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I'm Mark & I've been a Fame fan since the beginning of the TV Series in 1982. This blog is dedicated to the incredibly talented cast of the show who have brought so much comfort and pleasure to my life over the last 40 odd years.

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Including Interviews, Episode Information and Videos, Scripts, Merchandise, MP3 Downloads, Reunions, Fan Fiction, Cast and Crew Information.

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Friday 31 March 2023

Ebay - Janet Jackson Special

 


Janet Jackson UK Fan Club Baseball Cap

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Janet Jackson janet. album sheet music book

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Janet Jackson All for You CD / DVD

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Janet Jackson janet. 2 x CD in hard book cover

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Janet Jackson Damita Jo Taiwan VCD Promo

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Ebay of the Week

 



This week a Spontaneous Combustion Script from season 4.

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Janet Jackson Prime Magazine March 2023

 

To Soar And Never Falter Script - Extended and Deleted Scenes

 

When Lydia asks Bruno to help Kathy by writing some original music this dialogue is deleted.


Before Kathy and Bruno talk for the first time in the cafeteria there are deleted subplots for Doris and Coco.



The start of the scene at the hospital is deleted. 


The conversation between Lydia and Sherwood discussing Kathy having MS is longer in the script. 

The teacher's conference is also extended in the script. 



There are deleted conversations between Danny and Crandall and Lydia and Kathy.



At there end there is actually a brief conversation between Kathy and Bruno that is deleted from the episode.



Janet Jackson on Fame


Janet Jackson talks about how she disliked working on Fame!


Extract From her book "True You"

"While James and I were together, I was cast on "Fame". Though  loved acting and wanted to pursue it, I wasn't excited about this television show, and if it had been left up to me, I would have passed. Joseph, though insisted that I take the role of Cleo Hewitt - so, still the obedient child, I acquiesced. The experience was trying.

I was taking birth control pills and as a result, I ballooned so much that people on the show thought I was pregnant. Once again, producers were telling me that I looked too big, that I needed to be thinner, and that I was presenting the wrong imagine to the public. These years, roughly from ages sixteen to eighteen, were not happy ones for me. 

The kids on "Fame" were not treated well. We had to use public bathrooms in the studio and were given ill equipped dressing rooms that were so tiny we could barely change in them.

Some of the cast members were real jokesters. I'd often open my breakfast case and find the food missing. Someone would take it just to tease me. The kids would blow pot smoke into my dressing room, knowing the smoke gave me a terrible headache. They were already a family. It was like an initiation, a rite of passage, and I was the new kid on the block.

In my heart, all I wanted to work on my relationship with James. But how? I'd be out until 2 A.M.,looking for him on the streets. Then I'd have to be up at four to be on the set by six. I was often late. I think I wanted to get fired. Fortunately, they did let me go. I had a three year contract but was released after the first year."



2012 Interview from the Cooper Anderson show. 

Fame Calendar April 2023

 


Wednesday 29 March 2023

Picture of the Week - Gene Anthony Ray

 



To Soar and Never Falter Production Credits

 


Executive Producer:   William Blinn

 Producer:  Mel Swope

Creator: Christopher Gore

Writer:  William Blinn

Director: Harry Harris

Executive Story Consultants:  Hindi Brooks

Story Consultant: Christopher Gore

Associate Producer: Parke Perine           

Choreography: Debbie Allen

Director of Photography: William W. Spencer A.S.C.

Art Director: Ira Diamond

Editor: Michael A. Hoey

Executive in charge of Production: Ted Zachary

Development Executive: Carole Coates

Unit Production Manager: Hap Weyman

First Assistant Director: Stephen Lofaro

Second Assistant Director: Armando Huerta    

Set Director: Joseph Stone

Producers Associate: Tony Amatullo

Producer’s Coordinator: Donna Lee

Script Supervisor: Cariline Davis-Dyer

Costume Supervisor: Marilyn Matthews

Costumer: Annalisa Strickland

Sound: John Oliver

             Alan Rochin C.A.S

Sound Recordist: Duncan McEwan

Sound Editor: Dan Yale

Make Up: Jack Wilson  

Hair Stylist: Gloria Montemayer

Property Master:  Rick Young

Score: William Goldstein

Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski

Music Coordinator: Bill Burch

Music Editor: Bob Mayor

Musical Instruments furnished by Yamaha

Songs by The Entertainment Company: Martin Bandier & Charles Koppelman

Songs Producer:  Barry Fasman.

Original Casting: Mary Goldberg (New York)

                              Linda Francis (Los Angeles)

Casting: Al Onorato,

               Jerry Franks 

Payrole Accountant: Kevin King

Location Manager: Mitchell Klebanoff

Rigging Gaffer L.A. Unit: Thomas P Powell

Set Dresser: Eric A. Hulett

Prop Shop: Robert W. King

Fame Theme: Michael Gore

                         Dean Pitchford

Produced by M.G.M

In association with: The Jozak Company and Eilenna Corporation.

Janet Jackson Vibe Magazine Interview 1997


Monday 27 March 2023

Cleo Hewitt - Character of the Month

 

Cleo Hewitt is a new student who arrives in "Indian Summer". A little shy, she feels no one is taking any notice of her until Jesse persuades her to show what she's made of.


Straight away she falls in love with Leroy but he doesn't really take her seriously.  Encouraged by Nicole and Holly she is reluctantly persuaded to play games to get Leroy's interest and starts dating Danny to make Leroy jealous. 


The school gives her the opportunity to stage manage for "The Monster that Devoured Las Vegas" as well as perform.

When one of the dancers is injured in "Nothing Personal" Cleo asks to be allowed the opportunity to dance the lead. Lydia reluctantly agrees but a devastating review in the School Paper by Chris Donlon causes Cleo to quit the school and take a part time job at Lou's Lanes. Although it's not long before she recognises her mistake and returns to school.

Cleo is upset when she accidently bumps into Miss Sherwood, landing her in hospital in "Spontaneous Combustion" causing the School to ban singing and dancing in the halls.

At the end of the school year Cleo is upset when her family decide to move to Hollywood and she won't be returning to the School. In "School is Out" she reminisces with Nicole and Jesse about their year at the school.