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Sports Calendar SATURDAY (NBC)COLLEGE BASKETBALL Regional telecasts Atlantic 10 Conference Championship Southwest Conference Championship Big 10 Wild Caid i-AC 10 Wild Card Bicj East Championship '.VAC. Wild Card (NBC) BAY HILL CLASSIC Semi-final iouhd golt action trom Orlando, Fla. Vin Scully and Lee Trevno report. (ABC)SPORTSBEAT Ho.,led by Howard Coseil (ABC) PRO BOWLERS TOUR (ABC) WIRE WORLD OF SPORTS (CBS)SPORTS SATURDAY Vorld Figure- Skatmu Championships from Helsinki, rinland; Acapuico Challenge Cup Cliff Diving, live trom Acapuico. Mexico; Wpprld Cup Skiing, nighlights of men > arid women's giant slaloms from Va;i. Colo Alio. Brent Musburger reports from the Spr.its Det-k in h vork (CBS)BASKETBALL SPECIAL Reviev. L't the 198?-81 college basketball season. (CBS) NCAA BASKETBALL Missour Conf-ncnce championship game THURSDAY SUNDAY (CBS) NCAA BASKE TBALL first-rc und .u tier.- ,-Sn © 1983 Compulofl Slim helps kids' health "Slim Goodbody's Top 40 Health Hits," 3 series of 26 one-minute spots educating children about their bodies and health habits thiough song, airs daily on Nickelodeon, the First Channel'for Kids. Twenty nine-year-old John Burstein, who (.'.lays Slim. is already known to the elementary school set through his appearances on "Captain Kangaroo" for the past five years. As Slim Goodbody, he dress­ es in a bodysuit with painted bones, muscles and organs He covers a specific health episode in (CBS) NCAA BASKETBALL Metro Conference Championship, live from River­ front Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio. (CBS) NCAA BASKETBALL Either the Southeastern Conference Championship, live from Birmingham, Ala. or Big Eight Conference Championship. (NBC) BAY HILL CLASSIC Live coverage of final-round action of golf tourna­ ment from the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando. Fla. Vin Scully and Lee Trevino report. (NBC) SPORTSWORLD Women's World Pro Cup Surfing Championship from Hawaii; World Drag Racing finals (funny cars) from Irvine, Calif. (NBC)COLLEGE BASKETBALL Live coverage of the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship from the Omni in Atlanta, Ga. (ABC)USFL Second-week action of the new league. Keith Jack­ son and Lynn Swann report. (CBS) SPORTS SUNDAY World Figure Skating Championships, live from Helsinki, Finland. Dick Stockton, Janet Lynn and John Misha Petkevich report; Acapuico Challenge Cup Cliff Diving, from Acapuico, Mexico, live with John Tesh reporting; NCAA Basketball Champion­ ship Tournament selection, with Gary Bender reporting from Kansas City. Slim Goodbody each segment, performing such songs as "Fabulous Food," "Vital Vitamins" and "Muscle Motion." A puppet disc jockey opens each segment introducing Slim along with one of his five back­ up bands. They're made up of a diverse set of pup­ pet characters and play a range of musical styles from contemporary rock (the Muscle Tones) to disco (the Circulators). "It's a very busy minute, well-packed with carefully blended enter­ tainment and information that focuses on physical, mental and emotional health. We cover all aspects of nutrition and exercise and we get the message across -- whether it's telling kids to use a tissue when they sneeze or to eat fruit for vitamins." Burstein said during a recent interview in New York. The concept of Slim Goodbody was conceived by Burstein when he worked aboard New York's Floating Hospital Ship almost 10 years age Realizing then that chill dren knew little about th4 workings of their bodies he began writing lyrice songs to teach them. The spots were original ly shown on "Captair Kangaroo" and wen moved to Nickelodeon ir an attempt to capitaliz< on the cable channel'; large viewing audience The series is underwriter by Kraft. "There's been a fitnes; revolution in the country ir general. People now fee more of a sense o responsibility for their own health. On this series, we're giving kids a heac start on making the prop­ er choices about their health. We want kids to get into the right health habits." Burstein said. "I think we're reaching a lot of young people with these spots I already have a built-in audience from 'Captain Kangarco' and now Nickelodeon is giving me a lot of exposure." @1983 Compulog