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lopykat CbpjrEireefieiice City SueiOverForest Hills i -a Impersonating Top Sfars zuayur tanusay ana ine cny proved in 1366 to warrant reap-Housing Authority launched a I provaL t1 nSU? The briefs, which were prepared that ordered the city to resubmit nlans for the scatter-sit- bousing I Vns with respect By GERALD NACH3IAN Too loner show biz outcasts, mimics have labored for years as lowly field hands, lepers almost, filler acts with a "status somewhere between tumblers and sword swallowers. project in Forest Hills, Queens, i if and number of build-to the Planning Commission and i HP ae fre(luentIy modified and the Board of Estimate. i no- in the Althouffh both the mavor i P.ubhc Housing Law that approval Lit 1 21 Underrated, misunderstood, un-. bit taking too long lets you see Rich Little Marilyn Michaels Simeon Golar. chairman of the tained." Housing Authorihxr tiava hum ADVERTISEMENT C3 t2 2 vocal critics of Saypol's decision, briefs filed yesterday before the State Annellflt Division bum the first official moves to have it reversed.

The appellate court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case April 5 Saypol's decision. whi4i vi quality to the show that, though controlled, allows all sorts of fantasies to be spun out of the standard vocal repertory. Why not now a jam session with mimics challenging each other to produce, say, Roger Mudd, Joe Nam-ath, Barbara Walters? With a Little bit of luck, there's no telling who might pop out of their mouths. N. derdeveloped, mimics have finally In come into their own as respecta-sr'vMe performers with billing equal fif to singers, dancers and comics.

For" mimicry freaks like myself, it seems too good to last. The renaissance began with -Frank Gorshin, who gave visual dimension to the old fly-by-night k-art; it flowered under David Frye, who broke free of an ansa; S. -dent bondage to movie stars to i roam alone in a virgin land of familiar, but untapped, political jT voices; it exploded with Rich Lit- tie, among today's impressionists n' a veritable Renoir. Fine only it took wight Hemion and ABCs Kopykats to provide them and others with a regular, forum to work their strange and marvelous magic, a that's more than just a pa-f -rade of impersonations which Fulton Sheen on TV Special Archbishop Fultoa Sheen, renowned author, lecturer, preacher and TV personality, will be the featured speaker on the 'Hour of Power color TV special Sunday, March 19. considered a major victory for community groups fighting aeainst the nminrt saii VQ changes in the height and number of buildings had changed suf-f iciently since the plans were ap- so IV When we got it, We flaunt it! Zero would be plenty but rather, a tight, funny, lovingly turned-out hour.

now the trick is done and its luster is lost. The precision of a few deft strokes, if repeated, gives the secret away and you're drawn to the mimic, not the subject, like watching a ventriloquist's lips instead of his dummy. All of which the Kopykats is fully aware of, using blackouts, quick skits and thumbnail film parodies, nothing over three minutes except closing soliloquies paying sentimental tribute to this or that hero with creepy exactness. Standouts A few uncanny Xeroxes so far: George Kirby's Louis Armstrong, Gorshin's Cagney, Marilyn Michaels' Fanny Brice (the real one, not Streisand's) and Judy Garland (the awkward one, not Jim Bailey's). Miss Michaels is the show's discovery, and curiosity, a female female impersonator whose throwaways a whiney Connie Francis, Lily Tomlin's "Eunice" are diamondlike rhine-s tones.

The mark of an inspired mimic is how far he's willing to risk his larynx, and most of the Kopykats are unafraid to twist their vocal cords every which way, none more than Rich Little, whose astounding skill at coming up consistently with such -undo-able, or overlooked, people as Johnny Carson and Walter Cron-kite sends me reeling regularly. Even the dubious ploy of dragooning a guest host each time Robert Young, Steve Lawrence, Raymond Burr works out, for the star is used, not just exploited. Ed Sullivan triggered a cacophony of wind-up Ed Sulli-vans. There's a loose, cutting-up Mimie Meets Gagman For decades now, mimics have IT- mr I. PRODUCES LAUGHS AND WE PRODUCE Bishop Fulton Sheen GREAT FOOD in our FREE DRIVE-IN MOVIE Nite1y6.8-Friand Sat- limped along with the same vocal cliches Bogart, Lorre, Cagney, Grant, et al.

and even lamer material, a set of voices in search of an author. On The Kopykats, mimic meets gagman in a perfect match. A built-in, but adroitly avoided hazard of a show like The Kopykats a regular edition of ABCs Comedy Hour magazine on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. is that an impression is just that a fast, fleeting glimpse of personality, a sudden snapshot of gesture and inflection, best caught and recalled in passing. Brilliant cameos buckle under the pressure of full-length sketches; mimicry wasn't meant for murals.

Mimics are illusionists, so any (2J 6.8.10.1Z-Sunrlay 4,6,8 WHERE? AT THE EXCITING Hour of Power with Dr. Robert Schuller is televised each Sunday from the world's first walk-in, drive-in inspiration center in Garden Grove, Calif. Tune in the "Hour of Power special this week: 12 FN WOR CHANNEL 9 General Motors Building 5th Ave. at 53th St 832-3232 RADIO WMCA 570 WABC 770 WINS 1010 WFAS 1230 WEVD 1330 WVOX 1460 WICC 600 WNYC 830 WHN 1050 WGBB 1240 WPOW 1330 WHOM 1480 WVNJ 620 WCBS 860 WHLI1100 ADO 1280 WBNX 1380 WTHE1520 WNBC 660 WPAT 930 WNEWU30 WGU 1290 WNJR 1430 WQXR 1560 WOR 710 WWOJ 970 WLIB 1190 WVIP 1310 WBAB 1440 WWRL1600 If you never believed MORNING in haunted houses information features (Continuous 24 News and -WCBS News Radio 88. 5:00 a.m.

I hours a riav). 1 9 5:00 a.m. WABC Musicradio 77 (Continuous music 24 hours a day). 5:15 a.m. WOR John A.

Gambling Show. Music, talk, news. 5:30 a.m. WNEW Gene Klavan Show. Music, talk, news.

4 5:30 a.m. WW Gary Russell Show. Music, talk, news. 6:15 a.m. WTH Wonderful Country Country music also 2 to 6 p.m.).

8:30 a.m. WEVD Joey Adams Show; David Schoenbrun. 10:00 a.m. WNBC Big Wilson Show. Music, talk, news.

10:00 a.m. WNYC Freedom of Information Hearings; Ward Sinclair, others. 10:15 a.m. WOR Martha Oeane Show; Theodore AFTERNOON 12:00 noon WEVD Ruth Jacobs Show; Lillian Levitt "Jewish Identification." 12:15 p.m. WOR Ed and Pegeen Fitzgerald Show.

Talk. 1:00 p.m. WHN Bruce Bradley Show. Music, talk, news. .1:00 p.m.

WNEW Julius La Rosa Show. Music, talk, news. p.m. WOR Arlene Francis Show; Pete Hamill. 1:15 p.m.

WMCA Fred Gale Telephone-Talk Show. 1:30 p.m. WCBS Arthur Godfrey Show; Carmel Quinn, Tommy Makein, others. 3:00 p.m. WNBC Ted Brown Show.

Music, talk, news. 4:00 p.m. WLIB Hal Jackson Show. Music, news. EVENING 7:00 p.m.

WMCA Sports Call With Jack Spector. Telephone-talk show. 7:00 p.m. WNBC Sports Line With Marv Albt.t; Sheila p.m. WEVD Sabbath Eve Services From Temple B'Nai Jeshurun.

8:00 p.m. WNBC Long John Nebel Discussion Show. 8:15 p.m. WHN Pro Basketball; Cougars-Nets. 9:00 p.m.

WEVD "The Guaranteed Reducing Dr. Neal Solomon, others. 10:00 p.m. WNBC Pro Basketball; Knicks-Suns. 10:00 p.m.

WMCA Barry Gray Discussion Show. 11:15 p.m. WOR Barry Farber Discussion Show. 11:30 p.m. WQXR Casper Citron Program; Lord Brooke, others.

12:00 mid. WMCA Leon Lewis Telephone-Talk Show 12:01 a.m. WINS News and information features (Continuous 24 hours a day). i JMR5Q RADIO- WBAB 102.3 WNEW 102.7 WTFM 103.5 WWYD103.9 WNCN 104.3 WRFM 105.1 WHBI 105.9 WVIP 106.3 WRVR 106.7 WUB 107.5 WOR 98.7 WBAI 99.5 WVNJ 100.3 WCBS101.1 WPIX 101.9 WSOU 89.5 WKCR 89.9 WFUV S0.7 WNYE 91.5 WHOM 92.3 WUR 92.7 WPAT 93.1 WVOX 93.5 WNYC 93.9 WFME 94.7 WPLJ 95.5 WQXR 96.3 WNBC 97.1 WEVO 97.9 WHU 98.3 will niahe a believer out of you! Sebastian CabotBdrbara Parkins and David Birney star in this suspense gem from Screen Gems. An NBC Friday Night at the Movies.

6:00 a.m. WPIX Rock Music; Les Marshak, Nick Charles (Stereo). 8:30 a.m. WEVD Sounds of Greece with Ted Athas. Music, talk, news.

10:00 a.m. WEVD Danny Stiles Show. Music of the 30's, 40's, and 50'S. 10:05 am. WQXR The Listening Room; Karen Altman, soprano.

11:00 a.m. WPIX Rock Music; Jim Nettleton, Al D'Amico (Stereo). 11:05 a.m. WNCN Adventures in Good Music; Karl Haas. host.

"A Cheer for Uw Irish." 3:00 p.m. WPIX Rock Music; Bob Dayton (Stereo). 4:00 p.m. WLIB Frankie Crocker Show. Music, news.

1 5:00 p.m. -WNYC All Things Considered. News and features. 6 30 p.m. WHBI Horse Racing Results.

6 45 p.m. WHBI Dick Richards Here; Patsy Kelly. 700 p.m. WPIX Rock Music; Barney Pip (Stereo). 7 00 p.m.

WNYC Masterwork Hour; "Rimsky-Korsako Program." 7- 7:00 p.m. WNCN Anniversary Concert; -Max Reger Celebration." i 9:00 p.m. WFUV National Invitation Tournament; Fordham-Jacksonville. 10 00 p.m.-WRVR-Just Jazz With Ed Beach. "1200 mid.

WHBI Ra Wiknn Shnw Miitir anil 12.00 mid. WPIX Rock Music; Jerry Carroll (Stereo a.m.X.