European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A i a q i would like to know what Falls off the roof after each showing of growing pains and just the ten of us. What is the significance a Many producers use taglines at the conclusion of their shows some of the More Well known examples include Stephen j. Cannell the a team Wiseguy 21 jump Street sitting at his typewriter and yanking a finished Page out of it or the cat at the end of some atm shows. The one you refer to from gym productions began As a bizarre dream sequence on a 1987 episode of growing pains. Part of the dream by Ben Jeremy Miller involved a Man falling off a ladder. The producers thought it was funny and decided to use it As their tag. Abc the mysterious ending on just the ten of us above is explained. Q name of anything further on the first macgyver-1 a i now information has come in on the Groat macgyver first name mystery. As we indicated in a previous answer Richard Dean Anderson s character had a first name in the script for the Pilot episode. According to a source who worked on that Pilot and confirmed by a press release from the 1985 premiere of the series the character s first name was Stace. The original script though was shortened. Among other lungs taken out was the reference to Ai giver s Iii St name hut sources with the h a Ini Licatino that the producers have 1 hint do i name and someday May Mother Vohn h we understand has. I c u i t y Al Jit soil q. Question what else has John Goodman done besides Roseanne a Goodman is one of those rare actors in that his professional experience is slanted More to movies than tin Small screen before co stalling in Roseanne Goodman had roles in the movies Eddie Macon s run c.h.u.d., revenge of the nerds Sweet dreams the big easy True stories burglar and punchline. Since the show premiered in 1988, he s co starred in everybody s All american sea of love always Arachnophobia and Stella. And prior to Roseanne Goodman made guest appearances on such prime time shows As moonlighting the paper Chase and the equalizer. Born in St. Louis Goodman was a theater major at Southwest Missouri state University. Q what can you Tell me about David Leisure the next door neighbor on empty nest a As most viewers know Leisure gained to commercial immortality for his portrayal of Joe Izutsu the lying car Salesman. Born in san Diego he received his Early training at Gross Mont College and san Diego state University in additon to stage work in his Hometown. His break came in 1980 when he appeared As a Hare Krishna in the film comedy air plane since then he s done lots of to commercials along with roles in the to movies perfect people and if it s tuesday it still must be Belgium. Vis in the opening credits of dear John Judd Hirsch is Reading a dear John letter. The scene is not on the screen Long enough to read the letter. What does it say a s time to take out your hankies. According to the folks at publicity the bad news goes like this dear John i know that this will come As a great Shock to you and i Pray that in time you will come to understand Why i had to leave. The love that i once had for you died Many years ago although i have tried desperately to pretend otherwise. Wendy. Questions Lor this column should be sent to to Talback los Angeles time times Mirror Square lot Angeles calif., 90053. Letters can be answered in this column Only. My and the mystery of dear John a dear John letter is explained As Well. 00 o Nielsen the following Are the latest Avail Able rankings of television shows in America starting with the top shows As compiled by the . Nielsen co. The season to Date ranking is in parentheses or an a for first time showing and the final figure is the rating which notes the percentage of the nation s 92.1 million Homes where people watched the show. 1 cheers 1 14.7 rating. 2 60 minutes 9 lbs 13.3. 3 empty nest 10 13.0. 3 America s funniest Home videos tie 5 13.0. 3 Roseanne tie 2 13.0. 3 married. With children tie 40 Fox 13.0, 3 unsolved mysteries tie 12 . 13.0. 8 designing women 3 lbs 12.9. 9 Simpsons 27 Fox 12.8. 10 murder ordained part 2 lbs sunday movie x lbs 12.7. And these Are the least watched shows the ones at the Bottom of the Nielsen ratings. 84 room for Romance lbs 4.3. 85 Beauty & the beast lbs 4.2. 86 outsiders Fox 3.9. 87 comic strip primetime 2 Fox 3.7. 87 wish you were Here tie lbs 3.7. 89 Allan nation Fox 3.4. 90 Tracey Ullma show Fox 3.1. 91 glory Days preview 2 Fox 19. 92 Mollo Fox 18 92 the world according to Straw Fox 1.8. Page 4 to plus sunday August 12, 1990
