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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...previously committed itself to the Wilton North Report (yet another late-night failure). A Cleveland native, Hall started his show-biz career as a stand-up comic and became host of the TV series Solid Gold. But he claims he has wanted to do a talk show since age twelve: he calls Carson his "idol" and, like Johnny, was a child magician. When Paramount TV initially offered him his own show, Hall was reluctant, but he had a vision as a guest with Carson. "During a commercial, he and I were comparing coin tricks," he says, "and I realized that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: And Now, Nice-Guy Talk Hosts | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

SCHUBERT: SYMPHONY NO. 9 (Virgin). Charles Mackerras leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in the aptly nicknamed "Great" C Major Symphony, on original instruments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jan. 9, 1989 | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

...These two guys that got killed wouldn't have been killed if they hadn't been cruising the streets picking up teen-age boys," Hampton told the Dallas Times Herald in December. "I don't care much for queers cruising the streets picking up teen-age boys. I've got a teen-age...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: People's Court | 1/6/1989 | See Source »

...four years of bad food and long winters, then so can we and future generations of Harvard students. At other schools, students demonstrate school pride by painting themselves blue and taking off their shirts in sub-zero weather at nationally televised football games. We drop names. And in an age of declining prestige, we should thank the Lord ('00) that we can still do that...

Author: By Matthew Pinsker, | Title: 10,000 Names of Harvard | 1/4/1989 | See Source »

...compact two- or four-hour chunk, with climaxes italicized and ambiguities excised. More subtly, they help viewers cope with tragic events by imparting the foreknowledge of God. Seemingly random occurrences of day-to-day life take on major significance with TV-movie hindsight. Early in Karen Carpenter, the teen-age Richard Carpenter grabs a pizza from his little sister. "You don't want to get fat, do you?" he taunts. Ah, if only they knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: The Pulp Message of the Week | 1/2/1989 | See Source »

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