This week A Fame Badge
Friday, 29 August 2025
Thursday, 28 August 2025
Nothing Personal Production Credits
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 James Berg and Stan Zimmerman
Director: Debbie Allen
Executive Script
Consultant: Ira Steven Behr
Creative
Consultant: Carol Gary
Story Editor:
Michael McGreevey
Associate Producers:
Frank Merwald
Tom
Carlin
Choreography: Debbie
Allen
Assistant
Choreographer: Mike Malone
Director of
Photography: Sherman L. Kunkel A.S.C
Art Director: Ira
Diamond
Editor: John P.
Farrell
Unit Production
Manager: Denny Salvaryn
First Assistant
Director: Leslie Jackson
Second Assistant
Director: Tony Mason
Set Decorator: Sam
Gross
Producer’s Coordinator:
Robert Caplain
Assistant Music
Coordinator: Michael Waters
Property
Master: John Kilma
Costume Designer:
Marilyn Matthews
Script Supervisor:
Suzanne Waite
Make Up: Jack
Wilson
Hair Stylist: Gloria
Montemayor
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: Charles Crews
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 Technics -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
Production
Assistant: Frank Rehwaldt
Payroll: Kevin King
Grip: Bill Rustic
Dancers:
Derrick Brice
Paula Brown
Christophe Cabellero
Leanne Gerrish
Melissa Hurley
Kimberlee Layton
Joni Palmer
Dwayne Phelps
Eartha D. Robinson
Serge Rodnunsky
Michael Rooney
Allysia Sneed
Bronwyn Thomas
Darryl Tribble
Rocker Verastique
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
Montgomery and Danny A Fable For Parents - Scene of the Week
Montgomery and Danny A Fable For Parents
Monday, 25 August 2025
Friday, 22 August 2025
Nothing Personal Broadcast Dates
Original air date in U.S.A 01st November 1984
Original air date
in U.K. 22nd April 1985, Repeated
on The Children's Channel Broadcast
Autumn 1992
Original air date in
Italy 30th August 1986
Original air date in France 29th January 1996
Nothing Personal - Episode of the Month
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This version has Swedish Subtitles
This version has Swedish Subtitles
For those who dislike the subtitles here a poorer quality version but is subtitle free.
Thursday, 21 August 2025
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Monday, 18 August 2025
Friday, 15 August 2025
Dream Street - Song of The Month
"Dream Street" is a song written by Arthur Barrow, Pete
Bellotte and John Philip Shenale in 1984 for Janet Jackson's 2nd album and it
became the Title track.
The song was scheduled to be the 4th Single
from the album but after the sales were low for the previous 3 singles the
release was cancelled. Although it did appear as the B side to the Japanese
Release of "Two To The Power of Love".
By this point Janet's father, Joseph had
negotiated a deal for Janet to appear on Fame and to showcase her music.
On Fame "Dream Street" comes from
the season 4 episodes "Nothing Personal" and "School Is
Out" where it is performed by Janet Jackson, with the rest of the season 4
kids playing parts in what would become Janet Jackson's First Music Video. The
video follows the song lyrics and
depicts a girl's rise to stardom in the 1950s.
It starts off with Janet/Cleo on a bus to
Hollywood driven by Carlo Imperato, then she finds a roommate and a friend for
an apartment Valerie /Doris. The next scene is of her struggling working in a
restaurant having a hard time adjusting, but she meets a man Billy / Chris who
is attracted to her and gives her a card for an audition.
She tries out in a dance audition for
Debbie / Lydia with Carol / Sherwood as
the writer. Gene / Leroy and Jesse/ Jesse are part of her backing dancers and
Nia / Nicole and Cynthia / Holly are make up and hair artists. She gets the
part and the video is up to date in 1984, with Janet wearing a red leather
outfit doing a dance routine with the Fame dancers.
Janet performed the song on U.S. TV on American Bandstand in 1984 and the video appears on a Japanese Singles Collection Greatest Hits CD/DVD package in 2022.
And a bus comes in on the Hollywood freeway in the dark
A face catches sight of home, though at this spirited town
Such a beating of the heart and a hope deep down inside
They say the streets are paved with gold
But it sure looks kind of cold outside
Steppin' on the sidewalk with the stars beneath her feet
Just a handful of tourists, is all she's bound to meet
So tough to find a room and it takes more than a day
And it's not too nice and the price is high
Somehow she can't help but cry
In a world full of fantasies, reality can hurt
It's about the fiction, the odds won't go with her on
Dream street, dream street
Will it all come true? Will it all just fade away
Dream street, dream street
Well, it's hard to find and
It won't let hope escape from dream street
A year goes by, and the situation she can't stand
Came to be an actress, but a waitress is all she lands
Her colleague smiles at her through the wrinkles of her face
She came here too, with the self-same goals
She never got out of this place
She makes her mind up, she's gonna leave that very night
It's been so long now since she's felt that good inside
She calls the service line, there's a message in there for her
She's gotta star in a movie part, suddenly it's all worthwhile
Oh a little bit closer now, but really still too far
Is it always out of reach, that bright and shiny star of
Dream street, dream street
Will it all come true? Will it all just fade away
Dream street, dream street
Well, it's hard to find and
It won't let hope escape from dream street
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Debbie Allen Discusses Directing Janet Jackson's Dream Street
Debbie Allen Discusses Directing Janet Jackson's Dream Street
Tuesday, 12 August 2025
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