The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 36

El MONDAY MAY 18 1996 THE FRESNO BEE entertainment mean wackier I TT REVIEW MHHmMHHMnMlimHMMHIW "WEIRDER THAR WHITMET ing They include an interview with a pastor in Oregon who has designated his bade yard to be "The Kingdom of and a man in Michigan who made his own teeth from gravel in his driveway You cant write this kind of comedy But when Whitney tries to write the comedy to go with the odd stories the humor is as miming (W the wwwmwi nna nf those being interviewed In an interview with a man who has created a new and very complicated form of measurement based on his own last name Brown leaves the interview to go order lunch This bit goes on way past the point where the viewers get it but Brown keeps droning along By Rick Bentley THE FRESNO BEE a trivia question to start your day What do Yoko singing the Olsen acting ana A Whitney comedy have in common? If you answered that a few seconds of each make you want to want to scream for mercy then you would be correct Comedy Central doesn't have a Yoko Ono or Olsen twins special planned anytime soon but viewers can see how much of the 80-minute special "Weirder Than Whitney" they can tolerate starting at 11 pm Wednesday Brown who was a crashing bore on "Saturday Night Live" has popped up on the very 11 pn Wednesday Comedy Central funny The Daily Show" to drag that show down It is no coincidence critics started slamming "SNL" while Brown was a member of the troop On "The Daily it has been job to offer condescending interviews with people who should be treated for mental illness The stories come across as so stupid they make a "Jerry Springer episode seem real Five of reports have romKinaH jnto tin offer Channel 26 CEO wins medal of honor move represents" Cheatwood said Before Cheatwood joined NBC in 1997 he worked far the Sunbeam Television Corporation Besides his stint at Channel 26 Cheatwood also worked as assignment editor at Channel 30 Harry Pappas president and CEO of Pappas Telecasting Companies has been presented the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his outstanding contributions to cultural mosaic Past winners of the award include Ronald George and Bob His former news director Joel Cheatwood has been named vies president daytime development for the NBC Television Stations group He will be responsible for the development of a number of prqjects for 13 owned and operated stations across the country "I am very excited by both the challenge and opportunity this Bee 000000ai RACKS -J4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JL ISIIEIIWIIE1IICIIEIQ RACK 4 JUDDS TOTAL honored! 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