Week of November 28, 1991
The United States will now offer diplomatic recognition
to the soon-to-be independent Ukraine... A few days
later - it’s official - The Ukraine votes to quite the Soviet
Union and its president-elect,
Leonid M. Kravchuk
claims “A new Ukraine has been born. A great
historical event has occurred which will not only
change the history of the Ukraine, but the history of the
world.” He also said the former Soviet republics, and
not the Kremlin, should take collective of the command
of the country’s nuclear arsenal.
American hostage Joseph J. Cicippio, is released after
five years of captivity in Beirut... A short time later - Terry A. Anderson, the last
hostage is freed after six years and nine months.
John Sununu quits as White House chief of staff. A controversial figure since the
early days of the Bush administration, he quit to avoid being a drag on Bush’s
upcoming reelection campaign. There is no immediate announcement of a
replacement.
The Food and Drug Administration makes the controversial drug Tacrine or THA
available to a limited number of Alzheimer’s patients this week. The drug is still
under study.
Charles Keating
(68), whose name has become
associated with greed and excess in the thrift industry, is
convicted on 17 of 18 counts of securities fraud
stemming from the sale of his company’s bonds at
Lincoln Savings and Loan Branches.
Keating faces a minimum of 10
years in prison and a $250 thousand
fine at his sentencing. He remains
free after posting $100 thousand in
bail
Pan American Airways (Pan Am) ceases operations after 64
years of service. It’s the third major air carrier to fold this year
- after Eastern and Midway. Said Pan Am President Russell
Ray Jr. - “Today, we will see the end of an airline whose
name will be forever forged in American History.”
Week of November 28, 1991
Robert Pilatus
(27) - half the disgraced pop music duo
Milli-Vanilli - tries to commit suicide by slashing his wrist
and gulping prescription pills and then dangled himself
from a ninth floor hotel balcony on the Sunset Strip.
“They’ve harassed my family ... I’ve had enough. I didn’t
want to hurt anyone.” Pilatus was taken to Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center and placed under 72-hour observation.
Passing - actor Ralph Bellamy (87). His film, stage,
radio and television career spanned more than 60
years. He last appeared in the movie “Pretty Woman.”
White supremacist Tom Metzger is sentenced to six months in jail for a cross-
burning in 1983.
Bryant Gumbel renews his “Today” show contract for three more years.
It’s a new son for actor Robin Williams and wife Marsha.
Rhino Records releases a 9 CD set entitled “The History Of British Rock.” You
can purchase them individually or as a set. The collection salutes more than 100
British rock hits from the 60’s with such acts as The Kinks, Sandi Shaw, Gerry &
The Pacemakers, Petula Clark, The Bee Gees and a ton more.
Izzy Stradlin
- rhythm guitarist with Guns N Roses,
leaves the band. In a statement from Geffen Records -
lead singer Axl Rose said - “Izzy and I have been
together 15 years so it’s kind of a shock to my system.”
In London - Freddie Mercury - the lead singer of Queen,
is cremated in a ceremony led by white-robed priests of
the Zorastrain faith. Flowers sent from all over the world
covered a quarter-acre and were distributed to AIDS
patients. Mercury (45) died last Sunday of AIDS.
TV Ratings -
60Minutes - 23.7
Murphy Brown - 21.7
Roseanne - 19.5
Week of November 28, 1991
Memories of MASH - 18.8
Movie - E.T. - The Extraterrestrial - 18.4
Murder, She Wrote - 18.0
Full House - 17.6
Home Improvement - 17.4
Coach - 17.2
Movie - A Mother’s Justice - 16.7
Unsolved Mysteries - 16.5
Major Dad - 16.5
Evening Shade - 16.9
Fresh Prince of Bel Air - 15.8
America’s Funniest People - 15.7
American’s Funniest Home Videos - 15.0
Pro Football: 49ers Vs Rams - 14.3
Married ... With Children
- 14.0
Empty Nest - 13.8
Blossom - 13.7
In The Heat of the Night - 13.6
Law & Order - 13.6
Movie - Big - 13.6
One Against The Wind - 13.4
Matlock - 13.1
Movie - Honey I Shrunk The Kids - 12.6
Friday Night Television -
CBS - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, All New
Circus of the Stars
& Side Show
NBC - Matlock, Reasonable Doubts
ABC - Family Matters, Step By Step, Perfect
Strangers, Baby Talk, 20/20
Fox - The Simpsons, Charlie Hoover, In Living
Color, Herman’s Head
PBS - Washington Week In Review, Wall Street
Week, Garrison Keiller, One Pair Of Eyes
HBO - Movie-Graveyard Shift (1990) w/David
Andrews, Movie-The Final Conflict (1981) Sam Neil
A&E - David Birney at the Improv, Time Machine,
Investigative Reports, Arts & Entertainment Review
Family Channel - Movie-It’s A Wonderful Life, 700
Club
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - repeat of the holiday classic which first aired
in December/1964 on NBC-TV.
Week of November 28, 1991
All New Circus of the Stars - Ringmasters: Dixie Carter, Leslie Nielsen. Sideshow
barker - Paul Rodriguez. Performers - Vanilla Ice,
Susan Anton
.
Pop charts -
Black or White - Michael Jackson
Set Adrift On Memory Bliss - PM Dawn
When A Man Loves A Woman - Michael Bolton
Can’t Stop This Thing We Started - Bryan Adams
It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday - Boyz II Men
Blowing Kisses In The Wind -
Paula Abdul
Set The Night To Music - Roberta
Flack with Maxi Priest
That’s What Love Is For - Amy
Grant
Wildside - Marky Mark & The
Funky Bunch
Street Of Dreams - Nia Peeples
Let’s Talk About Sex - Salt-N-
Pepa
Keep Coming Back - Richard Marx
Get A Leg Up - John Mellencamp
I Wonder Why - Curtis Stigers
Lies - EMF
Ring My Bell - D.J. Jazzy Jeff &
The Fresh Prince
Live For Loving You - Gloria
Estefan
Something We Got Started - Simply Red
Forever My Lady - Jodeci
Top Of The World - Van Halen
Top Country Single -
Forever Together - Randy Travis
Top Albums -
Achtung Baby - U2
Too Legit To Quit - Hammer
Ropin’ The Wind - Garth Brooks
We Can’t Dance - Genesis
Death Certificate - Ice Cube
No Fences - Garth Brooks
Week of November 28, 1991
Nevermind - Nirvana
Cooleyhighharmony - Boyz II Men
Use Your Illusion II - Guns N Roses
Time, Love & Tenderness - Michael
Bolton
Metallica - Metallica
Diamonds and Pearls - Prince &
The New Power Generation
More Albums -
Love Hurts - Cher
Empire - Queensryche
Unforgettable - Natalie Cole
Labour Of Love II - UB40
Stranger In This Town - Richie
Sambora
C.M.B - Color Me Badd
Slave To The Grind - Skid Row
Swallow This Live - Skid Row
Carry On - Patti Austin
Greatest Hits - Reba McEntire
Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne
Dangerous - Michael Jackson
Schubert Dip - EMF
At the movies -
The Adams Family
- Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia
My Girl - Macaulay
Culkin, Dan Aykroyd
Black Robe
Beauty and the Beast
Cape Fear
- Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte
All I Want For Christmas
- Lauren Bacall, Leslie
Nielsen
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Curley Sue -
James Belushi, Kelly Lynch
For The Boys -
Bette Midler, James Caan
