MUSHNICK SAYS MARV'S TALK SHOW TOUR IS A BIG MISTAKE

          Marv Albert's decision to appear on "20/20", "Larry
     King Live," and the "Late Show" with David Letterman next
     week is a "terrible mistake," according to Phil Mushnick of
     the N.Y. POST.  Mushnick: "Marv Albert's itinerary, starting
     Friday, reads like a promotional tour for a book or a movie. 
     It reeks of salesmanship, not sincerity. ... [T]his entire
     endeavor will be perceived by smart people as overly
     orchestrated sincerity.  Because it will be."  Mushnick
     added that for celebrities recovering from a scandal, the
     Barbara Walters/Larry King "circuit has become too redundant
     and too transparent to foster anything but ridicule.  And
     people will still believe what they want to believe."  More
     Mushnick: "The question isn't whether Albert is making these
     appearances too soon after his trial, but whether he should
     be making them at all.  Marv Albert can win nothing in the
     coming week except added derision" (N.Y. POST, 11/2).