TELEVISION: Parodies Regained

The marshal's backside hung low and wide, as a marshal's backside shouldn't. Not only that, but it was so close to the TV camera that it blotted out the scenery. Still, he was the marshal, and when he whipped his Colt from its holster and fired at the varmint standing at the other end of the dusty, deserted street, western fans could only suppose that things were back to normal. But on ABC's Maverick this week, nothing returned to normal. The marshal's first shot missed his man, and so did five more. Cried...

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