Winners of the ‘People’s Choice
Awards’ were announced at the
12th annual awards show, telecast
live from the Santa Monica Civic
auditorium on the CBS network
(Channel 22).
‘““The People’s
Choice Awards”
is produced by
Bob Precht and
directed by
Walter C. Miller,
with Pierre Cos-
sette serving as
executive -pro- WYSOCKI
ducer.
John Denver hosted the awards
ceremony honoring ‘‘America’s
favorites’’ in entertainment as
ascertained in a special survey con-
ducted by the Gallup Organization.
Intentions are commendable, but
are such surveys, polls, and the
ratings true indicators of American
sentiment? How qualitative and
quantitative can they be when the
technique usually employed is
random sampling? Much dissatis-
faction has been voiced about the
limiting factors inherent in such
systems.
In regard to the ‘People’s
Choice,” perhaps a better approach
would be a write-in campaign or a
call-in method similar to the one
used periodically by ‘‘Entertain-
ment Tonight.” This would enable
everyone the opportunity to cast
votes and consequently, a higher
degree of accuracy might be
achieved in the results.
Everyone must realize that writ-
ing a fan letter or belonging to a fan
club is highly indicative of interest,
and is far more time-consuming
than simply casting a vote. For the
sake of interest, some background
information is provided as a basis of
comparison to the results of the
“People’s Choice” poll.
According to data compiled by
author Michael Levine, Michael J.
Fox is TV’s reigning fan mail
champ, receiving an average of
21,000 letters a week. Fox was
nominated in the favorite motion
picture category along with Clint
Eastwood and Sylvester Stallone.
Number two in fan mail is Bill
Cosby (20,500 letters per week);
fifth is Don Johnson (11,000 letters
per week); and seventh is Philip
Dazzled Scouts
Michael Thomas (10,000). Both
Cosby and Johnson were nominated
for ‘“‘People’s Choice Awards’;
Thomas was not.
In the female TV performer cate-
gory, nominees were Joan Collins,
Linda Evans, and Phylicia Ayers-
Allen Rashad. In Levine's listing,
Collins and Evans were third and
fourth with fan letters averaging
18,000-19,000. Rashad was not in the
top 10, but Victoria Principal (11,
000) and Donna Mills (9,500) were.
Receiving nominations in the TV
dramatic program category were
the highly popular ‘Dynasty’ and
“Miami Vice”, but “Hill Street
Blues” nominated at the exclusion
of “Cagney & Lacey” is the one
program on television which has
managed to stay on the air due to
the “people’s choice.” It is a show
that can boast of 14 American fan
clubs and 11 foreign ones. Interest is
so high and fans so active that the
production company had to limit the
amount of fan clubs it would offi-
cially sanction.
Bearing these interesting tidbits
in mind, readers can now consider
this year’s winners of the ‘People’s
Choice Awards’’:
Female TV Performer - Linda
Evans
Male TV Performer - Bill Cosby
Young TV Performer - Emmanuel
Lewis
TV Comedy Program - “The Cosby
Show’
Male Performer in a New TV Pro-
gram - Bruce Willis
Female Performer in a New TV
Program - Cybill Shepherd
Favorite woew Comedy Program -
“The Golden Girls”
New TV Dramatic Program -
“Dynasty II: The Colbys”
All-Around Female Entertainer -
Barbara Mandrell, Meryl Streep
(tie)
TV Dramatic Program -
“Dynasty”, “Miami Vice” (tie)
Motion Picture Actress - Meryl
Streep
Motion Picture Actor - Sylvester
Stallone
Motion Picture - ‘‘Back to the
Future”
New Song - “We Are the World”
Male Musical Performer - Bruce
Springsteen
Female Musical Performer -
Madonna
Country Music Performer - Kenny
Rogers
Classical Music Performer - Luci-
ano Pavarotti
All-Around Male Entertainer - Bill
Cosby
(Debbey Wysocki is the entertain-
ment writer for The Dallas Post.)
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MARCH IS “Mental Retardation
Awareness Month’’ which pays trib-
ute to the work and activities of the
Association of Retarded Citizens.
ARC helps retarded citizens live
useful lives. Activities planned for
March include a banner-raising, an
award ceremony, to honor client
service professionals, a disco dance
party, and an estate planning cere-
mony for parents of handicapped
children. or
In bygone
years retarded
persons were pre-
vented from
living as produc-
tive lives as pos-
sible due to lack
of education, and
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of their special &
needs. Now, how KINGSBURY
ever, great strides have been made
in our understanding of these spe-
cial people.
An example is the recent weekly
ski program at Montage Ski Resort
for mentally retarded adults. Certi-
fied instructors assisted them in
learning how to overcome their
disabilities, enabling them to enjoy
this wonderful sport. This program
was sponsored by The Luzerne
County Recreation Department.
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MR. AND MRS. LOUIS FORTE of
197 S. Memorial Highway, Trucks-
ville, announce the birth of their
first child, Anthony Louis, on
Sunday, March 2 in Nesbitt Memo-
rial Hospital, Kingston.
Mrs. Forte is the former Lynne
Schoppaul, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Schoppaul of Fairfax,
Va.
Mr. Forte is the son of Ann Forte
and the late Louis Forte, Jr. of
Dallas.
A spring christening is being
planned.
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RECENTLY NEIGHBORHOODS
24 and 25, Dallas and Shavertown
Girl Scouts held a joint neighbor-
hood event at Lake-Noxen Elemen-
tary School.
During the years I have been an
assistant Girl Scout Leader I have
attended many interesting neighbor-
hood events but this one really
stands out.
An international theme was used,
with various Brownie and Junior
troops displaying beautiful interna-
tional exhibits.
Troops displayed items from
Japan, Ireland, Wales. An Indian
display and a United States display
featured the best from our own
country.
An outstanding professional
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the younger scouts while Cadette
and Senior scouts prepared the
mulitude of international snack
foods which were served following
the program.
I STOPPED IN AT Sue Hand’s
Imagery the other day and was
intrigued with the newest artistic
additin to her shop, her SuStine
ceiling.
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The idea of decorating the ceiling
of her shop with a block dsigned by
each graduating senior was sug-
gested by one of her students. Each
student makes a hand print, writes
what high school they are graduat-
ing from, where they are going to
college and draws a picture that
describes something about them.
It’s fascinating to see the various
blocks, each one telling a story of
all its own. :
Stop in and take a look!
FIVE MORE RESERVATIONS
are available for the trip to the Lilly
Langtry Dinner Theatre April 12,
sponsored by Gate of Heaven
Church. If you are interested, call
Lorraine Hawk at 675-1626 or con-
tact her at the church at 675-2121.
AS I WAS WRITING MY
COLUMN, my son Billy was watch-
ing Hatchy Milatchy. Visitors on the
show that day were Brownie Troop
665 of Shavertown. As they were
showing the Brownies I spotted two
of our students from Trinity Nur-
sery School who were visiting Chan-
nel 16 with their big sisters. Dennis
Brown with his sister, Rebecca
Lynn and Gail Buzin wit her sister,
Lori were enjoying a visit with Miss
Judy.
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MR. AND MRS. JAMES TUCKER
of Trucksville announce the birth of
a son on Tuesday, March 4 at
Geisinger-Wyoming Valley Hosital.
The couple also has a son, Christo-
pher, 5.
Mrs. Tucker is the former Chris-
tine Kern, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Kern, Dallas.
Mr. Tucker is the son of Mrs.
Anne Tucker of Wilkes-Barre and
the late Charles Tucker.
(Joan Kingsbury is a Back Moun-
tain resident whose column appears
weekly in The Dallas Post.)
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Brown, 85
Tripp St., Forty Fort are happy to
announce the birth of their second
daughter, Brittany Lynn, on Febru-
ary 4 in General Hospital. She joins
her 5% year old sister, Nicole Lita,
a student at Wyoming Seminary
Lower School.
Mrs. Brown is the former Karen
L. Givens, daughter of Jack and
Beverly Ann (Stuart) Givens,
Bunker Hill Road, Kingston Twp.
She is employed in the office of
Columbia Aviation, Forty Fort.
Mr. Brown is the son of Leon and
Sandra Feinstein Brown, 365 Winola
Ave., Kingston. He is employed by
his father at the Wilkes-Barre Bed-
ding Co., South Main St., Wilkes-
Barre.
Maternal great grandmother is
Mrs. Iris Givens, Kingston. This is
her third great grandchild.
Paternal great grandmother is
Mrs. Bessie Rappaport, Kingston.
This is her fourth great-grandchild.
Mrs. Brown is a former employee
of The Dallas Post.
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