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If the process is successful, it will be expanded nationwide, Vali quette said. “It’s the same as the ratio nale back in 1950 for the cre ation of the 10 most wanted list,” Valiquette said. ‘We want to generate publicity, get assis tance from the public.” The FBI is working on the plan with the Kansas City, Mo.- based National Cinema Net work. With access to more than 4,000 movie screens across the country. “They came to us, and they wanted to test it,” said Brad Ep stein, NCN vice president of marketing. “We don’t know how it will work out, but we were open to it as a test.” Bagwell Continued from Page 2 “This guy would be a super- star if he played in Chicago, Los Angeles or New York,” Astros left fielder Luis Gonzalez said. “When I look at the All-Star vot ing, it’s obvious to me that some of the voters don’t even look at the stats.” Bagwell has All-Star stats but has never made the team. He’s twice been named MVP of the As tros and was the 1991 Rookie of the Year. “I can’t worry about things that are out of my control,” Bag- well said. “Ken Griffey and Barry Bonds would not get the votes if they played here either.” Bagwell, who played at the University of Hartford, is just the fourth Astro to hit three homers in a game. Glenn Davis did it twice. Lee May and Jimmy Wynn each did it once. Bagwell may be taking the modest approach, but his team mates aren’t. Kevin Bass says the All-Star selection method should be re evaluated. “They’re going to have to do something about that,” Bass said. “Managers and players should do the voting. 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Now he carries the cor poration’s hopes of beat ing Barney the purple dinosaur in the rich U.S. children’s market. “We’re talking tens of billions of dollars here,” miles to pay homage to a lump of pink rubber," says Noel Edmonds, host of “Noel’s House Party,” Mr. Blobby’s Saturday prime time showcase. Based on Mr. Blobby’s appearance last week at the International Licensing and Merchandis ing Conference and Exhibition Show in New York, Gury thinks Amer- Michael Gury, vice president for product market ing at BBC Lionheart Television, said Friday. Or as Mr. Blobby would say: “Blobby! Blobby! Blobby!” A long way from Noel Coward, but it works. Lyrics crafted from Mr. Blobby’s one-word vocab ulary produced a No. 1 record — confirmed this week as Britain’s best-selling single of 1993. Not to mention the Blobby video, Blobby T- shirts, Blobby bubble bath, Blobby wallpaper, Blobby pink lemonade and a Blobby theme park. There are even Blobby pirates, out to cheat the BBC of Blobby earnings with Blobby fakes. When Mr. Blobby visited the old seaside re sort of Brighton recently, the BBC said he drew 19,000 fans. “Only the British would travel hundreds of "Only the British would travel hundreds of miles to pay homage to a lump of pink rubber." —Noel Edmunds, host of the would suggest also that (( those folks see an appeal Air. Blobby show, BBC-Ev in a sort of a camp fad marketplace,” Gury said icans may be as suscepti ble — and not just kids. “The licensing offers we got — for boxer shorts for men, and ties and braces, you know — in a telephone interview from the United States. Lionheart, the BBC’s marketing arm in the United States, is still working on a television showcase for Mr. Blobby. Gury said he had been skeptical about Blobby in the U.S. market, but has been encouraged by the response from test groups. Some parents, he said, expressed a preference for Blobby over Barney. “We didn’t position ourselves as the anti-Bar ney. That just happened.” For a character that does little more than fall down, or knock someone else down, Blobby is do ing fine in the U.S. media: He has had write-ups in The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and an appearance on CNN’s “Larry King Live.” and listen to them in the car,” he said. “I’ll make mental notes. This helps me get bet ter.” South started at Texas A&M in 1985 in broadcasting. In 1990, he began doing sales. South said he has had many exciting mo ments announcing A&M sporting events dur ing that time. South said the 1990 Holiday Bowl was probably the most memorable event he has called for A&M. He said a run-in with some Brigham Young boosters before the game made the victory very sweet. ‘We were on the Battleship Independence at a formal dinner. I was sitting with some Brigham Young boosters, and they were going on and on about how they could not believe they were playing Texas A&M, and that they deserved a higher-ranked opponent. They did not realize I was from A&M until they asked all the Aggies to stand up. They were a little surprised,” he said. South said the 1986 Southwest Conference Championship basketball tournament was also another great moment to call, since A&M did much better than they were supposed to. “We go to the NCAA tournament after win ning the tournament as the number eight seed. Shelby Metcalf, the coach at the time, took one suit to Dallas. That was as exciting as Aggie basketball gets,” he said. South has had many memorable moments at Reunion Arena in Dallas. In 1993, he be came infamous for being ejected from a first- round game against Houston for giving a ref eree a “choke” signal. The story made sports pages throughout the nation. South said the whole incident should never have happened. “Referees can kick anyone out who is inter fering with the flow of the game,” he said. “The game was not even going on when that happened.” South said that although Southwest Con ference basketball was pretty bad for a while, it has drastically improved. “Dale Kelly came in last year to work with the officials,” he said. “I cannot say enough good things about officials now.” Saying good things about other people is something South does often. For someone who has accomplished so much, South seems to always give the credit to others. He talks about his family’s importance in his life, great broadcasters he has had a chance to work with, companies that gave him a chance to learn about sales and how much he likes everyone around him in the A&M athletic department. “Everyone here has a great work ethic. I do not dislike anyone. I would not say that if I did not honestly believe it,” he said. South said A&M’s athletic department is special. “Our programs are successful, and we run in the black,” he said. “Not too many other athletic departments can say that.” Being so close to the game, South has many opinions about college athletics. He said col lege sports are more exciting than profession al sports, and that college athletes have more desire. “College athletes give you more,” he said. “The college game offers more for the fans.” So does Dave South. Coaches Continued from Page 2 covered has a program where they tell their campers about A&M, including giving them tours and teaching them yells. The coaches view the opportu nity to show off A&M as one of the best parts of their camps. Obviously, the coaches might have in the back of their mind the thought that some of these kids could be future recruits. Who could blame them? How ever, that is not the impression I have got. These coaches actu ally care. These coaches do not have to return phone calls. They do not have to teach their campers yells. But they do, and that is definitely commendable. Granted, they are not in their respective seasons. Their stress level is not as high as it could be. Still, the way they treat others and show-off the school they repre sent speaks a lot for the type of persons they are. It is also nice to hear South talk about how much he re spects he has for everyone he works with and how hard everyone works. In our musi cal-position, administrator-of- the- week university, it is nice to see some continuity in at least one department. At Fish Camp, freshmen are taught about Aggie Spirit. They are taught that it is more of a feeling than anything else, and sayings such as “from the in side looking out, you can’t ex plain it, and from the outside looking in, you can’t under stand it” abound. Texas A&M’s high-profile, extremely-busy coaches seem to have a pretty good grasp on the concept. 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