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AT THE MOVIES, Leslie Nielsen (right) bares his comic chops in The Naked Gun for a $9.3 million opening in the top spot. Nielsen would come up far shorter in 1998's Wrongfully Accused, which grossed a total of $9.6 million.
ON TV, Ted Danson charms enough Cheers viewers for a No. 3 ranking. Ten years later, his new sitcom, Becker, would charm few critics.
AT BOOKSTORES, George Burns' touching memoir about his late wife, Gracie: A Love Story, is No. 1 on the Publishers Weekly nonfiction list. Burns would die in 1996 at the age of 100.
AND IN THE NEWS, televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted for bilking his flock and syphoning millions in donations. The scandal follows his confession to an affair with Jessica Hahn. After five years in prison, the divorced and still repentant Bakker would remarry in 1998.
