THE ZAPPERS

John Walters

January 12, 1998

Last week's Rose Bowl supplied us with the year's first fact-based TV movie—as if anyone would believe this tear-jerking, true-life fairy tale—Griese and Son. Our casting call: Mark Harmon, himself a former college quarterback (UCLA), as ABC analyst and proud dad Bob: Party oaf Five's Scott Wolf (in platform cleats) as unassuming-yet-heroic quarterback and game MVP Brian; and Sam Waterston as equally unassuming Michigan coach Lloyd Carr. Supporting roles would be filled by Jonathan Winters as Bob's broadcast partner, Keith Jackson, and Reggie Theus as sideline reporter Lynn Swann. James (Titanic) Cameron, who would be expected to build a full-scale replica of Ann Arbor on the outskirts of Tijuana, would direct.