Week of March 20, 1992
A year after launching is bid for the Democratic presidential
nomination -
Paul E. Tsongas
, the ex-senator from
Massachusetts, calls a halt to his once-promising campaign
because he is out of money. The surprise announcement
establishes Arkansas Gov Bill Clinton as the Democratic
Party’s presumptive nominee. Clinton’s only remaining rival
is former California Gov Edmund G. Brown Jr., who is not
seen as a strong candidate. Experts say that Tsongas was
clearly Clinton’s last hurdle.
Iraq, yielding to the warnings of the United Nations, agrees
to begin destroying its Scud missile factories under the eyes of inspectors in the
next few days.
A USAir Commuter jet attempting to take off from La Guardia Airport in a heavy
snowstorm, cartwheels down the runway and bursts into flames. At least 27 are
dead and dozens more injured. The pilot, sensing trouble as the plane
accelerated down the runway, tried to abort the takeoff.
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney announces plans to reduce the nation’s military
reserve and National Guard forces by 234,000 in the next five years in cutbacks
that will affect hundreds of units in all 50 states.
Former heavyweight boxing champion
Mike Tyson
is
sentenced to six years in prison for the rape of a teen-
age beauty contestant. Said the judge - “something
needs to be done about the attitude you displayed here.”
Tyson is also denied bail pending his appeal. He showed
no emotion at the sentencing. Tyson is also sentenced to
a four year probation period after his release from prison
and fined $10,000 for each of the three counts: one count
of rape and two counts of criminal deviate conduct.
At the Rodney King trial in Simi Valley (Calif) - Sgt Stacey
C. Koon, one of the four Los Angeles policemen charged
in the Rodney King beating, testifies that King tried several times to attack
officers trying to subdue him, leaving them no choice but to beat and kick him
repeatedly... Also, a police department expert says that use of force alternatives
such as the chokehold, which Los Angeles police offers are forbidden to use
except when lives are threatened, would have been more effective in the arrest
of Rodney King, then police batons. He said that all 56 baton blows to King were
appropriate, because the officers had no other use-of-force options at their
Week of March 20, 1992
disposal.
IBM debuts its long-awaited notebook PC this week. The PS/2
N51, which weighs 6.2 pounds and is based on Intel’s 386SX
16 megahertz chip, will list for $2,250, but is expected to be
marked down by dealers for around $1,700. The new IBM
notebook is expected to include 2 megs of memory and a 40-
magabyte hard drive, 9 1/2 inch backlit screen with reversal
type, and full-sized alphanumeric keys.
At the mart -
Chiquita Bananas - 3lbs for $1.00 ... Boneless Beef Chuck Roast - $1.89lb ...
Fresh Pork Butt Roast- .99lb
Bestsellers -
The Pelican Brief - John Grisham
The Road To Omaha - Robert Ludlum
Rising Sun - Michael Crichton
Vox - Nicholson Baker
Fugitive Nights - Joseph Wambaugh
The Elk Queen of Shannara - Terry Brooks
Disney’s Beauty And The Beast -
Trial By Fire - Harold Coyle
Star Trek: Probe - Margaret Wander
Revolution From Within - Gloria Steinem
A Return To Love - Marianne Williamson
Awaken The Giant - Anthony Robbins
Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story Of The
Mobster Who Controlled American - Sam and Chuck
Giancana
How To Satisfy A Woman Every Time And Have Her
Beg For More - Naura Hayden
More Wealth Without Risk - Charles
Givens
Top video rentals -
Thelma & Louise
Boyz N the Hood
The Rocketeer
Point Break
The Doctor
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
Dead Again
Week of March 20, 1992
Hot Shots
Double Impact
Barton Fink
Passing - actor and director
John Ireland
(77). Appeared
in more than 200 movies and was nominated for an Oscar
for his supporting role in “All the King’s Men” ... of leukemia.
Passing - actress
Nancy Walker
(69) - best known as the
waitress who hawked “Bounty - the
quicker-picker upper.” She was also the
wisecracking mom of Rhoda Morgenstern
on “Mary Tyler Moore” and its spin-off
“Rhoda.” ... of lung cancer. Born Anna
Myrtle Swoyer May. There will be no memorial service. The
Neptune Society will scatter her ashes at sea.
NBC renews the hit comedy “Cheers” for an 11th season, but at a lower fee. Last
season, NBC paid $2.5 million per episode, the series slipped from first to fourth
place and the network lost money. This time, NBC will pay 18% less per episode.
TV Ratings -
60 Minutes - 23.4
Roseanne - 21.4
Murphy Brown - 21.2
Home Improvement - 19.4
Coach - 18.5
Unsolved Mysteries
- 18.4
Designing Women - 18.0
Northern Exposure - 18.0
Full House - 17.8
Major Dad - 17.6
Double Edge - 17.1
Murder, She Wrote - 17.1
NCAA Basketball Tournament - 16.8
20/20 - 16.6
Cheers - 16.0
Evening Shade - 15.7
Robert Stack of Unsolved Mysteries
Family Matters - 15.3
L.A. Law - 15.2
Empty Nest - 15.0
Week of March 20, 1992
Step By Step 14.9
Married ... With Children - 14.7
Seinfeld - 14.6
America’s Funniest People - 14.5
Wings - 14.0
America’s Funniest Home Videos - 13.9
48 Hours - 13.8
Doogie Howser, MD - 13.5
The Cosby Show - 13.5
Fresh Prince of Bel Air - 13.4
Different World - 13.2
Appearing on Fox-TV’s “Roc” this week - Rapper
Tone-Loc
. He joins star Charles S. Dutton in a
story that finds them opposing drug dealers who
move into their neighborhood. “They gave me the
script and they liked the way I portrayed the
character, so they wrote me in at the end too. Where
I wasn’t supposed to be. They gave me more than I
was supposed to do. They were all excited about it
and asked me if I was interested in coming back. I said sure.”
Stone Phillips
makes his anchoring debut for NBC this week,
subbing for vacationing Bryant Gumbel on “Today.” Stone will
co-anchor NBC’s new magazine series “Dateline NBC” with
Jane Pauley beginning March 31.
Monday Night Television -
CBS -
Evening Shade
, Major Dad, Murphy Brown, Designing
Women, Northern
Exposure
NBC - Fresh Prince of
Bel Air, Blossom, Cheers, Seinfeld, Night
Court
ABC - FBI: Untold Stores, American
Detective, Movie
Fox - No schedule
PBS - Travels, Street Smarts
HBO - The Adventures of TinTin, Move-
Internal Affairs, Movie-Miller’s Crossing
Nick At Nite - Looney Tunes, Mork &
Week of March 20, 1992
Mindy, Get Smart, Dick Van Dyke, Dragnet, Alfred Hitchcock, Green Acres
All this week on CNBC ... Verdicts on trial - all this week on The Real Story.
Guilty or not? You help us decide if the outcome of real court cases came out
right. Here’s the CNBC evening lineup - The Real Story, Real Life, Steals and
Deals, The Dick Cavett Show, Real Personal... CNBC - “Information That Hits
Home.”
Pop music this week in 1992 -
Save The Best For Last - Vanessa
Williams
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me -
George Michael/Elton John
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
Masterpiece - Altantic Starr
Make It Happen - Mariah Carey
Breakin’ My Heart (Pretty Down Eyes) -
Mint Condition
I Can’t Dance - Genesis
Good For Me - Any Grant
Justified & Ancient - The KLF (Feat
Tammy Wynette)
Beauty and the Beast - Celine Dion &
Peabo Bryson
Jump - Kris Kross
Missing You Now - Michael Bolton Feat Kenny G.
To Be With You - Mr. Big
If You Go Away - New Kids On The
Block
Uhh Ahh - Boyz II Men
Top Albums -
Ropin’ The Wind - Garth Brooks
Wayne’s World - soundtrack
Nevermind - Nirvana
Dangerous - Michael Jackson
Luck of the Draw - Bonnie Raitt
Time, Love and Tenderness - Michael
Week of March 20, 1992
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Unforgettable - Natalie Cole
No Fences - Garth Brooks
Metallica - Metallica
Achtung Baby - U2
Cooleyhighharmony- Boyz II Men
C.M.B. - Color Me Bad
We Can’t Dance - Genesis
Top Country -
Dallas - Alan Jackson
Straight Tequila Night - John Anderson
At the movies -
Basic Instinct - Michael Douglas, Sharon
Stone
Wayne’s World - Mike Myers, Dana
Carvey, Rob Lowe
My Cousin Vinny -
Joe Pesci
Lawnmower Man - Jeff Fahey, Pierce
Brosnan
Fried Green Tomatoes - Kathy Bates,
Jessica Tandy, Mary-Louise Parker,
Mary Stuart Masterson
American Me - Edward James Olmos
Beauty and the Beast
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot -
Hand That Rocks The Cradle -
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