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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
58 BEN STILLER’S DAY OFF
Guest editor Ben Stiller presents the first ever George Comedy Issue. Watch Ben take the air out of Ricky Martin. See Saturday Night Live’s ex-Presidents save Madeleine Albright from virgin sacrifice! Be there as our editor in chief sharpens a pencil with all-star bonus political musings from Janeane Garofalo, Ally McBeal’s Greg Germann, and There’s Something About Mary auteur Peter Farrelly.
76 PROUD MARY
BY ANN LOUISE BARDACH
Before Sonny’s death, Mary Bono was a California blond who preferred karaoke to politics. Now she’s shedding her Hollywood trappings for a place in the GOP spotlight, showing the confidence to impeach the president, take a new lover, and move past Sonny’s ties to Scientology. But can she leave her past behind?
82 LAMAR?
BY TOM DUNKEL
Four years ago, Lamar Alexander fought for the presidency armed with exclamation points and lumberjack shirts. Now, with a remarkable resilience and a new intensity, he’s back. So what does he know about himself that the other candidates don’t?
86 LADY BIRD FLIES SOUTH
BY JAN JARBOE RUSSELL
In October 1964, with the nation in racial turmoil and her husband’s presidency in trouble, Lady Bird Johnson set off on a historic whistle-stop railway tour of the Deep South. In the process, she would confront the ghosts of her own past, take on segregation’s most ferocious supporters, and transform the role of first lady forever.
COVER
Ben Stiller takes over. Photographed by Ellen von Unwerth at George’s New York City headquarters. Styling by Wendy Schecter. Prop styling by Jill Nichols for Smashbox NYC. Grooming by John Caruso for Garren New York. Stiller is wearing a suit, shirt, and tie by Brooks Brothers and shoes by Allen Edmonds.
21 PRIMARIES
Bill Bradley gets the George makeover...White House fun and games...The legendary Richard Pryor...Scoop...We the People.
32 PUNCH LINES
WELCOME TO UNHAPPINESS.COM
Has the cheerfulness of 1999 got you down? No need to stew in solitude. There’s a man out there more miserable than you. Plus, George cartoonists make their monthly mint.
34 EYEWITNESS
FASHION STATEMENT
In August 1974, Beverly Johnson posed, smiled, and broke the color barrier. Twenty-five years later, she recalls becoming Vogue’s first black cover girl—and the backlash that followed. BY BEVERLY JOHNSON
38 WHITE HOUSE
SUMMER LOVERS
Presidents at rest have never revealed more than Bill Clinton, who crams his vacations with photo-ops, schmoozing, and tell-tale signs about the state of his marriage. BY CARL CANNON
40 CAPITOL HILLBILLY
TAKE THE MONEY—AND RUN!
Steve Forbes and George W. Bush are trying to buy their way into the White House. If we don’t want a president whose sole qualification is a wad of green, we’d better change the rules. BY PAUL BEGALA
42 RIGHT NOW
ANNIE’S GOT HER GUN
Take it from someone who knows: When women without weapons go up against muggers, rapists, and other men, they tend to lose. BY ANN COULTER
44 ADVICE
ASK ALFONSE
Suspicious of Janet Reno? Terrified of President Clinton? Bothered by liberal classmates? Don’t panic—Alfonse is here! BY ALFONSE D’AMATO
46 PODIUM
MARIEL HEMINGWAY
As she prepares to portray a sexy Secret Service agent in First Daughter, actress Mariel Hemingway talks about Chelsea Clinton, feminism, and the legacy of the literary world’s first family.
48 PLAYERS
THE DIRTY DOODLER
Inside the New York Post lurks the work of one of the most conservative—and dirty-minded—cartoonists in the country. Meet Sean Delonas, the provocateur of Page Six. BY RUTH G. DAVIS
54 CAN A BALD MAN BE PRESIDENT?
We may like our eagles bald, but when it comes to our presidents it’s a different story. Is a chrome dome the unspoken obstacle between presidential contenders and the Oval Office? BY WILBUR S. LAW
DEPARTMENTS
4 Editor’s Letter
14 Letters
18 Contributors
100 If I Were President
Jerry Stiller Viagra and abundant ear hair rule the day.