The Kids from Fame (and related Fame stuff)

P Grandson

P Grandson

Am I the only one who, for some reason, regularly shipped Leroy and Lydia, especially in the later seasons? I was a little more than a toddler back then but I remember thinking that they look great together.

Plus why nobody has yet mention Nia Peeples?



And, while I'm at it, any love for mullet buff Bill Hufsey?

 
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torontodj

torontodj

P Grandson said:
Am I the only one who, for some reason, regularly shipped Leroy and Lydia, especially in the later seasons? I was a little more than a toddler back then but I remember thinking that they look great together.

Plus why nobody has yet mention Nia Peeples?

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Love Nia Peeples but HATED how they handled her character's exit. Just terrible. I think even one of the producers later on admitted it was a mistake.
 
idratherjack

idratherjack

P Grandson said:
Am I the only one who, for some reason, regularly shipped Leroy and Lydia, especially in the later seasons? I was a little more than a toddler back then but I remember thinking that they look great together.

Plus why nobody has yet mention Nia Peeples?



And, while I'm at it, any love for mullet buff Bill Hufsey?

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Oh my @ Billy Hufsey.

One thing I was wondering - did they show the complete run on BBC1? I remember it being absolutely massive in 1982/3 and I had all the cassettes, fan club magazines, sticker albums etc but have no recollection of Janet Jackson, Nia Peeples or Billy Hufsey. Did I just get bored of it or did the BBC quietly drop it after the hysteria died down?
 
Hudvar

Hudvar

Billy Hufsey was in a dodgy horror film called Graduation Day shortly before Fame. I think he pole-vaults on to a bed of spikes.
 
blod

blod

idratherjack said:
Oh my @ Billy Hufsey.

One thing I was wondering - did they show the complete run on BBC1? I remember it being absolutely massive in 1982/3 and I had all the cassettes, fan club magazines, sticker albums etc but have no recollection of Janet Jackson, Nia Peeples or Billy Hufsey. Did I just get bored of it or did the BBC quietly drop it after the hysteria died down?
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I've always wondered this too.
I think that they just showed seasons 1 and 2 (on Thurs at 7.30pm after Top of the Pops I think?), then repeated them in the summer holidays on weekday mornings for a few years.
 
idratherjack

idratherjack

blod said:
I've always wondered this too.
I think that they just showed seasons 1 and 2 (on Thurs at 7.30pm after Top of the Pops I think?), then repeated them in the summer holidays on weekday mornings for a few years.
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I think it was a Thursday at 8pm too (my memory is very hazy as I would only have been 8 or 9) but I certainly don't think they showed the later seasons. I remember being shocked to learn it lasted until 1987!
 
idratherjack

idratherjack

Where has Billy Hufsey been all my life?

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He certainly puts Carlo Imperato in the shade!
 
Pop Gaz

Pop Gaz

idratherjack said:
Oh my @ Billy Hufsey.

One thing I was wondering - did they show the complete run on BBC1? I remember it being absolutely massive in 1982/3 and I had all the cassettes, fan club magazines, sticker albums etc but have no recollection of Janet Jackson, Nia Peeples or Billy Hufsey. Did I just get bored of it or did the BBC quietly drop it after the hysteria died down?
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No idea, but I remember Janet turning up, maybe it had been relegated to a lesser time slot (or bbc2) but I remember knowing that she was a jackson (and soon to be my favourite Jackson)
 
idratherjack

idratherjack

Pop Gaz said:
No idea, but I remember Janet turning up, maybe it had been relegated to a lesser time slot (or bbc2) but I remember knowing that she was a jackson (and soon to be my favourite Jackson)
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She was called Cleo wasn't she? I must have seen her in it because I used to argue with people that Janet Jackson was a kid from Fame!
 
idratherjack

idratherjack

Also, with Steps, Bananarama, (holographic) ABBA and now The Kids From Fame reforming it proves that pop dreams really do come true!
 
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