Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 The Cosby Show, Punky Brewster and another NBC comedy that I never heard of--it's not the name, the show was news to me. That's not the name either. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 Do the know it's Christmas? I forgot how cute some of those British stars from the 80s looked. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 ABC News covers the inaugural launch of Discovery: STS-41-D Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 19, 2014 Posted May 19, 2014 In 1985 the wreckage of the Titanic was discovered. The story of what they were really looking for and how it turned out is much more interesting! Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 In 1986, Vice President Bush announced that he didn't like broccoli. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 The Oprah Winfrey show premieres. Her she is on her first appearance on The Tonight Show. Quote
Guest Paragon Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 It was in the 80's when I first visited this famous theater in NYC. No, that's not me in the picture! Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 23, 2014 Posted May 23, 2014 Hands Across America: I forget what it was all about. http://youtu.be/STo5h8T_j1k Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 24, 2014 Posted May 24, 2014 "Baby Jessica" was rescued from a well; she's now 28 years old. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 24, 2014 Posted May 24, 2014 Gary Hart, Monkey Business, and the end of a political career. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 24, 2014 Posted May 24, 2014 The Robert Bork confirmation hearings changed how nominees approach the confirmation hearing process. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 24, 2014 Posted May 24, 2014 Jimmy Bakker and the Jessica Hahn affair broke in 1987. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 24, 2014 Posted May 24, 2014 "Three Men and a Baby" was the top grossing movie in 1987. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 24, 2014 Posted May 24, 2014 Released in 1987, "The Ladt Emperor" won nine Oscars in 1988. http://youtu.be/YdYV4gJcb5o Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 24, 2014 Posted May 24, 2014 Here's a complete list of US movies released in 1987. It was a great year t the box office. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1987&p=.htm Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 24, 2014 Posted May 24, 2014 In one of the more interesting stories of 1987, Matthias Rust lands a small plane on Red Square. A truly bizarre story. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 24, 2014 Posted May 24, 2014 The Herald of Free Enterprise ferry sank off Seebrugge, Belgium with the loss of 193 lives. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 25, 2014 Posted May 25, 2014 The Wall Street "crash" of 1987. I have a few posts on this event. Here's how Nightly Business Report covered it. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 25, 2014 Posted May 25, 2014 In my opinion, one of the best shows on PBS, or on any other network, was Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser. Here he is, at his best, on the Friday after the crash. If you can't watch the whole thing, fast forward to about 1:45 as he puts things into perspective. I'll post the next two parts--it was a really good show,--then look for the program before the crash: it was very prophetic. http://youtu.be/XFn1G2goDQw Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 25, 2014 Posted May 25, 2014 Here's part 2 with his guest Mr Templeton Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 25, 2014 Posted May 25, 2014 Finally, part 3, the final clip of this show. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 25, 2014 Posted May 25, 2014 The Friday before what became Black Monday, Marty Zweig was (not surprisingly) bearish and talking about a crash. Quote
Guest PasadenaCA Posted May 26, 2014 Posted May 26, 2014 In 1988 Jimmy Swaggart admitted that he'd been with a prostitute with his "I have sinned speech." Quote
