February 1986 Cover

February 1986

Table of Contents

Features

The 1986 Bum Steer Awards A year of altered antlers, bunkum bars, cloddish coaches, defoliant diets, enervated elephants, filched flamingos, gunshot guitarists, haywire holidays, intoxicants’ incentives, jejune judges, kissing K-9’s, lousy lobster, and misdirected Michener.

The Hermann estate scandal exposed Houston’s most powerful deal makers, most respected philanthropists, and leading lawyers to the harsh glare of publicity. It was a shocking lesson in the abuses of power.

From luxury class to no-plumbing primitive, the Technicolor tropics of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula offer end-of-the-world delights. And it’s practically in our back yard.

The man I knew as Bompie had been a public figure, but my father had always seemed ashamed of what he had done to achieve his fame. Finally I found out why.

An interpretation of a classic genre.

Tastes in livestock are as whimsical as tastes in fashion. This year petite is in.

Columns

A monument to everything money can buy.

Art

In the current Rauschenberg exhibit at Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum the artist finds his first thirty years a tough act to follow.

Environment

When southern pine beetles attack a Texas forest, there are only two cures: cut the trees down or let nature take its course.

Classical Music

The only excitement of the Dallas Opera season came from a couple of fortunate gambles, while the Houston Grand Opera triumphed by bringing Faust alive for contemporary audiences.

Movies

Out of Africa is lavishly done up but emotionally dehumidified; Young Sherlock Holmes is more Hardy Boys than Conan Doyle; Revolution is nothing but a megabucks disaster.

Reporter

Reporter

A splendid state park; snacks you shouldn’t feed to a dog; a wild and crazy Republican.

Miscellany

Roar of the Crowd

Examining the bar; spreading the Word; minding the store; demanding the best.

Mark White’s insurance policy; not all semiconductor dumpers are Japanese; betting on a lottery; Tom Loeffler’s odd ads.

A few thoughts for Valentine’s—coming through soft and clear.

The pick of the flicks.

For a singing telegram with a little something extra, just call the Hip-O-Gram Girls.

The Dallas Citizens Council has a new look, but it’s singing the same old tune.

In a Twilight Zone-like pocket near UT there are some kids who aren’t ready to grow up.

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