Hot Hero Sandwich — Episode 2 Scene-by-Scene

by G. Jack Urso

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

OPENING CREDITS

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.

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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.

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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.”

2.13. Teen Trial Postscript with Matt McCoy.

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

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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.

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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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