House OKs Deficit-Reduction Package - May 1993

The U.S. House of Representatives gave a boost to Pres. Bill Clinton's deficit-reduction program in May, passing the so-called budget reconciliation bill. The legislation, which projected a total reduction in the federal government's anticipated budget deficits of about $500B by 1998, was debated instensely throughout the month. Many Democrats insisted on strict controls on spending entitlement programs and a mechanism was incorporated into the bill requiring Congress and the president to act if entitlement spending significantly exceeds targets set in annual budget resolutions. The text of the bill did not specify some of the spending cuts that would be made in order for the deficit-reduction goals to be met. A key feature of the bill was an energy tax, which would be levied on all fuels based on their energy content in British thermal units (Btu's). A group of senators of both parties, led by David Boren (D, Okla.), signaled that the bill would face difficulty in the Senate when they insisted, May 20, on deeper spending cuts and fewer tax increases. Boren also opposed the Btu tax. With vigorous lobbying by Clinton and his aides, the bill barely got approval in the House, May 27, by a vote of 219 to 213; 38 Democrats and all voting Republicans opposed it. Ross Perot, an independent candidate for president in 1992, also opposed what he called Clinton's "tax and spend" program, and on May 30, he also ran a 30-minute commercial on television denouncing the North America Free Trade Agreement, which Clinton supported. Perot said if NAFTA was approved, millions of U.S. jobs would be lost to Mexico.

Chicago TV Flashback - March 22-23, 1989

WMAQ channel 5 TV schedule for Wednesday, March 22, 1989

Morning

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5a - Sally Jessy Raphael Show

5:30a - Morning Stretch

6a - NBC News at Sunrise with Deborah Norville

6:30a - Channel 5 News at 6:30

7a - Today with Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley (2 hours)

9a - Sale of the Century (3rd-to-last show)

9:30a - Classic Concentration

10a - Wheel of Fortune

10:30a - Win, Lose or Draw

11a - Super Password (3rd-to-last show)

11:30a - Scrabble

Afternoon

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Noon - Days of Our Lives (1 hour)

1p - Another World (1 hour)

2p - Santa Barbara (1 hour)

3p - The Judge

3:30p - USA Today

4p - Channel 5 News at 4

4:30p - Channel 5 News at 4:30

5p - Channel 5 News at 5

5:30p - NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

Evening

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6p - Channel 5 News at 6

6:30p - Family Feud

7p - Unsolved Mysteries (1 hour)

8p - Your Vital Signs (1-hour return)

9p - Nightingales (1 hour)

10p - Channel 5 News at 10

10:30p - Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (1 hour)

11:30p - Late Night with David Letterman (1 hour)

12:30a - Later with Bob Costas

Early Thursday, March 23, 1989

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1a - Channel 5 News at 10 (Rebroadcast)

1:30a - The Judge

2a - Movie Greats Network: Scott of the Antarctic (2 hours)

4a - The New Liar's Club

Champion Darrell Garrison played his 7th and last game going in with $72,148. The rule is in order to play for the $50,000, that player MUST win the car in the Winner's Big Money Game. In a span of 5 months during 1988, only 2 players won the car and two went for the $50,000 where it's been won and lost. Three tried for the car and two of them went for it and lost as a result. Rani White won both the car and the 50,000 in her last 2 games on Monday, May 30, 1988 while Phil Cambry won the car and then lost the shot at the 50 grand five months later to begin Halloween week on Monday, October 24, 1988. Robin went for the car in 1988 and lost leaving her with over $48,000.

Garrison won the artwork after winning the match, but in the race for the new Jeep in the Big Money Game, he was stumped on Jiminy Cricket from the Disney movie Pinocchio. Then he got the 4th of July answer right, but he fell victim to the rule stated by Jim Perry since its debut, because he buzzed in and said that the answer is ex-president Richard Nixon with one second left on the clock when the words in the puzzle "Watergate" and "Figure" popped up. They called it wrong and the answer was ex-White House Counsel John Dean who recently written a book about the Watergate scandal involving Nixon during his presidential run called Blind Ambition. Despite the big loss, Darrell Garrison leaves the show as the balloons fell with a grand total of $79,348. Three new players ushered in the next day and the Instant Ca$h jackpot rises to $16,000.

Night Court airs next Sunday at 11:30p followed by My Two Dads.

Chicago TV Flashback - December 1-2, 1975

WBBM channel 2 TV schedule for Monday, December 1, 1975

Morning

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6a - Sunrise Semester

6:30a - It's Worth Knowing

7a - CBS Morning News with Hughes Rudd (1 hour)

8a - Captain Kangaroo (1 hour)

9a - The Price is Right (1 hour)

10a - Gambit

10:30a - Love of Life

10:55a - CBS Newsbreak with Douglas Edwards

11a - Young and the Restless

11:30a - Search for Tomorrow

Afternoon

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Noon - Lee Phillip Show/Harry Porterfield and the News

12:30p - As the World Turns (1 hour)

1:30p - Guiding Light

2p - All in the Family

2:30p - Match Game '75

3p - Tattletales

3:30p - Dinah! (1 hr, 30 min)

5p - Channel 2 News at 5

5:30p - CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite

Evening

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6p - Channel 2 News at 6 (1 hour)

7p - Rhoda

7:30p - Phyllis

8p - All in the Family

8:30p - Maude

9p - Medical Center (1 hour)

10p - Channel 2 News at 10

10:30p - CBS Late Movie: See No Evil (2 hours)

12:30a - Bill Cosby Show

Early Tuesday, December 2, 1975

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1a - First Edition

1:15a - The Late Show: Carmen Jones (2 hrs, 10 min)

3:25a - The Late Show II: Lucky Nick Cain (1 hr, 50 min)

As the World Turns begins its one hour expansion making it the 1st daytime drama on CBS to do it.

Guiding Light, Match Game '75 and Tattletales seen at their respective new times after Give 'n' Take concluded its 2-month run.

Strong 1984 Economy Painted by Numbers - January 1985

Statistics released during January established that 1984 had been a very good year for the American economy. Data released on January 4, showed that sales of automobiles in the United States had risen 13.1 percent in 1984. The total of 10,358,166 cars was the highest since 1979. Some 76 percent of these were produced in the United States. The Labor Department said, January 9, that unemployment had edged upward in December to 7.1 percent from 7.0 percent in November. The Labor Department reported, January 11, that the prices paid by producers for finished goods rose only 1.8 percent in 1984. Continuing a trend, major banks again cut their prime rate, January 14, this time to 10.75 percent; the rate stood at its lowest point since August 1983. The Commerce Department reported, January 17, that construction in 1984 on 1.74M housing units, a 2.4 percent increase over 1983. The Department said, January 22, that the nation's real gross national product had increased 6.8 percent in 1984, the highest rate of gain since 1951. The Labor Department said, January 23, that the consumer price index had risen by only 4 percent in 1984, the third consecutive year of relatively low inflation. Worker productivity, a key factor in controlling inflation, rose 3.1 percent in 1983, the Labor Department reported, January 29. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at an all-time high of 1292.62 on January 29. On the dark side, the Commerce Department said, January 30, that the U.S. trade deficit stood at $123.3B in 1984, far above the previous record of $69.4B reported in 1983. The Department said, January 31, that the index of leading economic indicators had edged downward by 0.2 percent in December.

Chicago TV Flashback - August 5, 1975

WSNS channel 44 TV schedule for Tuesday, August 5, 1975

Morning

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10:30a - 700 Club (1 hr, 30 min)

Afternoon

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Noon - Mundo Hispano (1 hour)

1p - Not for Women Only

1:30p - It's Your Bet

2p - Robin Hood

2:30p - Prince Planet

3p - Popeye with Steve Hart

3:30p - Incredible Hulk

4p - Spider-Man

4:30p - The Adventures of Superman

5p - Sports Spotlight

5:15p - On Deck

5:30p - Baseball: California Angels v. White Sox at White Sox Park in the 1st game of a doubleheader (3 hours)

Evening

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8:30p - Baseball: California Angels v. White Sox at White Sox Park in the 2nd game of a doubleheader (2 hrs, 30 min)

11p - 700 Club (1 hr, 30 min)

Full boxscore - Game 1: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA197508051.shtml

Full boxscore - Game 2: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA197508052.shtml

Chicago TV Flashback - July 9, 1976

WLS channel 7 TV schedule for Friday, July 9, 1976

Morning

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6:30a - Perspectives

6:55a - Earl Nightingale

7a - Good Morning America (2 hours)

9a - Steve Edwards' AM Chicago (1 hr, 30 min)

10:30a - Happy Days

11a - Let's Make a Deal (Finale)

11:30a - All My Children

Afternoon

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Noon - Ryan's Hope

12:30p - Rhyme and Reason (Finale)

1p - The $20,000 Pyramid

1:30p - Break the Bank

2p - General Hospital

2:30p - One Life to Live

3p - Edge of Night

3:30p - The 3:30 Movie: The Lively Set (1 hr, 30 min)

5p - Eyewitness News at 5

5:30p - ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner

Evening

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6p - Eyewitness News at 6p (1 hour)

7p - Donny and Marie Show (1 hour)

8p - ABC Friday Night Movie: Waterloo (2 hours)

10p - Eyewitness News at 10

10:30p - The Rookies (1 hr, 10 min)

11:40p - Graffiti with John Coleman (50 min)

12:30a - Late Night Movie: Flame of the Barbary Coast (1 hr, 50 min)

The daytime version of Let's Make a Deal called the last traders to make a deal with Monty Hall, the last couple to play the last skill game for a big prize, offered the last big deal and fast deals made for the last time. Since its 1963 inception on NBC, it was dubbed as the top-rated daytime show, but after 13 years on both NBC & ABC, Monty Hall says goodbye to ABC. The weekly nighttime version still airs in syndication until September 1977. The following Monday, July 12th, a new television game called Hot Seat takes over Let's Make a Deal's time slot.

Rhyme and Reason ends its run after one year and it ended on a high note where Brian became the last champion and won a total of $5,500 thanks to Terry Carter who had to guess all three words that rhymed with the word "Gipper" completing the rhyming phrase. His opponent June left with $4,250 after 3 matches. In the first 23 years ABC became a network, something so bizarre that has NEVER been done on any television show and that was to destroy the entire Rhyme and Reason set. At the tail end of Bob Eubanks' farewell speech, the celebrity poets and members of the show's staff began knocking down the host's podium, then they busted the neon lights, tearing up the carpet, and destroying the props as the credits rolled. The following Monday, July 12th, a new but popular Goodson-Todman game Family Feud with regular Match Game panelist Richard Dawson takes over Rhyme and Reason's time slot.

Chicago TV Flashabck - July 29-30, 1989

WMAQ channel 5 TV schedule for Saturday, July 29, 1989

Morning

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6a - Hickory Hideout

6:30a - Animated Classics

7a - Kissyfur

7:30a - Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

8a - Smurfs (1 hour)

9a - Alvin and the Chipmunks

9:30a - ALF (1 hour)

10:30a - Fat Albert

11a - Punky Brewster

11:30a - The Completely Misadventures of Ed Grimley

Afternoon

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Noon - Baseball Pre-Game

12:30p - NBC Sports Baseball: New York Mets v. Cubs at Wrigley Field/Alternate Game: Boston Red Sox v. Cleveland Indians at Cleveland Stadium (2 hrs, 30 min)

3p - NBC Sports Baseball: San Francisco Giants v. Houston Astros at the Houston Astrodome (3 hours)

Evening

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6p - It's Showtime at the Apollo (1 hour)

7p - My Two Dads

7:30p - Amen

8p - Golden Girls

8:30p - 13 East (Premiere)

9p - Hunter (1 hour)

10p - Channel 5 News at 10

10:30p - WWF Saturday Night's Main Event (1 hr, 30 min)

Midnight - Freddy's Nightmares (1 hour)

Early Sunday, July 30, 1989

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1a - Cop Talk: Behind the Shield (1 hour)

2a - Warner

2:30a - USA Today (1 hour)

3:30a - Headlines on Trial

4a - Fight Back! with David Horowitz

227 returns to its 7p time slot Saturday, August 5th.

Full boxscore: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198907290.shtml

Full boxscore: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE198907290.shtml

Full boxscore: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU198907290.shtml

Chicago TV Flashback - January 7, 1981

WFLD channel 32 TV schedule for Wednesday, January 7, 1981

Morning

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6a - Newstalk

6:30a - Comedy Classics

7a - Tom and Jerry

7:30a - Great Space Coaster

8a - Popeye

8:30a - Fred Flintstone and Friends

9a - Richard Simmons Show

9:30a - Please Don't Eat the Daisies

10a - Partridge Family

10:30a - Green Acres

11a - Monkees

11:30a - Munsters

Afternoon

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Noon - Underdog

12:30p - Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales

1p - I Love Lucy

1:30p - Courtship of Eddie's Father

2p - Beverly Hillbillies

2:30p - Casper

3p - Mighty Mouse and Friends

3:30p - Woody Woodpecker

4p - Tom and Jerry

4:30p - Brady Bunch

5p - Happy Days Again

5:30p - Sanford and Son

Evening

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6p - M*A*S*H

6:30p - All in the Family

7p - PM Magazine

7:30p - The Joker's Wild

8p - Tic Tac Dough

8:30p - To Tell the Truth

9p - All in the Family

9:30p - The Honeymooners

9:55p - Newscene

10p - M*A*S*H

10:30p - Benny Hill Show

11p - Comedy Classics

11:30p - Newstalk

AEW Dynamite results - October 2, 2024

AEW Dynamite results - October 2, 2024

The Will Ospreay v. Ricochet match for the AEW International Championship ended in a draw

Adam "Hangman" Page def. Juice Robinson

Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D. def. Serena Deeb

Private Party def. Iron Savages

Bryan Danielson def. Kazuchika Okuda to retain the AEW Championship

The AEW Dynamite anniversary show didn't even live up to the hype after it showed only a few clips of past shows from the way I see it. In the 5 years since became a TV show, the product itself, has been very problematic. Women on the roster not getting enough television time, a toxic fanbase, trying to gain clout for ratings, et al. That being said, this is the last time I'm doing these results, because the online wrestling community's too damn toxic and they just don't know when to just shut up and enjoy a decent wrestling show.

October 2, 2024

It's Wednesday and you know what that means...

Today, All Elite Wrestling Dynamite has entered its 5th year as a television show. I watched it for the first 12 months, but I stepped away because the IWC at Twitter cyberbullied me, mocked me and attacked my personal life which lead to my departure from the platform and its toxic fanbase.

In the 5 years AEW became a wrestling product for everyone to enjoy, there were a bunch of mistakes and problems high as a skyscraper. In the 99 problems in AEW video I watched, the two, or maybe 3 problems this brand still have are Tony Khan's "announcements" to hype and geek the fans up. The other problem AEW is having is the toxic fanbase. In the 5 years this product been in existance, AEW has the most toxic fanbase ever. More toxic than WWE, more toxic than TNA and more toxic than Ring of Honor.

The loyal diehards of the IWC will do everything in their power to make it their mission to bully those who try to criticize or disagree with the direction the product is heading, a wrestler's title reign being favored, and they also bully those if they don't understand the product or never seen a wrestling show on TV or in person. After leaving Twitter 4 years ago as of this writing, I had to experience and endure these kind of events being tolerated by those who are responsible for creating a toxic environment in the wrestling community since 2006.

But as of this writing, it's really been 4 years since I left a platform that tolerates cyberbullying and toxicity. It really makes me cry thinking about these things, because Twitter has really dropped the ball on their cyberbullying and safety protocols to prevent people from being harassed and cyberbullied by the aggressors. Sad to say, it continues to drop the ball under a pestulant manchild Elon Musk who just sits on his ass puffing dollar signs from a smoked cigar allowing these events to happen to please himself.

I made a few friends in the wrestling community, but I turned away from them on Twitter and other platforms. Before I left Instagram a year ago, I had to remove and block a toxic wrestling fan who runs the Big Fight Feel channel on YouTube for calling out people who try to criticize MJF's title run. After watching that video, that was it for me. I not only removed and block his Instagram profile, but I blocked his YouTube channel after I was his subscriber for 2 years.

With the airing of AEW Dynamite's 5th year on television as a wrestling show, I've been thinking about whether if I should quit being an AEW follower for real, block the two channels that carried AEW or both. In the end, I had the strength and courage to do both of those things and me doing these wrestling results has been very short but sweet after a couple of weeks, because tomorrow will be the very last time I'm doing the AEW results on the anniversary of my departure from Twitter. Being a part of the IWC can really cost me my mental health, my wellbeing and it also has cost me my peace of mind and I'm afraid to talk to my friends and even my mother about it.