European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Life after Ball Good stuff on the tube Sarah Bottorff to plus editor life does indeed have meaning after baseball or rather after baseball retreats to the Early morning hours with the world series. Prime time returns to its dramas and sitcoms and actually its not a bad comeback for an to this week. A Good miniseries a Sweet strange film for late Friday night a Quality religious program for kids. And then there a married. With children coming Back too. First up is Cross of fire a two parter starting wednesday night with an unusual subject the Rise of the Kun flux klan. Taking the Kkt seriously is not something that television or America for that matter generally cares to do. But this made for to film takes a Good hard look at a time when the racist Antisemitic anti Catholic Kkt made sense to far too Many people when its charismatic leaders like the one played Here by film actor John heard attracted far too Many innocents like the woman played Here by  a Mel Harris. Now we tend to think of the klan As nuts like the Neo nazis who run around trying to prove the holocaust never happened. But there Are some who think we ought to realize that nuts or not they Are still among us and still influential a a horrible thing to think about after watching this film. Baby cakes on Friday night is about As different a film As you can imagine. But in its silly meandering Way its a a message film too. Ricki Lake the Large cheery doughnut Dolly on China Beach stars Here As a Large depressed morticians beautician a is that the word for the people who do makeup on corpses in any event she wanders around new York trying to be a person despite everyone a Best efforts to make her life As dead As her work until she meets a handsome Young subway train operator. Yes this does sound like the kind of Artsy new York film you can to stand. And yes director Paul Schneider a previous film was a Little thing called something special about a 15-year-old girl who decides to become a boy and manages to grow the necessary equipment. But baby cakes based on the German film sugar baby is a really charming Little movie with a wonderful ending. Mcgee and me is an oddity a sort of wonder \ revs with jobs overtones. Tins series for  n  is real Quality work a Good a . I. It Uit i \ it a a Ama about a Hoy Joseph Dani Minny s Boot in a new Junior High Villi a 1 1 Yure named Mcgee that keeps a Mew to Hie and Ien tiny him astray. It May Well bore Loose Over 12, but for kids this Abc a coach a premiering on seb stars from left Jerry Van Dyke Bill Fagerbakke Shelley Fabares Craig t. Nelson Clare Carey and Kris Kamm. Premiere Story of How much trouble you can get into trying to be noticed and admired in a crowded school is excellent. What is Likely to be a Little disconcerting for non christians is the sudden appearance of Jesus a face in sketches and Christian teachings in the script. Perfect if you re raising your children As christians if you have another Faith be prepared to answer some questions from the kids at that Point in the show. And finally married with children reaching Middle age. Its coming Back for an unbelievable fourth season wednesday this show that everybody thought was too repulsive to stay on the air. Now everybody watches it. Well almost everybody. The season opens with the Bundy attempting to have a Good old fashioned labor Day weekend with a1 doing the barbecuing. All of the above come to Southern european broadcasting in mid december. In the meantime seb is starting a bumper crop of new series. The Best of the Bunch is cops a sort of weekly documentary on life in a Florida sheriffs department. This i Deocam View of arrests and searches and seizures and pain is often Tough to watch. As the saving goes its As real As it gets but its Good. Starts this coming weekend at a time to be announced later. Also starting this weekend is coach a sadly lacklustre comedy about a College football coach his trendy Girlfriend his dumb assistant and his adorable daughter. This is formula comedy at its Best or worse. Jerry Van Dyck As the dumb assistant coach is about the Only reason to watch the thing and he a not quite a Good enough reason. Finally a truly dumb wonderful show the 1960s monkeys starts in tuesday afternoon. For those of you born in the 1970s, this features the 1960s version of new kids on the Block in Marx Brothers style comedy. Recommended into the night with Jeff Goldblum Michelle Pfeiffer on a Midnight Oddessy through l.a., bad Guys on their Trail wednesday afternoon being there Peter Sellers and Shirley Maclaine in what they Call a Black comedy on stupidity and wealth saturday afternoon and finally tales from the crypt with Joan Collins Good trash for a Friday afternoon. Meanwhile Back in the states. Armed forces radio and television service officials say they have the civil War the Public television miniseries documentary that took the states by storm see to briefs Page 4. All military stations will be getting the civil War tapes to run at their discretion within the next six months says the abets. Aiu waking of War the Long awaited War and ivc membrane minis nes is supposed to be coming  Way from arts in the next three months. Of course that a what we heard this time lest year.,c to plus sunday october 14,1990