Linda Lavin sings to Kermit on his birthday | The Muppet Show (1979)
The Muppet Show - Guest: Linda Lavin
(Season 4 - Episode 6)
Episode aired Sep 22, 1979
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When 5 million people held hands for 15 minutes | Hands Across America (1986)
Take a look back at Hands Across America, the charity event in which 5 million people formed a human chain across the United States.
Along with perms, mix tapes and denim jackets, the mid-1980s saw a rash of celebrity activism against hunger. From Band Aid to Live Aid, musicians around the globe lent their voices to raise money for famine-stricken Africa. After USA for Africa garnered $53 million with its 1985 supergroup hit “We Are The World,” the organization’s president, Ken Kragen, cast his charity attention homeward.
Kragen proposed an audacious plan—called a “stunt” by United Press International—to raise between $50 million and $100 million for hungry and homeless Americans by enlisting 6 million people to form a coast-to-coast human chain on May 25, 1986. The undertaking was so great that it required nine months and a staff of 400 to plan it.
Hoping to replicate the success of “We Are The World,” USA for Africa produced another charity power anthem to be played on radio stations across the United States to promote the event. Composed by New York jingle writers, “Hands Across America” was set to premiere during halftime of Super Bowl XX until Michael Jackson protested because he believed it upstaged “We Are The World,” which he co-wrote with Lionel Richie. Organizers pulled the song, and Americans who tuned in to watch the Chicago Bears maul the New England Patriots were instead treated to a commercial featuring Hands Across America celebrity co-chairs Bill Cosby and Lily Tomlin.
“Hands Across America” was eventually released, but unlike “We Are The World” it lacked any superstar recording artists—or any industry names at all outside of the group Toto, which provided instrumental tracks. A music video studded with celebrities from Barbra Streisand to “Star Wars” robot C3PO, the faces of adorable children and images of amber waves of grain ran for weeks on MTV.
Faced with expenses upwards of $16 million—liability insurance cost $3 million alone—USA for Africa recruited corporate sponsors such as Coca-Cola to defray the costs of staging the event. Once the 4,125-mile route through 16 states and Washington, D.C., was announced, organizers also faced unexpected protests from cities whose civic pride was wounded by being excluded from the event.
The chain began in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty and a fireboat pumping red, white and blue water provided the picturesque backdrop. First in line was six-year-old Amy Sherwood of Brooklyn, who had spent most of the prior year living with her family of seven in a welfare hotel populated by drug addicts and prostitutes.
In Washington, D.C., the route ran by the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, where it was joined by Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., who had stood on the spot 23 years earlier to deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech. It also passed inside the gates of the White House where President Ronald Reagan, dressed in a polo shirt and blue jeans, joined with First Lady Nancy Reagan and others on the steps of the North Portico. Not everyone, however, was happy with the participation of the president, whom political opponents blamed for not doing more to address the issue. “We resent him standing there grabbing hands like he’s part of the effort to eliminate homelessness and hunger,” social activist Mitch Snyder told ABC News. “He’s part of the problem.”
From the nation’s capital, Hands Across America moved westward. In Pittsburgh, nuns and Hell’s Angels clasped hands. Fifty Abraham Lincoln impersonators did the same in Springfield, Illinois, only to be topped by the 54 Elvis Presley lookalikes in Memphis.
Celebrities were common sights along the entire route, but the stars truly came out for the event in Los Angeles. In Disneyland, Walt Disney Company president Frank Wells held aloft the gloved hand of Mickey Mouse in front of Cinderella’s Castle. In Beverly Hills, Richie joined fellow musician Little Richard who told news cameras, “We won’t be rude. We’re going to give every man some food.” The event’s exclamation point came at Long Beach, California, with the extravagant Queen Mary as the backdrop. As a bookend to Sherwood’s family of seven in New York, Bill and Mary Jones and their five children, who all lived in a homeless shelter, were the last people in the nationwide string of hands.
In all, the hand-holding lasted 15 minutes as participants sang “We Are The World,” “America the Beautiful,” and “Hands Across America.” Although all participants were asked to contribute $10-$35 if they wanted a commemorative T-shirt—not all did. One year after Hands Across America, the New York Times reported that after covering the staging costs, the event netted only $15 million for the hungry and homeless, less than organizers had hoped for. ~ https://www.history.com/news/remembering-hands-across-america
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The Heartbreak Kid 💔 Deleted Scenes + Gag Reel (2007)
The Farrelly brothers are the creators of the 2007 American black comedy The Heartbreak Kid. With Ben Stiller playing the lead, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman, Jerry Stiller, Rob Corddry, Carlos Mencia, Scott Wilson, and Danny McBride all appear in the remake of the 1972 movie of the same name. It relates the tale of a sports shop owner who gets married quickly to a shrewish woman and then meets his true love while traveling to Mexico.
✨ Starring: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Åkerman, Jerry Stiller, Rob Corddry, Carlos Mencia, Scott Wilson, and Danny McBride ...
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The Coneheads (TV Movie 1983)
The Coneheads arrive to rule Earth in this animated pilot based on the SNL sketch, but they quickly find themselves domesticated.
✨ Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman ...
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Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (TV Movie 1983)
A nostalgic journey through time and a really entertaining and intriguing inside look at Star Wars. Hope you enjoy! 👍😎
“Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi is a television documentary, first broadcast on CBS in 1983. It is a look behind-the-scenes of the creation of the various alien creatures from the third Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi, which was released that year. The documentary was presented by Star Wars actors Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams, and directed by Robert Guenette who had directed the previous television specials The Making of Star Wars (1977) and SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
-Synopsis-
Hosted by Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams, the special includes an interview with Star Wars creator George Lucas who elaborates on the evolution of the Ewoks, Sy Snootles (or "Miss Snooty" as Carrie Fisher calls her) and Jabba the Hutt, which required six people to operate. It also includes location footage from the redwood forests of Northern California (where the Endor scenes were filmed, Buttercup Valley in the Yuma Desert in Arizona, where the sequence aboard Jabba's sailbarge was shot, and various scenes on the soundstages at Elstree Studios near London where the interiors of Jabba's palace were filmed. Over 60 alien creatures were created for Return of the Jedi which were operated by a variety of techniques old and new. Footage from earlier films illustrated the various methods used, including using actors in costumes (as in Creature from the Black Lagoon and Godzilla), stop motion miniatures (as seen in The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and King Kong), and large-scale mechanicals (as seen in Them!). Some of the creatures (such as Yoda and the Rancor) were mainly puppeteered but also contained animatronic devices that could be controlled remotely. The documentary also includes scenes from more recent "creature" films from the era such as E.T., The Dark Crystal (along with a brief interview with its director Jim Henson), and Dragonslayer (which pioneered the use of "go-motion" techniques in which a miniature creature and the camera are simultaneously computer controlled).
Much of the documentary was included in the TV special From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga that was made the same year.” ~ Wiki
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Jumanji (1995) | Bloopers - Extended Cut
When two youngsters discover and play a mysterious board game, they free a man who has been confined inside for decades and unleash a slew of horrors that can only be halted by completing the game.
✨ Starring: Robin Williams, Alan Parrish, Kirsten Dunst, Judy Shepherd, Bradley Pierce, Peter Shepherd, Bonnie Hunt, Sarah Whittle ...
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Ace Frehley - Back Into My Arms (w /Lyrics)
Back Into My Arms - Ace Frehley (1984)
Lyrics:
Time
Has never gone so slowly
And baby Time
Has really taken it's toll
Anyone can see
That I
Have never been so lonely
And all the years gone by
Will never hide the lines
Does it show on me?
I can't forget
The things you said
And nothing takes away my memories
I loved you then
I love you now
I'm always dreamin' of the day I hear you say your
Comin' back
Into my arms again
For everyone to see
Looking at you
Looking at me
Can this really be?
I
Could not believe my eyes
When you walked by
Baby what a surprise
Took my breath away
When I
Called out your name to see
And I realized
That thinkin' of you
Brought you back to me
I've always felt
We'd meet again
It's funny how fate lends a helping hand
Nothing's changed
Still feels the same
No more dreamin', did I really hear your saying you're
Comin' back
Into my arms again
For everyone to see
Looking at you
Looking at me
Can this really be?
You're coming back
Into my arms again
Let everybody see
I'm it to you
And you're it to me
We're in ecstasy
Comin' back
Into my arms again
For everyone to see
Looking at you
Looking at me
Can this really be?
You're coming back
Into my arms again
Let everybody see
I'm it to you
And you're it to me
We're in ecstasy
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Ray Stevens - Cannonball (The Cannonball Run movie - Opening Song) [HD]
The Cannonball Run's original motion picture soundtrack's "Cannonball" was written by Ray Stevens (1981).
✨ Lyrics:
What do you say when you write with no words?
(feeling)
Feel a song that's never been heard?
(sing it)
How do know if you did it all?
(answer)
What do you do when you've done it all?
(ball)
Cannonball (cannonball)
Cannonball (cannonball)
Cannonball
It's not what you do
It's how you do it.
Be anything you want to be
It's not what you got
It's how you use it
You be you
And I'll be me
It's just a matter of style
You can fake it
Mile after mile
Feeling free
If you got the soul
you can make it
Move-em out (move 'em out)
Let 'em roll (let 'em roll)
From sea to shining sea
Ball (ball)
Cannonball (cannonball)
What do you do if a mountain is there?
(move it)
How do you answer to a challenge in today?
(take it)
When your back's against the wall?
(fake it)
What do you do when you've done it all?
(ball)
Cannonball (cannonball)
Cannonball (cannonball)
Cannonball
It's not what you do
It's how you do it.
Be anything you want to be
It's not what you got
It's how you use it
You be you
And I'll be me
It's just a matter of style
You can fake it
Mile after mile
Feeling free
If you got the soul
you can make it
Move-em out (move 'em out)
Let 'em roll (let 'em roll)
From sea to shining sea
Ball (ball)
Cannonball (cannonball)
Cannonball! (cannonball-cannonball)
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Max Headroom - Catch The Wave (1986)
Max Headroom 1986 Coca Cola commercial - Catch the wave ...
✨ Starring: Max Headroom
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Demi Moore • Don't Look Back (1986)
From the original motion picture soundtrack "One Crazy Summer," Demi Moore's song "Don't Look Back," written by Hawk Wolinski Performed by Demi Moore Produced by Hawk Wolinski and Patrick Leonard.
One Crazy Summer · Movie plot
🎬 He must receive that basketball scholarship after high school with a name like Hoops McCann, right? Wrong! A love tale is what Hoops genuinely wants to write and draw. Hoops is invited to spend the summer in Nantucket with his buddy George and his sister in order to help him recover his bearings. When they pick up Cassandra on the way, who is being pursued by a motorcycle gang, the friends' Crazy Summer officially starts. It only gets weirder from here. Once on the island, Hoops and George must aid Cassandra in protecting her grandfather's home from the rapacious Beckersted Family, along with George's island buddies the Stork twins and Ack-Ack (son of a marine). Hoops needs to figure out how to write while traveling.
✨ Starring: John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong and Joel Murray ...
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