I'll take my 5 and cash in for the night

Wherein just in case I don't get around to it, I ate corn meal-crusted pork ears and tails with bbq sauce. Holman & Finch Public House -- excellent

1. MC Hawking: I explode like a bomb. No one is spared. / My power is my mass times the speed of light squared.
   
2. The Simpsons
   
3. The rulers of the universe, more commonly referred to as the Knights Templar.
   
4. Was Warhol still alive in 1986? That's the obvious answer, so I'll go with it. Or Andy Rooney, I'm always getting them confused.
   
5. Houston. Wrong
   
6. Dustbowl novel, moving to California..."The Grapes of Wrath."
   
7. N.o. I.d.e.a.