Sunday, October 13, 2024

Hot Hero Sandwich: Episode 7 Scene-by-Scene

by G. Jack Urso

Broadcast Date: Dec. 29, 1979.

Interviews: Stockard Channing, Julius Erving (Dr. J), Sally Struthers, and McLean Stevenson, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

Musical Guests: KISS, The Hot Hero Band.

Themes: Parental and personal expectations, getting good grades in school, school crushes, dealing with the death of family members.

Note: The links below go to the corresponding video clips hosted on Hot Hero Sandwich Central!

SCENES



7.1. Interview Segment: McLean Stevenson and Sally Struthers on managing their other’s expectations of them and who they really are, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

7.2: Sketch: Waking Up. In this scene with no dialog, L. Michael Craig (Michael Longfield) as Tapedeck gets some help waking up from his audio equipment. Also with a voice over at the beginning by Barbara Feldon, Here Craig is wearing his trusty “The Empty Space” t-shirt, from a theater internship he did during his senior year in high school. Sharp-eyed viewers will notice Craig wearing that shirt in several episodes.

7.3. Interview Segment: Stockard Channing recalls helping her mother get dressed and ready to go out.

7.4. The KISS Segment. In one of the most popular and fondly remembered short films Hot Hero Sandwich cameras go backstage at Madison Square Garden to interview the young adults responsible for the costumes and lights for KISS, then at the height of the early career. For more information on this segment, please visit the article The KISS Segment on the Hot Hero Project for more!


7.5. Interview Segment: Julius Irving and McLean Stevenson discuss their troubles in school, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

7.6. Nightmare High Segment:  Talking Back in the Language Lab. Denny Dillon gets into an argument with the narrator on her taped French lesson.

7.7. Interview Segment: Stockard Channing discusses her fear about not making good grades in high school, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

7.8. Nightmare High Segment: Excuse of the Week. Stanley Dipstyck missed music appreciation class, but he brought a note! On a side note, here, Stanley invokes the name of Italian composer Gioachino Rossini. As my name first name is “Giocchino” (spelled a little differently but pronounced the same) this was virtually the ONLY place on American television growing up that I ever heard my name used on air. Also with Sandra McClain, Paul O’Keefe, and the main cast.

7.9. Animation Segment: Chuck Berry, "School Day (Ring, Ring Goes the Bell).”


7.9. Nightmare High Segment: Nan-Lynn Nelson’s character has a crush on her teacher, played by Frankie Faison. Also with L. Michael Craig, Denny Dillon, Matt McCoy, and Jarrett Smithwrick.

7.10. Interview Segment: McLean Stevenson discusses why the feelings of children in “puppy love” shouldn’t be dismissed, Julius Irving speaks about his fear of being rejected, and Sally Struthers talks about her Canadian boyfriend and his cars, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

7.11. Nightmare High Segment: The Puberty Fairy Strikes! Jarett Smithwrick’s character’s wishes his dating plans weren’t derailed by a lack of wheels, so the Puberty Fairy (Andy Breckman) makes his wish come true! Also with Matt McCoy, Andrew Duncan, and Frankie Faison.


7.12. Nightmare High Segment: Arrest reports in conclusion to The Puberty Fairy Strikes!

7.13. Interview Segment: Stockard Channing, Sally Struthers, and Julius Irving share their perceptions of being rich or poor growing up, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

7.14. Phone Friends Segment. Babysitting Woes. Denny Dillon’s and Nan-Lynn Nelson’s characters discuss the ups and mostly downs of babysitting.


7.15. Interview Segment: Julius Irving discusses the death of his brother when Irving was in college and Stockard Channing talks about her father’s passing when she was 14, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

7.16. Ted’s CafĂ© Segment: L. Michael Craig’s and Denny Dillon’s characters try to comfort Ted (Paul O’Keefe) after the recent passing of his grandfather. Ted feels guilty because he didn’t have the courage to visit his grandfather in the hospital and see him so sick.

7.17. Interview Segment: Sally Struthers talks about what she wishes she could tell her father if he were still alive, McClain Stevenson discusses the how hard it was for him to talk to his father when he learned his father  was dying, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

7.18. Music Performance: The Hot Hero Band plays, “Show Your Love.”




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