The show is slated to air later this month. Twenty-five leggy Houstonians will compete to see who's simply the best Tina Turner imitator April 19 at Foley's department store in Memorial City. Festivities start at 4 p.m. First prize is two tickets to Tina's concert at The Woodlands on May 2, backstage passes, dinner, a limo ride and 10 pairs of pantyhose. A panel of celebrity judges, including the sensational Maria Todd and Roseann Rogers, will pick the winner. Hundred bucks says it'll be a guy.
Every year there's a traffic jam of last-minute taxpayers in front of the downtown post office.
The Playmates will be in town to hype a special night of comedy on the Playboy cable channel. Every so often I'll get a phone call from the Channel 51 sports department. We're putting together another Top 10 list. Then, after the station's libel lawyer crosses out our best ones, the Top 10 list appears on John Granato's Sports Night Live show. Maxwell is being sued by a woman who claims the daffy former Rocket gave her herpes.