SAVING NETWORK TV: THE PEOPLE RESPOND
The Calendar Letters Page on April 14 appealed--in all semi-seriousness--to the reader-masses for fresh, new ideas to help save network television. The generosity of readers has been ample and heartwarming. The least frivolous contributions are segregated in the box at the right. The rest follow.
A detective gets superhuman powers when his microwave oven explodes, thus enabling him to solve crimes in 60 seconds rather than the usual hour.
The remainder of the show could be boring music videos by talentless performers. (We’re talking big profits here--most of the program has already been produced.)
ROBERT LENNARTZ
Irvine
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