Week of November 25, 1981

an apparent accident off Catalina Island

where she was spending the holiday

weekend with husband Robert Wagner. The

Wagners had taken friend/actor Christopher

Walken along in their yacht. The actress

took the boat’s dingy out, and police

speculate she slipped into the water. An

investigation said there “was much

recreational drinking going on.” Bruises on

her left cheek were consistent with her

having fallen and striking the yacht before

she hit the water.

Prices moderate, slowing the pace of

inflation at a 4.4% annual rate - the lowest

since July 1980.

Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. of Virginia (67) says he will not seek re-election to the

Senate seat his family has held for almost 50 years.

A judge orders AT&T to pay MCI damages of almost a million dollars for refusing

to lease them long distance circuits at bulk rates.

A royal aircraft carrying Prince Philip has a near miss with a British Airways

Boeing 747 - carrying 200 passengers. Prince Philip (60) is a pilot and often

takes control of the airplane. The jet was taking off from Heathrow Airport when it

spotted the royal plane in its path.

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (68) undergoes two hours of emergency

surgery for a broken bone in his left thigh, after he slipped and fell in his

bathroom. Doctors say he’s doing well.

is named American League MVP - the first relief

pitcher to win the honor.

Week of November 25, 1981

Davis (55) at Bill Cosby’s Massachusetts home. It’s her

second and his third. You can catch her this Tuesday

night on “The Hallmark Hall Of Fame” on CBS.

This holiday season - Michael Landon says “Kodak has a

gift for just about everyone on your list.” Choose from 8

different instant cameras - from Kodak’s “Tele-Ektralite

600” camera - just $77 to Kodak’s great starter camera -

the Instamatic - at just $14.

Passing - actor Jack Albertson (74) -

winner of an Oscar, two Emmy’s and a

Tony. Best known as the garage owner in

“The Subject Was Roses” and in 1968, won

an Oscar for the same role. He won the

Emmy award twice for his role in “Chico” in

1974 and 1976.

Passing - actress Lotte Lenya - famed for

her performance in “Three Penny Opera.”

Bestsellers - “An Indecent Obsession” -

Colleen McCullough, “No Time For Tears” - Cynthia Freeman, “Cujo” - Stephen

King, “The Hotel New Hampshire” - John Irving, “How To Make Love To A Man” -

Alexandra Penney, “Elizabeth Taylor; The Last Star” - Kitty Kelley, “The Lord

God made Them All” - James Herriot, “From Bauhous to Our House’ - Tom

Wolfe.

TV ratings - 60 Minutes - (29.8), Dallas (28.8), Dukes Of Hazzard (24.3), Three’s

Company (23.6), NFL Football (23.4), The Jeffersons (23.2), One Day At A Time

(23.1), Alice (22.8), Archie Bunker’s Place (22.6), Too Close For Comfort (22.5),

Movie-Sizzle (21.7), The Love Boat (21.1), MASH (21.4), Monday Night Football

(21.3), Hart to Hart (20.7), Frosty The Snowman (20.0), Trapper John, MD (29.9),

Laverne & Shirley (19.7), Little House On The Prairie (19.3), The Muppet Movie

(19.2), That’s Incredible (19.2), Move-Dream House (18.8), House Calls (18.8),

Bugs Bunny Looney Christmas (18.7), Happy Days (18.7).

Week of November 25, 1981

Tuesday Night TV - CBS - Simon & Simon, Hallmark Hall Of Fame ... NBC -

Father Murphy, Debut-Bret Maverick ... ABC - Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley,

Three’s Company, Too Close For Comfort, Hart to Hart

reprises his role as the wisecracking

western hero. Co-stars Marilyn

Hassett and Stuart Margolin.

Hallmark Hall of Fame - “The Marva

Collins Story” - stars Cicely Tyson as

the inspiring Chicago schoolteacher.

Co-stars Morgan Freeman.

The Tonight Show - guest host David

Lettermen with guests Rona Barret,

Dave Thomas and Conrad Janis.

On Thanksgiving evening on ABC - join Barbara Walters for “Ronald Reagan: At

Home On The Ranch.” It’s a first-time ever tour of his spectacular ranch - Rancho

Del Cielo in California. “The Reagan children and long-time friends of the

President, including Pat O’Brien, Ginger Rogers, Patricia Neal and George

Murphy, reveal to Barbara aspects of the man that only they know. Join Barbara

Walters for this rare, personal look at the President and is wife... at home on the

ranch.”

“60 Minutes” this Sunday takes a look at Jim Henson and his Muppet creations.

Show.” Philbin just left the simarly-formated “A.M Los Angeles’

on Channel 7 there. In radio ads in that market, Philbin is heard

telling listeners it was the same show, only a different channel!

The half-hour show will have Sarah Purcell as co-host the first

week and Mary Hart after that.

Week of November 25, 1981

Newton John, “Waiting For A Girl

Like You” - Foreigner, “I Can’t Go

For That (No Can Do)” - Hall &

Oates, “Every Little Thing She Does

Is Magic” - The Police, Private Eyes”

- Hall & Oates, “Theme From Hill St

Blues” - Mike Post, “We’re In This

Love Together” - Al Jarreau, “Oh No”

- The Commodores, “Why Do Fools

Fall In Love’ - Diana Ross, “Just

Once” - Quincy Jones w/James

Ingram, “Here I Am (Just When I

Thought I Was Over You)” - Air

Supply, “The Old Songs” - Barry

Manilow, “Sausalito Summernight” -

Diesel, “No Reply At All” - Genisis

Top Country - “All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)” - Hank Williams Jr.,

“My Favorite Memory” - Merle Haggard.

At the movies - “Raiders Of The Lost Ark” -

Harrison Ford

Shelly Duvall, Michael Palin.

“Arthur” - Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John

Gieigud

Disney’s “The Watcher In The Woods” - Bette

Davis, Carol Baker, David McCallum

“Rich and Famous” - Jacqueline Bisset,

Candice Bergen

“True Confessions” - Robert DeNiro, Robert

Duvall

“SuperFuzz” - Terence Hill, Ernest Borgnine

“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” - Marilyn

Burns, Gunnar Hanson

“Absence Of Malice” - Paul Newman, Salley

Field

“The Bugs Bunny Movie”

“Ragtime” - James Cagney,

Week of November 25, 1981

“Agency” - Robert Mitchum, Lee Majors, Valerie Perrine