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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Welcome to Wrestling from New Jersey -- er, The Morton Downey Jr. Show, TV's wildest talk program. Since its debut two months ago on WWOR, the Secaucus, N.J.-based superstation, Downey's verbal slugfest has made Phil's and Oprah's "lively" discussions look like sherry-sipping college seminars. Critics are appalled ("A disgrace to television," said Kay Gardella of the New York Daily News), but ratings are rising, and blue-collar fans are flocking to the studio for tapings. After just two weeks, all the seats were booked through the end of the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Morton Downey Jr. The Pit Bull of Talk-Show Hosts | 1/4/1988 | See Source »

Back at the television studio afterward, Kim went into the ladies room and bumped into Oprah Winfrey. "Are you who I think you are?" Kim asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Wisconsin: Lip Sync Live, Onstage Tonight | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

There are two funny cameos--Oprah Winfrey plays herself and Rob Reiner plays Larry's fast-talking agent Joel. Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, making his movie debut as Larry's friend Lester, has a charming screen presence during his regrettably few screen minutes...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: La Dolce DeVito | 12/11/1987 | See Source »

...they may not be as flashy, but they are more easily measured and assessed. Each candidate brings to the campaign a distinct management style that serves as a rough approximation of how he might react to the burdens of the presidency. The following questions may not be worthy of Oprah Winfrey, but they serve as a useful shorthand for sorting out the claims of the contenders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Character Issue: Enough Already | 12/7/1987 | See Source »

...sidewalk. A high school dropout, Walker gave up his last job, bagging groceries, two years ago. "When I was growing up in Mississippi, we were poor all right, but we didn't have the madness," Walker recalls. "Now we're just stuck here in this poor-ass ghetto, watching Oprah Winfrey on TV and listening to the damn gunshots at night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ghetto: From Bad to Worse | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

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