Week of December 15, 1987

Stock speculator Ivan F. Boesky is sentenced

to three years in prison and no fine for

masterminding the biggest insider trading

scandal in Wall Street History. Boesky also

faces a score of civil lawsuits.

Gary Hart, whose presidential ambitions were

derailed by a sex scandal earlier this year, re-

enters the Democratic presidential race in a

stunning turnaround. “Let’s let the people

decide,” he said. “This will not be like any

campaign you have ever seen, because I am

going direct to the people.” Ask if his former

relationship with Donna Rice would affect his

renewed candidacy, Hart said, “I don’t think

so. We’re going to leave it up to the people.”

Michael K Deaver, a close associate and friend of Ronald Reagan through most

his political life, is found guilty of lying under oath when he denied using his

influence with the President in his career as a lobbyist. Deaver had served as

Reagan’s deputy White House chief of staff.

CIA Director William Webster fires to CIA agents and reprimand 4 others,

concluding a month long house cleaning of agency officials tainted by the Iran-

Contra scandal.

In Lancaster, Ca a mother who called the “700 Club” to say she killed her 4-year-

old son is arrested. Police found the boy’s body stabbed in the bedroom and five

drowned dogs in the bathtub.

chosen by NBC to become the first woman in broadcasting

history to do play-by-play for an NFL game. Sierens will

handle play-by-play next week between the KC Chiefs and

Seattle Seahawks... Joe Montana is forced out of the first

quarter with a pulled hamstring and twisted Knee. Despite it

all, San Francisco beat the Chicago Bears 41-0.

each ... Jem’s Car from Hasbro - $14.96

Week of December 15, 1987

At the mart - 1/2 gallon of Egg Nog - $1.69 ... Red Yams - .39lb ... 6 inch

Poinsettia plants - $4.39.

Mia Farrow gives birth the Woody Allen’s first child. The 9-pound boy is named

Satchel.

Bestsellers include - “The Tommyknockers” -

Stephen King, “The Bonfire of the Vanities” - Tom

Wolfe, “Family” - Erma Bombeck, “Time Flies” - Bill

Cosby.

TV Ratings - The Cosby Show (30.0), A Different

World (27.9), 60 Minutes (23.5), Cheers (23.1),

Barbara Walters Special (21.9), Murder She Wrote

(21.9), Growing Pains (21.1), The Golden Girls

(21.0), Who’s The Boss (20.3), Foxfire (19.3), LA

Law (18.9), Dr Seuss Special (17.9), Matlock (17.5),

Hunter (17.3), Monday Night Football (17.3), Family

Ties (17.3), ALF (17.2), Charlie Brown Christmas

(16.9), Sunday NFL Football (16.8).

Barbara Walters Special featured interviews with Eddie Murphy, Sean Connery

and Don Johnson

Wednesday Night TV - (CBS) The Oldest Rookie, Candid Camera Christmas,

The Equalizer ... (NBC) Family Ties, Valerie’s Family, A Year In The Life, St

Elsewhere ...(ABC) A Muppet Family Christmas, Julie Andrews: The Sound Of

Music, A Christmas Memory

Candid Camera Christmas - people being themselves during the holidays - Allen

Funt hosts.

broadcast in 1966 - Narrated by

Truman Capote

Paul Simon the singer and Paul

Simon the senator make an

appearance Saturday Night

Live. The pair will spoof their

shared name.

Week of December 15, 1987

NBC cancels two Friday night shows - “Rags to Riches” and Private Eye.”

Pop charts - “Faith” - George

Michael, “Heaven Is A Place On

Earth” - Belinda Carlisle, “Is This

Love” - Whitesmake, “Should’ve

Known Better’ - Richard Marx,

“Shake Your Love” - Debbie

Gibson, “Don’t You Want Me” -

Jody Whatley, “We’ll Be Together” -

Sting, “Catch Me (I’m Falling)” -

Pretty Poison, “Valerie” - Steve

Winwood, “The One I Love” - REM

Top Country - “Somebody Lied” -

Ricky Van Shelton, “The Last One

To Know” - Reba McEntire, “Do Ya”

- KT Oslin, “I Can’t Get Close

Enough” - Exile, “Somewhere

Tonight” - Highway 101.

Bruce Springsteen makes a surprise appearance at a Madison Square Garden

benefit concert, which raised $475 thousand for New York’s homeless.

At the movies - “Throw Mamma

From The Train” - Danny Devito,

Billy Crystal

“Three Men and a Baby” - Tom

Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted

Danson

“Wall Street” - Michael Douglas,

Charley Sheen

“Planes, Trains & Automobiles” -

Steve Martin, John Candy

Douglas, Glenn Close

“Empire of the Sun” - John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson