Glitter (1984-85) - Intro & Close
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2024
- Glitter had a 14 episode run on ABC in the 1984-85 season. This recording is from the original airing of episode 1x05 "A Minor Miracle" on 12/18/1984. The sneak peak is for the next episode 1x06 "Illusions" that aired 12/25/1984, and the VO mentions Paper Dolls coming up next, which would have been episode 1x11.
I think that 80s television was the best of everything, from the shoulder pads, to limousines, and let's not forget the glamorous actors and actresses! Glitter was one of my favorite series, and Morgan Brittany, was absolutely beautiful! California dreaming at it's best!
Where can you get the series from?
Arte Johnson as the photographer, "Very Interesting"
They built this whole theme to accommodate all these fabulous guest stars, then only brought in four of them, leaving America to stare at stock footage of a printing press.
I don't even remember the show on the air. Back in those days if you didn't have the ratings you are done. It must be thousands of shows didn't make it past the first season.
Morgan Brittany is awesome gorgeous.
So "Glitter" magazine covered the glamorous life of nuns and other B-List celebrities.
and mrs brady
Beautiful Melissa Sue Anderson as a guest star ⭐
And a nun!
This show had everything going for it-a good theme,an appealing cast and a premise which could've spinned hundreds of stories. Where did it go wrong?
If anything, I would have to say scheduling. Glitter was up against Simon & Simon on CBS and Cheers and Night Court on NBC. With that kind of competition, cancellation should have come as no surprise.
It’s seemed that the opening credits were 7 hours long. That was a show of itself.
It was up against The Cosby Show and Magnum P.I. 1984 was an ABC bloodbath for cancellations.
It was originally scheduled on Tuesdays at 10pm(et). It didn't last long enough to be scheduled on Thursdays at 8pm.
The pilot tested poorly when shown to a research audience before its premiere which led Spelling to fire the producer as well as make changes to the cast when it went to series. Additional cast changes were made after the first few episodes to no avail.
The series originally lasted three weeks in prime-time in September 1984, then briefly returned for three more that December. Due to Aaron Spelling's "pay or play" contract with ABC concerning this series, the network "burned" off the remaining eight episodes in late-night (following "NIGHTLINE") during a two week period in December 1985.
At the beginning of the 1984-'85 season, Spelling produced SEVEN hours of prime-time programming for ABC {which is why some people in the industry referred to it as "Aaron's Broadcasting Company"}. "GLITTER" was one of them- but there were too many "look-alike" anthology series he produced that season (including "FINDER OF LOST LOVES", "HOTEL" and "THE LOVE BOAT"), and the ratings weren't so hot on all of them. By the end of the season, Spelling saw five of his series cancelled- including his mid-season replacement "MacGRUDER & LOUD"- and only "THE LOVE BOAT, "HOTEL" and "DYNASTY" were renewed. And the executive who approved all of those shows- the man who declared "Comedy is dead" on ABC after passing on "THE COSBY SHOW", which became a hit for NBC- Tony Thomopoulous- was fired.
@@fromthesidelines Also, Glitter didn't attract a lot of Hollywood royalty, like Hotel and Love Boat did. (Bette Davis played the St. Gregory Hotel's owner in the Hotel pilot)
I'm not even sure if Lloyd Bochner (a Spelling mainstay) made one guest appearance on Glitter.
He did not. :)
Barry I. Grauman Very true. T.J. Hooker was the only other Spelling show to survive another season but not with ABC. Instead it moved to CBS, which gave TJ Hooker the distinction of being one of the few Spelling shows prior to the ‘90s to make new episodes on another network that was not ABC.
@@megamanj2004X Spelling wasn’t involved in the production of the T.J. Hooker episodes for CBS due to his exclusivity with ABC. His name is not included in the credits for those episodes.
That's were Amy Allen went she stopped hanging out the A-Team!
Wow, I don't remember this at all and I was 12-13 years old so I should. I bet it was opposite all the other shows I loved. I will check it out and see!
I loved Glitter. But it was too soon after Dallas to trust Morgan B.
Starring and guest starring all people who had been on the "Love Boat"!
Not too surprising considering this was an Aaron Spelling show as well.
I have a very vague remembrance of this show. It was probably in the same time slot as something more popular.
Remington Steele on NBC.
This theme is another great Lalo Schifrin composition, right up there with the theme from "Mannix" and the Paramount TV jingle (post Closet Killer.)
Don't forget the Tar Sequence from Cool Hand Luke, which would also be used as the news theme for many local ABC affiliates, after "Move Closer To Your World" was phased out in virtually all non-Philadelphia markets.
Got to laugh at the huge typewriter in the opening scene. I remember taking a typing class in high school during the late 80’s and how big those things were.
This was shown briefly on uk tv in a late night slot on bbc one. Very similar to the series Hotel but far less entertaining.
If Disney owns this, these kind of 80s things need to go on Disney+
This was like Paper Dolls.
Next Time, on GLITTER!
Nostalgia
1:24 and besides Melinda "Amy Allen" Culea, we have also Melissa Sue "Mary Ingalls" Anderson!
and mrs brady!!!
I think this had John J.R. Robinson on the drums.
I think I remember seeing one episode. It was terrible as a kid lol. Now it looks even worse.
Aaron Spelling show no surprise. The Love Boat at a fancy magazine.
So that's where Amy Allen went after she stopped hanging around the A-Team...
Stephen Cannell realized viewers weren't even noticing Melinda Culea. She was supposed to be "eye candy" as "Amy", but the "guys" took up too much screen time......and her role in the series ended. Nor did her replacement {Marla Heasley as "Tawnia Baker"} last long, either.
Is it me, or does the section from 1:19-1:23 sound like Academy Awards music.
Also, RIP Arte Johnson, 1929-2019
"Executive Story Consultant: Tom Sawyer"!
Weird, huh? He was a producer and writer on 'Murder, She Wrote' for many years.
@@rerundintros876 Did he co-produce anything with Huck Finn? (Sorry, couldn't resist lol)
What shot in LA are those buildings taken from? I think I know but I'm not sure. I know Remingron Steele and Knots Landing have used the shot of those buildings also.
Century Plaza Towers.
In memory of Sam Dillon, excuse me David Birney. 1939-2022
the whole series, please
14 episodes- including the two-hour "pilot"- were produced. Six aired in prime-time; the rest were "burned off" in late night at the end of December 1985.
Where can you watch this series?
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How long did glitter last I was just happy to see Morgan Brittany after Dallas
An Aaron Spelling flop, Morgan Brittany didn't look right in a nice role
Was this show any better or worse than Paper Dolls or Berrengers?
How long did this show last
14 episodes September 13 - December 25 1984.
Long intro.