Week of November 1, 1992
In Kansas City (MO) - Ross Perot says President Bush is bound to lose, so the
American people should not waste their votes on him.
Ross Perot unloads on Bill Clinton, saying he is unqualified “through background
and experience” to lead the nation. Up until now, Perot was known to bash
President Bush.
Bill Clinton rolls through 9 states in a 30-hour marathon campaign run.
In Houston, President Bush pleas for the support of Americans whose Election
Day decisions he said would “cast a shadow forward” in the nation’s history.
Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and Al Gore
will be the next President and Vice
President. Clinton won 43% and carried
29 states.
President-elect Bill Clinton names lawyer
Warren Christopher and Vernon E.
Jordan to take charge of his transition
into the White House.
Newspapers say President-elect Clinton
seeks to send a message that he is
moving quickly on the nation’s economic
concerns and will seek a bipartisan
approach to foreign policy.
The Bush Administration announces
plans to impose punitive tariffs on
French, German and Italian white wines
- a move that could price them out of the
U.S. market. The tariffs could raise the price of a $10 bottle of imported white
wine to $30. This comes after a long-simmering dispute
between the U.S. and the EC over European subsidies for
growers of soybeans and other oil-bearing crops.
Sport -
Earvin (Magic) Johnson
retires (again) from
basketball. And he days, this time for good: “It has become
obvious that the various controversies surrounding my return
Week of November 1, 1992
are taking away from both basketball as a sport and the larger issue of living with
HIV, for me and the many people affected.”
Entertainment news - Replacing Brandon Tartikoff,
Paramount Communications announces that it has
hired producer
Sherry Lansing
to head the motion
picture group.
Nightclub singer
Gennifer Flowers
is making the publicity rounds. She’s
got a photo spread in the December
issue of Playboy. Of course, she
claims to have had a longstanding
affair with Bill Clinton.
Top TV -
Roseanne - 24.1
60 Minutes - 23.0
Coach - 20.0
Murphy Brown
Home Improvement - 18.4
SNL’s Presidential Bash - 18.4
Movie-Pretty Woman - 18.2
Murder, She Wrote - 17.8
20/20 - 16.9
Full House - 15.8
Cheers - 15.8
Unsolved Mysteries - 15.6
Football - 15.6
Hearts Afire - 15.4
Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper - 15.4
Evening Shade - 15.1
Fresh Prince of Bel Air - 15.0
Blossom - 14.9
Movie-Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick - 14.9
The Simpsons - 14.7
Movie -In The Deep Woods - 14.5
Wings - 14.4
Love & War - 14.2
Rescue 911 - 13.9
Week of November 1, 1992
Music news - At bookstores - Madonna’s “Sex.”
In last week’s “Time Magazine” - singer Sinead
O’Connor criticized Bob Dylan for not sticking up
for her after she was booed off stage at his
October Madison Square Garden tribute concert.
She said Dylan told her after the concert - “That
I should keep on doing what I’m doing.” But it’s
no good saying that to me. Why doesn’t he say it
to them (the audience)? She said she knew that
ripping up a picture of the Pope on Saturday
Night Live was bound to offend, put people need
a shock to listen.
Wrapper Ice T has a new album out this week.
“Predator” features” Ain’t Gonna Take My Life,”
another anti-cop rap song. This one talks about
the Rodney King beating.
The biggest - Elton John and Bernie
Taupin sign a music publishing deal with
Warner/Chappell music for an estimated
$39 million over 12 years. It gives the
publishing firm the right to administer all
the team’s post 1974 material plus songs
from John’s next four albums. This tops
U2’s deal of $20 million and Madonna’s
$10 million.
Jerry Garcia is back from his recent bout
with exhaustion and is performing. His Jerry Garcia Band just did a Halloween
show and the Grateful Dead has concert plans in December.
Top video rentals -
Basic Instinct
My Cousin Vinny
Beethoven
Batman Returns
Fried Green Tomatoes
Week of November 1, 1992
Top movies this week in
1992 -
Under Siege
A River Runs Through It
Candyman
The Last of the Mohicans
The Mighty Ducks
Consenting Adults
Pure Country
Dr. Giggles
Night and the City