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CORRECT SPELLING IS PEE-WEE HERMAN.
Talk Good Like Howie and Learn to Mamba K-Rock morning man Howard Stern has been none too happy at thestaging of a Stern soundalike contest held by the Raleigh Hotel in the Catskills, and he was even more peeved when only one person entered. Entrants were told to send a 90-second cassette employing no more than five of the seven naughty words outlawed by the FCC. Stern blamed the prize, a week's lodging at the Raleigh and free mamba lessons, as the reason for the single entrant. A spokesman for the hotel said the contest will be extended four weeks. The spokesman also said the prize would be raised to $1,000 cash - ONLY if Stern names a charity to which the hotel will also donate $1,000. "We are fans of Howard and think that, next to Don Imus, he's certainly the best deejay in New York," said the spokesman, who reported that the entry field doubled yesterday when another tape was received. Stern's agent didn't return our call to see if he would name a charity. High Court on TV, But Not Ready for Prime Time
Cameras in the Supreme Court? Even the nine justices of the staid Supreme Court have been filmed for TV - in film shot before Justice Lewis Powell Jr.'s resignation last June. Their appearance will be on what's now turned into a two-parter that's been under wraps but, we've learned, will make it to public TV in May. Paul Duke, host of "Washington Week in Review," first got former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger intrigued with the idea three years ago, but filming didn't get going until Burger retired and William Rehnquist replaced him. Viewers will see justices around the counsel chamber's table detailing how the court works, inside the East Conference Roon describing...