Eric Pierpoint TV Guide Snippet Hot Pursuit 1984

Quote of the Week - Carmine Caridi

Sunshine Again Day out of Days 1982

The Day Out of Days is a chart used by filmmakers to tally the number of paid days for each cast member. The chart must be prepared after the shooting schedule. Once it has been completed, work can begin on a budget.

The Day Out of Days is arranged as a grid, with columns representing days and rows representing cast members. Letters are used to indicate paid days. Typically, W is used to indicate a work day (the cast member will perform on that day), T indicates a travel day, and R a rehearsal day. All three count as paid days.

The letters S (Start) and F (Finish) are used to indicate the first and last paid days. For example, a cast member's first paid day (usually a rehearsal day) appears as SR; the last paid day (usually a work day) appears as WF.

Special consideration must be given to idle periods in the Day Out of Days. A cast member can either be held (paid) or dropped (not paid) during an idle period. The Screen Actors Guild has very specific rules addressing when an actor can—or especially can't—be dropped. (The rules don't apply for actors with run-of-show agreements.)

In the Day Out of Days chart, hold days are indicated by an H. When a cast member is to be dropped, a D marks the last paid day before the drop, and a P indicates the day when the cast member will be picked back up.

Sunshine Again - Shooting Schedule Day 7

Sunshine Again was filmed from Thursday 2nd December to Friday 10th December 1982. Day Seven Was Friday 10th December.

Sunshine Again - Shooting Schedule Day 6

Sunshine Again was filmed from Thursday 2nd December to Friday 10th December 1982. Day Six Was Thursday 9th December.

Fame Coloring Books - Trivia of the week

Fame Colouring and Activity Books.

In the U.K. only one colouring book was issued. 

Printed in Finland it was published by World International Publications Limited in 1983 priced 30p. It contained drawings based on official cast photos for people to colour in.

In the U.S. 4 colouring and activity books were issued. Printed in Canada they were published by Playmore Publishing Inc and Waldman Publishing Corp from New York in 1983 priced 99 cents. 

They contained draws of the cast based on official photos but were put together to make individual stories. They also contained various puzzles and word games.

The stories were written by Michael J Pellowski, with Art by Nick LoBianco. The Activities were designed by Jesse Zerner and the books were compiled and edited by Malvina G Vogel.

Sunshine Again - Shooting Schedule Day 5

Sunshine Again was filmed from Thursday 2nd December to Friday 10th December 1982. Day Five Was Wednesday 8th December.

Eric Pierpoint - Alien Nation - Pilot

Eric Pierpoint Stars in "Alien Nation" This is the Pilot Episode from 1989.

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Sunshine Again - Shooting Schedule Day 4

Sunshine Again was filmed from Thursday 2nd December to Friday 10th December 1982. Day Four Was Tuesday 7th December.

Quote of the Week - Debbie Allen

Friday Night - Billy Falcon - Original Artists

Friday Night comes from the Season 2 episode "Sunshine Again" and is performed by Carlo Imperato.

Written by Billy Falcon in 1977 the song is from his debut album Billy Falcon's Burning Rose. The Song was also Billy's first single released in 1977.

Sunshine Again - Shooting Schedule Day 3

Sunshine Again was filmed from Thursday 2nd December to Friday 10th December 1982. Day Three Was Monday 6th December.

Sunshine Again - Shooting Schedule Day 2

Sunshine Again was filmed from Thursday 2nd December to Friday 10th December 1982. Day Two Was Friday 3rd December.

Sunshine Again Script Extended and Deleted Scenes - Trivia of the Week

The  opening scene in the episodes is different to what appears in the script. In the script it is actually the opening scene of Act 2 that we see on screen. The scene below doesn't appear in the episode.

In the Script Friday Night is described as the Hot Production Number featuring Leroy and the Dancers. Of course Carlo takes over the song as presumably Gene didn't turn up that day and Leroy is nowhere to be seen. 

Sunshine Again - Shooting Schedule Day 1

Sunshine Again was filmed from Thursday 2nd December to Friday 10th December 1982. Day One Was Thursday 2nd December.

Picture of the Week - Eric Pierpoint

William Blinn - Crew Member of the Month

William Blinn,

William Frederick Blinn was born 21^st July 1937 in Toledo, Ohio. Known as Bill Blinn, he is a writer and TV executive producer.

William began his career in television in the 1960s when he moved to Los Angeles, as a screenwriter and started selling scripts and story ideas for shows like:  “Rawhide”, “Here Come the Brides”, “Gunsmoke” and “ The Rookies”.

In the 70s in addition to writing he moved into producing American TV shows and 1971, he wrote the screenplay for the television movie Brian's Song for which he won an Emmy and Peabody Award. 

He won a second Emmy in 1977 for his work on the miniseries Roots.

William also created and wrote the pilot for “Starsky & Hutch” and produced the 2004 Starsky and Hutch movie.

In 1984 he wrote the screenplay for the Prince Movie “Purple Rain”.

In 1981 he was brought in as the executive Producer on Fame. The Pilot episode had already been shot but the network weren’t happy so Bill was brought in to fix it. He also served as the head writer for the show for its first 3 seasons.

In 1984 he also had contract with NBC for another TV Show which he wanted to produce at the same time as Fame. Not wanting to have to travel far between shows he took the idea to both MGM and Lorimar Productions who both filmed in the same lot. Lorimar offered the better deal so he took it but the next day MGM fired him.

Whilst filming the episodes “Heritage” the whole cast and crew of Fame posed for a photo to say “We Love Bill Blinn”.

It is believed that since Fame had moved into first run Syndication at the start of the third season MGM had been looking for ways to cut costs and Bill working with another company was the perfect reason for MGM to get rid of him. He returned to appear on the final episode of Fame in 1987 as part of the crowd sing the theme tune at the end.

 After Fame William wrote for TV shows like “Our House” and “The Magical World of Disney.

He also in 1990 he wrote a TV movie “Polly Come Home”, which was directed by Debbie Allen.

In 1994 he created and wrote 2 episodes of a short lived series called “Heaven Help Us”.

In 1997 William created and wrote 4 episodes of the TV series Pensacola: Wings of Gold.

William has won 2 Writers Guild of America Awards for “The Boy Next Door” in 1997 and the Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement in 2009.

Bill died of natural causes on 22nd October 2020 of Natural causes.

Quote of the Week - Valerire Landsburg

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You Are My Sunshine - Song of the Week

"You Are My Sunshine" comes from the season 2 episode "Sunshine Again". Written by Oliver Hood, Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell. It is performed by the Cast.

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"The other night dear, as I lay sleeping,

I dreamed I held you in my arms,
But when I awoke, dear, I was mistaken,
And I hung my head and I cried.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me happy when skies are gray.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.

I'll always love you and make you happy,
If you will only say the same.
But if you leave me to love another,
You'll regret it all some day.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me happy when skies are gray.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.

The other night dear, as I lay sleeping,

I dreamed I held you in my arms,
But when I awoke, dear, I was mistaken,
And I hung my head and I cried.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me happy when skies are gray.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away."

Sunshine Again - Script Part 5