by G. Jack Urso
Broadcast Date: Jan. 26, 1980.
Interviews: Loretta Lynn, Leonard Nimoy, and Richard Pryor, in
conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.
Musical Guest: Joe Jackson, Andy Breckman and The Hot Hero Band.
Themes: Dealing with failure, being punished, having the courage to
ask out your crush, watching parents argue, discovering your talents, and a
final good-bye to Hot Hero fans.
Note: The links below go to the corresponding video clips hosted on Hot Hero Sandwich Central!
Scenes
11.1. Sketch: The Marijuana
Sketch. A young is stoned, but parents refuse to it and blame his siblings
instead. With L. Michael Craig, Denny Dillon, Matt McCoy and Andrew Duncan and
Claudia Sutherland as the parents.
11.2. Interview Segment: Loretta Lynn talks about her mother discovering her and her sister
smoking, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.
11.3. Sketch. Kid on Trial! A scratch on the fender on his parent's car leads to a
trial and conviction. With L. Michael Craig, Andrew Duncan, Claudette
Sutherland, Frankie Faison, and Matt McCoy.
11.4. Interview Segment: Richard Pryor discusses how he hated being 13, not quite a child,
not quite an adult, and not being recognized as an individual, in conversation
with Dr. Tom Cottle.
11.5. Sketch. Kid on Trial Verdict: L. Michael Craig’s character gets sentenced
for the scratch on his parent’s car.
11.6. Interview Segment: Leonard Nimoy talks about how he has forgotten about how parent’s
punished him for misbehaving now he is an adult, in conversation with Dr. Tom
Cottle.
11.6. Interview Segment: Richard Pryor discusses whether he played “make-believe” growing
up, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.
11.7. Captain Hero Segment: The Case
of the Talking Toilet. A quick toilet trick by the Captain (Adam Ross) deters a
felonious plumber! Also with Claudette Sutherland and Saundra McClain.
11.8. Interview Segment: Leonard Nimoy talks about what interested him in acting as a child,
in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.
11.9. Nightmare High Segment (Part 1 of
2): Grease parody. Grease (1978) was HUGE in 1979 and ripe for parody by the
kids at Nightmare High. With Vicky Dawson, Denny Dillon, L. Michael Craig, Matt
McCoy, Nan-Lynn Nelson, Paul O’Keefe,
Jarret Smithwrick, Saundra McClain and Claudette Sutherland.
11.10: Nightmare High Segment (Part 2 of
2): Grease parody. The play goes on, and this time with Stanley Dipstyck! With
Vicky Dawson, Denny Dillon, L. Michael Craig, Matt McCoy, Nan-Lynn Nelson, Paul
O’Keefe, Jarret Smithwrick.
11.11. Interview Segment: Richard Pryor and Loretta Lynn talk about what inspired them to go
into show business, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.
11.12. Ted’s Café
Segment: The gang comforts Nan-Lynn Nelson's
character when she doesn't get the part she auditioned for. Also with Vicky
Dawson, Denny Dillion, L. Michael Craig, Matt McCoy, Paul O'Keefe, and Jarret
Smithwrick.
11.13. Interview Segment: Leonard Nimoy talks about when his parent’s underwhelming response
to seeing his first play, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.
11.14. Interview Segment: Richard Pryor talks about his sexual drive as a teenager, Leonard
Nimoy discusses how growing up he felt he wasn’t developing as fast as other
boys, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.
11.15. Sketch: Dating Nerves
(Part 1 of 3). Asking out your crush is never easy in high school. With L. Michael Craig, Matt McCoy, Vicky
Dawson, and Denny Dillon.
11.16. Music Performance: Joe Jackson
performs “Is She Really Going Out with Him?
11.17. Sketch: Dating Nerves
(Part 2 of 3). Matt McCoy's character, still smarting for not having the
courage to ask out the girl he has a crush on, gets teased by his friends to
encourage him — And yes, that is the Eagles "Heartache Tonight"
playing on the radio! Good choice for this scene. Also with L. Michael Craig,
Paul O'Keefe, and Jarett Smithwrick.
11.18. Interview Segment: Leonard Nimoy and Loretta Lynn discuss dating as a teenager, in conversation
with Dr. Tom Cottle.
11.19. Sketch: Dating Nerves (Part 3 of 3). Matt McCoy's character finally gets up
the nerve to ask out his crush (Vicky Dawson), and it wasn't as bad as he
thought! Also with L. Michael Craig, Paul O'Keefe, Jarrett Smithwrick.
11.20. Interview Segment: Richard Pryor talks about seeing his parents argue and fight, and
getting caught in the middle, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.
11.21. Sketch: The Movie Date. Nan-Lyn
Nelson and Jarret Smithwrick's characters go out on a date and navigate the
turbulent territory of gender expectations in dating.
11.22. Interview Segment: Leonard Nimoy talks about the importance of being a decent person,
in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.
11.23. Ym and Ur Segment: Going home. Ym
and Ur (Denny Dillon and Paul O’Keefe) share a clip from the favorite Earth TV
show, Ur’s father calls them home, (series producer Howard Malley). Plus the
Puberty Fairy (Andy Breckman) shows up!
11.24. Interview Segment: Loretta Lynn talks about how much little gestures from loved ones
mean, L, in conversation with Dr. Tom Cottle.
11.25. Music Performance: Andy Breckman and
the Hot Hero Band end the series with a rousing rendition of his song “Here We
Come, There We Go.”
“Here We Come and There They Go”
By Andy Breckman
Well, there’s a rumor going round
They say that when the sun goes down
And disappears
It never really goes away
They say that like a faithful friend
The sun is gonna rise again
They tell me that
tomorrow is another day
Here we come and there we go
Here we come and there we go
Here we come and there we go
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Hello, hello, hello, hello
I bought a boomerang today
I threw it and it went away
It just kept going so I figured
It was gone
Ten years later walking down
The street the other side of town
The thing came back and hit me SMACK! Right on the arm
Here we come and there we go
Here we come and there we go
Here we come and there we go
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Hello, hello, hello, hello
First the writers work it out
And the actors get it down
And the sets are built
The cameras start to rill and then
The people here at NBC
They send it out to your TV
And voilà!
Just like that
We’ve made another friend
Captain Hero, here’s your cue
Tapedeck, where are you?
Dipstyck, you’re a hero too.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Hello, hello, hello, hello
Here we come and there we go
Here we come and there we go
Here we come and there we go
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