What's it like to follow in the footsteps of a legend no one knows better than Julian
Lennon.
He'll talk candidly about being the son of a beetle, his dad's tragic death, and his
new relationship with Yoko Ono.
Then we'll check in and see how the 1985 psychic predictions turned out.
And there's no room for error in this deadly display of martial arts.
These Indian feats are so dangerous, some countries have outlawed them.
It's all coming up tonight on Friday's PM Magazine.
And Friday's PM Magazine is coming to you from Dennis Passoretti's American Kempa Karate
Institute on Atwell's Avon Province.
Hi everybody, I'm Sheila Martinez.
And I'm Sprague Theobald.
A little bit later on in the program, I'm sure we're going to try a bit of this.
Please, you're going to try a bit of this.
Right now in our first story though, we're going to catch on to some psychics.
Now, it's sort of a psychic store card, if you will.
Every year, the National Enquirer puts out their predictions of what's going to happen.
As a matter of fact, they just put out their predictions for 86.
But right now, John Huffman's going to look back at 85 and see how those psychics fared.
Ah, the National Enquirer.
Every year about this time, you know, they publish those psychic predictions for the
coming year.
But ever wonder how accurate those predictions are?
I saved the list of last year's psychic predictions.
These are the headlines that National Enquirer said you'd be reading in 1985.
Dynasty gets a new cast member, Michael Jackson as Dominique Devereaux's long lost son.
I have with me a Dynasty expert.
This man has never missed an episode of Dynasty.
Did Michael Jackson join the cast of Dynasty this year?
No.
No?
No.
Well, I guess they were wrong.
The Cosby Show signs on Muhammad Ali as a regular.
Mr. T quits the A-Team and stars in a new show as a hairdresser.
Sit still, fool.
I have with me a television executive.
Tell me, did Muhammad Ali join the Cosby Show?
No.
Did Mr. T become a hairdresser?
No.
I guess they were wrong again.
Eddie Murphy suffers a conk on the head and forgets how to be funny.
Where am I?
Who am I?
What's my name?
Under hypnosis, Boy George reveals he was the queen of Egypt in a former life.
We couldn't find any experts on Boy George or Eddie Murphy, but our best information
indicates they were wrong on those ones too.
And believe it or not, those are some of the more likely predictions.
They start getting better here.
Prince Charles is trampled by rampaging elephants.
The injured prince loses his ability to play polo.
Lady Diana awakens one morning to find a drunk asleep in her bed.
The love boat sails to Russia, where Soviet leader Gorbachev makes a guest appearance
on the show.
Love Boatski.
I guess you could sort of call it Mikhail's Navy.
Get it?
That's his first name, Mikhail.
Anyway, none of that stuff happened.
And if you think the love boat had a rough there.
An explosion rips through the love boat during filming.
Several major stars narrowly escape death.
California beach goers discover a real life honest-to-gosh mermaid.
Bye boys.
Wow what a year wasn't it?
But wait, there's more.
Charles Manson escapes and tries to murder another actress.
Lightning strikes Yoko Ono's apartment, leaving a heart-shaped burn on the wall.
A divine message from John Lennon.
Bill Cosby quits TV and runs for Congress.
Dynasties Catherine Oxenburg marries Prince Andrew.
Joan Collins appears in commercials wearing only her underwear.
Hugh Hefner gets religion and turns the Playboy Mansion into a Christian retreat.
Larry Hagman makes a splash on Broadway in drag.
Vice President George Bush resigns.
And that was 1985 as predicted by ten leading psychics in the National Enquirer.
So how did they do?
Out of 127 predictions, two came true that the stock market would set a new record and
that interest rates would drop.
One came partly true that divers would find a gold mine off the Florida coast, what they
actually found was a sunken ship filled with gold.
1113 were false and 11 were just plain silly.
Well the new National Enquirer predictions issue is out and I can't wait to see what's
going to happen in 1986.
Well that's not too bad but I'll tell you what, for this next year I'm going to keep
track of these predictions and this time next year you're going to have us to answer to.
It's because you buy it every week at the supermarket.
I buy midnight.
While Dennis' class does some meditating, I predict that two newlywed couples from the
area will be winning a cruise aboard the American-Canadian cruise lines down to the British Virgin
Islands on a boat specially designed and built by the Blount Corporation of Rhode Island.
I can guarantee it.
Now to show how dedicated we are to this whole contest, we're going to travel down a few
weeks ahead of time and make sure that everything is set just for the winning couples.
When we say newlywed, we mean that you had to have been married between Valentine's Day
in 1985 and Valentine's Day in 1986.
And if you fall into this category, you must have a valid marriage certificate to prove
that you were married between these dates.
It's very easy to enter the contest to win a cruise from P.M. magazine.
All you have to do is send us your love story.
We're looking for really great love stories.
Tell us how you met and send it to P.M. magazine, newlywed cruise, 111 Darn Street, Providence,
Rhode Island, 02903.
With your love story, please put your name, your address and a phone number where you
can be reached day or night and your wedding date.
Remember one entry per couple and these must be mailed.
Now we have to receive your entry by mail by January 31st here at WJAR TV by 12 noon.
And if you're not a newlywed couple, well, you can win a cruise on the Bay Queen for
two if you send us an entry of a newlywed couple that you know.
If we select your entry as a finalist, you will win a Sunday brunch cruise on the Bay
Queen.
So please get your entry into us today and we will be selecting the winners on February
14th.
Actually, you'll be selecting the winners.
You'll be calling in live.
Stay with us when we come back.
We're ready for action here.
And we'll also talk with Julian Lennon.
We'll also wrap up our visit to India by taking a look at the martial arts of that country.
Welcome back to PM Magazine.
In our second story tonight, that's pretty impressive.
We will talk with Julian Letts.
Now as you know, he is the son of the famous musician John Lennon and it's not easy growing
up in the shadow of a celebrity parent.
But absolutely, Julian Lennon has learned to handle it with grace and style.
He got his first set of drums when he was five, his first guitar at 11.
And now he's doing something in his own musical style, but carrying on a family legacy.
If the look and sound of this British singer are strikingly familiar, it's because he's
Julian Lennon, the 22 year old son of John Lennon.
The same year that the Beatles were topping the charts with Please Please Me, Julian was
born to John and Cynthia Lennon.
What was called the British invasion by us became an invasion of privacy for Julian throughout
his childhood.
I first walked in the assembly hall and the headmaster of all things comes in and says,
stand up, you know, in the middle of hundreds and said, we'd like to welcome John Lennon's
son Julian Lennon here.
I'm going, oh no, this isn't going to be fun.
As the Beatles became more popular, Julian and his mother were kept out of the public
eye to protect them as well as the band's teen idol image.
And then in 1968, John and Cynthia were divorced.
John's legendary marriage to Yoko Ono soon followed.
The Beatles broke up and John began recording on his own.
Julian remembers a visit to his father's recording session of the album Rock and Roll, which
turned into the 11 year old's public debut.
I was walking in and waddling around and seeing what studios were like.
And I was fiddling around with all the instruments and then I started hitting the snare drum
and then dad came in the studio and started singing, sitting in a lot.
And so I only had one snare drum and a stick and so I was trying to keep in time the best
I could.
And we didn't know that the engineer was taping it.
By the time Julian began taking his musical career seriously, his father's came tragically
to an end when he was murdered in December of 1980.
I woke up and I just had a strange feeling and I wasn't sure what it was.
I went downstairs, all the blinds were closed and everything.
And all the press, I said, what are they here for?
I mean it was a very sad moment.
But I mean my mother was away, my stepfather was there.
My mother told my stepfather, don't tell him until I get back, I want to break the news.
But he did, you know, I sort of forced it out of him.
It was very heavy.
Although Julian is aware of the influence his father's had on his music and his life,
With his father's famous myoptic eyes and fine wispy hair, he's managed to get out from
under his father's shadow with the success of his first album, Collab, which went platinum.
And now Julian's released a home video called Stand By Me, a portrait of Julian Lennon.
It's a look at his first concert tour, done in a documentary style, blending onstage excitement,
backstage candor and an interview.
Despite years of news stories and speculation about a bad relationship between Julian and
Yoko, she and her son Sean accompanied him to the New York screening of that video.
We got back together after like a year or so of not speaking to each other.
I think after the pain of dad's death and everything, it affects people in certain ways.
The way I look at Yoko, I think she's actually getting back to herself now.
She's doing things she wants to do.
She's finally becoming content and happy and relaxed.
Though he's making his own mark on the music world, Julian knows some people will always
think of him only as John Lennon's son.
That'll never go away.
It's going to be the outside people that are always going to say, the son of, you know,
whereas I think people who are closer to the Beatles or my father or whatever will recognize
me as Julian.
Things are going so well for Julian that he is right now in the middle of planning yet
a second tour of the United States.
And who knows, this just might be the beginning of a second Lennon legacy.
Right now, Sheila has joined the class and is getting ready to strike terror into the
hearts of many.
No, I'm just going to explain to you what they're working on right now.
Dennis has them working on front, instep kicks.
As you can see, you actually hit somebody with the instep part of your foot and it leads
to go directly into the groin, which if you hit it right, could ruin somebody's whole
day.
But of course, this Kempokarate, it's a Chinese form, can also be used for self-defense.
Ladies, we'll show you some of that when we come back.
We'll also travel to India to take a look at their martial arts.
Welcome back to PM Magazine.
Tonight, we are concluding our trip to India when we travel back to that country for one
final time to take a look at the ancient art form of Kalari.
Now, Kalari is not unlike what these students are learning here in that it's a physical
form of self-defense that combines body, mind, and spirit.
1600 miles south of Jaipur is the Indian state of Kerala, bordered here on the west by the
Arabian Sea.
Yankee Clippers out of New England once came here to trade for the riches and spices.
Nutmeg, black pepper, and cardamom seed were found here.
They also found a rich tradition in the arts, including, somewhat surprisingly, martial
arts.
This is Kalari Payet, an ancient martial art that precisely unifies control of mind, body,
and spirit.
Bhuvindan Kudinaier is a gurukal, or master of this discipline, and is one of the men
most responsible for keeping it alive.
I have the privilege of speaking with him and his son, Satyan, who acted as our interpreter.
In the Kalari, or gymnasium, a deep sense of history is felt every morning when the
students worship the deities and masters who were disciples of the Lord Pashrama.
Legend has it that Pashrama created the state of Kerala by throwing his axe into the Arabian
Sea, and he created Kalari Payet to protect it.
Intense physical stress and human error sometimes lead to injuries.
So as guru, 55-year-old Bhuvindan Kuti must also serve his students as master healer.
Massage with medicated oils serves as a primary treatment to maintain circulation and flexibility.
The degree of total dedication necessary for practicing Kalari Payet has kept its popularity
to a minimum.
But according to Bhuvindan Kudinaier, those who truly devote themselves to this indigenous
art can reach a level of inner peace that transcends into every aspect of their daily
lives.
The fee for that class is about $2 a month.
The guru will accept no payment.
That's simply a token to help meet expenses.
Meanwhile, back here at Dennis Pasarati's American Kempo Karate Institute, I've learned
one little thing of self-defense.
So talk me through this, okay?
What we're doing here is an opponent's attacking on a grab, a double arm grab.
You're squatting low, double arms up.
Grab him, kneel, elbow, and then you'll fight.
Very effective movement.
The good thing that you do here is know that if somebody has you, you get away from them.
You break their grasp and then get away.
Get away.
No hanging around.
The idea is release your opponent on an attack.
I didn't hurt you with that, did I?
No.
Good, because my elbow's killing me.
Stay with us.
We'll wrap things up here and we'll also take you to meet Yves Saint Laurent.
Look at you.
You look marvelous.
Marvelous.
The evening found San Francisco's caviar set in every tuxedo and stretch limo in town
in an effort to outdo rival New York and Paris, the world's fashion centers.
The rumored arrival of Yves Saint Laurent himself as a centerpiece of this gala haute
couture show lured more than 3,000 of the city's furred and bejeweled, some dropping
a cool thousand dollars of coiffure head, all to benefit the symphony, of course.
We staked out the entrance in anticipation of nabbing luminaries such as Bill Blass,
Catherine Deneuve and even John Travolta.
Well, hmm, maybe the mayor.
But of course, the main attraction was the haute couture show, featuring dresses costing
as much as $50,000.
$50,000?
$50,000.
One would be afraid to wear it.
No, not at all.
Very happy, I would think.
Fairness, Helene de Ludenhausen is the moving force behind the reclusive Yves Saint Laurent.
She's the one you deal with if you jet to Paris for one of his creations.
Now you'd think for that kind of money you'd get to see the head honcho.
Does Mr. Saint Laurent see any of the clients?
Never.
It's like traveling, you see.
He has to be a little bit isolated to remain himself, to give his total self to his creations
and not be influenced by much.
So he never sees any clients.
So why all this hoopla over dresses you can't afford, by a designer you can't even get
in to see and who won't even show up for his own party?
Heck, if we know.
But like we said, it was something we just couldn't afford to miss.
A million dollars worth of apparel, paraded by internationally famous models, mesmerized
the assembly.
It was announced that after this show, all the creations would be put on the block at
half price.
Half price?
Assuming, of course, you are a perfect size 7, 5 feet 10, and don't weigh more than 105
pounds, you could pick up a silk blouse for a mere $6,500.
So how did everyone like the show?
I just want to close my eyes and tell you, just listen to the music.
I thought it was wonderful to see such harmony and beauty.
Well, I thought it was pretty boring, actually.
The audience.
I thought the audience was fabulous.
I saw several things I wanted.
In case I become a transvestite.
As for all those celebrities, well, like we said, we just couldn't afford to miss anybody.
Say, isn't that John Travolta?
Nah.
Now, even though Yves Saint Laurent didn't show up, the benefit brought in over $200,000
and that went to the San Francisco Symphony.
Before we leave you tonight, we'd like to remind you that the Kempel Karate they practice
here is trained.
Don't try it at home if you don't know what to do.
But if you are interested, they do give group and private lessons here for beginners and
intermediate and advanced.
You can give them a call for more information.
Now, of course, we know you're going to be calling TV 10 this weekend because it's the
United Cerebral Palsy Telethon.
It begins at 1130 tomorrow night, that's Saturday night, and continues until 7 on Sunday.
Sprague myself and, of course, Charlie Jeffords will be there all weekend long.
Now, that's this weekend.
But next week on PM Magazine, we have more great stories for you.
In particular, we will introduce you to a woman who is a belly dancer by night, but
a farmer during the day.
Takes all kinds.
Right now, we'll leave you with some moves from Dennis Passeretti's American Kempel Karate
Institute.
Have a good weekend.
Good night, everyone.
Yeah!
Tonight, a day down Misfits of Science, the crew does some fancy footwork to outsmart
the KGB.
Then, at 9, Michael and Kit are in big trouble when they're pursued by a crazy lager on Night
Rider here on WJAR TV 10.
Now, stay tuned for entertainment tonight, next.