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Original series’ production documents, primary sources, and related materials, provide a more in-depth look at the show. 

Articles and Publications:

• 16 Magazine — Make Yourself A Hot Hero Sandwich!

• A Viewer’s Guide to Hot Hero Sandwich

• Full Page Ad for Premier

• Liz Smith, The Buffalo News, Oct. 27, 1979 

• National Enquirer Article, Fall 1979

• Newhouse News Service Article, Fall 1979

• New York Times Article, Jan. 18, 1980

• New York Times Article, Nov. 4, 1979

• New York Times Article, Nov. 9, 1979

• New York Times Article, Sep. 2, 1979

• Record World Article, Nov. 24, 1979

• RetroFan #43, “Hot Hero Sandwich — We Deliver!” Feature Story,  Jan. – Feb. 2026

• Scholastic Action Magazine, Jan. 31, 1980

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch Television Cover, Feb. 17-23, 1980

• Teen Magazine Promotional Article

• The Tennessean Article, Nov. 4, 1979

• TV Channels Article, Nov. 4 – Nov. 10, 1979

• TV Critic Tom Shales’ 1979 Preview

• TV Guide Covers

• TV Guide Aug. 9-15 1980, Children's Television Experts Report

• TV Guide Article, March 29, 1980: ‘Hot Hero Sandwich’: The Audience Didn’t Bite

• TV Week Article, Nov. 4-10, 1979

• You and Your World Article, February 18, 1980

• Unknown 1979 Magazine Article

Production Documents:

• End of Production Letter from Bruce and Carole Hart

• Episode Rundown Status Reports

• First Official Press Release

• Group Photo

• Henry Fonda’s Signed Contract for Hot Hero Sandwich

• Hot Hero Sandwich Credits

• Photographs — In the Studio with Felix Pappalardi and the Hot Hero Band

• Inter-Office Telephone Listings

• NBC Promotional Photographs

• Official Series Credits Press Release

• Tentative Series Production Schedule Memorandum  

Miscellaneous:

• 35mm Promotional Slide

• AI Logo Design

• Commercials Run During Hot Hero Sandwich – WNBC, New York

• Generative AI Tests

• Hot Hero Alumni Comment

• Hot Hero Sandwich 1980 Daytime Emmy Awards

• Hot Hero Sandwich Neon Stage Sign Replica

• Hot Hero Sandwich Theme Song AI Audio Removal Experiments

• Hot Hero Sandwich Tribute Video

• Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Official Site Listing

• Learn to Play the Hot Hero Sandwich Theme Song on Chordify!

• Letter from Stan Lee to Jimmy Biondolillo Referencing Hot Hero Sandwich

• Sooner or Later (1979)

• The David Kaestle Online Portfolio

• The Jimmy Biondolillo Gallery

• The Lost Andy Breckman Songbook

• “Wild Night” Animation Cels Auction

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