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ALBERT CONTINUES HIS TV TOUR: TONIGHT, "LARRY KING LIVE"

          Marv Albert will appear on CNN's "Larry King Live"
     tonight at 9:00pm ET, in a pre-taped interview that will not
     include taking viewer phone calls (N.Y. POST, 11/11). 
          THOUGHTS ON MARV: Columnists continued to weigh in on
     Albert's media appearances.  In Baltimore, Milton Kent
     criticizes Albert's talk-show tour: "[A]ll this exposure
     will likely do is set up the former NBC sportscaster for
     more derision" (Baltimore SUN, 11/11).  In the N.Y. TIMES'
     op-ed page, columnist Frank Rich writes under the header,
     "Marv Spins ABC."  Rich: "The '20/20' segment was an
     excruciating exercise in recycling dirty underwear.  Such
     entertainment has its place on TV -- whether on 'Hard Copy'
     or 'Jenny Jones' or, for laughs, on 'Letterman' -- but
     journalism it's not.  Mr. Albert's '20/20' appearance was
     merely the ritualistic opening gambit in his carefully
     plotted public-relations effort to rehabilitate his
     reputation so that he may reclaim his rightful place in the
     celebrity pantheon beside Hugh Grant" (N.Y. TIMES, 11/11). 
     Also in N.Y., Richard Sandomir writes, "Marv, just say no
     more."  Sandomir adds that "waiting three months, even a
     year, when the stories and charges are blurred, might have
     helped Albert."  More Sandomir: "[A]fter the weeklong Marv-
     over-America tour ends on Thursday, will we all feel better
     about him?  Or will we think he tried to manipulate the
     media he was a part of for 30 years, trying to sell the
     defense he didn't tell in court?" (N.Y. TIMES, 11/11).  

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