TV & VIDEO - Aug. 13, 1987

Phyllis George--former Miss America and short-lived CBS morning-show anchor--is now hawking chickens. A giant chicken replica perched on her arm, George pitched her new upscale chicken company, Chicken by George, Tuesday night to a tent full of supermarket owners at her Lexington, Ky., home. “Here she is / She’s in the chicken biz,” went the parody on the Miss America theme song. “You won’t like it,” George told the group. “By George, you’ll love it.” By her side was husband John Y. Brown, who made a fortune on Kentucky Fried Chicken. “It’s a challenge being in business with your wife,” Brown said. “I got fired twice last week.”