Television: Ozzy Knows Best

THE OSBOURNES HAS A BLEEPING THING OR TWO TO TEACH THE NETWORKS ABOUT COMEDY--AND DECORATING WITH CRUCIFIXES

The neighbors are complaining about loud music in the middle of the night. This is exactly what you would expect on a reality show about the Beverly Hills, Calif., home life of British metal god Ozzy Osbourne, wife Sharon and teenage kids Kelly and Jack--except that the noisy ones are in the manse next door, blaring The Girl from Ipanema, and the Osbournes don't like it one bit. But this is not the best part of the episode. The family retaliates by blasting death metal on the stereo (while Ozzy snores away, his slumber safeguarded by decades of standing in front...

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