Sunday, September 29, 2024

Welcome to the Show!

     

Welcome to The Hot Hero Sandwich Project, the online home of a research project documenting the 1979-1980 Emmy Award-winning NBC Saturday morning children’s educational entertainment television series, Hot Hero Sandwich.
 
Use the tabs on the left to navigate this extensive archive of articles, interviews, and video, or jump right into some of our most popular posts on right. If you're new, start with the Introduction and learn about the series in A Second Serving! and the FAQ tabs on left. The latest updates are noted in the Updates tab.

Our web address is: www.hotherosandwich.com 

— G. Jack Urso, Editor, The Hot Hero Sandwich Project

                          

  

Hot Hero Sandwich: Episode 4 Scene-by-Scene

by G. Jack Urso


Broadcast Date: Dec. 1, 1979.

Interviews: Henry Fonda, Ron Howard, Loretta Lynn, and Marlo Thomas in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

Musical Guests: Stephen Stills

Themes: Dating, growing up, sex, parental expectations, and dealing with death.

SCENES



4.1. Nightmare High Segment: The gang studies sex education.

4.2. Interview Segment: Tanya Tucker and Marlo Thomas discuss what they knew about sex growing up, and Thomas reveals a secret about her father Danny, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

4.3. Music Performance: Stephen Stills performs “Love the One You’re With.” 

4.4. Sketch, “Hippie Parents”: Claudette Sutherland and Andrew Duncan play parents with a cunning plan to make sure their son (Matt McCoy) stays on the straight and narrow.


4.5. Hot Hero Café Segment: Jarrett Smithwrick’s character talks with the gang about struggling with his father’s expectations for him.

4.6. Interview Segment: Ron Howard discusses how he had to realize he would never be tall enough to fulfill his dreams of being a basketball star, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

4.7. Nightmare High Segment: Excuse of the week — Stanley Dipstyck gets out of gym class with an old joke.  

4.8. Interview Segment: Tanya Tucker and Henry Fonda discuss childhood illness and physical changes growing up, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

4.9. Nightmare High Segment: The Prêt-à-Porter Puberty Fairy. Paul O’Keefe’s character experiences a fashion crisis when he asks out Vicky Dawson’s character, but the Puberty Fairy (Andy Breckman) saves the day!


4.10. Interview Segment: Marlo Thomas discusses the awkward physical changes growing up, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

4.11. Ym and Ur Segment: Politics and Beauty Contests.

4.12. Interview Segment: Tanya Tucker discusses being so poor her mother made her clothes from feed sacks, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

4.13. Music Video/Short Film: Donovon, “I Love My Shirt.” Directed by Gail Frank, wife of one of the series' writers, Joe Bailey.


4.14. Interview Segment: Marlo Thomas discusses who she could confide in about sex while growing up, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

4.15. Phone Friends Segment Part 1: Nan-Lynn Nelson’s and Denny Dillon’s characters discuss asking guys out on a date.

4.16. Interview Segment: Ron Howard discusses how insecure and shy he was in asking out a girl he liked, even when he was already a TV star, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

4.17. Phone Friends Segment Part 2: Continuing the story, Denny Dillon’s character’s little brother, Timmy (Adam Ross) pretends to be Nan-Lynn Nelson’s character’s crush so Nan-Lynn can practice asking him out — in exchange for Denny doing whatever he says.

4.18. Interview Segment: Marlo Thomas discusses how she learned to manipulate her father (Danny Thomas) and defend her siblings and Henry Fonda discusses the embarrassment of taking his sister to a dance, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

4.19. Phone Friends Segment Part 3: Continuing the story, Nan-Lynn Nelson’s character has success in asking out her crush while Denny Dillon’s character decides she’s tired of her brother bossing her around.
 

4.20. Interview Segment: Ron Howard discusses having a younger sibling and growing up with his brother Clint, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

4.21. Animation Segment: A girl dreams has a scary dream involving her brother, buffalo, going to a hospital, and confronting the possibility of her hurt or dying.

4.22. Interview Segment: Tanya Tucker discusses dreaming of her father’s death and Henry Fonda admits he didn’t tell his son, Peter Fonda, he loved him until Peter was nearly 40 years old, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

4.23. Music Performance: Stephen Stills performs “Sugar Babe.” 
 
 


Production Note: Regarding the two Stephan Stills tracks, according to David Gross, the bassist for Stills on stage, in a posting on the Hot Hero Sandwich Facebook page, these tracks were recorded at Media Sound in NYC the night before the videotape recording in Studio 8-H. Hot Hero Band guitarist Mark Cunningham joins the band on stage. Felix Pappalardi produced the track. Ed Stasium was the recording engineer.
 
                          

A.I. Logo Design

Logo design for Hot Hero Sandwich using the imagine.art artificial intelligence text-to-art engine. 


                         

Sunday, September 22, 2024

Hot Hero Sandwich: Episode 3 Scene-by-Scene

by G. Jack Urso


Broadcast Date: Nov. 24, 1979.

Interviews: Leonard Nimoy, Donna Pescow, Richard Pryor, and Sally Struthers in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle. 

Musical Guests: Eddie Money, The Hot Hero Band.

Themes: Appearances, divorce, physical changes growing up, finding your vocation, guidance counselors, holidays, and masturbation.

SCENES



3.1. Interview Segment: Leonard Nimoy, Donna Pescow, and Richard Pryor discuss their favorite holidays with Dr. Tom Cottle.

3.2. Sketch: Awkward Thanksgiving Reunion. Paul O’Keefe’s character comes home from college for an awkward family reunion on Thanksgiving.

3.3. Interview Segment: Sally Struthers discusses divorce and its impact on children with Dr. Tom Cottle.

3.4. Ym and Ur Segment: Ym (Paul O’Keefe) and Ur (Denny Dillon) discuss Earthling’s penchant for parades, religion, and staying young.

3.5. Interview Segment: Richard Pryor discusses going to church and the Salvation Army with Dr. Tom Cottle.

3.6. Nightmare High Excuse of the Week: Jarrett Smithwrick character’s explains why being a druid prevented him from doing his homework over the Thanksgiving holiday.


3.7. Interview Segment: Leonard Nimoy and Sally Struthers discuss getting angry and annoyed with their parents as a child with Dr. Tom Cottle.

3.8. Sketch: The Turkeys are Revolting! Farmer Andrew Duncan and son Matt McCoy face a turkey uprising just before Thanksgiving.

3.9. Animation Segment: A Girl Dreams about Her Cat.

3.10. Interview Segment: Donna Pescow discusses getting stuck in the “friend zone” with boys with Dr. Tom Cottle.

3.11. Sketch: The Dating Game. Vicky Dawson’s character flirts with L. Michael Craig’s over a game of pinball. Sometimes gentlemen, it’s not about the game.


3.12. Music Performance: The Hot Hero Band performs “Promises.”

3.13. Interview Segment: Leonard Nimoy discusses keeping secrets with Dr. Tom Cottle.

3.14. Captain Hero Segment: Captain Hero saves Stanley Dipstick from L. Michael Craig’s Marlon Brando impersonation. We also learn why Stanley wears a bag over his head.

3.15. Interview Segment: Sally Struthers and Richard Pryor discuss friends with Dr. Tom Cottle.


3.16. Interview Segment: Richard Pryor and Donna Pescow discuss their appearances as teenagers with Dr. Tom Cottle.

3.17. What’s In, What’s Out Segment: What do kids in 1979 call someone who is good looking?

3.18. Sketch: The Puberty Fairy Visits the Boy’s Locker Room. Paul O’Keefe’s character’s wishes he looked more macho, and the Puberty Fairy grants his wish.

3.19. Interview Segment: Sally Struthers discusses the embarrassment of developing physically as a young girl with Dr. Tom Cottle.

3.20. Sketch: Flatland. A mother (Saundra McClain) talks with her daughter (Nan-Lynn Nelson) about not developing like other girls. The father’s job gives him some perspective on the issue.

3.21. Interview Segment: Leonard Nimoy discusses masturbation with Dr. Tom Cottle.


3.22. Interview Segment: Richard Pryor discusses his favorite, and least favorite, subjects in school with Dr. Tom Cottle.

3.23. Sketch: Hot Hero Café — Why Study?:  The gang uses subterfuge to motivate Tapedeck (L. Michael Craig) to study for the big history test.

3.24. Interview Segment: Sally Struthers and Donna Pescow discuss how they decided on what they wanted to do after high school with Dr. Tom Cottle.  

3.25. Sketch: Vocational Testing. A student (Jarrett Smithwrick) gets some less than helpful advice from the guidance counselor. Meanwhile, Stanley Dipstick (Paul O’Keefe) finds his calling.

3.26. Interview Segment: Leonard Nimoy and Richard Pryor discuss the importance of being yourself with Dr. Tom Cottle.

3.27. Music Performance: Eddie Money, “You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down.”

 



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Saturday, September 14, 2024

Hot Hero Sandwich Project Archives: New York Times Article, Nov. 4, 1979

by G. Jack Urso


The New York Times reviews two new children's shows for 1979, Feelings, hosted by Dr. Lee Salk on PBS, and Hot Hero Sandwich on NBC. Dr. Salk and Carole Hart are interviewed for their respective shows in this piece, though it is not revealed that Dr. Salk also served as a consultant for Hot Hero Sandwich and interviewed the children for the various animated segments (see Hot Hero Sandwich Clip Job! Animated Short Films — The Fantastic World of Jerry Lieberman). That particular detail was shared in Hot Hero Sandwich Project Archives: Record World Article, Nov. 24, 1979. There is no listing for Feelings on the Internet Movie Database, and it is unknown how long the show lasted.

This is an expansive and detailed article with a lot of original quotes and background information, so dig in Hot Hero fans!
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New York Times Article. Photograph features (l- r) Paul O'Keefe, L. Michael Craig, and Adam Ross.

Two New Shows Take Aim at Teen‐Age Viewers

By Alex Ward

Nov. 4, 1979

“You never see anything on television where children are not made to simply look cute or are not made fun of,” Dr. Lee Salk, the child psychologist, said recently. “I would like to make adults more respectful of children. I want to show that they have something to say about important things — they're just never asked.”

On his new public‐television series “Feelings,” Dr. Salk attempts to remedy that very situation: youngsters — most of them adolescents between the ages of 8 and 14 — are asked what's on their minds. “A lot of people say to me after they've seen our show, ‘Where did you find such brilliant kids?’ said Dr. Salk. “It's not that they're so brilliant, it's that they're getting a chance to talk.”

“Feelings,” which had its premiere last month and is seen locally on Channel 13 at 11:30 on Saturday mornings, is one of this season's two new television series aimed primarily at adolescents. This Saturday at noon NBC will unveil “Hot Hero Sandwich,” an hour‐long collection of rock music, comedy skits and celebrity interviews that aspires to convey a message, if not a moral. The message, according to Bruce and Carole Hart, the show's creators, is: You are passing through a crazy time of life, but don't despair, you are not alone.

“Our show gives no advice, but we are trying to say that everybody goes through the changes of adolescence. and they usually feel isolated,” recently explained Mr. Hart, who shares credits with his wife for the television special “Free to Be ... You and Me” and the made‐for‐television movie “Sooner or Later.” They were also the original writers for “Sesame Street.”

“We want to pierce that feeling of isolation,” he said. “If we do, I think we'll help alleviate some of these problems.”

The intent of “Feelings” is somewhat similar but is communicated in quite a different manner. The format of the half‐hour series is a small forum led by Dr. Salk, who talks with groups of youngsters about their reactions to specific problems. Each ‘show focuses on a topic — the first one, for instance, was divorce, last week's was child abuse, this week's will be love — with which all the participants have had first‐hand experience. Some of the other subjects that will be discussed in subsequent programs are juvenile delinquency, sexuality, anger, lying and cheating.

On one earlier program, Dr. Salk asked handicapped youngsters to describe their family's reactions to their disability. “My mother went crazy when she heard,” said David, a 9‐yearold with cerebral palsy. “I was sad, but I knew how to cope with it. For a kid with nine operations, I'm turning out pretty well.”

Another youngster, asked if he was ever embarrassed by the spinal disease he suffers from, said what bothered him was when other children stared. “I call it ‘the handicapped look,’ “ he said, “and I know what they're thinking. If they just came up and asked me about it, I wouldn't be shy. I'd tell them about it.”

Dr. Salk, who has more than 20 years of experience in child psychology, also appears regularly on ABC's “Good Morning, America” and, as a consultant to NBC, will have a hand in future segments of “Hot Hero Sandwich.” He refers to “Feelings” as “a mission I've had for a long time.”

Appropriately enough, Dr. Salk explained, the series became a reality because his 11‐year‐old daughter was friendly with the daughter of Judith Moses, a television producer. The two parents eventually met and discovered a mutual interest in creating just such a show as “Feelings.”

“I have been doing television for some time,” said Dr. Salk, “and I had long wanted to do something exactly like this. Judith was enthusiastic, so we put our minds together and came up with a format.”

The youngsters who appear on the program are chosen by Mrs. Moses and her staff, but they don't meet Dr. Salk until a few minutes before the show is taped. “It's more natural that way,” he explained. “What I want them to do is let loose when they talk, let it come out the way it is.”

The results can be poignant, as when a young girl who has been in jail three times and is about to be released from reform school, is asked what has gone wrong with her life. The somber response is: “Just about everything.”

And they can be funny. In the program on sexuality scheduled to be televised in early December, a 14‐year‐old girl explains that she and her mother have frequent and candid conversations about sex. “Does that make you want to go out and ... do it?” Dr. Salk asks hesitantly.

“You kidding?” is the reply. “I haven't even had a date yet!”

“When we were getting started with this series,” Dr. Salk recalled, “a lot of people told me it wouldn't work. They said we'd never get much out of the children, and that a discussion‐type show would not be entertaining enough for young people. Well, I think we've shown that the kids have something to say. As for our audience, it's impossible for me to know yet who we're reaching. But I also think it's wrong to think that young people won't watch just because it's a serious program. I think that judgment is unfair to them.”
TV Program Listing for Feelings, Dec. 7, 1979.
“Hot Hero Sandwich,” in contrast, seems based on the more conventional television approach to adolescents: that a program has to be glossy and lively, or they won't watch.

Early this year, the Harts were approached by NBC and asked to tailor a series for the noon‐to‐1‐P.M. time slot on Saturdays. While early‐Saturday mornings on television are traditionally the purview of small children, said Mrs. Hart, “we're told that by 11 or so, the older kids are also watching. In our particular hour, NBC has told us, 40 percent of the audience is over 18.”

The format of the new series was left entirely up to the Harts. “The network only specified that it be a children's show,” Mrs. Hart said. “We decided to aim for this age group because we feel we have an affinity for it. They are the ‘Sesame Street’ generation 10 years later.” The couple have no children of their own but believe that their earlier, successful television programs have given them insights into what appeals to younger viewers.

Although “Hot Hero Sandwich” comes stamped with a recommendation from the National Education Association, it hardly has the look of an educational program. “Kids today are as hip, or hipper, than we are,” said Mr. Hart, “so we can't have the show coming across like a Sunday sermon. We have to earn their trust by giving them the best rock‐and‐roll and the best comedy. Then they can relax and sit still and listen to somebody say something interesting.”

If youngsters manage to sit still for “Hot Hero Sandwich” they will find more than enough movement on the screen, where the individual parts of the program are virtually cannonballed at them. Pow! Here's a snippit of an interview with Olivia Newton-John. Pow! Here's the show's own Hot Hero Band, singing their theme song, “Hot Hero.” Pow! Here's a comedy skit. Pow! Here's a disco number by Sister Sledge. Pow! Here's an animation sequence. Pow! Here's another piece of an interview, this time with sports star Bruce Jenner. Pow! Here's a commercial. Phew!

Overall, the interviews comprise about 15 of the show's total 49 minutes, but the segments usually run about a minute each and rarely last longer than three minutes. “We simply think that what has to be said can be said more effectively in less time than more time,” said Mrs. Hart in explaining the brevity of these segments.

The sketches are performed by the program's seven‐member repertory company— who range in age from 18 to 28 — and deal with what the Harts call “the universal problems” of the teenage years. In this Saturday's premiere program, for instance, there is a skit about a young boy who is angry at his parents because they are about to get a divorce. His pals at the Hot Hero Café advise him to take out all his frustrations on the football field at the week's big game.

“There's nothing you can say in terms of advising somebody about how to behave in a situation like that,” said Mrs. Hart. “It's a painful and traumatic experience that has to be lived through. By approaching it through comedy, we show a way kids, among themselves, can help each other.”

When queried that the high‐speed, fragmentary format of “Hot Hero Sandwich” might be disconcerting to some, the Harts defended the construction. “Each scene of the program is connected to the next,” said Mr. Hart. “Though we are using fragments, our fragments form a mosaic. For instance, subjects that are discussed in the interviews often dovetail with the skit material. When Ronnie Howard told us about his first date with his wife — she asked him out because he was too shy — it was almost exactly like one of the skits. And the skit had been written before the interview.”

The lineup of celebrity interviewees, which the Harts say they selected from most‐admired lists in magazine polls of teen‐agers, includes a cross‐section of show business, sports, journalism and political figures. Among them are Coretta Scott King, Henry Fonda, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Richard Pryor, Christopher Reeve, Beverly Sills, Gloria Steinem, Kurt Vonnegut, Barbara Walters, Carl Bernstein, Judy Blume, Cheryl Tiegs, Julius Erving and Kareem Abdul‐Jabbar.

Like the skits, the interviews touch on the gamut of teen‐age experiences, from first dates, nicknames and pimples to relationships with parents and siblings, divorce and death in the family. They are conducted by Dr. Thomas J. Cottle, a clinical psychologist and sociologist from Boston, who calls them “the emotional spine of the show.”

“There is a great identity of young people with these celebrities,” said Dr. Cottle, “and when they discuss their own adolescence it's significant. I buy the notion that without identification with others, there can't be an emergence of one's own identity.”

“Hot Hero's” time slot is late enough that the Harts hope the show will attract some parents, too. “Teen‐age kids and their parents often have a hard time getting through to one another,” said Mrs. Hart, “and we hope our show will create a little intergenerational communication.”

Parts of the series should strike a responsive chord with many older viewers. At one point in the second week's program, Coretta King, reminiscing about her own childhood, talks fondly of how she and her friends used to make their own toys.

“Of course,” she says, “my own children wouldn't have known anything about that. All they wanted to do was watch television.”

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Hot Hero Sandwich Project Archives: “Wild Night” Animation Cels Auction

by G. Jack Urso 
While there has been few reports of any surviving relics from Hot Hero Sandwich, here’s one that just turned up in my searches, albeit a bit too late for me to snag them. Here is a collection of cels from the music video from episode 6 for "Wild Night" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas that were up for suction.


Description of the auction from the website Heritage Auctions:

“Here's a set of eight hand-colored Xerox prints from a music video, directed by Al Jarnow. The images are of rotoscoped women dancing to the tune of “Wild Night” by Martha Reeves (this cover version of the Van Morrison song was also featured in the hit film Thelma and Louise). These hand-colored prints are mounted on 12 field animation paper, and used in the video. Cool-looking sequence! The image area on each sheet is approximately 8’ x 5.25.” Overall condition is Very Good.”

The auction date is June 21, 2021, before I posted the video for “Wild Night,” which was the first time it had been seen since 1979, so it is amazing that these cels survived so long. I have to wonder what other original artwork from Hot Hero Sandwich may still be lurking out there.

Original music video for “Wild Night” from Hot Hero Sandwich, episode 6.
 
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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Hot Hero Sandwich Project Archives: Episode Rundown Status Reports

by G. Jack Urso


The Hot Hero Sandwich Rundown Status Report dated July 30, 1979, provides the episode-by-episode breakdown of interview guests, musical guests, animated segments, and sketches. Although the cover page indicates a review of the breakdowns for episodes 1-7, only the breakdowns for episodes 2-7 were included in the archival material. Some revelations here are that even as late as July 30, 1979, James Taylor, the Kinks, and the Rev, Jesse Jackson were still scheduled to appear. Images of the original documents are provided below.

Highlights from the rundowns include:

Episode 2: The Kinks were scheduled for episode 2 to play “Low Budget” and “Superman.” Instead, the Little River Band performed and “It’s Not a Wonder” and “Lonesome Loser.” Also, another lost Andy Breckman song, “Do the Dipstyck,” was planned but never aired (see “The Lost Andy Breckman Songbook” for other lost songs).

Episode 3: The Hot Hero Band was slated to perform “Does Your Mother Know,” but like episode 2’s “Do the Dipstyck,” it was also cut. Unclear if it was ever actually performed and recorded.

Episode 4: Stephen Stills was scheduled to play “Love the One You’re With” and “Everybody, I Love You.” Stills appeared, but instead of “Everybody, I Love You” he played “Sugar Babe.”

Episode 5: James Taylor was scheduled to perform “You’ve Got a Friend,” and “The Secret of Life” or “IMUB.” Instead, Joe Jackson appeared performing “On Your Radio.”

Episode 6: The Hot Hero Band was scheduled to perform “Carry Me,” but, again, the song never made it into the final cut of the show. We have to consider this yet another lost track. 

Episode 7: The Rev. Jesse Jackson was scheduled to appear along with an unnamed “salsa band.” This may have been a reference to the Palmieri Brothers, who appeared in episode 8.  

 
Cover Page                                              Episode 2
     
Episode 3                                                  Episode 4
     
Episode 5                                                  Episode 6 

 Episode 7

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Hot Hero Sandwich Project Archives: Office Staff and Phone Extensions

by G. Jack Urso
 

A minor bit of ephemera, but in this inter-office memo we get a listing of production staff and their office phone extensions. Not all these names appear in the credits, so we get a fuller picture of who was working on the series. Northern Calloway (David on Sesame Street) worked as a consultant so he was likely seldom at the office. Everyone else, however, was putting in very long days.

 
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Sunday, August 25, 2024

Hot Hero Sandwich: Episode 2 Scene-by-Scene

by G. Jack Urso


Broadcast Date: Nov. 17, 1979

Interviews: Coretta Scott King, Pam Dawber, Jimmy McNichol, Richard Pryor, Christopher Reeve, and Gloria Steinem in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

Musical Guests: The Little River Band, The Hot Hero Band

Themes: Childhood, divorce, frequent moves, growing up, and heroes.

SCENES



2.1. Interview Segment: Gloria Steinem, Christopher Reeve, Jimmy McNichol, and Richard Pryor on their heroes.

2.2. Captain Hero Segment: Adam Ross, Andrew Duncan, Claudette Sutherland, Frankie Faison: Captain Hero saves his parents from an unscrupulous landlord.

2.3. Music Performance: The Hot Hero Band performs the series theme song on Studio 8-H.


2.4. Music Performance:  Andy Breckman performs “Tommy Two” with the Hot Hero Band.

2.5. Interview Segment: Dr. Tom Cottle interviews Pam Dawber and Coretta Scott King about how they played as a child.

2.6. Nightmare High Excuse of the Week with Nan-Lynn Nelson and Edwin Newman, NBC news anchor.

2.7. Interview Segment: Christopher Reeve on growing up without TV and comic books.

2.8. Ym and Ur Segment: Paul O’Keefe and Denny Dillon: Ym and Ur discuss their ages, war, cults, football (sort of), countries, and peace (a short period of time between wars).

2.9. Interview Segment: Jimmy McNichol discusses the difficulty of moving to different schools. Due to a malfunction with the VTR, the end of the interview is lost.


2.10. Interview Segment: Dr. Tom Cottle Interviews Pam Dawber and Jimmy McNichol on how they rebelled as teens.

2.11. Sketch:  Teen Trial. Never come home late! Matt McCoy with parents Claudette Sutherland and Andrew Duncan face Judge Frankie Faison.

2.12. Music Performance: The Little River Band performs “Lonesome Loser.”


2.14. Interview Segment: Dr. Tom Cottle interviews Christopher Reeve about the communication problems when dealing with your parents.


2.15: Interview Segment: Dr. Tom Cottle interviews Christopher Reeve and Jimmy McNichol about the impact of divorce, remarriage, and frequent moves on children.

2.16. Sketch: Living in a Suitcase: Cast member L. Michel Craig delivers a monolog about how the effects of frequent moves on a child can last into young adulthood. Also features some groovy 70s animation at the end.

2.17. Sketch: Don’t Sell the Van Ted! The gang tries to convince Ted (Paul O’Keefe), the Hot Hero Café owner, not to sell the Hot Hero Van.


2.18. Interview Segment: Dr. Tom Cottle interviews Coretta Scott King and Pam Dawber discuss their experiences about the fear children can have for the safety.

2:19. Animation Segment: Flying to Bermuda. A young girl narrates the animation of her dream flying to Bermuda. When the plane crashes she goes on adventures, but they're saved and everything works out at the end because she likes happy endings.

2.20. Interview Segment: Christopher Reeve discusses the impact of divorce on him. The sound cuts out for 17 seconds in the beginning before resuming. When the sound picks up, Reeve reveals how he used his first Broadway appearance to bring his family back together again.

2.21. Music Performance: The Little River Band, “It’s Not a Wonder.” 
 




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