THE ZAPPER
John Walters
January 08, 2001
Showtime's 90-minute TV movie The Sports Pages (Sunday, 8 p.m.) is the most all-over-the-road programming we've seen since Saturday Night Live retired its "Toonces, the Driving Cat" bit. The fictionalized and contrived account of the 1968 Jets-Raiders "Heidi game" is interspersed with commentary from the principals, including Daryle Lamonica, Oakland's quarterback at the time.... Arnold Palmer joins host Peter Kessler, who criticized Arnie's stance on nonconforming clubs last October, on The Golf Channel's Golf Talk Live (Monday, 8 p.m.).
Showtime's 90-minute TV movie The Sports Pages (Sunday, 8 p.m.) is the most all-over-the-road programming we've seen since Saturday Night Live retired its "Toonces, the Driving Cat" bit. The fictionalized and contrived account of the 1968 Jets-Raiders "Heidi game" is interspersed with commentary from the principals, including Daryle Lamonica, Oakland's quarterback at the time.... Arnold Palmer joins host Peter Kessler, who criticized Arnie's stance on nonconforming clubs last October, on The Golf Channel's Golf Talk Live (Monday, 8 p.m.).