Saturday, October 26, 2024

Hot Hero Sandwich: Episode 9 Scene-by-Scene

by G. Jack Urso


Broadcast Date: Jan. 12, 1980.

Interviews: Judy Blume, Hal Linden, Olivia Newton-John, and Christopher Reeve, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

Musical Guests: The Persuasions, Andy Breckman.

Themes: Education, first loves, dating, looking different from other kids, stepfamilies, religion.

SCENES



9.1. Nightmare High Segment: Stone Age Nightmare High. The class reviews the entirety of human knowledge. Teacher: Saundra McCain. Class: L. Michael Craig, Vicky Dawson, Denny Dillon, Matt McCoy, Paul O’Keefe, Nan-Lynn Nelson, and Jarrett Smithwrick.

9.2. Interview Segment: Judy Blume talks about how getting grades doesn’t mean you’ve learned, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

9.3. Nightmare High Segment: Space Age Nightmare High. Times may change, but the Nightmare High class never does. Teacher: Saundra McCain. Class: L. Michael Craig, Vicky Dawson, Denny Dillon, Matt McCoy, Paul O’Keefe, Nan-Lynn Nelson, and Jarrett Smithwrick.

9.4. Interview Segment: Olivia Newton-John discusses her problems learning when she was young, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.


9.6. Interview Segment: Hal Linden talks about how growing up he saw kids make fun of anyone in school who looked different, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

9.7. Sketch: Going to the dermatologist is a coming-of-age ritual for teenagers. In this sketch, a girl’s desires not to look different collides with the fact all her classmates have acne. With Andrew Duncan, Vicky Dawson, and Paul O’Keefe as Stanley Dipstyck.

9.8. Interview Segment: Christopher Reeve talks how awkward he looked growing up, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

9.9. Nightmare High Excuse of the Week: A student (Denny Dillon) discusses her anxiety about her height.

9.10. Interview Segment: Judy Blume discusses how her size, the smallest in the class, getting picked last for teams in gym, and delayed puberty made her feel, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

9.11. Music Performance: Andy Breckman as the Puberty Fairy and the Persuasion sing “Everything Will Be OK [Puberty]."

9.12. Captain Hero Segment: Captain Hero meets the Puberty Fairy. IT HAD TO HAPPEN! With Andy Breckman (the Puberty Fairy) and Adam Ross (Captain Hero).

9.13. Interview Segment: Olivia Newton-John, Judy Blume, and Christopher Reeve talk about how they learned about sex, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.


9.14. Interview Segment: Judy Blume on young love, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

9.15. Phone Friends Segment 1 of 2: A young girl (Denny Dillon) tells her friend (Nan-Lynn Nelson) about finally getting asked out by her crush. Also with Adam Ross.

9.16. Interview Segment: Olivia Newton-John talks about her first love, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

9.17. Phone Friends Segment 2 of 2: On the night of the big date, Denny Dillon’s character’s little brother (Adam Ross) tries to ruin her night by giving her date (L. Michael Craig) some bad advice.

9.18. Interview Segment: Christopher Reeve and Hal Linden talks discuss their anxiety about dating as teenagers, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

9.19. Animation Segment: "Wild Night" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Some cels from this film still exist! See Hot Hero Sandwich Project Archives: “Wild Night” Animation Cels Auction[Note: This segment also aired in Episode 6.]


9.20. Music Performance: The Persuasions, “Return to Sender.”

9.21. Interview Segment: Christopher Reeve discusses meeting his step-father, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

9.22. Sketch: The Third Degree. A brother (Matt McCoy) and sister (Vicky Dawson) deal with their mother (Claudette Sutherland) going out on her first date (Andrew Duncan) after the divorce, and give her date the third degree before going out with their mother.


9.23. Interview Segment: Judy Blume talks about children wanting to feel popular and Christopher Reeve discusses the importance of avoiding the trap of the “instant gratification” culture children are exposed to, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

9.24. Ted’s CafĂ© Segment: Hare Susan. Susan (Vicky Dawson), unhappy with being called an “air head” tries to establish a new persona by joining a religious cult — or does she? Also with L. Michael Craig, Denny Dillon, Matt McCoy, Nan-Lynn Nelson, and Jarrett Smithwrick.

9.25. Interview Segment: Olivia Newton-John discusses religion growing up, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

9.26. Sketch: Becoming a Man. Michael (Adam Ross) celebrates becoming a man after his bar mitzvah, but learns he isn’t quite there just yet. Also with Andrew Duncan and Claudette Sutherland.

9.27. Interview Segment: Hal Linden discusses his father’s view of religion, his Jewish heritage, and raising his own children about their faith, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.

9.28. Music Performance: The Persuasions, “People Get Ready.”




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