Week of November 22, 1984
The Federal Reserve Board lowers the interest rate it charges banks and other
financial institutions from 9% to 8.5%
A Soviet defector who ran across the demarcation line between North and South
Korea - sets off an exchange of gunfire, killing at least two Communist
northerners, one South Korean and wounding a U.S. Army private.
After a 17-year break - President Reagan resumes diplomatic ties with Iraq, to
take effect immediately. A senior Administration official said the move was not
aimed at Iran, with which Iraq has been fighting a four-year war. “In fact, we are
prepared today to discuss an improvement in relations with Iran if it ceases its
support for international terrorism.”
For the second time in history - an artificial heart is successfully implanted - this
time to William Schroeder (52) of Jasper Indiana. So far the patient is doing well.
Sen.
Robert Dole
of Kansas is elected Senate
majority leader, defeating Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.
Dole said - “I get along well with the President” and
noting he share’s the President’s view that tax
increases should be used only as a last resort to
reduce the deficit.
Can’t drive 55 - A federal panel urges to keep the
national 55m.p.h. speed limit, saying it is one of the
most effective highway safety policies ever adopted.
A research council says that public support for the
speed limit has declined and violations by motorists are increasing. Much of the
opposition to the limit has come from rural Western states with its long stretch of
lonely highways. Some members of the review panel are favoring raising the
speed limit on such rural highways.
Capitol Air
suspends all flights and its
director’s meet to reorganize the airline. The
carrier hopes to resume service in time for
the Christmas and New Years holiday
season.
Week of November 22, 1984
Toy & Hobby World’s hit list for Christmas
giving for advertised toys:
1) Coleco’s Cabbage Patch Kids
2) Mattel’s Masters of the Universe Action
figures
3) Tonka’s GoBots line
4) Habro’s GI Joe action figures
5) Hasbro’s Transformers
6) Hasbro’s My Pony
7) Kenner Care Bears
8) Mattel’s Barbie Doll line (including
Crystal Barbie and Great Shape versions)
9) Mattel’s Rainbow Brite doll line
10) Kenner’s Super Powers Action figures
For non-TV advertised toys:
Trivial Pursuit Game, Fisher-Price roller skates and Nerf items; Lego construction
toys, Galoob’s Black Star and Wham-O’s Frisbee.
A special holiday gift for your little girl
from Mattel - Free - One year’s
subscription to Barbie Magazine - a year-
round gift of fun for your little girl, with
proof of purchase for Barbie dolls or
accessories. A $5 value. The Barbie Magazine is full of stories, fashions,
interviews and fun ideas. And the first issue automatically enrolls her in the
Barbie Fan Club!
About 1,500 show-up in Las Vegas to bid on thousands of toys, gadgets and
memorabilia belonging to actor Steve McQueen, who died in 1980. One of the
first items to go was a firefighter’s hat he wore in “The Towering Inferno” which
went for $1,900.
President Reagan’s son Michael asks the First Lady to apologize for saying he
has been estranged from his father for three years. The feud began after First
Lady Nancy made the remark in a published newsletter. “I feel like somebody
knocked the air out of me ... Nancy is the type of person who is very beholden to
my father through all the years. Sometimes she doesn’t understand that
everybody doesn’t line up like a duck.” Aside from an occasional “squabble-type
thing,” the younger Reagan says he feels no estrangement from his father.
Week of November 22, 1984
Actor
Gary Coleman
(16) is released from the
hospital after undergoing a kidney transplant
November 10th. The “Diff’rent Strokes” star is
expected to continue his recovery for a few months
before returning to filming. It’s his second kidney
transplant.
Bestsellers -
The Tailisman - Stephan King/Peter Straub
The Fourth Protocol - Frederick Forsyth
Love and War - John Jakes
Strong Medicine - Arthur Hailey
Superior Woman - Alice Adams
Loving Each Other - Leo Buscaglia -
Iacocca - Lee Iacocca/William Novak
Pieces of my Mind - Andrew A. Rooney
What They Don’t Teach you At Harvard Business School - Mark H. McCormack
Heritage: Civilization and the Jews - Abba Eban
The One Minute Salesperson - Spencer Johnson/Larry Wilson
MTV Networks agrees to pay $1 million for “certain assets” of its competitor -
Turner Broadcasting’s Cable Music Television channel - which goes off the air
this week. Turner’s channel has only been on the air a month. The agreement
also calls for MTV to purchase $500 thousand of advertising time on other Turner
networks. MTV, launched in 1981, can now be seen in 24.2 million homes.
TV Ratings -
Movie - Fatal Vision Part Ii - 32.7
Movie -
The Ewok Adventure
- 24.9
Dynasty - 24.3
60 Minutes 23.0
Dallas - 22.6
Hotel - 21.2
A-Team - 20.2
TV Bloopers & Practical Jokes - 19.7
Murder She Wrote - 19.7
Simon & Simon - 19.5
Falcon Crest - 18.8
The Jeffersons - 17.4
Johnny Carson Special - 17.3
Hardcastle & McCormick - 17.3
Week of November 22, 1984
Riptide - 17.2
Scarecrow & Mrs King - 17.0
World’s Funniest Commercial Goofs - 16.8
The Cosby Show - 16.7
Love Boat - 16.7
Alice - 16.6
Fall Guy - 16.5
Knots Landing - 16.3
Benson - 16.3
Webster - 16.1
Magnum, PI - 16.0
Trapper John, MD - 15.9
Remington Steele - 15.8
Hill Street Blues - 15.7
Facts of Life - 15.7
Friday Night Television
CBS -
Airwolf
, Mike Hammer, Cover-Up
NBC - Diff’rent Strokes, Gimme A Break, The
National Off-The-Wall People’s Poll, Partners
ABC - T.J. Hooker, The Love Boat
A&E - Great Painters, Dreams of Leaving, At
The Met, Focus on the Arts.
Lifetime - Nature of Things, Weekend Athlete,
Susan Noon, Regis Philbin’s Health Styles,
Good Sex, Nature of Things, Stretch With
Priscilla
Diff’rent Strokes - Arnold becomes judge of the
student court
The National Off-the-Wall People’s Poll - Sarah
Purcell and Liberace host this tongue-in-cheek salute to the American survey
craze. Boy George and Barry Manilow also appear.
Later on - NBC - Best of Friday Night Videos
It’s announced that
Brian Setzer
of the Stray Cats will
go into the studio to record a solo album. Meanwhile,
the Stray Cats management team is being dissolved.
Setzer will also appear on “Saturday Night Live” next
month as a guest of the Honeydrippers. The Stray
Cats were one of the hottest bands in the early 80’s.
Week of November 22, 1984
Pop charts -
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
Out of Touch - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
The Wild Boys - Duran Duran
Like A Virgin - Madonna
Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
All Through The Night - Cyndi Lauper
No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney
Desert Moon - Dennis DeYoung
Strut - Sheena Easton
Blue Jean - David Bowie
The Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers
Cool It Now - The New Edition
We Belong - Pat Benetar
Penny Lover - Lionel Richie
I Can’t Hold Back - Survivor
What About Me? - Kenny Rogers/Kim Carnes/James Ingram
It Ain’t Enough - Corey Hart
Walking On A Thin Line - Huey Lewis & The News
Who Wears These Shoes? - Elton John
The War Song - Culture Club
Teacher Teacher - 38 Special
I Can’t Drive 55 - Sammy Hagar
Sugar Don’t Bite - Sam Harris
Top Country Single -
Give Me One More Chance -
Eile
You Could’ve Heard A Heart
Break - Johnny Lee
Top Albums -
Purple Rain - Prince & The
Revolution
Private Dancer - Tina Turner
Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce
Springsteen
Sports - Huey Lewis & The
News
Week of November 22, 1984
Suddenly - Billy Ocean
Volume One - The Honeydrippers
She’s So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
Can’t Slow Down - Lionel Ritchie
Big Bam Boom - Daryl Hall &
John Oates
The Woman In Red - Stevie
Wonder
Heartbeat City - The Cars
1100 Bel Air Place - Julio
Iglesias
17 - Chicago
More Albums -
What About Me? - Kenny
Rogers
Reckless - Bryan Adams
Tropicao - Pat Benatar
Welcome to the Pleasure zone
- Franki Goes to Hollywood
Perfect Strangers - Deep
Purple
Arena - Duran Duran
Valotte - Julian Lennon
Beautiful Feelings - Rick
Springfield
Greatest Hits - John Anderson
1100 Bel Air Place - Julio Iglesias
Emotion - Barbara Stresand
Emergency - Kool and the Gang
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
New Edition - New Edition
Waking Up With The House On Fire - The Culture Club
Camouflage - Rod Stewart
Breaking Hearts - Elton John
Stay Hungry - Twisted Sister
Out of the Cellar - Ratt
Wild Animal - Vanity
Swept Away - Diana Ross
Heartbeat City - The Cars
Animalize - Kiss
Week of November 22, 1984
Tonight - David Bowie
Seven Year Ache - Roseanne
Cash
Wheels Are Turnin’ - REO
Speedwagon
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Give My Regards To Broad Street
- Paul McCartney
Steeltown - Big Country
At the Movies -
Revenge of the Nerds
Night of the Comet
All of Me
Indiana Jones and the Temple of
Doom
Supergirl
Oh God! You Devil -
Missing In Action - Chuck Norris
Terminator
Falling In Love
Just The Way You Are
Week of November 22, 1984
Week of November 22, 1984
