* Page B6-The Chronicle, Thursday, April ; Broadway Is My Beat Diahann's roU storyline may By JOEY SASSO Syndicated Columnist Observations in covering the NightBeat: The producers of "Dynasty" are having serious second thoughts about casting Diahann Carroll as Kathleen Seller's long-lost mother on the primetime soap. In fact, producer Esther Shapiro reveals, "We are doing a complete rethink on the matter. There is a 99:percent chance that the storyline will not be used." Notice Shapiro's leaving herself an out - but whether Diahann is in or out of that portrayal, she's definitely set for a regular berth on the show.... Bill Whitten, costume designer for show-biz superstar Michael Jackson, disclosed in an recent interview the PV'rtllllinn r\ f I lio clnnlo clurlflfl^ w . vuuiivmi vi iiu olllglv-^luuuvu gumt the entertainer has worn since 1979. "It evolved from a racquetball glove which only had rhinestones on top to tri-color gloves jet-black gloves," he told me. "On the latest glove, I decided I wanted to cover the entire hand." Whitten termed the glove idea unique. "1 defy an historian to find it in the fashion history books," he^aid. "But 1 am surprised in a way that the glove is leading in public attention over the (glistening white) socks. That's totally new, too."... It may be old hat for the prime-time soaps, but many fans of ABC's "Webster" sitcom are in for quite a surprise May 4 - when the show will end its season with a "to-be-continued" cliff-hanger episode. The storyline involves the return of Webster*s Uncle Phillip Ben Vereen, who'll engage in a legal battle with the Alex Karras and Susan Clark characters for custody of the child. Whether it'll be Emmanuel Lewis' BfKJ&T- -J - - A BkrcL ' '-j* PliM v abBE-.. &*???? Clinton: Not just another pretty face Ask Yolondo His wife c Dear Yolonda: My wife has a new hoi flirting with men right under my nose. She recently got a job as a saleperson at and thinks the only way to sell her produ with her male clients. I've seen her hand < and tell all kinds of men to call anytime t Believe me, I'm not over-reacting. She ing overboard. I once felt that the way to cut down on was to let her see me flirting with some \ that flopped, too. We were at a party ; weeks ago and she started batting her < some man, so I started talking to his wi wife get jealous? No. Instead, she sugges separate cars next time. Oh, I should tell you that my wife is k >6, 1984 i in 'Dynasty' be altered video godparents or uncle who win the war -- or whether the show's writers come up with some other solution -will remain to be seen until the series resumes this fall.... It was a matter of chance that Johnn> Mathis wound up the happy recipient of "Hold Me Till the Morning Comes" -- a song written by music phenomena Michael Jackson and Paul Anka -- for his new "The Special Part of Me" album. Anka reports he and Michael were having a friendly get-together last year when they just happened to start tinkering with song ideas -- and just happened to wind up penning the "Morning" tune. Jackson, whose record-smashing "Thriller" was already out, wasn't interested in waxing it. Anka's "Walk a Fine Line" platter of last year .was already complete. So when Anka's and Mathis' record producer, Denny Diante, found out aoout me song, he asked tor it for Johnny's album. And so goes showbiz deal-making.... Mr. T' has taken time out from "The A Team" and his animated series to film "The Toughest Man in the World," to be broadcast next season ? ! on CBS. Now in production in Chicago, the made-for-television movie has the burly actor portraying Bruise Brubaker, nightclub bouncer and youth-center director.... Former baseball star Willie Stargell has been nominated to the Penn-> sylvania Council of the Arts. Stargell, J 43, played 20 years with the Pittsburgh r Pirates until his 1982 retirement. Early i last year, he read selected works of the < Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on a na- t tional tour with the Rochester Sym- i phony Orchestra. If his nomination is confirmed by the state senate, Stargell will serve unitl July 1986.... c fl|Q ^Hjj^K;?.*. j| fonsiders flirtu bby: openly looking. Plus, her excuse fc money she makes, the bet a company What should I do? ict is to flirt 3ut her card T.R. hey choose. really is go- Dear T.R.: Perhaps you should point out to her flirting your wife that her sales vomen. But techniques lead others a couple of to believe she's selling ryelashes at more than her product, fe. Did my You've also got to ted we take get her to think of choices - either tone very good- down her sales pitch, or fa 9 i Weeken The Arts, Leisure, Music, Colu W '* Mr IMf'iPn'""' w jBH& ,S& J v ' o^fl ^r Sr 'j|^^| /^H V - ^Bjjfate:-t^'i- ;i-: , JmtjmM a lMHMHHHMMHI^HHI^^ / She's So Unusual Cyndi Lauper, who's anything but conv appearance and music, has scored g< album "She's So Unusual" and her sins Musical Notes Cities, states p< \\/:. u . L. . 1 -? v* iin me woru mai me upcoming lacksons Victory tour, termed by Time uagazine the biggest in the history of the nusic industry, will only be able to play 12 :ities, several communities have attempted o insure that they are on the Jacksons' tinerary. The Boston Herald American initiated a :oupon drive asking its readers to fill out Spotlight Wha "Back? I didn'i the standard resp queried about his from the record cl n..4 ? i- ^ Idui as* george two years, and tha his face as he read of cassettes, rand< 8 his portable casset 8 ed with George's B lyrics belt out "L 8 Nut..." George Clinton B story, was / is the B genre "funk," a began to follow b Achieving early Baivflflil commercially 1 j mapL- . rrvlicit: ph.lFl r ^ rrr If .ifv t. 7 ri'r B Parliament B By the early 70s early predictions < B itself as a valid re B only block out its B By the late 70s established as the which, by that tir ig an effective i >r all this is that the more | harm to your n ter it is for both of us. first option. The Black Dear Yolonds senior citizens i seniors. I think B*\ Jm if we take our o Look the ed" away they went throi they are today, recently visi Yolonda my house. One ce the risk of irreversible percent of the r d mns ^HHr B >1 E ^^5 K .^k Hfl I r jjgay ** . M ^9L | I H K^zBHI BP ^Rp V k ^jTRL'-? ' I B ^IH #* **** ' jw entional In both her To Have Fun." C >ld records for her listeners with the lie "Girls Just Want Have Fun." etitioning for Jacl and send in a special form urging the Jacksons to play Beantown. At last count, the Herald American's Mike Lasalandra reported that the paper had collected well . over 10,000 coupons and was willing to fly a representative to LA to present the slips of paper to the Jacksons in person. But Boston was outdone by the tiny town of Ames, Iowa, where students at Iowa State University got 25,000 Iowans to sign a petitever happened tc t know 1 had gone anywhere?" is fro onse George Clinton gives when Ba recently-ended two-year absence I harts. upi what he has been doing for those wa t familiar sheepish grin comes over bef les into a seemingly bottomless bag mi; 3mly selects one and drops it into joy te player. Instantly the room is fill- I special brand of music and the gai et me tell you a story about King act imi i, in case you haven't heard the pre driving force behind the musical pli< sound /style that Clinton quietly v grc ack in the late 60s. success both critically (Funkadelic) T_ hat . ^ParliimpnDi Clinic inpywiri tlvr.. , pic ify." ??-?, Clinton's funk had shaken off the Foi :>f faddishness and, having proven de\ ality in the music industry, needed <4fi share of the market. teri , Parliament and Funkadelic were de\ leaders of a popular musical front, twi ne included a number of spin-offs my to do busin narriage. Let's hope she chooses the senio this. derly S.R.l i: I'm concerned about the plight of De n this country ? particularly black ough they're discriminated against. It's as -and Ider people and put them in a closet. but t ? who spend their last few years "hoi- Becoi mvalescent homes. We forget what I 0 lgh to get younger blacks to where Root: carlo: ted a home for seniors not far from home of the attendants mentioned that 70 rands residents never got a visitor. The ? I * ducts from Clinton's organization stopped, com:ated by legal hassles which made Clinton's prize >up Parliament somehow seem to get "lost." The absence of Clinton, at a time when his sound i gained its widest popularity, created a particular my-A numher-of imitative groups came. 8 r those who had really done their homework and /eloped the skills necessary to be adept at jnkin'," the case of the missing P. Funk (a generic m used to descrihe thp Clinton ? ? ? ? - v/iui VV/II iiau /eloped as opposed to simple "funk") had a happy st in the plot. Please see page B7 ess rs were placed there and forgotten. Please print Maybe some will feel guilty. ar S.R.R.: I agree with you. More attention t to be given to the role black seniors played are playing -- in Black America's development, rying to make people feel guilty won't do it. ming solution-conscious will, nee visited a church that had a program called s and Leaves. This program would send ads of youngsters to various senior citizen :s. Once there, the youth did chores and ran er, for the seniors. In exchange, the seniors enterPlease see page B7