Why don’t little boys and girls mix? Why is body mutilation thought to be sexy in some parts of the world? Why do women store fat in one place on their body and men in another?
From 8 to 10 p.m. Feb. 2 through 4, The Learning Channel will answer these questions in “Desmond Morris’ The Human Sexes.” The zoologist filmed this mini-series around the world to show how different cultures treat dating, mating and creating.
Tying sex differences to their roots in evolution, Morris will show how ancient patterns of behavior cling to the sexes even in the most modern urban settings. Why do girls talk more? Why do boys play chess? How do different cultures treat hair? Who put the “honey” in honeymoon?
– “Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story” has been moved to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, on ABC.
– Nintendo’s product schedule for the first half of 1998 includes the following Nintendo 64 games:
Yoshi’s Story on March 9 for $59.95. This is the first game to star Yoshi, Mario’s dinosaur partner from Super Mario World. The game, designed in 2 1/2-D, which includes both 2-D and 3-D graphic effects, challenges players to collect the most fruit in each level to get the highest score. Also:
1080 Degree Snowboarding on April 1. This game, from the team that created Wave Race 64, combines Nintendo 64 graphics and a Rumple Pak.
NBA Courtside, April 27.
Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr., May 25.
Cruis’n World, June 29. A 3-D racing game adapted from the arcade version.
Banjo-Kazooie, July 27 A 3-D free-roaming action/adventure game. Prices on the last five games are to be announced.
– Authors Stephen King and William Gibson will write episodes of “The X-Files” for February sweeps. “Chinga,” written by King and show creator Chris Carter, airs Feb. 8. While on vacation in Maine, Scully encounters a bizarre case where the victims appear to have inflicted wounds upon themselves–apparently at the behest of a strange young girl.
“Kill Switch,” written by Gibson and fellow sci-fi author Tom Maddox, airs Feb. 15. Mulder and Scully investigate the death of a computer genius, but become targets of an unlikely killer capable of the worst kind of torture.
– “My Sergei,” a docudrama based on two-time Olympic gold medal figure skater Ekaterina Gordeeva’s life with skating partner and husband Sergei Grinkov, airs on WBBM-Ch. 2 on Feb. 4–what would have been Grinkov’s 31st birthday. On Nov. 20, 1995, Grinkov collapsed and died while practicing for a Stars on Ice tour.
– The cable network Bravo will profile music legend David Bowie at 7 p.m. Feb. 15.
– “The Celts,” a three-tape documentary tracing the origins and heritage of the Celtic people, will be released by BBC Video on March 10 at $49.98. The show originally aired on The Learning Channel.
– WB is creating a good bit of hype for its new show “Three,” which debuts Feb. 2. It’s about a trio of young and brilliant career criminals–a handsome jewel thief, a femme fatale con artist and a computer hacker extraordinare–who are mysteriously assembled to capture elusive criminals that no other agency–government or civilian–can or will.
– WinStar Home Entertainment is releasing “Steve Allen’s 75th Birthday Celebration” on Feb. 24 at $19.98. The 90-minute video, which has aired on PBS, was taped in front of an invited audience of 900 friends, family, colleagues and industry insiders in September.
Milton Berle, Billy Crystal, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Rodney Dangerfield, Steve Martin and Phil Hartman are featured.
