The Kids from Fame (and related Fame stuff)

Baby Clyde

Baby Clyde

This whole enterprise reeks of something that’s gonna get cancelled Nadine tour stylee.

I just don’t see a group of B List Kids From Fame cast members selling out a 1200 venue for 2 nights???

Will probably just be me and @mump boy in attendance, right at the front singing all the words.
 
idratherjack

idratherjack

2 nights does seem somewhat ambitious, that was my first thought too.

They are also releasing a new single (!) called Satellite

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/201...reunite-for-comeback-concerts-and-new-single/

Erica Gimpel looks fabulous!

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Deborah X

Deborah X

Only just discovered this thread, all these years and I thought I was the only person who still loved listening to my first ever cassette - The Kids From Fame.

I have done some research on the BBC archive this morning.

  • BBC 1 started showing season 1 of Fame with the pilot episode 'Metamorphosis' on Thursday 17 June 1982 at 8:10 pm just after Top Of The Pops and before the Nine O'Clock News.
  • Episode 2 'Passing Grade' followed the week after but due to Wimbledon and the World Cup the next 2 episodes 'Tomorrow's Farewell' and 'Alone In A Crowd' were not shown at all.
  • Episodes 5 to 16 were broadcast out of order up to 29 September 1982 switching to a Wednesday night for the final four episodes just after To The Manor Born and before Points Of View.
  • Season 2 began on BBC 1 on Thursday 21 April 1983 at 8:00 pm after Top Of The Pops and continued in this slot for most of the series of 23 episodes. Many episodes were shown out of order with the U.S.
  • Episode 13 'Relationships' was not broadcast at all.
  • Fame - the movie was first broadcast on U.K. television on BBC1 on Sunday 1 January 1984.
  • Season 3 saw it move to Wednesday nights on BBC 1 beginning 15 February 1984 at 8:10 pm. Throughout March it was broadcast directly after the BBC adaption of The Day Of The Triffids.
  • In April it was moved to an earlier Friday evening slot of 7:30 pm where it remained until the end of the season.
  • The infamous 'Sheer Will' episode where Danny has leukaemia was not shown by the BBC, neither was the Fame On Tour: Happy Birthday Israel concert.
  • Season 4 began on BBC 1 Monday 18 February 1985 at 7:40 pm after Wogan and stayed there for 24 episodes right up to 19 August 1985.
  • This series included Janet Jackson and Nia Peeples as new cast members.
  • BBC 2 began repeating some of the best season 1 and 2 episodes during the summer holiday in July and August 1986. They were shown five days a week at 5:00 pm just after the often repeated dubbed German series Heidi.
  • These repeats meant that the missing episodes 3 and 4 from season 1 and episode 13 from season 2 were finally broadcast in the U.K.
  • The BBC never broadcast seasons 5 or 6 and they have probably never been shown anywhere in the U.K.
Phew
 
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Disco Blister

Disco Blister

Bop!



I also recall thinking this was a super bop back in the day, but I’m not so sure anymore. Janet is a bonus!

 
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Deborah X

Deborah X

Eric Generic said:
It probably says it all that I would have been watching The Day Of The Triffids and To The Manor Born, but not Fame.
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It might explain why I sat and watched The Day Of The Triffids (way too scary and slightly naff) as was I waiting for Fame to come on. Then again I did pretty much watch TV solidly from getting home from school until bedtime.

The satellite channel Granada Plus repeated the first 2 seasons of Fame back in the early 2000's, I enjoyed rewatching the first season (with all the best songs) but lost interest quickly in the second season. I can't imagine how bad the songs were in season 6.
 
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mump boy

mump boy

Was there an eposode when doris turns to prostitution ?

I remember mum having to explian to me that 'sometimes a man would pay a lady to take her out'. Or was that from the film ? I see Valerie Lansberg but maybe its from the film i do know she was wearkng a beret at the time

Fave episodes include.

Doris decided she was always going to tell the truth. There was some opera singer who tried to sing a pop song and was awful so Doris told her and then sang I Was Only Tryin To Help



One when they decided to replace Julie with a Mannequin (had more personality)



It's very possible I've got all these storylines totally wrong it's been 35 years since i saw them :)
 
Deborah X

Deborah X

mump boy said:
Was there an eposode when doris turns to prostitution ?

I remember mum having to explian to me that 'sometimes a man would pay a lady to take her out'. Or was that from the film ? I see Valerie Lansberg but maybe its from the film i do know she was wearkng a beret at the time

Fave episodes include.

Doris decided she was always going to tell the truth. There was some opera singer who tried to sing a pop song and was awful so Doris told her and then sang I Was Only Tryin To Help



One when they decided to replace Julie with a Mannequin (had more personality)



It's very possible I've got all these storylines totally wrong it's been 35 years since i saw them :)
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That was 'Street Kid' Doris was only pretending to be a prostitute (to research for a role) when she meets a real hooker played by Dominique Dunne, sister of Griffin Dunne and the older sister in the film Poltergeist.

I remember that other Doris episode well when she gets fed up with sparing people's feelings and decides to only to tell the truth and ends up making things even worse.
 
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