European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To catch the Aba on Toby Joe Muench Elpaso Herald Post i was on the  my seat. Actually i was in my acc liner but with the Footrest Down. It was the final minutes of an Aba playoff game Utah at Houston the score was close. Who a win yes that too. But the real reason i was on the Edge of my Recliner was because i can to see basketball games clearly on the to. They be got to do something about that. It was the same thing the next Day when the new York kicks ran away from the Indiana pacers. I had to Crane to see the runaway. The cameras Are just too far Back. You can to Tell the players on the screen from the House flies on the screen. Not until there a a slow motion instant replay or a stoppage of the clock is there a camera pan close enough to put a face on a Given player geez Horna Cek is certainly no Beamer is he no i Don t need glasses. I have glasses. In fact that a Why i got glasses two years ago i done to think you should have to buy a big screen to either. The next time you watch basketball on to see if you see anything before they show the replay. A three on one fast break is like three card Monte. And you never see who elbowed whom to Start a fight. You done to even see the first few seconds of the fight just a blur of bodies converging in a particular Comer of the to screen. And there a that Fly again blocking out Hakeem Olajuwan. By the time a camera gets a live close up the fight has been reduced to two players each already wrapped up by teammates. What happened Well let s look at the replay. Bamka pow a crunch a did you see that a says the play by play announcer. A looks like skank got Kareem Akbar with three cheap elbows to the Throat Quot says the analyst. A when will All this violence Stop a a let a look at it again a he says. Is it just basketball being too Small on to yes it is. And too fast action. The Only close ups Are for free throws and when time is out. You see More of Pat Riley a slicked Down hair than Patrick Ewing a sweat streaked All business face a they that Santonio Davis. How Long has he been in there Quot. What to do about All this maybe someone will invent a new camera Lens that gives the Recliner and sofa fans the same full court View available from Row 5 at the Arena. But would we have to Wear special 3-d glasses because basketball is just too fast a game to capture with today a technology. Cameras perched near the High seats give Little detail. The View from above makes John Stockton not so much Shorter than say Tom Chambers. Perhaps these Are reasons that regular sea son Aba in ratings Are not High. A lot of us will watch because they re the playoffs. And when we sit on the Edge of our seats recliners and sofas we give everybody the impression its because the game is so exciting Scripps Howard news service Warner Bros. Julia Roberts set for Grace under pressure again Costner rides High so Long to a Rock by Thomas Elias Scripps Howard comebacks gillig3n�?Ts Island father knows Best join the Parade of old to shows becoming new feature films. Turner pictures which has assigned original Ere Ator producer Sherwood Schwartz and his son Lloyd to produce the big screen Giju Gan did no to have to pay for the movie rights because another Turner company already owns the show. Universal meanwhile enlists lonesome Dove creator Larry Mcmurtry to script the new father knows Best. Readlyn Roberts Julia Roberts reads latest script by Cailie Thelma amp Louse Khouri decides it should be her next picture. In Gamce under pressure set in a Horsey midwestern area shed play a woman who discovers her husband Hiis been playing around. Rollin Stone even though his planned Noriega biopic did no to get off the drawing Board done to cry for Oliver Stone. Oscar winning director lunches with Argentine president Carlos Menem wins permission to film much of the upcoming Evita in the presidential office building in Buenos Aires from whose Balcony Eva Peron and husband Juan often addressed huge crowds. That a my baby Kevin Costner says he has a special affection for baby horse his mount in much of the new movie Wyatt Earp the Equine co Star also helped him on the Oscar winning dances with wolves. A a he a a quintessential horse for me Quot Costner says. A a he a really Long legged big and lanky a in fact he looks like a Giraffe. I find him very Beautiful. He definitely looks like a Cowboy horse like a horse that Remington or Russell might have  close barbra Streisand Isnit the Only female vocalist with voice problems. Also felled is Glenn close Star of the . Production of Sunset Boulevard who missed two performances recently on a doctor s or dvrs a like Streisand who postponed several Anaheim appearances close reportedly is afflicted by a virus. Roc de not even Strong Longres a a signal lobbying can save a doomed to show. Fox cancels Charles Dutton a Roc despite an Appeal for a reprieve signed by 29 Black members of Congress Low ratings kill the show which often was televised live. A that is a Guise Quot gripes Dutton. A show me a Black person with a Nielsen Box and i la show you an alien in  four More years John Tosh signs on for another four years As Host of Enfer ii Menf tonight will also write an update of the syndicated shows theme song for next season. Salary not announced. Wolf Jack Nicholson says he has always been intrigued by the notion of playing a Werewolf his role in the upcoming Wolf. A i had an idea that i wanted to do for years Quot he says. A i wanted to Call it wolfman no makeup. 1 wanted to do these old time tricks a you know fall Down behind the Couch come up with a Beard All that  but he denies rumours he lived with wolves while prepping for his role. His Homework included a Reading a lot of books on wolves and watching a lot of films and tapes on their behaviour. One of my neighbors actually had a Wolf a Young she Wolf and i watched it when it really started to grow they. Had to get rid of it. They re still wild  real estate beat actor Jeff Bridges wife Susan put their Home on the Ritz Iest Street in Santa Monica on the Market at $3.5 million. Gated four bedroom boasts multiple balconies Black Bottom Pool Cabana solarium office and gym. Bridges fam ily with three daughters seeks larger quarters. Casting Call Bridget Fonda gets the nod to Star opposite Russell Crowe in rough magic about a senator s wife who runs off with a magician. Filming starts next month. Mickey Rourke signs to Star in John Wesley Hardin outlaw a Western to be dire eled by Dennis Hopper. Mia Kirshner joins Richard Dryfuss Alicia Witt in the music themed afr. Holland s opus. Anthony Hopkins gets to debut As a director on August filming in july in Wales. Hopkins also stars in the updated adaptation of Anton Chekhov a play Uncle Vanya. Saturday night live comic a1 Frankyn starts filming with Laura san Giacomo in Stuart sea Fey based on the character he invented for the to show. Rojc rocks Charles Button questions Nielsen. June 5. 1904 sunday Page 9 a