Week of May 9,, 1987

denouncing the intense scrutiny of his personal life as an

“intolerable situation’ for himself and his family.

“I believe I would have been a successful candidate.” “And

I know I could have been a very good President,

particularly for these times. But apparently, we’ll never

know.. I’ve made some mistakes, I’ve said so. Maybe big

mistakes, but not bad mistakes.”

In France - Emmanuel Vitria - who set a world record by living 18 1/2 years with a

transplanted heart, dies early today of heart and respiratory problems at 67.

In his fourth and last day of testimony in the Iran-contra hearings, Robert C.

McFarlane said he did not have the ‘guts” to tell President Reagan his contra

policy was an ineffective way to fight Soviet influence in Central America,

because he feared he would be called some kind of commie. McFarlane is the

former national security adviser

ministry do not send in $7 million by the end of the

month, he will shut down the whole scandal-plagued

empire. Falwell took over the television ministry and

Christian theme park-resort from its disgraced founder,

Jim Bakker on March 19. He said PTL owes its affiliate

television stations $8 million and also owes contractor

Roe Messner more than $10 million. Messner ordered

his workers to board up the unfinished $27 million

Heritage Grand Towers hotel at the PTL’s Heritage

USA resort and theme park.

In sports - Magic Johnson

is selected as Player of the Year by his National

Basketball Assn peers in a poll conducted by the

Sporting News.. Yankee manager Billy Martin gets

fined $42,500 by owner George Steinbrenner and

club president Gabe Paul. The fine stemmed from

remarks Martin had made regarding the front office’s

failure to recall a player the free-spirited Martin felt he

needed - reserve catcher and left handed pinch hitter

Ellie Hendricks.

Week of May 9,, 1987

Movie news - In a Senate hearing on film colorization, Woody Allen said, “If a

movie director wishes his film to be colorized, then I say by all means, let him

color it. If he prefers it to remain in black-and-white, then it is sinful to force him to

change it. If the director is not alive and his work has been historically

established in black and white it should remain true to its orgin. The presumption

that the colorizers are doing him a favor and bettering his movie is a transparent

attempt to justify the mutilation of art for a few extra dollars.” Film colorization has

become one of Hollywood’s hot topics. Allen appeared on an opening panel that

included directors Milos Forman, Sydney Pollack and Elliot Silverstein.

suffered for several years from Alzheimer’s disease.

CBS chief Laurence Tisch says that no more major

staff reductions are planned. He has been sharply

criticized for 215 layoffs at CBS News and job cuts

elsewhere in the company.

Maria Shriver and Boyd Matson are named as co-

hosts of NBC’s new “Sunday Today,” 90-minute news,

sports and features program that will air Sunday

mornings beginning Sept 20. Garrick Utley, a 23-year veteran at NBC News, will

be the program’s principal correspondent. Al Roker, previously with WNBC-TV in

New York, will do the weather and Bill Mcatee, sports.

says that the network is splitting up its top-rated

Thursday-night comedy lineup in the fall. “Family

Ties” will move to Sunday and replacing it on

Thursdays - a Bill Cosby spinoff starring Lisa Bonet.

NBC cancels “Gimme a Break,” Stingray,” “Amazing

Stories,” Tortellis,” “Roomies,” “Hill Street Blues” and

“Easy Street.”

Singer Paul Simon hires civil rights activist Jullan

Bond to help boost black attendance on his

“Graceland” tour, despite Bond being caught up in

allegations that he abused cocaine.

Comedian Eddie Murphy has a paternity suit filed against him by Nicolle Rader

(19). She seeks child support for her 6-week-old baby, Ashlee Murphy.

Week of May 9,, 1987

“Most Performed Song of the Year” for “Separate

Lives” and David Foster gets “Songwriter of the Year”

for the second year in a row. He received four awards

for his songs “Glory of Love,” “Love Theme From St

Elmo’s Fire,” “Now and Forever (You and Me).” and

“St Elmo’s fire (Man in Motion).”

CNN’s continuing coverage of the Iran-Contra

hearings has paid off in a ratings boost of 229% over

the channel’s normal audience.

Cheers - 28.4

Family Ties - 27.8

The Cosby Show - 26.4

Moonlighting - 21.0

Murder, She Wrote - 20.4

Movie - Murder Ordained, Part 2 - 19.8

Nothing In Common - 19.8

Golden Girls - 19.2

Growing Pains - 18.8

Movie - A Gathering of Old Men - 18.4

Dallas - 18.3

Matlock - 18.1

Movie - Teen Wolf - 17.8

Dynasty - 17.6

Who’s the Boss? - 17.0

Newhart - 17.0

Falcon Crest - 16.5

Cagney & Lacey - 16.5

ALF - 16.4

Knots Landing - 16.3

Valerie - 16.1

Designing Women - 16.0

60 Minutes - 15.7

Me and Mrs C - 15.7

Head of the Class - 15.7

Kate & Allie - 15.4

Week of May 9,, 1987

Saturday Night Television

CBS - Outlaws, Movie

NBC - The Facts of Life, Sweet Surrender, The Golden Girls, Me and Mrs C,

Hunter

ABC - Starman, O’Hara, Spenser: For Hire

PBS - Wonderworks, Adventure, Mal Sharpe’s San Francisco, Sneak Previews

HBO - Movie-Short Circuit, Uptown Comedy Express, The Hitchhiker, Sam

Kinison

The Nashville Network - Country Clips,

Opry Live Backstage, Grand Ole Opry, Movie-

Ranger and the Lady w/Roy Rogers

The Facts of Life - Season ending - The girls

go their separate ways

Spenser: For Hire - Spenser receives a phone

cell from police headquarters informing him

that Hawk, his friend and colleague, has been

the victim of a fatal shooting. Robert Urich, Avery Brooks and Carolyn

McCormick.

Saturday Night Live - Mark Harmon is the host and

On the charts -

With or Without You - U2

I Knew You Were Waiting For Me - Aretha Franklin/George

Michael

(I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew

Looking For A New Love - Jody Watley

The Lady In Red - Chris DeBurgh

Don’t Dream It’s Over - Crowded House

You Keep Me Hangin’ On - Kim Wilde

Sign ‘O’ The Times - Prince

La Isla Bonia - Madonna

Heat of the Night - Bryan Adams

Big Love - Fleetwood Mac

Right On Track - The Breakfast Club

Talk Dirty To Me - Poison

I Know What I Like - Huey Lewis & The

News

Week of May 9,, 1987

Stone Love - Kool & The Gang

What’s Going On - Cyndi Lauper

If She Would Have Been Faithful - Chicago

Se La - Lionel Ritchie

You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

Dominoes - Robbie Nevil

Come As You Are - Peter Wolf

Heartbreak Beat - Psychedelic Furs

The Right Thing - Simply Red

Top Albums -

The Joshua Tree - U2

Trio - Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris

Sing O The Times - Prince

Licensed To Ill - Bon Jovi

Life, Love & Pain - Club Nouveau

The Way It is - Bruce Hornsby & The

Range

Graceland - Paul Simon

Look What The Cat Dragged In -

Poison

Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi

The Final Countdown - Europe

Control - Janet Jackson

Spanish Fly - Lisa Lisa and The Cult

Jam

Into The Fire - Bryan Adams

Dead Letter Office - R.E.M.

Broadcast - Cutting Crew

The Killer Inside Me - Green on Red

Whitesnake - Whitesnake

Another Step - Kim Wilde

Never Let Me Down - David Bowie

Electric - The Cult

Tango In The Night - Fleetwood Mac

Chris Isaak - Chris Isaak

Mirage - Meat Puppets

The Big Life - Night Ranger

Week of May 9,, 1987

Boi-Ngo - Oingo Boingo

Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) - Tom Petty &

The Heartbreakers

Louder Than Bombs - The Smiths

One Voice - Barbra Streisand

Solitude Standing - Suzanne Vega

Hillbilly Deluxe - Dwight Yoakam

Jody Watley - Jody Wately

Pleased To Meet Me - The Replacements

Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys

Different Light - Bangles

Night Songs - Cinderella

Invisible Touch - Genesis, Nick Nolte, Powers

Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso

At the movies -

Meatballs III (Rudy’s Big

Shannon Tweed, Patrick

Dempsey, Isabelle Mejias, Al

Waxman

George Kennedy, Dorothy

Lamour, Tom Savini

Danny Glover, Gary Busey

Robert Loggia

Levy, James Caan, Anjelica

Huston, James Earl Jones, Barry

Malkin

Willis

Adjani, Dustin Hoffman, Charles

Grodin, Jack Weston

Tripp, Christa Denton

Week of May 9,, 1987

McCowen, Shirley Stelfox

American Ninja -

Extreme Prejudice -