Q: How much are Robin Williams' red-striped suspenders worth? A: About twice as much as one of Johnny Carson's suits. Such anyway is the indication of the bidding at an Actors and Others for Animals auction in L.A. Mork's braces brought $235 at the sale and Johnny's two-tone blue outfit $110. Other revelations at the benefit, which netted $10,000: One autographed black-and-white photo of Rod Stewart ($425) is worth almost twice John Travolta's autographed hat ($250); one walk-on part in Joseph Wambaugh's upcoming movie The Black Marble ($400) has double the value of a John Wayne desk lamp ($205); and neither Lucille Ball's aqua-fringed Western outfit ($200) nor Linda Ronstadt's red-satin boxer shorts ($200) sent bidders' hearts aflutter as much as a black negligee ($250) that used to cover—barely—Angie Dickinson.
Supercue
Crisis struck the old-time Michigan resort community of Mackinac Island when the sound system at the only theater died a few minutes into the first reel of Superman. Disgruntlement spread through the crowd as the figures on the screen mouthed dialogue in baffling silence. Suddenly there arose from the audience a strange visitor with powers far beyond those of mortal men—at least, he was able to speak all the parts and narrate the story until the sound system was revived. Who was this stranger with the gift of tongues? None other than Superman himself, Christopher Reeve, who happened to be in town to film his next feature, Somewhere in Time.
Of Salt and Linkage
One of the most confidential documents outside the Pentagon is departing Attorney General Griffin Bell's recipe for Rooster Pepper sausage. It is a fiery-hot Georgia delicacy, much admired by President Carter. Bell hasn't decided whether to divulge the recipe to his pal in the White House and hints he may even go into the sausage business himself. In any case, an adequate supply of Rooster Pepper will be going to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. "That," vows Bell, "will tend to keep the President in good humor." Let's see: How do you spell relief?
Tweed Guccis?
Leonard Goldberg, who with Aaron Spelling produces such highly rated shows as Family, Starsky and Hutch and Fantasy Island, thinks the Ivy is creeping west. "Back in 1955," says Goldberg of the year he graduated from Penn's Wharton Business School, "everyone in the Ivy League wanted to be the man in the gray flannel suit. No one thought of Hollywood. Now it's become an Ivy mafia out here. The new producer on Family is a 26-year-old alumnus of Harvard, the story editor is 28 and also a Harvard grad. We had a meeting with Ron Taylor at ABC the other day, and he's a Yale man. Today," figures Goldberg, "young people come out looking for a network power base or to become feature film producers. They all want to be Francis Coppola."
Furthermore
•How are Jimmy Carter's senior staffers reacting to the executive shake-up? "Oh, there's not too much nervousness," reports Sarah Weddington, presidential assistant for women's issues, "although there's a joke making the rounds that if you're going to the White House mess, don't drink the Kool-Aid."
•Singer Mac (I Believe in Music) Davis can relax now that the good reviews are in for his acting debut in North Dallas 40. He was so nervous during filming that he hired the Beverly Hills Court Jester. At $25 a half hour, a jester rode to the set with Mac and kept him amused—and loose—en route.
•Charlie's new angel, model Shelley Hack, is more than just a pretty jiggle—she has a history degree from Smith College—but she's prepared to shimmy like her sisters Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd when the show returns in the fall. They'll get some support, so to speak, from another cast member. "I talked to David Doyle," Shelley says of her plumpish co-star, "he can't help but jiggle."
Saved by the Bell Reunion
The hookups, the meltdowns, the memoires
The case reveals what was really going on what they think of each other now!
