European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Television no spiders get squished in 2-hour Garfield special by Sarah Bottorff As As 11 Ould till and t Watt lied t Are ully not one spider is killed in the nearly two hour Garlied a f i in 111.it an will air saturday. I mention this Liei Ause the Artun cat s stomping on spiders in tin-1 omit pages prompted a whole series it letters to i to stars and stripes this Spring i it Lei Ili Liki Cir ii Ltd killing of to Phil n in comics. Ohm / worry Ilious Gar ii m killings air ers i in or s / Hli run Griir in m killing spire n Calli to to Tipri. Iii int orig in Asp a i r a Fer i Lii. Ilia s tin Niv it wont for three months. I guess in s nne ill the advantages of getting our in stews my months Lite when the two part i i . ,.itiii-til.hv\ Vine fives Spei rn.idi-. Tin world famous i in had Mil stalled Stii Hijii Sindi is it s a in e show Tor a slew Lay afternoon. You gel to set Garfield i creator in Davis who looks a Little like ins i at. I the you around auntie ind. And shows Vii How he draws Gar held in his Home studio and How the characters Are turned into animation for in spi i like the one you re watching. You get to see the Mizii of Garfield. I Reno music he was Carlton the Doorman on another guv standing there Barking and slobbering into the microphone providing the voice of Oiley the Don. These Ond part s Vine fives is All cartoon Garfield s previous lives from Dinosaur age i first cat he c Rawls out of the 01 can right before i isl crabgrass to i egyptian i Pharoah cat. And so on. I in whole thing is Low key and pretty pleasant slim to h for a relatively slow television week. It starts at 1 . In Central i Urnie noon in Britain. Southern Aslog will he showing it the week of july 1 7. Year s Nielsen rungs n Mitiu 01 my Mai i my renewed in tin states next season. 1 he show s about this fellow played by Richard Dean Anderson who s a no too violent James Bond Type going about toiling villains and being a super Nice Guy on the Side. I he season premiere on ass. The first hour of a two parter has macgyver and Ihorn Lon Dana hear assigned to protect a priceless chinese dragon sculpture on loan loan american exhibit Hall from a Bunch of russians. This is the weekend for the irly r 00 race on both is b Anil an. At about 5 10 . Sunday. Other than that things Are a little1 More interesting for View ers of is h than for those who watch an. I he Pilot of Ruck is on at i . Tuesday. It s an Odd show about a rancher surgeon Dennis Weaver in which the people and the plot never do site what you re expecting them to do. My h More predictable is a it look which starts with a Pilot film at 9 20 . Wednesday it Sticks to the Basic formula of n Brilliant but lovable Southern lawyer Andy Griffith getting wealthy clients a quilted of various murders. Also on Sib ire a Batch of movies in the category of Good junk films including won Liv woman i nday at 9 05 ., or at 9 20 . I riday Anil a air cars at b i . Wednesday. On an David Horowiz fight into the lineup wednesday in a new season starting with cautionary words about children s toes caught in escalators and the latest useless diet gimmick a sort of Bandage. The consumer show airs at 10 . 9 a in. In the . san Atys eries is offering a Quick Lour of s most haunted Plai is. Which will air alter the b . Sports on saturday. On sunday night sometime alter ii icily 500 coverage permitting an will show the 1971 Lassie musical Thi Kim if. Mixed reviews for Wapner s court Dymarco Slade new York times it is a i ase of Art altering life. Lie Vii a a s Tii irl inn a year old syndicated adventure in courtroom verite the Only of a program to use real people real Small claims cases and a real though retired judge. The program s influence extends far beyond its lights cameras and Ali Onahlee incidents and no everyone is sure that s ,1 great idea admirers and detractors agree that till i a s Mill which has an average of 7 it million viewers every weekday has vastly increased Public awareness of court procedures and the Law and has added to the caseload of of e ohs lire Small claims courts. Judges and lawyers also say it has inst ired Small claims litigants to be better prepared has raised c Ujie stations about collecting damages and has affected the Standard of courtroom behaviour changes which May not All be for the belter. At the heart of the Cense for or against he Flop a s court Are assessments of How realistic the Jiro Gram is and How Corret t its Edge is. In terms of Law and decorum 1 he to dec is Joseph a. Wapner d a who retired from the Angeles Superior court in 1979 after 20 years on the Bench in s Broadi Asling some wrong says Thomas i. Friedman a Superior court arbitrator and a temporary judge in i of Angeles. People walk into my court thinking if will be like what they saw on to and in s not Friedman says. They be even cited judge Wapner s decisions in ases similar to their own As it i should care and i Don other jurists say that even a Iliili learning is belter than none. "people1 Sec that there is a forum Lor settling grievances besides using a _ by-4." says sol Wachtler chief judge of the stale court of appeals in new York where to i a s coi irl. With Wachtler s permission soon still be taping several segments. I eople see a court in a lion administering Justice fairly albeit in a commercial context Wachtler adds. It acts As a judge Alfred b. Telon of Cook county circuit court assisted by judge Wayne d. Rhine also of the circuit court was Legal adviser to tin Pua Plu i went to Chicago. Rhine says the program has noticeably affected the plaintiffs and defendants he sees. I i Ligands have a belter idea of what they need in the Way of proof he says. Wapner strongly believes the program is an educational tool saying it educates people in Basic Friedman concedes the Point. Ill give credit where credit is due he says. It has brought a whole new forum Small claims court to the country s on i i peo a i s court even a pers win. If the defendant wins both litigants split $500. If the Plain Liti wins. The program pays the judgment and the defendant receives $50. In either Case the show sup lies the Money. In real of Hurt however losers gel nothing and winners May not liable to collect to the extent that people Don t Realie that they must j in if they lose or thai they presume the award will be executed immediately if they win the show is giving litigants a mis impression of life in Small claims courts says Tom Law rence a Justice of the e in i Larris county Texas. I Awrence also Sal As Legal adviser to tin Hope s court when it was filming in 1 Louston. Wapner himself May set an example that Many judges could do without. Lelon recalls that a judgment for one Plain Liti Iii his court was so difficult to c oiled she had to return to court several times. The last time she said How Digap jointed she was in me. I asked Why and was told. Because if judge Wapner were hen.1, he d sec1 that i was paid " both Friedman and Ludge Abne Mikkii of the . Court of appeals Lor the District of Columbia an outspoken critic of the program have questioned the Quality of the Law handed Down in hop a s court i think he distributes bad Law strange versions of the Law that Are sometimes wrong Mikva says. Bui then i suppose we Veall delivered bad Law at one Lime or other and i would t want to throw the first Friedman says Vraj Ner has a tendency to apply general Primi Ples rather than specifics to a Case and sometimes he just was t current with changes in the Law. And there is particular dismay Over Ludge Joseph a. Wapner a Vamp a s Demeanour on the Bench. Too Imu h showmanship Loo much sarcasm Friedman says. For Many people this is the court of first impression and the first impression should be that they will have their say that the judge will give them his attention and Telon adds " the i Coplit i court is plastic healer. The real thing is when $10 is really involved and people know that they have something to lose or gain. It changes the whole complexion of the court editor t now Tui people s court airs at 10,05 am mondays on sups Ruxi an 19 05 i m m tin kingdom and to 2 35 mondays on Sou town europ0an broadcasting 24 Tripet mjg Zine May 25, 1989
