Word: guests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...kingdom of television, there are a thousand different styles, rituals, protocols. Every Sunday, for example, ABC-TV's David Brinkley welcomes a guest with not one, not two but three ceremonial expressions of welcome, a bouquet of courtesy that is positively Japanese: "Mr. Secretary, thank you for being here . . . Delighted you could come . . . a pleasure to have you . . ." One expects it, waits for it. ABC-TV's White House correspondent Sam Donaldson forever shouts at the President above the noise of the waiting helicopter, and the President forever turns and cups his hand quizzically. The ceremony almost never yields...
...country fed up with kids out of control, Clark seems to represent one effort to return to the law-and-order of a more innocent time. In recent weeks the Paterson principal has found himself not only the subject of network news reports but also a sought-after guest on TV talk shows. CBS's 60 Minutes has shot a segment on the maverick educator, and Warner Bros. has snapped up the rights to his life story ("six figures," plus a percentage of the net, for Joe), with Sidney Poitier as a possible star. "Isn't it something," Clark beams...
...excavation. Along with the familiar highlights are dozens of more obscure nuggets: the antiquated newscasts of John Cameron Swayze and Douglas Edwards, when stories were illustrated with childlike drawings or photos held up to the camera by the anchorman; Ronald Reagan doing a Mortimer Snerd impression as the mystery guest on What's My Line?, Vladimir Zworykin, one of TV's technological pioneers, being interviewed by former Radio Announcer Ben Grauer in a 1948 oddity called The Story of Television. "Ben," says Zworykin, in heavily accented English, "it is like fever. When the television bug bites you, you never...
...somehow found time and privacy for romance. Male and female students lived on the same floors, though they had separate sleeping and bathroom facilities. Gorbachev and his roommates drew up a complicated schedule guaranteeing each of them one hour alone in the room every week to entertain a female guest. On the hall bulletin board, the periods of privacy were discreetly designated "cleaning hours...
...doing is spewing garbage." Porn Star Seka walked off one program in disgust; Downey threw Journalist Rich Taylor off another show during an argument about alleged defects in the Audi 5000. Two weeks ago, Downey was arraigned on an assault charge filed by Gay Activist Andrew Humm, a guest who claims Downey slapped him after a heated exchange during a show (never aired) on the Roman Catholic Church. Downey has pleaded not guilty...