Originally broadcast on Channel 4 on 27 December 2008, Bring Back...Fame was Lee Collins attempt to reunite the cast of a vintage television show.
Justin traveled to America to track down some of the surviving members of the hit Movie and spin-off TV show, Fame. He successfully tracks down:
* Irene Cara - Coco Hernandez (movie)
* Erica Gimpel - Coco Hernandez (tv)
* Carlo Imperato - Danny Amatullo
* Valerie Landsburg - Doris Schwartz
* Lee Curreri - Bruno Martelli
* Carol Mayo Jenkins - Elizabeth Sherwood
* Debbie Allen - Lydia Grant
Of those, Gimpel, Imperato, Landsburg, Curreli, Jenkins and Allen turned up for the street dance reunion that was arranged by Lee Collins. During the show he also talks to the mother of Gene Anthony Ray who played Leroy in the series. Ray tragically died in 2003 from a stroke.
Bring Back Fame
Bring Back... · Season 1 · Episode 7
Originally broadcast on Channel 4 on 27 December 2008, Bring Back...Fame was Lee Collins attempt to reunite the cast of a vintage television show.
Justin traveled to America to track down some of the surviving members of the hit Movie and spin-off TV show, Fame. He successfully tracks down:
* Irene Cara - Coco Hernandez (movie)
* Erica Gimpel - Coco Hernandez (tv)
* Carlo Imperato - Danny Amatullo
* Valerie Landsburg - Doris Schwartz
* Lee Curreri - Bruno Martelli
* Carol Mayo Jenkins - Elizabeth Sherwood
* Debbie Allen - Lydia Grant
Of those, Gimpel, Imperato, Landsburg, Curreli, Jenkins and Allen turned up for the street dance reunion that was arranged by Lee Collins. During the show he also talks to the mother of Gene Anthony Ray who played Leroy in the series. Ray tragically died in 2003 from a stroke.
Justin traveled to America to track down some of the surviving members of the hit Movie and spin-off TV show, Fame. He successfully tracks down:
* Irene Cara - Coco Hernandez (movie)
* Erica Gimpel - Coco Hernandez (tv)
* Carlo Imperato - Danny Amatullo
* Valerie Landsburg - Doris Schwartz
* Lee Curreri - Bruno Martelli
* Carol Mayo Jenkins - Elizabeth Sherwood
* Debbie Allen - Lydia Grant
Of those, Gimpel, Imperato, Landsburg, Curreli, Jenkins and Allen turned up for the street dance reunion that was arranged by Lee Collins. During the show he also talks to the mother of Gene Anthony Ray who played Leroy in the series. Ray tragically died in 2003 from a stroke.
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Season
1
Episode
7
Air Date
27/Dec/2008
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Runtime
60 min
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