European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse To j my a a . A is f James garners Hall of pain a and blame Daniel Cerone los Angeles times n last week s hallmark Hall of Fame movie decoration Day Janies Garner is a Soldier who receives a purple heart for being wounded in Battle during world War ii. Before he became an actor Garner himself earned twp purple hearts to Korea for taking shrapnel while fighting on the front line. But if you listen to him talk you begin to be live that what the enduring actor really deserves i a purple heart for injuries sustained Over a grueling television career. As the Dapper card shark Maverick 1957-1960 and the resourceful detective Jim Rockford in the Rockford files 1974-1980gamer has been shot at beaten up run Down strangled and drowned. And the stress from his Legal scuffles reportedly contributed to two heart surgeries one a quintuple bypass Over the last two years. A you show me anybody who has done enough television As an actor and ill show you somebody who is beat to a pulp a he said shaking his head. A i mean you can look at Mem. I was recently at a Golf course with Bill Bixby and Jimmy Woods. We sat around talking and soon we were comparing broken Bones knee operations scars. You know we re beat As for the Legal scuffles More than a year has passed since gamer settled his tiring eight year Battle with Universal studios Over his multimillion Dollar share of profits from the Rockford files. His View of the Hollywood establishment has not changed much since a the Industry is like it always has been. Its a Bunch of greedy people a Garner said. A about everything i Ever have done in the Way of lawsuits against studios in be won them All a he said. Quot because i was right every Lime. Studios would rather steal than do it right. And they might even make More Money if they did it right. But its just not in their gamer 62, dressed comfortably in loafers and a Navy sweater was sitting stiffly in a room at a hotel in Hollywood As he spoke. As usual his ailments were Well ailing. A i had two dental implants done tuesday. My jaw is killing me. I threw my Back out yesterday. Bui other than that in Mas healthy As can be.�?�. Decoration Day based on the John William Corrington Novella cast gamer As widow Albert Sidney a retired judge begrudgingly dragged out of retirement when he learns that an estranged childhood Friend Bill Cobbs was overlooked for a congressional medal of Honor presumably because he was Black. A i could really associate with Albert Sidney a gamer said. A i like him. He a a curmudgeon. He a my kind of coincidentally garners first acting Job at 25 was a role As a judge. It was on Broadway in Henry Fonda a the Caine Mutiny court martial. Gamer who earlier had a Job As a swimming suit Model said unabashedly he got into acting for the Money. A no i did t set out to be famous or anything like that a a he said. A when i started out 35 years ago what was i qualified to do to make a living nothing. You done to need qualifications As an actor or a politician. And i did no to want to be a _ a Jim Garner plays a Retiree with a Mission in a decoration Madonna is. Tammy it Madonna a master at making videos that Gem Erate almost As much controversy As they do record sales generated the highest ratings tvs nightlife has had this year when she and her latest video appeared on the news program according to initial . Nielsen co. Reports. The video rejected by mtg features the Bra and Garter Belt Clad Singer in an encounter with a Lover played by her real life Boyfriend Tony Ward the video is intended to portray the Cou pies fantasies which run to bisexuality voyeurism group sex Cross dressing and mild sadomasochism. The 30-Minutc show averaged a 10.2 rating i overnight . Nielsen co. Ratings from 25 cities. _ those ratings represent nearly half of the a lion s 93.1 million to households. Full National ratings will not be in until later this week mondays nightlife show broadcast live to american military networks in Europe Early tuesday morning was preceded by abcs telecast of the san Francisco 49ers-new York giants football game which very Likely gave the show a big Lead in audience Nielsen officials said. _ officials predicted however that nightly new a ratings Champion probably will remain Ted Kop pelts May 27,1987, interview of fallen to evangelist Jim Bakker and bakkers wife Tammy. That one hour special broadcast averaged an 11.4 National rating a ratings Point in 1987 represented 87.4 million Homes. A a a associated press Nielsen what they re watching the following Are the Lal St available rankings showing the lop 55 television shows in America As compiled by the a. Nielsen co the season to Date ranking of Anxo for first time airing is in parentheses. 60 minutes a different world. Roseanne the Cosby show murder she wrote v a decoration Day hallmark Hall of Fame Murphy Brown empty nest Matlock _ j designing women a a a major dad America s funniest Home videos nil monday night football Bills is. 1. 1 2. 2 3, 4 4. 3 5. 4 6. 1 2 7. X a. I7 9. 9 10. 14 11. 4 12. 19 13. 8 13. I x 15. 16. 16. 18. 19. 19. 21. 21, 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 29. 29. 32. 33. 33. 33. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 40. 42. 43. 44. 45. 48. 47, 47, 49. 49. 51. 52. 53. 53. 55. 13 unsolved mysteries the Golden girls in the heat of the night tie 10 17 22 16 21 29 27 33 18 22 11 33 20 29 25 37 x 31 39 22 36 35 25 31 x 39 41 42 44 50 50 45 59 54 37 43 49 57 68 45 family matters igl full House tie Boogie , ouse tie wonder years movie a the stranger within who a the Boss . Law a America s funniest people Rescue 911 coach knots Landing. Grand tie a fatal image Quot movie tie evening Shade Carol amp company perfect strangers lie head of the class tie Jake and the Fatman fresh Prince of Bel air to my daughter a commando Quot a movie tube test married people tie Law and order 20-20 Simpsons going places Dallas a a dear John father Dowling mysteries tie in living color married. With children tie trials of Rosie o Neill Ferris bueller american dreamer primetime live he macgyver. A a a december 9,1990 sunday to plus c Page 7
