THE JOHNNY PAYCHECK MEMORIAL
UNEMPLOYMENT HALL OF FAME
Fired from: "Wall $treet Week," 2002
For over 30 years, Louis Rukeyser was the host and the star of the PBS series "Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser." He was sent to the unemployment office in favor of Jeff Colvin and a co-host to be named later by giving the speech of his career. He has since moved on to CNBC and a new Friday night series, titled "Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street."
Left "Martin," 1996
Sexual Harassment by Martin Lawrence forced Tisha Campbell to leave the series. Afterwards, she appeared in the series finale despite not being in the same scene as Lawrence. True, in the meantime, she had settled her lawsuit out of court in order to make a guest shot on the series finale. More recently, she has been the "Wife" of the ABC sitcom "My Wife and Kids."
No one stayed during the TV series' run.
Most publicized departures were of Rob Estes and Mitzi Kapture. Both left the show in 1995. Rob's character, Chris Lorenzo, was killed, and Mitzi's character, Rita Lee Lance, left the force.
Fired as manager of the Cleveland Indians, 1999
The Cleveland Indians were predicted to win the American League pennant, helped by NBC airing the World Series that year. But when the Indians were eliminated by the Texas Rangers in the first round of the American League playoffs, Mike Hargrove was fired. The New York Yankees, the Atlanta Braves, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Tribe were baseball's "Teams of the '90's."