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 CafĂ© — 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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