`011da's Big Night Out' on' your le Choose golf, lessons or both, when you want, where you want. Boyne Super Five — we know our game, so you The event, emceed by Gene Taylor of Dick Purtan's radio show, begins with a silent auction at 6 p.m. and moves on to the 7:15 p.m. dinner and ong before Gilda's Club 8 p.m. program at St. John's Armenian offered meeting places to sup- Banquet Center in Southfield. port cancer patients and their We wanted an evening of comedy families and long before with a performer people could relate to Ronald McDonald Houses provided the stature of Gilda Radner," says Geri accommodations for Lester, who co-chairs parents whose children the event with Debbie were being treated in Comedian Paula and is one of faraway hospitals, come- Poundstone will help Belovich the seven founders of dian Paula Poundstone's the local support family opened their raise funds for the group. "We've had home to one cancer cancer support about 600 members patient and his family. our 1998 open- Poundstone still community inspired by since ing, and we've had feels the impact of that the late, Detroit-born many Jewish people experience, which she use our services. had as a teenager . Gilda Radner. Radner, who I had been out reached stardom baby-sitting and came appearing on TV's home to find people [I Saturday Night Live, didn't know] sitting was one of around our kitchen Poundstone's show- table," recalls the biz heroes. As comedian, who is Radner battled ovari- about to entertain at a an cancer, she benefit for the Royal K mapped out a plan Oak-based Gilda's for the network of Club Metro Detroit. meeting places that "My mother found evolved into Gilda'a an article in the paper Clubs across the about a family from country. Texas who had come to "I never knew Paula Poundstone: "I never Massachusetts while Gilda, but I kept her her I kept knew Gilda, but [their son] got treat- poster up on my poster up on my wall" ment for bone cancer. wall," Poundstone My mother was from recalls. "My favorite thing was listen- Texas and decided she should call ing to her do Emily Litella. It just them. They lived with us on and off for made me laugh a lot. I liked Roseanne about a year while [the boy underwent] Rosannadana, but I miss Emily." chemotherapy and surgery. For her performance at the benefit, "I used to play ping-pong with this Poundstone will talk about politics kid and just slammed the ball. and raising her adopted and foster Everybody else would be really kind. children. He liked to play with me because it "Generally speaking, the show has a was more normal. They cured the can- lot to do with the people [sitting] in cer, and we're still friends. I travel a front of me," Poundstone, 39, says. "To lot, so I [still] see him." some degree, [interacting with the audi- When Poundstone comes to ence] has a lot to do with having a bad Michigan Wednesday, May 19, she will memory. It's one of the reasons I got be starring in "Gilda's Big Night Out," fairly good at talking to the crowd. I an evening of comedy, food and fun to would go blank, and I'd be forced to raise funds for the free cancer support talk to somebody. I don't go blank quire community named for the late, Detroit- as often [now], but it turned out that bred, Jewish comedian Gilda Radner. SUZANNE CHESSLER Special to the Jewish. News L • Five nights lodging at Boyne Mountain Five breakfasts and dinners Unlimited golf with cart on five championship Boyne USA courses Unlimited lessons with video analysis Preferred tee times and access to resort amenities Cocktail parties and tournaments with prizes " Boyne Mountain, Boyne Falls, MI • Boyne, Highlands, Harbor 'Springs, MI Packages are per person, based On double occupancy and availability. Tax extra. <13eAlee achitio l u . _ qoodpik reS sp en in t sts - kataV9M.0 A Little ight Wed. t h ru Sat. NOW APPEARING AT THE PIANO BAR: JOHN PERRY Thurs.7:00 - 11:00 • Fri. & Sat., 7:30 - Midnight OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK • 248-626-2630 4108 WEST MAPLE • BLOOMFIELD HILLS O v OPEN MOTHER'S DAY 1-7 Experience an upscale Steakhouse featuring Piedmontese Beef ( c C;Itel Italian Monday-Friday 11:30-Midnight Saturday 5:00-Midnight Closed Sundays (734) 254-0400 Reservations Suggested Please **** Rating By The Detroit Free Press Executive Chef E•iq Lukasik 5/7 1999 • Recognized by American Heart Assn. 101 Also Featuring Variety of Bone-in Chops. Fresh Catch. Pasta. Oigart &sky Illartitth (Piano 13ar laditeidattSatitirday 4— 1-96 —0 M-14 CC CC CP CD) U1 N A Plymouth Rd.