My Life - December 7, 2025

Hey y'all, what's going on?

I've been very, very busy with a lot of stuff as of late. I had a great but low-key thanksgiving by eating a bit and watched Charlie Brown on DVD. My mental health's still hit rock bottom because of all the bad stuff still happening around me by way of the political circus, but I'm still holding on. I've just finished with my online holiday shopping a few days ago where I got myself 5 more t-shirts and three vintage Chicago TV guides from 1980 and 1989 so after this, I'm gonna give my spending habits a rest for the next few months.

What's going on in the toxic world of wrestling is none of my business, but I think it's time for Mercedes Mone to vacate all those belts she won and give them to others, because I've grown sick and tired of "Mercedes 12 belts" this and "Mercedes 12 belts" that every single time she parades herself with these titles to please "stat boy" Tony Khan who spends too much time on his hands on social media 24/7. In addition, it's time for this Continental Classic gold and blue tournament to be sent to the gimmick graveyard, because I just find this crap not even entertaining and the fans themselves don't even know what's good for them.

Chicagoland finally got snow and lots of it last week, because the toddlin' town didn't even get a single trace of snow or cold temps last year. All we had to deal with is the warm winter that ruined the holiday season.

Chicago TV Flashback - July 29-30, 1988

WLS channel 7 TV schedule for Friday, July 29, 1988

Morning

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5:30a - 20 Minute Workout

6a - ABC News This Morning (1 hour)

7a - Good Morning America (2 hours)

9a - Oprah Winfrey Show (1 hour)

10a - Growing Pains

10:30a - Home

11a - Ryan's Home

11:30a - Loving

Afternoon

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Noon - All My Children (1 hour)

1p - One Life to Live (1 hour)

2p - General Hospital (1 hour)

3p - Win, Lose or Draw

3:30p - Jeopardy!

4p - Eyewitness News at 4 (1 hour)

5p - Eyewitness News at 5

5:30p - World News Tonight with Peter Jennings

Evening

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6p - Eyewitness News at 6

6:30p - Wheel of Fortune

7p - Perfect Strangers

7:30p - Full House

8p - Mr. Belvedere

8:30p - I Married Dora (Finale from January 8th)

9p - 20/20 (1 hour)

10p - Eyewitness News at 10

10:30p - Nightline with Ted Koppel

11p - Late Night Movie: Roustabout (2 hrs, 5 min)

Early Saturday, July 30, 1988

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1:05a - Eyewitness News at 10 (Rebroadcast)

1:35a - Late Night Movie: Sing and Like It (1 hr, 35 min)

I Married Dora became one of the most infamous finales in television history, where in the final scene at the airport, Peter Farrell (Daniel Hugh Kelly) said goodbye to Dora (Elizabeth Pena) and his two children. He was supposed to board the plane, but he returned to the airport with these final lines by him and Dora.

Peter: It's been cancelled...

Dora: The flight?

Peter: No, our series!

With laughter from the audience at their expense, the fourth wall was broken as the cast waved goodbye while the camera zooms out. I Married Dora ended on January 8th after just 4 months.

2 Drugs Are Aid to Heart - November 1987

The success of two drugs in preventing and treating heart attacks were announced in November. Dr. Basil Rifkind, a researched at the Lipid Research Clinics of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, MD, said November 11, that the drug gemfibrozil changed the type of blood in ways that reduced coronary ehart diseases. He said the drug lowered cholesterol only sighted but its significance was in raising the level of low-density lipoproteins ("good cholesterol") and lowering the level of low-density lipoproteins ("bad cholesterol"). The health community, however, had viewed such a drug only as a last resort if diet, exercise, and weight loss failed to achieve desired cholesterol levels. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced, November 12, that it had cleared Genentech Inc. to begin marketing TPA, or tissue plasminogen activator, a genetically engineered blood clot disorder, that would be used to treat heart attack patients. It had been found effective in dissolving blood clots and reducing the incidence of congestive heart failure after an attack. Causing bleeding was its most serious side effect.

Chicago TV Flashback - October 2-3, 1989

WFLD channel 32 TV schedule for Monday, October 2, 1989

Morning

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6a - ThunderCats

6:30a - Denver, the Last Dinosaur

7a - The Flintstones

7:30a - Dennis the Menace

8a - Alvin and the Chipmunks

8:30a - Maxie's World

9a - Gilligan's Island

9:30a - Too Close for Comfort

10a - Donahue (1 hour)

11a - Sally Jessy Raphael Show (1 hour)

Afternoon

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Noon - Jackpot!

12:30p - Talkabout

1p - Last Word

1:30p - I Love Lucy

2p - I Dream of Jeannie

2:30p - Woody Woodpecker Show

3p - Real Ghostbusters

3:30p - Jim Henson's Muppet Babies

4p - Super Mario Bros. Super Show

4:30p - Small Wonder

5p - Family Ties

5:30p - Mr. Belvedere

Evening

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6p - The Cosby Show

6:30p - A Current Affair

7p - 21 Jump Street (1 hour)

8p - Alien Nation (1 hour)

9p - Fox 32 News at 9 (1 hour)

10p - M*A*S*H

10:30p - Comedy Express

11p - Three's Company

11:30p - Star Trek (1 hour)

12:30a - Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Early Tuesday, October 3, 1989

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1a - Latenight 32 Movie: Blondie Goes Latin (1 hr, 30 min)

2:30a - Latenight 32 Movie: Blondie Brings Up Baby (1 hr, 25 min)

Bulgarian Premier Resigns - November 1990

8 Soviet Republics Sign Economic Treaty - October 1991

Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev and the presidents of 8 Soviet republics signed an economic union treaty in Moscow, October 18, that declared "private ownership, free enterprise, and competition" to be the "basis for economic recovery." The presidents of 4 other republics---Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldavia, and Ukraine---boycotted the signing. The Ukrainian parliament voted, October 22, to create an independent armed force that would have a strength of at least 400,000. The Ukranian government announced, October 23, that it would henceforth conduct its own economic transactions with other countries.

Oklahoma Bomb Trial Moved to Colorado - February 1996

In a decision publicly released, February 20, a federal judge granted a defense motion requesting that the trial of 2 suspects in the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City be moved to Colorado. The bomb that had exploded in April 1995 had killed 168 people. Subsequently, 2 men, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, had been charged in the crime. Judge Richard Matsch noted that while relatives of the victims wanted to attend the trial, prejudice against the accused ran high in Oklahoma.

South Africa Adopts Permanent Constitution - May 1996

The Constitutional Assembly in South Africa, May 8, approved a new constitution to replace the 1993 interim constitution. Under the interim charter, which ended the era of racial separation, or apartheid, the leading black and white parties had joined in a coalition government. The new constitution's bill of rights banned discrimination on the basis of race, gender, age, marital status, pregnancy, and sexual orientation. All citizens were guaranteed freed of speech. movement, and political activity, as well as adequate housing, food, health care, and education. Deputy Pres. F.W. de Klerk, who had led the last white government, announced, May 9, that his National Party, while supporting the new constitution, would pull out of the ruling coalition and go into opposition.

Thatcher Wins 3rd Term in Britain - June 1987

For the first time since the 1820s, a British prime minister was elected to a third consecutive term. Margaret Thatcher and her Conservative Party, which had first come to power in 1979, swept to victory, June 11, in parliamentary elections. The Tories ran on a record of having reducing taxes, inflation, and labor strife. Thatcher's party won 375 seats in Parliament, a slight decline from 392 in the old Parliament. Labour won 229 seats and the centrist Alliance of the Liberal and Social Democratic parties won 33 seats. In the popular vote, the results were closer: Tories 42 percent, Labour 33 percent, and the Alliance 23 percent.

Chicago TV Flashback - September 22-23, 1989

WLS channel 7 TV schedule for Friday, September 22, 1989

Morning

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5a - Oprah Winfrey Show (1 hour)

6a - ABC News This Morning

6:30a - Eyewitness News This Morning

7a - Good Morning America (2 hours)

9a - Oprah Winfrey Show (1 hour)

10a - Home (1 hour)

11a - Perfect Strangers

11:30a - Loving

Afternoon

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Noon - All My Children (1 hour)

1p - One Life to Live (1 hour)

2p - General Hospital (1 hour)

3p - Win, Lose or Draw

3:30p - Jeopardy!

4p - Eyewitness News at 4 (1 hour)

5p - Eyewitness News at 5

5:30p - World News Tonight with Peter Jennings

Evening

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6p - Eyewitness News at 6

6:30p - Wheel of Fortune

7p - Full House (3rd season premiere)

7:30p - Family Matters (Premiere)

8p - Perfect Strangers (5th season premiere)

8:30p - Free Spirit (Sneak Preview)

9p - 20/20 with Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters (1 hour)

10p - Eyewitness News at 10

10:30p - Nightline with Ted Koppel

11p - Late Night Movie: On Moonlight Bay (2 hours)

Early Saturday, September 23, 1989

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1a - Eyewitness News at 10 (Rebroadcast)

1:30a - 3rd Degree

2a - Late Night Movie: Comdemned Women (1 hr, 30 min)

3:30a - Reflections