Fame
"You've got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying in sweat."
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City. The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.
Season 1 Episodes
E1
This fun and footloose series begins when Julie tries her best to fit in at the New York School for the Performing Arts,…
E2
Coco and Lydia vie for a part in a show. Danny wants to meet Johnny Carson and becomes a waiter.
E3
The School Board orders the School of the Arts to have a Gym because of the mandatory P.E. class that students have to t…
E4
Bruno is afraid of performing in public.
E5
Bruno is in love with a dance major named Kathleen Murphy. When he is to write a piece of music for her, she performs fo…
E6
When Bruno's uncle buys him a new synthesizer, Bruno gets a job to buy new music. He is doing a song for his aunt, sho j…
E7
The School Of The Arts is plagued by a teachers' strike. Coco is upset because she wasn't chosen for the part of Desdem…
E8
Doris, while pretending to be a hooker, meets a real hooker named Tracy, and tries to help her out.
E9
Danny's father does not agree with his choice of being a comedian.
E10
A big star, Melinda MacNeil, is in town and everyone goes ga-ga, except Monty.
E11
Doris learns that sometimes honest is not always the best policy. When Shorofsky is hospitalized, Bruno realizes that he…
E12
When Julie gets replaced by a mannequin in a production number, she feels unimportant until a reporter threatens to do a…
E13
Monty tries to get Bruno to cash in on his songwriting abilities.
E14
Miss Sherwood and the gang find two talented bums living in the basement.
E15
Leroy wants his mother to come in for parents' day.
E16
Budget cutbacks prompts the School Board to fire one of the dance school's teachers.
Cast
