Laura Shank What Fame Means To Me

What Fame Means To Me by Laura Schank:

I was born in April of 1983 at the height of Fame's popularity.

I missed out on watching the original run as well as the reruns, due to the fact at a young age I was more into the cartoons and kiddy shows.

However, I am a huge fan of anything retro from music to TV shows.

A friend on Facebook got me hooked on it just a few years ago, so I guess you can say I'm a second generation fan. After watching a few clips  on Youtube, I fell in love with the show got the first two seasons on DVD. I enjoyed all the characters, but if I had to pick only one as my favorite it would be Bruno, being a musician myself (though I play guitar not piano). I believe that Lee was born to play that role. I'm such a huge fan of the songs that he wrote for the series and I'm now teaching myself to play them on the guitar.

My second fave would be Doris, who can act and sing equally amazing. The part had Valerie's name written all over it.

People are forgetting on what an impact this series had on TV.  Seeing programs today like Glee, High School Musical, Victorious, and How to Rock are just copying what Fame did 30 years ago. Don't get wrong though, I happen to be a fan of Glee as well, but in my honest opinion if it hadn't been for Fame, none of those other programs I mentioned would not exist today.