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Subject: 1985 J. Fred Muggs Awards
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[From the Dec.28 issue of TV Guide]

		TV GUIDE'S FIFTH ANNUAL J. FRED MUGGS AWARDS
		--------------------------------------------

   Looking back at TV in 1985, we cite those who excelled at making monkeys of
themselves.

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The Recalled from Glory Award

	To CBS, which abandoned plans to produce "Saigon", a seven-hour
	docudrama about four families involved in Vietnam, because, said a
	network spokesman, the project "could not meet our standards of
	balance and accuracy."

The Darn! Wish We'd Said That Awards

	"The wimps won."  --  20/20 correspondent Geraldo Rivera on his 
	critics, after announcing his resignation.

	"I always thought he should be the fifth face on Mount Rushmore."
	-- Producer Esther Shapiro on her "Dynasty II: The Colbys" star
	Charlton Heston.

The Brother, Does He Need a Vacation Award

	To Patrick Duffy who quit "Dallas" because he said he was tired of
	playing nice guy Bobby Ewing, then chose as his very next role -- a
	goat in Irwin Allen's "Alice in Wonderland."

Talk About Your Cutthroat Competition ...

	TV-news crews camped outside the home of an alleged gold swindler in
	Tokyo kept their cameras rolling - but did nothing to intervene - as
	two men broke into the suspect's apartment and stabbed him to death
	with a bayonet.

Blessed Are the Ratings

	Pope John Paul II did an NBC promo (and even got a network cap) touting
	the Today show's visit to the Vatican.

Next Time a Guy Strangles You, Belzer - Communicate!

	Comedian Richard Belzer claimed he needed eight stitches to close a
	wound in his head after wrestler Hulk Hogan demonstrated a sleeper
	hold on	him on Belzer's cable-TV talk show.  Hogan later said: "Hey,
	man, I didn't think I was holding him that strong.  I guess the little
	guy is not in shape.  He didn't give me a sign."

"D" as in Demented

	Told by 20/20 correspondent John Stossel that pro wrestling is a fake,
	a grappler named Dr. D reponded by slapping Stossel twice on the side
	of his head, resulting in what Stossel later said may be a permanent
	hearing impairment.

How About a Pie in the Face, Phyllis?

	Cathleen Webb and Gary Dotson, the man Webb says she falsely accused
	of raping her, were interviewed on the CBS Morning News by Phyllis
	George, who asked them: "How about a hug?"