This week a "But Seriously Folks" Script
Friday, 28 April 2023
Thursday, 27 April 2023
Rock n Roll World - Song of the Month
"Rock n Roll World" comes from the season 3 episode "Lisa's Song". The song is written by Nick Oosterveen and George Michalski who recorded the original version for their 1979 Michalski and Oosterveen album.
On Fame it is performed by Valerie Landsburg, Carlo Imperato, Gene Anthony Ray, Cynthia Gibb and Billy Hufsey. Although it was only featured in one episode the song was recorded originally for a promo to advertise season 3 as it moved from NBC to Syndication in America.
For the promotion the song was released and gave it's name to the title of the the American album featuring music from season 2 and was also released as a single. It also appeared a year later on the Best of Fame Album.
Every time I see you
Rock n rolling to a tune
I wanna take you in my arms
And love you, love you all night long
I can't stop watching you
That you swing your hips around
There ain't nobody quite like you
When the music's going down
It's a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll, rock n roll world
Some ain't got no class
And some ain't got no soul
It looks like you got everything
Everything to rock n roll
I can't stop watching
As you swing your hips around
There ain't nobody quite like you
When the music's going down
It's a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll, rock n roll, rock n
roll world
You don't know what it's like
Living in a rock n roll world
Can't keep from dancing
Can't stop romancing in a rock n roll world
Do you know how it feels to me
When I see you move so free
In a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll, rock n roll, rock n
roll world
It's a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll world
It's
a rock n roll world
It's a rock n roll, rock n roll, rock n roll world
Lee Curreri In Danger Bay
Lee Curreri in a 1987 episode of "Danger Bay" called "A Man Of Few Words".
Lyric of the Week
Which Fame song does the lyric "The Steps Come One By One, Then Some By Some" come from?
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Lee Curreri presents at the Yummy awards 17th September 1983.
Lee Curreri presents an award at the 1st Annual Yummy awards which were broadcast 17th September 1983.
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Lee Curreri - "Everyone's A Winner" Yummy Awards September 1983.
Lee Curreri performs "Everyone's A Winner" a song he wrote for the 1st Annual Yummy awards which were broadcast 17th September 1983.
Lee posted about the experience:
"When NBC asked me to
come up with a song for the Saturday Morning cartoon lineup, I did a demo in my
little bedroom studio with an Emulator 1, a Linn Drum, a Rhodes, and an OBx-a
synth. The day after I submitted the demo, I heard a knock on my dressing room
door - it was my arranger idol, Peter Matz (the bandleader for the Carol
Burnett Show). Some kids idolized athletes, I idolized bandleaders 😃
Peter was working on the charts for the song. He invited me to the recording
session with the orchestra. I was in seventh heaven - I got to hear an
orchestra perform what I had recorded, overdubbing with my Emulator on a Tascam
4-track - with Peter Matz conducting!"
Spontaneous Combustion - Full Production Credits - Trivia of the Week
Executive
Producer: Patricia Jones and Donald
Reiker
Supervising
Producer: Ken Ehrlich
Co Producer:
Debbie Allen
Consulting
Producer: David De Silva
Creator:
Christopher Gore
Teleplay
by Patricia Jones & Donald Reiker & Ira Steven Behr
Story
by Patricia Jones & Donald Reiker
Director:
Michael Hoey
Executive
Script Consultant: Ira Steven Behr
Creative
Consultant: Carol Gary
Story
Editor: Michael McGreevey
Associate
Producer: Frank Merwald
Tom Carlin
Dance
Consultant: Debbie Allen
Choreography:
Mike Malone
Assistant
Choreographer: Otis Sallid
Director
of Photography: Sherman L. Kunkel A.S.C
Art
Diretor: Ira Diamond
Editor:
John P. Farrell
Unit
Production Manager: Denny Salvaryn
First
Assistant Director: Armando Huerta
Second
Assistant Director: Leslie Jackson
Set
Director: Sam Gross
Producer’s
Coordinator: Robert Caplain
Assistant
Music Coordinator: Michael Waters
Property
Master: John Kilma
Costume
Designer: Marilyn Matthews
Script
Supervisor: Victoria Weisbart
Make
Up: Jack Wilson
Hair
Stylist: Gloria Montemayer
Sound:
Jon Oliver
Sound
Editor: Harry M. Cheney
Online
Editor: Joe Bella
Rerecording
Mixer: Jerry Clemens C.A.S
Telecine:
Chris Devlin
Music
Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
Score:
Tim Truman
Fame
Theme: Michael Gore
Dean Pitchford
Music
Producer: Gary Scott
Music
Coordinator: Maureen Crowe
Casting:
Meg Liberman Casting
Original
Casting: Mary Goldberg (New York)
Linda Francis (Los Angeles)
Capezio
Dancewear provided by: Ballet Makers Inc
Promotional
Consideration by:
Casio – EMI Division
Fender Musical Instruments
Panasonic Tchnics -Stereo
Roland Corporation
Schafer and Sons, Pianos & Organs
Selmar Musical Instruments
National
Advertising Sales: Lexington
Broadcast Service
A
Presentation of Metromedia Network
Post
Production Facility: Complete Post Inc
Produced
by M.G.M
In Cooperation
with: RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana TV2
Executive
in Charge of Production: Ted Zachary
Sound
Mixer: Michel Stone
Sound
Effects Editor: Marti D. Humphrey
Orchestrator:
Hummie Mann
Payrole:
Kevin King
Production
Assistant: Frank Rehwaldt
Lead
Man: Kenneth Milfred
Dancers:
Derrick Brice
Leanne Gerrish
Kimberlee Layton
Joni Palmer
Dwayne Phelps
Eartha D. Robinson
Serge Rodnunsky
Michael Rooney
Allysia Sneed
Bronwyn Thomas
Darryl Tribble
Rocker Verastique
Monday, 24 April 2023
Once In Awhile - Lee Curreri & Valerie Landsburg - Song of the Week
The lyric "How Ever Day You Reassure Me,
When No one Else Believes." comes from "Once In Awhile" written by Ken Erhlich, it comes from the Season 3 episode "Gonna Learn How To Fly part 2." It is performed by Valerie Landsburg and Lee Curreri .
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And Think About the Times We Share.
If Something Goes Wrong,
It won't Be Very Long,
Cause I Know That You Are There.
Once In Awhile I Think Of Your Smile,
And All The Memories We've Known.
They're Not Gonna End, I'm Telling You Friend.
Neither One Of Us Could Ever Be Alone.
The Laughter In Eyes That's Certain,
The Look That Let's Me Know You're Pleased.
How Ever Day You Reassure Me,
When No one Else Believes.
Once In Awhile Though It's Not My Style,
I Wonder What My Life Would Be Without You.
I'd Only Get Through Cause You Taught Me To
And There's No Way I Could Doubt You.
Once In Awhile I Sit And I Smile
And Think Of All the Things Before Us.
The Good And The Bad, The Happy And The Sad.
And When I Think Of You Again.
It Will Be More Than Just Once In Awhile."
If Something Goes Wrong,
It won't Be Very Long,
Cause I Know That You Are There.
Once In Awhile I Think Of Your Smile,
And All The Memories We've Known.
They're Not Gonna End, I'm Telling You Friend.
Neither One Of Us Could Ever Be Alone.
The Laughter In Eyes That's Certain,
The Look That Let's Me Know You're Pleased.
How Ever Day You Reassure Me,
When No one Else Believes.
Once In Awhile Though It's Not My Style,
I Wonder What My Life Would Be Without You.
I'd Only Get Through Cause You Taught Me To
And There's No Way I Could Doubt You.
Once In Awhile I Sit And I Smile
And Think Of All the Things Before Us.
The Good And The Bad, The Happy And The Sad.
And When I Think Of You Again.
It Will Be More Than Just Once In Awhile."
Take That First Step - Valerie Landsburg - Song of the Week
The Lyric "A Thousand Choices Call You, Which Ones The One You Need?" comes from "Take That First Step" from the Season 2 episode "Star Quality". Performed by Valerie Landsburg it is written by Bill and Kathy Birch.
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"You're Looking At A Dream,
And It Seems So Far Away.
So You Hide Your Hopes Inside Your Heart,
Waiting For A Brighter Day.
I Know Just What You Feel,
You Don't Know Where To Start.
Once You've Made It Past Your Fear
You're Past The Hardest Part.
Take That First Step,
The Hardest One Of All.
It Only Looks Easy,
Till You Stumble And Fall.
Take That First Step,
Let Your Heart Lead The Way,
Only Then You'll Discover,
We Both Need Each Other,
Every Step, Of The Way.
Some Times It's Hard To Know,
Just Where That Step Will Lead.
A Thousand Choices Call You,
Which Ones The One You Need?
There Is No Certain Answer,
All We Can Do Is Try.
We Gamble And Win, Together Begin
And Your Heart Can Be Your Guide.
Take That First Step,
The Hardest One Of All.
It Only Looks Easy,
Till You Stumble And Fall.
Take That First Step,
Let Your Heart Lead The Way,
Only Then You'll Discover,
We Both Need Each Other,
Every Step,
Take That First Step,
The Hardest One Of All.
It Only Looks Easy,
Till You Stumble And Fall.
Take That First Step,
Let Your Heart Lead The Way,
Only Then You'll Discover,
We Both Need Each Other,
Every Step, Of The Way." Th
Spontaneous Combustion Script Extended & Deleted Scenes
The Script for Spontaneous Combustion is very accurate to the actual TV Episode, with very little deviation. There are a couple of word changes in the dialogue but not much else. Near the start where we see Lydia and Sherwood carrying food trays and heading to the teachers lounge there is a scenes set in the cafeteria that is suppose to happen first setting the scene but this does not appear in the episodes, instead the teachers are seen walking towards the lobby.
When Shorofsky finds Cassidy playing the keyboard in the cafeteria this line of dialogue is missing. Instead he just asks "What d'ya think?"
Morloch's line about using the company is deleted from the initial request for Shorofsky to have a drink with him but is added at the end where Morloch asks him to make an exception this time.
After Lydia quits Morloch's line of dialogue is deleted.
Friday, 21 April 2023
Thursday, 20 April 2023
Lyric of the Week
Which Fame Song does the Lyric "A Thousand Choices Call You, Which Ones The One You Need?" come from?
Robert Scheerer - Crew Member of the Month
Robert Joseph Scheerer was born on December 28th 1929 in Santa Barbara. He started his career as a dancer under the name Bobby Scheerer and was a teenage member of the dance group The Jivin’ Jacks & Jills. As a dancer he made 12 films for Universal Studios, including What’s Cookin’. He later acted on Broadway in the play "Lend an Ear" and appeared in the "The Boy Friend", "Top Banana" and "Dance Me A Song", directed by Bob Fosse.
In the 1960's he started directing and specialised in
Episodic TV including "Matlock", "Hawaii
Five-O", "Police Story", "The Love Boat", "Knots
Landing", "Dynasty", "Ironside" and "Gilligan’s
Island". He also regularly directed
Star Trek shows: "The Next Generation", "Deep Space Nine and
Voyager".
On "Fame" he directed 18 episodes
in the first 3 seasons between 1981 and 1984. A number of the cast have described
him as one of their favourite directors.
He retired in the late 90s and died on March 3rd 2018 in Valley Village, California aged 88.
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Magazine of the Month - Girl
Girl is a British magazine, aimed at younger
teenager girls and published in the UK by IPC Magazines. Originally running
from 1951 to 1964, its second incarnate, which we feature here, was published weekly
on a Thursday from 1981 to 1990
The magazine featured Pop, Fashion, Advice and photo stories.
The magazines featured a few Fame Related articles in 1983 and Issue 114 from April 17th 1983 came with a free Fame Sticker book and the following week April 23rd 1983 issue 115 came with a free packet of Fame Stickers.
