European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 who s got Lime this one i just had to write about daily soldiers and their families Are inundated with cutesy television commercials. In a not referring to those educational 60-Sccoiid mind fillers hut rather the obvious attempt at military propaganda. Thank. God that after 3 /2 years of living Over Here i can still recognize propaganda when i see it. I used to laugh. Now. I just grit my Teeth. There s a new one that an to is nagging the poor Soldier with and it s so insensitive to actual reality that i fell i must write to clarify. You Sec a there a this commercial that depicts As neglecting his family because he has to run errands like commissary shopping pm running and the like on the weekends. Why those that done to know nag he should be out there spending qua to time with his family instead of doing chores on the weekend. That Soldier is tasked to work often from 4 in the morning until Well after b in the evening or should i say 1 nod hrs. The Community stores dose before he even gets Home. Is the commercial a asking his Soldier to request some Lime off during. The week to take eare of things so his weekend will he free for this Quality family time. A i or perhaps his Loving and Dutiful w if should take care of All these Loose ends for him on a continual basis or maybe he should consider walking to work and letting his wife have the Fumi by car during the week even if he works 20 kilo me lers away a a Quot a. A a a better yet is it saying that unit commanders and Section supervisors should he More sensitive to the families needs and let the have some time off occasionally does anyone who is responsible for the commercials really work in he army it sure does t seem like it sometimes when is an going to Slop acting like everyone close s Mother and begin to broadcast Cummer vials. That make sense i for one among Many am a Little tired of being nagged like this. Especially when its this mundane and insensitive. Posture police hah what total idiot thought that one up get real an Imd gel off the soldiers Back. Bonita f. Sheffield Giessen Germany. Reply from Melvin Wrussell assistant director american forces information sen ice there Are Over.3,000 television spots in the armed forces radio and television sen ice inventory. The subjects Are those deemed important a by commanders at All Levels. Every spot is nut directed at every person obviously child abuse spots Are directed at a very Small audience. But bringing the problem to everyone a attention is worthwhile. A the same is True of the spot you object to. Most sen ice people give their families top priority but some forget during their hectic spot brings this Quality of life subject to the Audi v knee s attention. Its unfortunate you done to like the spot but out of3,000 spots there Are bound to be some that annoy some of our 1.5 million viewers. A in Short television command information spots a cd different people in different ways some Are lauded. Some . A Are intended to get your attention convey a message and make you think. This spot apparently accomplished All its objectives. Mercon weekend programming i am not in the habit of writing w Hen things a bother me but i Feci compelled to do so on this occasion. A. A an to has a captive audience Here in Germany and i guess that is one of the reasons for the programming for the new season. The shows i am referring to . Quantum leap Falcon Crest and nil football games. Scheduling both quantum leap am Falcon Crest after the Midnight hour is a Little too much. Now a lot of your audience docs like nil football but i would be willing to bet you that even they would say that jo1/�?T hours of football is a Little too much at one time. A a Wiser Choice would have been to spread the games out Over two or three nights. I would make that you saying a set your Var to record those programs after Midnight and then watch them during nil a. Well in be tried that and it did no to work As scheduled because your schedule did t work As puh listed there not Many things in life As aggravating and As disappointing As rewinding a tape and then learning that the program you had been waiting for was not on the tape because fan unscheduled program change. Chief warrant officer. L. J. Willhite a a Sandhofer Germany. An recently announced a major change in the television schedule to Quot put the most popular shows in a time Slot where most people can watch them and provide the sports fan with doubleheader sports on saturdays and sundays a great concept except that by moving 60 minutes and in the heat of he night and other shows off the weekend schedule to times during the week they have to move other shows to some really horrendous Lime slots is anyone really going to stay up until 2 of clock in the morning to watch a show i think not and that is Why i am Happy to have a a cd a with a timer so that i can watch quantum leap and other a Les popular shows on tape because an decided. That this is a show that people done to watch or that they would rather watch , Anien or the Cosby so nov during the week. I for one do not like any of those and could do just Jim Dandy w without them at Alloh an. A Gerard a. Fortier Kirech guns Germany reply from Tom Baxter chief of broadcast of orations american forces network Europe an television revised us program schedule o satisfy not a a a captive audience but a demanding one Many of the problems you caught were the result of interim changes \. A quantum leap so late night time period was temporary. It has since moved to late sunday afternoons. A Falcon Crest was a very Low rated show which lbs cancelled last season. An scheduled it for late broadcast because of its Low ratings and because More popular programs were competing for the better time periods Oligher rated programs gel better Lime periods because More people make it a Point to watch them. Nine percent of . Households typically watch a quantum leap according to the . Nielsen co. Ratings. Quot Roseanne a attracts 20.3 and a a Cosby 18.5 per cent of . Households. We appreciate your preference for a quantum leap Quot Over comedies but we recognize Many other people prefer comedies. An does t a a spread football Over a Bunch of nights because of viewers desire to see games As they occur. An broadcasts tape delayed games Only in unusual circumstances. We provide the most accurate television listings possible for publication but no published schedule can reflect changes an makes in response to last minute arts or commercial network schedule revisions. Flexibility is key to successful Var taping under these conditions. Set your Var to Start a bit earlier and Stop a bit later than the published. Time and you la successfully record your show much More often and about that Rabbit input recently in to plus Sec lion. The character you said a a maybe was crusader Rabbit Isnit. Crusader Rabbit did no to Wear a hat. And Cape his a a dress was in. A full the Start of the show and Quot a natural a the rest. Possibility is that the character shown is touche turtles assistant or a second banana like proc. Co mole to secret Squirrel. Now name All three cartoons on George of the Jungle. V capt. James Takos operation desert shield we wish to address put to rest. The raging intellectual discussion about the identity of the musketeer mystery Rabbit who first popped up in the sept. 16 �?T90 Issue of to plus. In the early�?T60s, Hunna Barbera studios in. Leashed a horde of cartoons intended for the of. Ter noon kiddie . This such an to just for kids favourites As Yogi. Bear Huckleberry hound Auggie Doggie . Among this Bunch were three mus Kelter Type rabbits named a a yippee a Quot Yuppie a and they engaged in the Normal Hanna Barbera an ties found in he a other cartoons. A. The Rabbit you show in your column is "ya-hooey,�?T1 identifiable by his crooked sword and in a. A die cartoons themselves by being the most bum. Bling of the three. He is oof crusader Rabbit. Crusader Rabbit w As the first brainchild of Jay Ward the one who gave us Rocky amp bullwinkle George of the Jungle and lots of t he Best of �?T60s animation crusader Rabbit was Short rather rotund and wore a Knight s helmet. Although the Quality of the animation did not come up to Disney or Warner Brot herbs Terminie. Terrace standards the humor was in the same inspired vein As bullwinkle a that is to say Bril Handy satirical and definitely not for children by the Way is there a Chance that an will. Acquire danger mouse this As you surely already know is another a not for children Chib Dren s cartoon. While we re on the subject maybe Ai n has bullwinkle slashed on some Dusty shelf. A. Also did anyone catch the a Skur lib Man Euver demonstrated in teenage mutant ninja turtles episode 0 nov. 10, 90?. Bid everyone get the. A joke a. Stephen amp Karen Charest a a Frankfurt Germany a a a. A. A a a acid plus sunday a december 16, 1990
