By Dave Donnelly
Thursday, December 12, 1996
Paul Klink, Adney Smith
Paul Klink, Adney Smith
SO what are you waiting for? Get on the phone and book tickets to see "Stomp," running through Dec. 29 at the Hawaii Theatre downtown. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun in the theater. And it's perfect for kids. It even makes kids of us all. Not a bad word in the show - not a word of any kind, in fact. Just interplay and attitude and the performers use every kind of everyday utensil known to humanity - including the proverbial kitchen sink, filled with water and pots and pans, yet - to stomp on and create a percussive experience. A heaping dustpan full of fun. Simply fabulous! ‘Stomp’ a romp
with dishpan handsWITH the year winding down, there are the inevitable new paths being taken. Ray Lovell, for example, probably the longest continuous TV reporter in town, is leaving Channel 2 at the end of the year. And Paul Brendt has resigned as news director at KHNL-TV to return to KXLY in Spokane. A search is underway for a replacement ... Paul Klink is leaving the Milici Valenti Ng Pack ad agency to consolidate all his business ventures under a new banner. Klink, who just got a $12,500 donation from the Felece Foundation to print another 100,000 "Live Aloha" stickers and cards, is packaging together his new Aloha Direct, Information Technology, Internet Advertising and Marketing Alliance, DataPhone, SkyTel Hawaii/Paul's Paging and E-Fax. As per my suggestion of some time back, they'll all become a part of Klink, Inc. ...
AFTER putting out "the best of the wurst" at his Sugar Bar in Waialua, the jolly, genial German Peter Birnbaum is looking south and is now calling his place the Sugar Bar & Pizza Garden. Yup, he's hired a couple of Italians from Boston to serve up pizza at the beer garden where sausages once reigned supreme, and it seems to have become a popular item. He's still experimenting with a German sausage and sauerkraut pizza.Bostonians might be advised to keep Birnbaum busy busing beer ...
REMEMBER "The Trouble with Harry," Alfred Hitchcock's black comedy about a troublesome corpse? Well, things were pretty black for Chuck Novak on Sunday as well. He woke to discover that his wife, Shirlee, had died in her sleep following a long, painful illness. She'd found peace at last. Not so with Novak. He called the Hospice people and a nurse was dispatched to make the official death notification. As she headed toward Novak's Hawaii Kai house, she found herself hopelessly ensnared in Honolulu Marathon traffic near the Kahala Mall. Her only recourse was to reverse the car, drive back to the Pali and approach the home from the opposite direction. So 90 minutes later, she finally arrived. Then, when Novak got to the funeral home, he sat alone in a room and the funeral director came out and asked, "Mr. Lee?" Novak shook his head, though he thought it odd since he was the only one there. Shortly after, the man returned, this time suggesting, "Mr. Shir Lee." Ah, he was referring to the deceased, Shirlee Novak. Meanwhile, Chuck is hoping that today's services go on without any further Hitchcockian "Troubles" ... Marathon run
SERVICES are also today for adman Adney Smith, founder of Lund-Heitman Smith Advertising back in 1947, which still exists as Smith Davis Miyasaki. Among Smith's creative moves was establishing the colorful Babe Woollett in a high profile slot with Canadian Pacific Airlines, dressing him up like a Beefeater, for example. And he arranged for the SS Constitution to berth at Pearl Harbor for the sail into Honolulu Harbor that renewed "Boat Day," the only civilian, commercial ship to berth there until Seabourn Cruise Lines did so recently. Burial is at Punchbowl ...
THE good news is that the Brothers Cazimero are making one of their rare performances at the Blaisdell Concert Hall with the Honolulu Symphony Sunday. The bad news is it's sold out, and all that's left are "Standing Room Only" tickets. ... Standing Room Only
