This week an official Fame Fan Club wallet and other merchandise
Friday, 30 July 2021
Thursday, 29 July 2021
The Strike Script Extended and Deleted Scenes - Trivia of the Week
The opening snatches of conversation with Danny and Doris as Coco walks along the corridor are not in the script.
The scene before the cast list has been posted between Julie and Montgomery has been deleted from the episode version.
The scene where Montgomery tells Coco he;s heading to Leroy's is extended in the script giving a little background about Montgomery's relationship with his Mother.
During Starmaker the script includes the full words to the song rather than just those for this edited version.
After Leroy asks Sherwood to Tutor him there is a deleted scene set in central Park between Julie and Coco.
The scene where Leroy gives his Shakespeare performance to the kids is much longer in the episode.
The scene where Coco has all the kids in a circle giving them an inspirational talk does not appear in the script.
Wednesday, 28 July 2021
The Strike Shooting Schedule Day 7
The Strike was filmed from Tuesday 10th November 1981 to Wednesday 18th November 1981. Day Seven was Wednesday 18th November 1981
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Tuesday, 27 July 2021
The Strike Shooting Schedule Day 6
The Strike was filmed from Tuesday 10th November 1981 to Wednesday 18th November 1981. Day Six was Tuesday 17th November 1981
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Monday, 26 July 2021
A Special Place Live 2019 - Cynthia Gibb
A Special Place Live from Fame U.K. Reunion 2019 performed by Cynthia Gibb is the Song of the Week.
The Strike Shooting Schedule Day 5
The Strike was filmed from Tuesday 10th November 1981 to Wednesday 18th November 1981. Day Five was Mon 16th November 1981
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Friday, 23 July 2021
The Strike - Full Episode
The Strike from season 1 is the episode of the Month
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French Dubbed
Italian Dubbed
Spanish Dubbed
Thursday, 22 July 2021
Trivia of the Week - Continuity Error 2 - The Strike
When the teachers are seen picketing for the first time the cast are filming on location at the Bradbury building, which is being used as the outside of the school. The camera shot starts at the top of the building and then moves down the outside. As we focus on the group of people a yellow taxi pulls up outside.
However a second later when the camera changes angles and we move in at street level there is no taxi insight and instead a police car and another vehicle pull in front of the camera.
The Strike Shooting Schedule Day 4
The Strike was filmed from Tuesday 10th November 1981 to Wednesday 18th November 1981. Day Four was Friday 13th November 1981
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Wednesday, 21 July 2021
The Strike Shooting Schedule Day 3
The Strike was filmed from Tuesday 10th November 1981 to Wednesday 18th November 1981. Day Three was Thursday 12th November 1981
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Tuesday, 20 July 2021
The Strike Shooting Schedule Day 2
The Strike was filmed from Tuesday 10th November 1981 to Wednesday 18th November 1981. Day Two was Wednesday 11th November 1981
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Monday, 19 July 2021
The Strike Shooting Schedule Day 1
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The Strike Shooting Schedule Day 1
Friday, 16 July 2021
Kids From Fame - Still Believe Album
Kids From Fame Still Believe
What
if the Kids From Fame Albums had carried on. Here's our thoughts on What a
second Album From season 3 would have
sounded like.
Starting at the End – Valerie
Landsburg, Cynthia Gibb, Eartha Robinson & Bronwyn Thomas
That Dream – Billy Hufsey & Gene
Anthony Ray
I Still Believe In Me - Erica Gimpel
On The West Side – Valerie Landburg
& Cynthia Gibb
Ease On Down The Road – Carlo
Imperato
We’re All The Same – Valerie
Landsburg, Billy Hufsey, Cynthia Gibb & Carlo Imperato
Shadows and Light – Valerie Landsburg
& Christie Houser
Old Girlfriends – Gene Anthony Ray,
Carlo Imperato & Billy Hufsey
Rudy’s Restaurant & Cabaret –
Valerie Landsburg, Cynthia Gibb & Donna McKechnie
Love Takes Time – Carlo Imperato
Watcha Gonna Do – Billy Hufsey &
Cynthia Gibb
Running With the Night – Valerie
Landsburg
Childhood’s End – Cynthia Gibb
From Strength To Strength – Lee
Curreri & Valerie Landsburg
Holly Laird- Character of the Month
Holly Laird joins the School of the
Arts as a drama major in the episode “Gonna Learn How To Fly”. At first she
struggles to fit in as the competition is too fierce. She considers quitting School but her friends
persuade her to stay.
Initially she is more concerned with
being a star than the quality of the work but she soon discovers she is going
to have to work really hard just to keep up with the other kids and soon starts
working with vocal coaches to improve herself.
Holly is pretty and frequently comes
across the prejudice of others thinking life is easy for her. Doris initially
has a problem with Holly because of her looks but eventually the two become
friends.
Holly isn’t particularly lucky in
love. Starting at the school at the same time as Chris Donlon creates a special
bond with him and they develop chemistry particularly when they are the leads
in a romantic show in “Appearances” but going out on a date together turns into
a disaster. As does her date with Billy, the pianist from Caruso’s, in “Equals”,
who turns out to be in wheelchair and pretty hung up about how people treat his
disability.
In “Indian Summer” she develops a crush
on Drama Teacher David Reardon but eventually realises that won’t go anywhere
either.
Holly is best friends with Nicole Chapman and the wo try living together in "Team Work" but that doesn't work out very well.
Holly’s parents Jim and Suzi Laird, live
in Darien New York and when Holly got accepted to the school she moved to an apartment
in the building owned by a friend of her father’s Mr Gianni, who keeps an eye
on her.
Dwight Mendenhall develops a crush on
Holly in season 4 but never plucks up the courage to tell Holly how he feels
until after she has left. In “The Inheritance” the kids phone Holly to get her
to speak to Dwight who has become unbearable, whilst directing his first play.
Holly lets him down gently.
Her Mother Suzi, had wanted to be a
singer before she got married and before Holly and her brothers were born and
Suzi career got put on hold. Although she would teach Holly to sing when she
was little as the hung the clothes out in the back yard. With the Family grown
up, Suzi wanted to pursue her singing career again. When she visits her
daughter there is often tension as Holly feels she can’t live up to her Mother’s
expectations.
Things become particularly unbearable
for Holly when her Mother fills in as a dance teacher at the school for a
couple of weeks in “The Rivalry” as Holly feels she can’t live up to the
expectation of being the best she can be.
As Suzi wants more out of life it
highlights problems in her relationship with her husband Jim. Fearing her
parents are getting a divorce Holly struggles with her feelings, which
manifests in her eating habits and Holly becomes anorexic, which leads to her
being hospitalised at one point. Thankfully she manages to come back from the
edge and gets her disorder under control.
In “Choices” Holly gets a part in day
time TV Soap Opera “Tomorrow Never Comes” as candy stripper Samantha Farrington
and leaves the School of the Arts to move to California to film the show.
She returns for Alumni week in “Baby
Remember My Name”.