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blue glow SALON'S TV PICKS FOR TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 1997 BY JOYCE MILLMAN S P E C I A L S The 1994 comedy Trapped in Paradise (8 p.m., Fox) stars Nicolas Cage, Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz as three bungling brothers who rob a bank but then can't get out of town on Christmas Eve. Yes, a real Christmas turkey, courtesy of Fox. Ed Bradley on Assignment (10 p.m., CBS) is the first in a series of specials from the "60 Minutes" correspondent. Bradley reports from Grand Bois, a Louisiana town where residents are blaming toxic waste from nearby oil refineries for health problems. In her latest Behind Closed Doors (10 p.m., ABC) special, Joan Lunden trains with Secret Service agents and appears in a Vegas revue. Some doors are best kept closed. S E R I E S Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 PST, A&E) reruns a profile of Mary of Nazareth. Luscious Jackson guest on a new Viva Variety (10 p.m., Comedy Central). S P O R T S College hoops: Massachusetts at Connecticut (7:30 p.m., ESPN); Illinois at Missouri (9:30 p.m., ESPN). NBA: Hornets at Celtics (8 p.m., TNT). T A L K Rosie O'Donnell (syndicated) welcomes Helen Hunt; Terry Bradshaw, Billy Zane and Darlene Love guest on David Letterman (CBS); Bridget Fonda and Bebe Winans appear on Jay Leno (NBC); Charlie Rose (PBS) has a holiday movie review panel; a rerun of Politically Incorrect (ABC) features Dylan McDermott and Erica Jong; Lewis Black guests on Conan O'Brien (NBC). E T C. Variety reports that "Ren and Stimpy" creator John Kricfalusi believes that a character called "Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo" from the Dec. 17 South Park Christmas episode was stolen from his talking excrement character "Nutty the Friendly Dump," which debuted on Kricfalusi's Spumco Web site Oct. 15. A spokesman for "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone denied Kricfalusi's claim, telling Variety that "Mr. Hankey is a character created by Trey's dad 25 years ago when Trey was being potty-trained." The "South Park" Christmas episode pulled in 4.5 million viewers, which is seven times the average prime time viewership for Comedy Central. SALON | Dec. 23, 1997

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