by G. Jack Urso
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| RetroFan magazine #43 cover. |
After a 46-year
absence from print entertainment media, Hot
Hero Sandwich returns to the popular press in the Jan.-Mar. 2026 issue of RetroFan magazine, #43 with the article “Hot
Hero Sandwich — We Deliver!,” I wrote as an overview of the series and
the Hot Hero Sandwich Project. A featured cover story, the article comprises nearly 4,000 words on eight pages with lots of exclusive pictures.
Begun as a
one-off article on the series in 2020 on my literary blog, Aeolus 13 Umbra, which covers
obscure topics, Hot Hero Sandwich: The Late 70s TV Teen
Scene, the Hot Hero Sandwich Project
really took off in late December, 2022, when Emmy Award-winning writer and Kate and Allie creator Sherry Coben saw
my article and reached out to me, offering both herself and her husband, noted
film editor Patrick McMahon,
whom she met working on Hot Hero Sandwich
to answer some questions. From that, humble start, with help from Coben, and on
my own, and with former crew and staff reaching out, the project grew to a
total of 26 interviews and to date nearly 120 articles, including rare
production documents, and a YouTube channel, with cuts from every scene in the
entire series — most of which, since it had been unreleased on VHS or DVD, had
not been seen since broadcast.
A special thanks
goes out to everyone who was interviewed, responded to questions, tolerated my
enthusiasm, and who otherwise helped me with the Project.
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