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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seat, though even today one can hear hints of regret over abandoning her dream of becoming a judge. Their respective religions were a more serious problem -- for the parents. Martin Simon was initially opposed to the match. At one point, his son asked, "Dad, if I married the worst drunk in the county and she was a Lutheran, then would it be all right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Paul Simon: Some of That Old-Time Religion | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

Nancy: "No, dear--it's O.K., as long as they do not get abortions or use cuss words when they are drunk. The nomination stands...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: The Inside Dope | 11/12/1987 | See Source »

...elderly landlady is brutally murdered in her San Francisco apartment by an intruder. A man who may have been drunk at the wheel is killed when his truck swerves off the road and tumbles over a bridge. One character dies of AIDS, another is disabled by Alzheimer's disease, and a family watches in horror as their house goes up in flames. Typical scenes from a trouble-filled TV fall? Yes, but there is something different about this litany of prime-time woes. These are the comedies, folks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Not Playing It for Laughs | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

...Maxwell Story and CBS's Frank's Place -- are ostensibly comedies, but they go for few jokes and have no laughter on the sound track. As for the more traditional sitcoms, they are tackling such heavy subjects as AIDS (Designing Women), Alzheimer's disease (The Golden Girls) and teenage drunk driving (this week's segment of Valerie's Family). On a recent episode of Kate & Allie, a middle-class mother of two (Jane Curtin) got a taste of what it is like to be homeless when she found herself stranded in Upper Manhattan without any money. The segment closed with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Not Playing It for Laughs | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

...AIDS, drunk driving, the plight of the homeless -- the subjects of this season' s sitcoms have been no laughing matter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page November 9, 1987 | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

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