European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Postwar to lightweight stuff ainu to it great a in Van a Sarah b0tt0rff to plus editor Well we wont have Peter Arnett to kick around anymore pretty soon. The daily Gen. Kelly adm. Mcconnell show from the Pentagon is fading into history too. And what will life be like when you done to have to Rush to the to set every time the news comes on in place of All this an to has a lot of Light pretty Good fare Pfann cd to fill the to hours. And who could complain about that its great to have insignificant television Back Isnit it Here a a preview the television reference books Call macgyver a a foreign intrigue show and that a a fairly Good description of this now-6-Ycar-old series. This fellow with no first name is not precisely a detective not exactly a Diplomat something of a scientist a mostly he a a Good looking Guy running around the world in Tennis shoes solving the worlds problems without a lot of sex and violence. A a a a a a a the opener episode saturday somewhat ironically has macgyver Richard Dean Anderson involved in peace negotiations in Switzerland Between two warring countries that appear to be. Modelled after Iran and Iraq the president of one of the countries gets bumped off which tends to mess up the negotiations somewhat since the show is set in Switzerland macgyver of course ends up saving the Day in a scene that has him dangling from the Bottom of a Cable car thousands of feet up. A a this show tends to make Hunter appear r. Rated and quantum leap appear brilliantly intelligent in contrast. It s definitely lightweight in. Other words and sauce by clean. But not bad stuff All in All. An to has the show coming Back saturday night. _ a if you like Funky �i930s-style cartoons Wake up in time for Betty Boope a Hollywood mystery saturday morning. Its scheduled a. Time but actually the grownups will probably be More appreciative than children of the Lowish plot and Clever cartooning. A everything sort of oozes and bulges and leans Here buildings Odd animals bizarre Combina Tionson people and animals. And there a a fascinating imagination behind this 1980s color remake of the 1930s classic. Musical notes for instance come out of a saxophone and turn into Little imps that open doors into Peoples shoes. Climb in and make the people dance. Weird. Kinda neat. A from the dead of night is an aptly named thoroughly Creepy miniseries about a woman who a being claimed by the dead. Lindsay wag nor is the victim in this uncharacteristic for her a made for to movie about an insecure fashion designer with sex Boyfriend problems who a pursued by the walking dead. It not precisely what you la want the kids to sit watching with you wednesday night though. The scenes in which a drowning Wagner keeps getting grabbed by Long dark coloured arms arc All too vivid and her visions of flaming tunnels leading into the evil afterlife ditto. A thoroughly Good horror flick. A now you know you be watching lifestyles of the Rich and famous. Especially when its some special called lifestyles of the Rich and famous 1990 worlds Best. Comes on saturday afternoon. Its so bad that yes you re probably going to watch it. Southern european broadcasting gets All of the abuse the last week of april. In the meantime there s cause for Celebration with the return to seb of cheers on monday nights. This just gets better cach year particularly some episodes this season with poor Sam Selling his car Cliff finding a Girlfriend and Rebecca slugging ice Capanes people at a funeral. Its a Busy a year. A a a a a seb also go Tara Bunch of Superior films this week lost horizon sunday the 1937 adventure tear Jerker about americans who find a hidden country where people live almost forever. It happened one night is on saturday and is an other classic this one a comedy about an heiress and a Newspaperman with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. Finally Harry and son is a fairly Good Paul Newman film from 1984 on a widower who a Laid of and his son Robby Benso who a trying to find himself. Its on Friday. Quot for those of you who spotted it yes we screwed up a photo caption last week. That was t the cartoon version of Beetle juice on Page 17, that was from the cartoon ghost busters. Also Here a the ending for Hose of you still wondering what happened at the end of Callie and son the Lindsay Wagner film that an to aired earlier than expected a several people wrote in that tried to tape it it seems and missed the ending. Well according to a Reader a after the son is arrested Callie comes Forward and tells everyone that she killed her daughter in Law but she is not believed because everyone thinks that she is confessing to protect her son. The son is executed for the crime and later Callie adopts another child the movie ends with her driving away with the new whew and finally we have another Reader who a looking for someone who taped a him on an. Teresa Yata of Ramstein a Germany would like to copy someone s copy of pied Piper the Peter of Toole movie that aired feb. 10 on an to. Is this getting out of hand Well never fund. Just write to to plus Apo 09211, if you be got pied Piper and want to Send it on. Germany Sard Channel and Rel plus try out 3d German television moves into a new phase monday with its color three dimensional program. The new technology called no optic will allow interested viewers to watch Leos a a show Biz and personality show a in 3d monday night on the Ard Channel using special glasses or Sec it in its Normal two dimensional form without the glasses. A a a two Days after Leos premiere Rel plus a Cable and sat Colite Channel will broadcast its Gottschalk personality show in 3d color. The 3d flood reaches its Peak or Nadir depending on your Point of View on March 15 when Rel plus airs the strip tease game show Tutti Frutti in three dimensions. Special glasses needed to watch for the shows arc being sold at optometrist shops in Germany for 2.95 Marks. Rel plus also distributed a cardboard Frame version to the news Media. In 1982, German television ran a 3d Experiment that fascinated millions equipped with special glasses. But programming at the time was Only possible in Black and White and was unbearably fuzzy for the naked Eye. T de Reavis. _ a _ a staff writers amps l. Emmett Lawn or. Stars and stripes staff photographer Michael Abrams gets ready fur 3d. March 3, 1991 sunday a Page 15
