Week of October 27, 1992

In the latest polls - Governor Clinton leads with 43% with 32% for President

Bush. Independent Ross Perot is at 19%.

Campaigning in Wisconsin -

President Bush says the United

States cannot elect a leader

“completely without experience,

completely untested, a leader about

whom we know very, very little.”

Bush responded to Clinton’s recent

barbs about his knowledge of the

Iran-Contra arms-for-hostages deal

- “being attacked on character by

Gov. Clinton is like being called

ugly by a frog. Don’t worry about it.”

In Tampa, - Ross Perot tells supporters a vote for Bush is a wasted one ... “All

those wonderful people that are lifelong Republicans, make sure they don’t waste

their vote between now and Tuesday.”

Also in Tampa - Governor Clinton positions himself as an outsider in the closing

days of the presidential election. “I think there is a tired old Republican party

that’s run out of energy, ideas, direction and compassion and they ought to be

run out of town. I believe there is a strong new Democratic Party that has

attracted the support of Democrats, Republicans, independents, former Perot

supporters from coast-to-coast because we offer a new direction for America.”...

“One More Week!”

the Lakers and basketball. “It has become obvious that the

various controversies surrounding my return are taking

away from both basketball as a sport and the larger issue

of living with HIV, for me and the many people affected.” ...

The Colorado Rockies hire Don Baylor as manager - one

of the two National League expansion teams.

Brandon Tartikoff says that he will relinquish his post as chairman of Paramount

Pictures after just 15 months. Tarkikoff says he wants to spend more time with

his family and particularly his daughter, who was injured in an auto accident

several years ago - and continues to recover. It was also reported that he was at

loggerheads with Stanley Jaffe, the head of Paramount’s parent company.

Week of October 27, 1992

For the first time in its 41 years - Nissan Motor Co. posts a loss - $178 million in

the first half of its fiscal year.

Radio station KLSX in Los Angeles is fined over $1 million for indecent

broadcasts on the stations’ airing of “The Howard Stern Show” from New York.

It’s the largest indecent fine ever for a radio station.

A federal bankruptcy judge approves the sale of “The New

York Daily News” to real estate developer and publisher

table. It not approved, the 73-year-old paper would surely

have folded.

Passing - Hal Roach (100) - created “Our Gang” and paired

Laurel and Hardy.

Bestsellers - “The Tale Of The Body Thief” - Ann Rice,

“Driving Force” - Dick Francis, “The Stars Shine Down” -

Sidney Sheldon, “Sex” - Madonna, “It Doesn’t Take A

Hero” - General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, “The Way

Things Ought To Be” - Rush Limbaugh.

TV ratings - Roseanne (24.1), 60 Minutes (23.0), Coach

(20.0), Murphy Brown (18.8), Home Improvement (18.4),

SNL’s Presidential Bash (18.4), Pretty Woman (18.2),

Murder She Wrote (17.8), 20/20 (16.9), Full House

(16.3), Cheers ((15.8), Unsolved Mysteries (15.8),

Monday Night Football (15.6), Hearts Afire (15.4),

Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper (15.3), 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)

Thursday Night TV - CBS - Top Cops, Street Stories, Knots Landing ... NBC -

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. A Different World, Wings, LA

Law ... ABC - Movie, PrimeTime Live ... FOX - The Simpsons, Martin, The

Heights

ABC Movie - “Matlock: The Vacation” (1992).

A Different World - Monty phones Montel Williams for marriage advice.

Week of October 27, 1992

Although discredited - Mill Vanilli perform their latest single on the syndicated

“Arsenio Hall Show.”

Top albums - “The Chase” -

Garth Brooks, “Unplugged” - Eric

Clapton, “Erotica” Madonna,

“Automatic For The People” -

R.E.M, “Some Gave All” - Billy

Cyrus, “Ten” - Pearl Jam, “”Pure

Country soundtrack” - George

Straight, “What’s the 411?” - Mary

J. Blige

On the country charts - “No One

Else On Earth” - Wynonna Judd,

“If I Didn’t Have You’ Randy

Travis

At the movies - “Under Siege” -

Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee

Jones

“The Last Of The Mohicans” - Daniel Day-Lewis

“Candyman” - Virginia Madison, Tony Todd

“The Mighty Ducks” - Emilio Estevez

“Consenting Adults” - Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

“Dr Giggles”

“Pure Country” - George

Straight, Leslie Ann

Warren

Robert DiNiro, Jessica

Lange

“A River Runs Through It” -

Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt

“Mr. Baseball”