with a finesse that belied her privileged upbringing, the public-spirited wife of financier Sir Ian spun the wheel for the Australian Opera fundraiser at the Inter-Continental Hotel. The night, with a Viennese theme and an auction, raised more than $23,000, with a bottle of 1885 Seppelts port going to Margaret Clark, wife of the Australian Opera's chairman, for $2,400.

Edited by JONATHAN CHANCELLOR Opcnwida Today's People understands that Larry Pickering's Racetrack magazine has been sold. The magazine, on the streets since 1946, will move to Australian Consolidated Press, the stable of Australia's greatest gambler, Kerry Packer. Its purchase will take about $2 million of Kerry's dwindling 1 billion kitty. A New York dentist is suing American TV personality Johnny Carson for $5 million for poking fun at him and his profession. Dr Michael Mendelson's defam- NBN 3 ABN 2 SBS ATN 7 6.00: Cartoon Carnival.

7.00: Good Morning Australia. 9.05: Romper Room. 930: Aerobics Oz Style. 10.00: Focus On Living. 1030: In Loving Memory (PGR, Debut).

Comedy. 10.55: Coronation Street (PGR). 11.25: Wheel Of Fortune. 12.00: Midday Show (PGR). 1.30: Daytime Serials (PGRs).

330: Sons And Daughters -(S). 4.00: For Children. 530: Perfect Match. 6.00: News. 7.00: Sale Of The Century (S).

730: The Cosby Show. 8.00: Who's The Boss? -( PG R). Comedy series. 835: Miami Vice (AO). 935: Prisoner (S, AO).

1035: Superstars Of Wrestling (PGR). 1135: Movie Death Stalk (AO, 74, Rpt). Adventure drama. 1.00: Close. 4.00: Indoor Soccer Pacific Cup (Final).

4.30: Time Out Children's series (Sweden). 5.00: Kaleidoscope International cartoons. 530: Mysterious Island Adventure (Czech). 6.00: Brookside Drama series from the UK. 630: News And Weather.

7.00: Say Aah Comedy about a doctor. (Holland). 7.30: Empress Wu -Drama from Hong Kong. 8.15: Travelling. 830: Showbiz.

9.00: Worldwide. 930: Movie Max Hav-elaar(76, Rpt). In the 1800s, an official of the Dutch government is posted to Java. (Holland). 12.20: A Strange Role (76).

Drama about a youth hunted by the police. (Hungary). 1.50: Close. 6.00: Devlin (Rpt). Comedy.

65: Merrie Melodies (Rpt). 630: Cartoon Connection (Rpts). 9.00: Romper Room For the young. 10.00: Knots Landing (PGR, Rpt). 11.00: 11 AM Current affairs.

12.00: McMillan Wife (PGR, Rpt). 2.00: New Price Is Right (Rpt). 3.00: Doctor In Charge (Rpt). 330: Bewitched (Rpt). 4.00: Wombat.

430: Rewind. 5.00: Wheel Of Fortune Game. 530: Have A Go Comedy game. 6.00: News. 6.45: Sport Today.

7.00: Terry Willesee Tonight. 7.30: Golden Girls (PGR). Rose becomes involved in a romance for the first time in 1 5 years. 8.00: Kate And Allie Chip hears Charles discussing his new son-to-be. 830: Movie Little Women (49, Rpt).

Second film version of Louisa May Alcott's famous tale of four young women growing up during the era of the American Civil War. Elizabeth Taylor, June Allyson. 1035: Newsworld. 12.00: News Overnight From USA. 6.30: Learning Network.

7.00: Animated Programs. 8.30: Sesame Street. 930: Playschool (S). For tots. 10.00: Educational.

12.00: Countrywide (Rpt). 1230: Educational. 3.00: Sesame Street. 335: The Adventures Of Portland Bill. 4.00: Play School (S).

4.30: Paddington Goes To The Movies. 430: Burt Dow. 5.00: The Afternoon Show David Smith's Earthwatch. 530: The Goodies (Rpt). 6.00: Inspector Gadget (Rpt).

Cartoon series. 630: EastEnders (S). Drama. 7.00: News. 730: 730 Report.

8.00: Holiday Australia (S). Tonight: Whitsunday islands; snows-kiing and parasailing are shown. 830: Minder (S, PGR, Rpt). Arthur decides to hold a darts championship. 9.20: Callan (S, PGR, Rpt).

A black political American activist is assassinated. 10.15: Late News, Weather. 10.20: Movie Happy Birthday Wanda June (71). Based on Kurt Vonnegut Jr's comedy play about the return home of an adventurer. Rod Steiger, Susannah York and George Grizzard.

11.45: Close. WD ON THE AIR 4pm. 2RDJ-KM (88.1). Mr- stream: A milestone l(MM)th edition of the music program by hih school inmates for high school inmates. Schools from the inner west run the program on a three-weekly rotation and this week it's Concord High's turn.

Music and requests with a celebratory note. 12 noon, 10. My Son John: Made during the chills of the Cold Wr in 1952. the Morsline of this (bw) drama is as likely today: an upright, normal family gets terminal hiccups upon discos ering that its son is a communist. It stars the handsome Robert Walker, before the booze got him.

also Helen Hayes and Van lleflin. 8.30pm, 9, Caprice: By 1967 Doris Day's "virgin image had solidified into a millstone around her neck and had dragged her inexorably to the museum. It had nothing to do with her comedy talent or dramatic ability and everything to do with studio pigeon-holing and formula hich as a fat lot of good to her. Here she is saddled with swinging 60s gear, Richard Harris and some false eyelashes that make her look like the target of a successful attack by kamikae black widow spiders. Distressing.

8.30pm, 7, Little Women: Unfortunately this isn't the George CukorKalharine Hepburn 1931 original. But it does have l.liabeth Taylor as a breathtakingly beautiful and convincingly brittle Meg in this American Romantic classic of four girls and their "Marmee" living their lives while waiting for Papa to come home from the war. Incidentally, as Kill would say on another channel, readers miplil be interested in I May Alcott's little known Gothic thrillers published for the first time just a couple of years ago by Virago Press. They are really rather interesting and offer an entirely new insight into this otherwise pooh-poohed writer. Diana Simmonds CTC 7 TCN 9 WIN 4 TEN 10 6.00: News And Weather.

630: Business Today. 7.00: Today. 9.00: Here's Humphrey (Rpt). 10.00: The Young Doctors (Rpt). 1030: The SullKans (Rpt).

1130: News. 12.00: The Midday Show -(PGR). 130: Daytime Serials (PGRs). 4.00: Cmon Kids Joanna Moore. 5.00: MTV Featuring a replay of Michael Jackson's BAD.

530: Benson. 6.00: News. 6.30: Willesee. 7.00: Sale Of The Century (S). 730: The Bourke To Barrier Reef Bash Documentary on the charity race through the Australian outback in which an assortment of celebrities take part.

830: Movie Caprice (PGR, 67, Rpt). A designer turns industrial spy when she sells a secret cosmetics formula. Doris Day and Richard Harris. 1030: News. 10.35: Tennis 1987 US Open h'lights.

11.05: MTV (PGR). Rock videos. 3.05: Movie Beyond The Blue Horizon (PGR, 42, Rpt). A woman sets out to claim a fortune. Dorothy Lamour.

4.35: Bonanza (PGR, Rpt). Western drama. 530: Cartoon (Rpt). 630: Business Today. 7.00: Today.

9.00: Here's Humphrey (Rpt). 10.00: Colour In The Creek (S, Final). Drama. 10.30: Coronation St -(PGR). 11.00: Eleven AM.

12.00: The Midday Show -(PGR). 130: Days Of Our Lives (PGR). 230: Carson's Law (S, PGR, Rpt). 330: For Children. 5.00: Perfect Match.

530: Neighbours (S). 6.00: News And Weather. 630: Willesee. 7.00: Sale Of The Century Family Ties. 8.05: Who's The Boss? -(PGR).

With Tony Danza. 8.40: Movies (PGRs). The Toughest Man In The World (84). Featuring MrT. 1035: The Last Precinct (86).

With Ernie Hudson. 12.00: Athletics World Cships.330: Close. 6.00: News. 630: Business Today. 7.00: Today.

9.00: Fat Cat And Friends. 9.35: The Sullivans. W.05: Donahue (PGR). 11.00: Focus On Living. 11.30: News.

12.00: The Midday Show (PGR). 1.30: Daytime Serials -(PGRs). 330: For Children. 5.00: Perfect Match. 530: Sale Of The Century News.

7.00: Willesee Topical. 730: Family Ties. 8.00: Cheers (PGR). 8.30: Movie The Last Starfighter (PGR, 84). Sci-fi featuring Lance Guest.

10.20: The Best Of Jackie Gleason. 10.50: Hawaii Five-O (PGR, Rpt). 11.50: News. 12.20: Movies The Visit (AO, 64). Drama.

2.00: El Condor (70). Western. 3.45: Fahrenheit 45 1 (PGR, 67, Rpt). 6.00: News And Weather. 7.00: Good Morning Australia.

9.00: Good Morning Sydney (PGR). 10.00: Fat Cat. 1030: Another World -(PGR). Drama serial. 113): News.

12.00: Movie My Son John (PGR, 52, Rpt, bw). Cold War dama about an all-American family who are shocked to discover their son has become a Communist. Helen Hayes. 3.00: Six Million Dollar Man (PGR, Rpt). 4.00: The Life And Times Of Grizzly Adams (Rpt).

5.00: The Ghost And Mrs Muir (Rpt). 530: Perfect Match. 6.00: News, Sport And Weather. 7.00: Neighbours (S). Drama.

730: It's A Knockout Game. 830: Movie High Road To China (PGR, 83, Rpt). Adventure, set in the 1920s, about a socialite who finds action and romance with the pilot she has hired to search for her missing father. With Bess Armstrong and Tom Selleck. 11.00: Athletics Second World Championships.

Highlights of Day Six events and coverage of Day Seven events. 430: Marine Boy (Rpt). Cartoon..