Barbara Lippert's Critique

have for years been among the most satisfying on TV. They never made any claims or offered great benefits. They merely suggested that a Snickers bar could tide you over for a while during an endless, frustrating wait.

These were not your average holdups. One of my faves involved a football team in the locker room. The coach announces that the pregame prayer session will now be getting more “politically correct.” “Hit it, padre,” he says to a Catholic priest, who says his bit, followed by a rabbi, a Native American healer and a Buddhist monk.