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'Monday Night Mayhem' Tells It Like It FEATURE STORY 'Monday Night Mayhem' tells it like it was "Monday Night Mayhem" ter his death, the voice that Gifford, the jock who under­ more muscular frame to withhold knowledge from airs at 8 p.m. Monday on was a cross between Walter stands the game and never Cosell's was having the his audience. TNT. Matthau and a foghorn still cottons to Cosell. Brad Bey­ shoulder pads removed from Though he championed resonates. er ("The General's Daugh­ jackets that were too small, Muhammad Ali and other By Jacqueline Cutler ter") emulates Don Mered­ so that he felt constricted. © TVData Features Syndicate This is a movie that even black athletes when it was "an audience who can't tell a ith with just the right He recalls imitating him unpopular, an off-the-cuff re­ botball on television amount of irreverence and can be divided handily touchdown from a touch­ while watching old fight mark about a black athlete stone will appreciate, be­ fun. Patti LuPone ("Life films with his father, an am­ branded him a racist, and he Finto two eras: Before cause rather than dwell on Goes On") plays Emmy ateur boxer, before slipping "Monday Night Football" was caught up in a mael­ first downs and fumbles, it Cosell, who stuck with her into his Cosell voice as easi­ strom of criticism until his and after. Before the vision­ shows how Arledge devised husband through every­ ly as slipping into a jacket, ary ABC executive Roone thing. And Nicholas Turtur- black friends came to his de­ Arledge revamped the way something different, fought even one a tad small. fense. to get it on the air and kept it ro ("NYPD Blue") portrays Turturro grew up watch­ America watches football, it director Chet Forte, whose Cosell, who received hate was merely a game on TV. on. The movie goes into the ing "Monday Night Foot­ broadcasting booth and gambling problem exceeds mail and widely was carica­ After the show premiered on ball," and, like most people, tured, remained the con­ Sept. 21, 1970, it became an shows the good (how tele­ both his bank account and he has strong feelings about event. vised football was revolu­ his common sense. Cosell. He researched the summate outsider amid tionized), the bad (Cosell The film, however, be­ role by reading articles broadcast boothmates who "Monday Night May­ stepping on everyone's ego) longs to John Turturro about Cosell and watching a were former players. Tur­ hem," premiering Monday and the ugly (the show's di­ turro manages to convey at 8 p.m. on TNT, does a ("Quiz Show"), whose em­ lot bf videos. rector relieving himself in a bodiment of Cosell is so "I was a fan, even though I that in every scene. wonderful job of capturing cup). how Arledge revolutionized dead-on, it's scary. Sure, vehemently disagreed with "I had a responsibility go­ the game, placing nine cam­ All of this is done with a everyone and his brother him," Turturro says. "He ing in," Turturro says. "I eras on the field to give the top-notch cast. John Heard thinks he can sound like was the first ethnic an­ didn't think he was a clown audience the first sense of ("Home Alone") plays Cosell; Turturro really can. nouncer who looked the way or a fool. Down deep, there's what was going on among Arledge as a smart, diplo­ But beyond that, he captures he looked." an emotional deep response the players and the fans. matic man with infinite pa­ Cosell's stance — no mean Cosell's looks were uncon­ to him and that definitely tience and perfect judgment. feat, since Cosell managed to ventional for television. But colored my performance. It The movie focuses on how Eli Wallach ("The Godfa­ swagger even though he was had some effect on me. He's Howard Cosell, a slump- hunched over. his appearance paled in shouldered, large-mouthed ther, Part m") brings to life comparison to his mouth, a big figure. I could see guy from Brooklyn with a beleaguered ABC president Sitting straight and more which seemed to be in con­ Shakespeare putting him in towering IQ, became an in­ Leonard Goldenson. Kevin imposing in person, even stant motion. An attorney, something. He's really stitution. Even six years af­ Anderson ("Sleeping With with a cold, Turturro says he knew a lot and apparent­ smart but insecure. He is the Enemy") stars as Frank his secret to adapting his ly found it impossible to critical but thin-skinned." SPORTS THIS WEEK CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17T GOLF . FIA World Rally Championship — MOTORCYCLE RACING Charlotte at South Florida. (Live) Australian Open — Early Rounds. New Zealand Open Championshp Monte Carlo. (Same-day Tape) (:30), AMA Supercross Series — 12Scc. (2:00), 6 p.m. on ESPN 333708. 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