European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                On the tube emmy show Low in ratings of Good taste by Howard Rosenberg los Angeles times of laughed. But at least As often you  took five years. But finally after All those false starts after hanging in there and refusing to give up after suffering abuse from its critics and getting clobbered in the ratings Fox finally got much of the annual emmy awards telecast just the Way it wanted it. Raunchy. Think of sunday night As the night they emptied out the improve the night the Blue material hit the fan the night the emmy at once soared and Sank into the mud. What a Way to Toast the Best. The comedy theme for televisions 43rd emmy program was somehow appropriate Given prime times heavy tilt toward half hour comedies. Unburdened by production numbers and hosted by Clever comics Dennis Miller and Jerry Seinfeld along with Jamie Lee Curtis executive producer Steve Sohmer s telecast really Cut lose w Ith the funnies. And the dirt unfortunately. Miller was on the Mark when he called Fox a the network w Hose parents Are out of Tow  Quot presenters Jane Seymour and John Goodman a scored the evenings first double Lentendre when referring to 43 years of emmy winners. Seymour a if you Laid every one of them end to end. A t Goodman Quot. You a be  it was presenter Gilbert Gottfried s monologue on masturbation a great for a club appalling for a Prince time awards show a that was so tasteless that Fox deleted it from its taped Pacific time zone feed of the show. In other time zones where the show was broadcast live Gottfriedt a monologue was a sneak attack on unsuspecting americans who might have been watching this with their families. Gottfried whom Fox officials said worked without a script ended with a double Lentendre about his Penis. It was especially ill timed and out of sync with what immediately followed a sentimental tribute to the late Michael Landon. Later on the telecast pc Chen Ivory Wayans costar and executive producer of foxes frequently off color in living color thanked the network censors working the emmy cast. A after hearing Gilbert Gottfried do five minutes on masturbation a he said a a we re getting ready to go Buck wild on in living  count on it. When Giddy Karstic Alley after getting the emmy for Best Lead comedy actress thanked her husband for a giving me the big one for the last eight  her reference became a running joke the rest of the telecast. There was More. Poor Sam Kinison. Appearing As one of the final presenters the usually racy comic seemed like Pinky Lee compared to others on the show. Some of this was funny All right but the flippancy about sex a and a clip of the Laming Gay a characters from in Loving color a distinctly clashed with the somber message of the red ribbons that emmy cast participants wore in support of ads research. Actually the funniest comedy of the evening surfaced in clips of classic sitcoms that were used to Lead into commercial Breaks. It was somehow ironic that Fox would run so Many promos for the Simpsons Given that Clevi Sion Academy rules required Pirite time s funniest and most creative comedy be judged solely As an animation program and pick up its two emmy in a saturday ceremony that was a televised. Equally unjust was the decision to relegate the civil War a Ken Burns Brilliant documentary that pumped pcs full of adrenalin a to the same saturday ceremony. It received two emmy. For Best information series and Best writing of individual achievement. Among the most Heartfelt and emotional acceptances was Best drama actress Winner Patricia Wettig a speech thanking the viewers for support ing abcs  on which she played cancer patient Nancy Weston. Wuttig a she lived really close to my  As did her series to the hearts of its  animated Over airing skills on cartoon series by Steven Herbert los Angeles times despite All of Michael Jordan a basketball Success a championships on the Aba and Mcaa Levels an olympic Gold medal five straight Aba scoring titles and most valuable player awards in two of the past four seasons a the Chicago bulls guard seems genuinely awestruck by his most recent accomplishment a cartoon series bearing his likeness. A who could Ever think growing up that you a be doing a cartoon and kids would be watching you saturdays a Jordan asked. A i used to watch them and still watch them on saturday. In a glad to have this Opportunity. A Jordan will be joined on no cd a pro stars by los Angeles Kings Center Wayne Gretzky and Chicago White sox outfielder and . Raiders running Back to Jackson. The athletes will appear in live action segments at the beginning and end of the episodes delivering tips on topics including safety health nutrition and exercise. Quot its always going to be a positive message like staying in school staying away from drugs and the other things that Are bothering our youth Michael Jordan is bullish in olt it season. Today a said Jordan who said his favorite cartoon series As a youth was underdog. A that was the purpose of All three athletes getting involved to get something positive from cartoons on  Gretzky Jordan and Jackson will work out of momus gym run by mom described in a news release As a a diminutive fireball of a woman. The theoretical Genius behind the sports gadgets a and her teen age Niece Denise a a mechanical Whiz who makes the sports themed gadgets  in an updated touch from Mission impossible each of the 13 episodes begins with a hand inserting a tape into a Var. A the premise of the show is that the pro stars help kids in need a explained Andy Heyward pro stars executive producer and president of Dic enterprises inc., the Burbank calif., company that produces the series. One episode has the pro stars searching for an archaeologist whose family has not heard from him after he began a dig on the River of no return. A the pro stars go into their sports Laboratory where they have All kinds of incredible sports gadgets a a basketball that becomes a communications satellite a hockey stick that becomes a laser homing device a baseball Bat that shoots out a grappling Hook All kinds of things from the world of sports that arc transformable items that combined with skills physical prowess and their humanity they go out on a Mission to help the kid in trouble a Heyward said. The pro stars adventures will be worldwide. A up in the Highlands of Scotland to will know jousting a Heyward said. A on other Days  be going Down the Amazon River or in the Arctic  other sports figures also will be making appearances on pro stars. Marv Albert and Mike Fratello no cd Saba announcers will be on hand when those duties Are needed. California Angels Pitcher Mark Langston and Miami dolphins quarterback Dan Marino also will guest Star. But in a touch of Milli Vanill ism Gretzky Jackson and Jordan wont be supplying the voices for their animated alter egos. Dorian Hardwood. A regular on cd so the trials of Rosie o Neill will Supply Jordan a voice with Dave Fennoy providing Jackson a and Townsend Coleman doing Gretzky a. Pro stars debuts sept. 14 on Abc stateside