Welcome to The Kids From Fame Media Blog

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.

Every week day we post and our Archive can be found on the Kids from Fame Media TV Series Archive Website.
Including Interviews, Episode Information and Videos, Scripts, Merchandise, MP3 Downloads, Reunions, Fan Fiction, Cast and Crew Information.

I hope you have a great time Remembering "Fame"!

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Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Bruno Martelli - Character of the Month

 

Bruno Martelli is a talented keyboard playing composer. Frustrated by what he considers to be outdated ways of creating and playing music, Bruno is all about the technology, particularly synthesizers.  This causes him to clash frequently with his beloved music teacher Mr Shorofsky.

Bruno's Mother had died leaving him to be brought up by his Father Angelo. The pair often fight but their love for each other is apparent. 

Bruno spends hours locked away in his basement writing and creating music. However, he isn't really into performing and doesn't like sharing his music until it's triple perfect. In "Alone in the Crowd" he is so nervous to perform just in front of his class mates but Shorofsky helps him overcome this.

Despite preferring to be alone with his music Bruno is popular and friends like Coco and Doris are always going to him, Coco to help her perform, she knows a good writer and musician when she sees it and Doris to discuss emotional problems. 

Bruno is unlucky in love in "To Soar and Never Falter" he falls for Kathy Murphy, a beautiful dancer with multiple sclerosis. In "Relationship" he falls for an much older woman and in "Rules" he falls for a student teacher.   All of which lead to problems and none to true love.

In "And The Winner Is" Bruno writes a music which the School chooses to perform and Bruno is brought in to help cast it, but he finds judging his friends very difficult. When he realises that the character is actually based on himself so casts himself, although we soon discover that although he's a talented writer he's not an actor, which leads him to asking Doris to teach him how to act. This brings out feelings of unrequited love from Doris to Bruno but her feelings are never spoken.  


In "Gonna Learn How To Fly" Bruno's father has a heart attack and dies suddenly, leaving behind large debts. With no other choice Bruno decides to quit school and get a job, to help provide for himself and pay off his fathers debts. With help from Shorofsky he gets a job as a waiter in a CafĂ© bar called Caruso's, which gives him the opportunity to play and create music in the day time and wait tables at night. Although his boss Mr Caruso doesn't always appreciate the style of music that Bruno and his friends play. 

In Season 4 Bruno is gone although we never actually find out where he went to. He does return to catch up with his friends and teachers in "Baby Remember  My Name" but we still don't find out what he's been up to.




Quote of the Week - Ann Nelson


 

At Home With Lee Curreri TV Tops Magazine 16th July 1983



At Home With Lee Curreri, TV Tops Magazine Interview 16th July 1983.

Monday, 17 April 2023

Overnight Success - Nia Peeples and Erica Gimpel



"Overnight Success" which is featured on the season 4 episode "Coco Returns" performed by Nia Peeples and Erica Gimpel.






You can move any mountain no matter how high,
If fate is your friend and you're willing to try.
You can cross any river so wide,
You can do it, feel it inside.


Don't let anything stand in your way
You're getting close to reaching your dream
You never know, it might be today
You feel it, 
Expectations burn like a fire
Your hope is rising higher and higher.


An overnight success,
You hold the key to your happiness.
An overnight success,
You have the power to rise above the rest.

An overnight success,
You hold the key to your happiness.
An overnight success.


You have the power to rise above the rest

Overnight success
Find your happiness
Overnight success


 Yeah  Whoa….
An overnight success,
You hold the key to your happiness.
An overnight success,
You have the power to rise above the rest.

An overnight success,
You hold the key to your happiness.
An overnight success,
You have the power to rise above the rest yeah.
Overnight Success!

Paper Dolls - Merchandise of the Month


 In the mid 80sa Swedish teen magazine published a paper dolls of some of our Fame favourites. Danny, Coco, Bruno, Nicole, Leroy and Doris all got the Paper Doll treatment. Each character would come with a couple of different outfit options to attach to the doll.

There was also a Lori Singer one but that was Ariel from Footloose not Julie from Fame.














      

Lee Curreri Keyboard Magazine Interview August 1983

 








In depth interview with Lee Curreri from Keyboard Magazine August 1983.