Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 30, 1993 TAG: 9310300068
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: B11 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: from wire reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
In fact, they are so peeved they have started a petition to get the MTV cartoon off the air. They plan to send the signatures to MTV executives in New York.
"We have over 210 signatures," said Walter Townsend, 9, an organizer of the campaign. They hope to get 400.
The effort began last week when Walter heard news about a 5-year-old Ohio boy whose 2-year-old sister died in a house fire. Investigators said they thought the boy started the fire while playing with lighters.
The boy's mother said he had become fascinated with fire after watching "Beavis and Butt-head."
"I decided I wanted to do something," said Walter, a member of Nancy Cummings' fourth-grade class.
Walter, Alicia Griddine, 9, and Andre White, 10, started gathering signatures.
Andre said the "Beavis and Butt-head" characters, who torment animals and use profanity, are teaching children the wrong things about life. Beavis and Butt-head "should quit hanging around and act more like grown-ups and work on getting an education," he said.
\ Shelby Foote, who built his reputation on the Civil War, had an observation or two about the movie "Gettysburg."
On Martin Sheen's portrayal of Robert E. Lee as "nervous and excitable" on the day of the big battle: "That's the way Lee was then. It was very bold of him [Sheen]."
Usually, Lee is depicted as stoic and serene, Foote said.
On Tom Berenger, who played Confederate Gen. James Longstreet: He "had a beard that looked like he bought it down on Franklin Street," a reference to the strip of bars and stores near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Foote, 76, was in Chapel Hill, N.C., this week to participate in a new writer-in-residence program at the school, his alma mater.
The novelist and historian wrote "The Civil War: A Narrative" and was featured at length in the 1990 public television documentary "The Civil War."
\ Lisa Sliwa said she's leaving her crime-fighting husband, Curtis, after 12 years of marriage. But they'll continue to spar on the radio.
"My feelings changed over a period of time," she said this week. "I didn't feel emotionally the way I felt before, but I still enjoy working with him."
Sliwa, who founded the Guardian Angels civilian patrols, wasn't as definite about the split as his wife was, and expressed hope they could patch things up.
"My feelings haven't changed about her," he said. "I love her more than anything I can think of in the world."
The two married in December 1981. They will continue their morning talk show on WABC.
\ A Three Stooges photo autographed by Larry, Moe and Curly fetched $1,870 at a New York auction this week. Of lesser historic import: a photo signed by another threesome, ex-presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon, which sold for $275.
by CNB