United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics The United States was the host nation of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. It was the nineteenth time that "Team USA" participated, having boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. 522 competitors, 339 men and 183 women, took part in 217 events in 25 sports. These Olympic Games were unique for the United States in that the host state was California, the home state of the country's president, Ronald Reagan, who himself opened the Games, becoming the first American president to open a Summer Olympics, and also any Olympic games in the
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) arrested Hugo for murder." "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" never aired on the NBC Television network because the finale, by 1960s standards, was deemed "too gruesome" by sponsor Revlon. The following season, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" switched to a 1-hour format and a new name ("The Alfred Hitchcock Hour"), thus rendering the half-hour episode unusable. The episode eventually was released in the program's syndication package to affiliate stations without a word of complaint. "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", once denied network broadcast, is now the most widely distributed "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode of all those produced. Because of the public