
Fame (1982)
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Jesse Borrego as Jesse Velasquez
Episodes 73
Indian Summer
Doris and Danny console each other over sour flings; Love holds surprise for both Sherwood and Leroy; Holly sets her sights on an older man.
Read MoreCzech Mate
Christopher falls hard for a visiting Czech student; Leroy tries to avoid a new admirer; Doris runs for student-body president.
Read MoreSpontaneous Combustion
Staff and students fight back after Sherwood is accidentally injured by kids dancing in the hallway, and the board of education responds by issuing a directive placing a ban on all singing and dancing in non-designated areas.
Read MoreI Never Danced For My Father
Leroy's long-lost father shows up at the School of the Arts, and receives a chilly reception from his son. Meanwhile, Danny deals with father issues of his own as he tries to convince his father that his aspirations to become a comedian aren’t futile.
Read MoreThe Heart of Rock 'N' Roll
Comprised of excerpts from the second U.S. concert by "The Kids from Fame" paying tribute to the history of Rock 'N' Roll.
Read MoreThe Monster That Devoured Las Vegas
An opening-night hex threatens Cassidy's directorial debut when Morloch inadvertently breaks a show-business dictum.
Read MoreThe Return of Doctor Scorpio
Trevor Kane, a School of the Arts Alumnus and acting has-been, returns to the school to make an appearance in a play that Doris is directing in the hopes of revitalizing his career.
Read MoreThe Ballad of Ray Claxton
A TV news feature on the school brings Nicole to the attention of a prisoner, and her to his talent as a songwriter.
Read MoreNothing Personal
Christopher writes a less-than-rave review of Cleo's debut as a lead dancer; Nicole and Jesse look for romance in the personal ads.
Read MoreThe Rivalry
Lydia has a dancing showdown with Holly's mother, who thinks Lydia and Holly lack the drive to succeed in show business.
Read MoreTomorrow's Children
Sherwood fights student apathy when Morloch institutes an ROTC program at the school and cancels a show to benefit the nuclear-freeze movement.
Read MoreThe Heart of Rock 'N' Roll II
This episode contains excerpts from the second half of the concert.
Read MoreTake My Wife... Please
Drama teacher Trevor Kane discovers his ex-wife is the object of Chris' affections; Holly and Nicole try to help Cleo catch Leroy's attention.
Read MoreParent's Week
Parents' Week causes problems for Nicole, who has a difficult time dealing with the pressure her parents are putting on her; Meanwhile, Danny's parents decide to get divorced.
Read MoreDanny De Bergerac
Danny falls for Nicole while trying to smooth things between her and Jesse; Morloch gets a second chance with his college sweetheart.
Read MoreCoco Returns
A famous, retired director directs Coco in her first performance since returning to the School of the Arts to get a diploma.
Read MoreWho's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
After being mugged, Doris puts on a brave front around her family or friends, but secretly struggles with nightmares and flashbacks; Dwight tries to control his emotions for Holly.
Read MoreReflections
Holly's despair over her parents' marriage causes her to become anorexic; Doris decides on a Hawaiian theme for the school's Prom.
Read MoreWho Am I, Really?
Nicole's biological mother returns and tries to involve herself in her daughter's life; voiceless Morloch enlists Chris' aid to make a speech.
Read MoreThe Ol' Ball Game
Danny faces the problem of organizing his fellow students into a winning team after accepting a softball challenge issued by an old rival.
Read MoreSchool is Out
As Summer vacation approaches, Jesse, Cleo and Nicole reminisce after Cleo reveals that she will not be returning to the School of the Arts in the fall.
Read MoreA Place to Belong
New student, Dusty joins the school and feels particularly out of place. Leroy becomes Miss Grant's dance assistant. Chris and Danny prepare to play female roles in drama class.
Read MoreLeroy and the Kid
Leroy's eight year old niece causes trouble when she imposes on her uncle and the faculty at the School of the Arts. Danny has trouble getting actors' equity when he finds out another Danny Amatullo is registered. Christopher struggles with the role of Hamlet.
Read MoreBronco Bob Rides Again
Danny meets his hero Bronco Bob from the old western movies. When he finds that Bronco is down on his luck and on the verge of losing his prized horse Prince the Miracle Horse to repossession by a spiteful rival, Danny may be the one to give Bronco the courage to prevail and win his horse back.
Read MoreSelling Out
Jesse wins a song-writing contest but struggles with remaining true to himself when a couple of big-shots try to re-write his work. Mr. Shorofsky has to decide whether to let a mediocre violinist into the School of the Arts when the hopeful's father offers the school much needed money.
Read MoreWhite Light
Christopher falls for a new student, Julie Chandler, who he discovers to be a coke addict. Her persistent use does not only hurts their relationship but may cause Julie an inevitable-and early-demise. After his parents' separation, Danny feels uneasy when his mother, Gina Amatullo (Played by Betty Karlen), starts dating Lou Mackie.
Read MoreSavage Streets
When violence erupts among neighborhood gang rivals, The Ravens and the Skulls, the Ravens' leader asks Jesse to join their gang. Although unwilling initially, when The Skulls' leader kills Jesse's good friend, he joins the gang to avenge the murder of his friend.
Read MoreHis Majesty Donlon
Prince Freddy of Vatonia visits New York City to make a speech for a United Nations' event. When the prince's life is threatened, Christopher, the prince's perfect look-a-like, is chosen to switch places with the prince. Christopher is willing to go along with the charade until he is attacked by gunmen.
Read MoreBroadway Danny Amatullo
When Danny finds out that a notable agent regularly attends a local restaurant, him and the gang set out to audition for him right it the restaurant. After a spirited rendition of Prince's "Baby, I'm a Star," the agent sees Danny fit for work as an agent despite Danny's life-long aspirations to be an actor. This puts Danny's acting duties in the school's latest production on the back burner.
Read MoreEbenezer Morloch
With Mr. Morloch's strict enforcement of school board regulations, he is seen as a "Scrooge." On Christmas eve, while working on the school's budget, Mr. Morloch falls asleep in his office where he dreams he is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come who come to show him the importance of Christmas cheer.
Read MoreChoices
Mr. Morloch has left the school to coach a semi-pro ball team in Buffalo. Holly is leaving to star in a soap opera being shot in Hollywood. Nicole decides to audition for several roles and when she gets a small role in a Broadway play, new principal Mr. Dyrenforth, tells her she has to choose school or the play. An old neighbor tries to use his connection with Leroy to sway his audition.
Read MoreThe First Time
A series of unlucky events has Mr. Dyrenforth convinced that he is jinxed. When Nicole refuses to have sex with Jesse, the two break-up deciding to date other people for a school dance. Danny and Reggie go to the dance together and find that they share a liking toward each other.
Read MoreA River to Cross
When the school decides to work on a production of "Huck Finn," Bobby expresses uneasiness with the portrayal of his character Jim. Outraged by the content and lack of disapproval from his fellow Black students and faculty members, he leads a protest to have the play banned from the school.
Read MoreSuch Good Friends
After his niece, Tina, burns down his apartment, Leroy gets Tina to stay with Mrs. Berg while he stays with Miss Grant. Carl, Miss Grant's old boyfriend returns and as they get reacquainted, Tina does all she can to keep them apart in hopes that Leroy and Miss Grant will get married and adopt her.
Read MoreHolmes Sweet Holmes
After a rehearsal for the school's production of "Sherlock Holmes," a pipe in the dressing room bursts. The school is in need of serious renovation only, the school cannot fund the repair work and plans are made to sell the property. Danny and Christopher try to prove that the janitor, Ralph, is accepting bribe money from a contracting firm seeking to use the property to build parking space.
Read MoreDouble Exposure
Competition between Danny and Jesse for the lead in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" heats up when it is determined that who ever plays the role has to pass the biology midterm. Jesse is caught with the answers to the test after he passes and gets the lead and Danny is determined to make him suffer. The yearbook money has gone missing.
Read MoreThe Inheritance
Lamar, Leroy's brother and Tina's father returns for Tina under the pretense of establishing a life for Tina when he discovers that she has inherited her deceased nanny's $22,000 estate. Leroy is suspicious of his brother's intentions. Dwight is directing a play about the Dewey Decimal System and builds a character around Holly which drives the cast crazy.
Read MoreThe Comedian
When Danny and Chris gain local success with their comedy act, Comedian Sandy Webb, who is running a comedy workshop at the School of the Arts, steals their act and prompts the break up of the pair and Danny's dismissal of comedy. Reggie starts joking around when she realizes that people are taking her portrayal of Lady Macbeth as a joke.
Read MoreStagefright
Christopher develops severe stage fright after he makes and early entrance on stage. Jesse attempts the tapping record and Kate asserts that she wants to transfer out of Miss Grant's dance class into Miss Turner's class.
Read MoreSelf-Defense
The School of the Arts is plagued by a series of vandalism attacks by unknown vandals. Jesse is upset when he discovers that Nicole has a secret admirer who keeps sending her flowers. With the vandalism and unwanted flowers, Nicole seeks solace in Miss Grant's karate class.
Read MoreW.S.O.A.
As the deejay for W.S.O.A., the school's radio station, Jesse receives calls from Roberta, a suicidal sixteen year-old. After being advised by a psychologist for the school board to continue talking with her, he struggles to keep her alive. Mr. Dyrenforth calls on Dwight to help him enforce a new dress code.
Read MoreContacts
In an effort to establish contacts, Chris gets a job waiting for Laura, an agent, who mistakenly asks him to read for her. Impressed, she sets up an audition for him but with Chris and Laura getting close, Chris' relationship with Kate is put in jeopardy. The dancers from Miss Grant's class are upset with Leroy when he gets them a job with a summer stock company and turns down the offer when the producer revokes their pay.
Read MoreTo Tilt at Windmills
Mr. William Quigley, an eccentric substitute teacher, fills in for Miss Sherwood who falls ill with a cold and leads a protest against the mandatory I.Q. tests.
Read MoreLosin' It
Leroy severely injures his knee and is forced to go through an operation and rehabilitation. He recovers but when he returns to the school, he fears injuring himself again instead taking his anger out on Henry Lee, a returning applicant. Miss Grant is determined to push Leroy back into dancing before he gives it up forever. Reggie has a crush on Max.
Read MoreThe Incident
Jesse is hospitalized as he suffers a concussion. He's unconscious and thus unable to testify to what happened. Mr. Dyrenforth, Miss Sherwoord, and Christopher try to get to the bottom of what happened but with conflicting recollections from Mr. Torrence, Nicole, Jesse - through Mrs. Berg who claims she's a medium, and Christopher, they remain unsure about the true events.
Read MoreBack to Something New
As the new school year beings, a few changes have taken place; Christopher has graduated and is moving on to unknown future, Miss Sherwood has finally published her novel and has moved to Maine, and Ian Ware has joined as a freshman but is discouraged when Mr. Shorofsky opts to retire.
Read MoreThe Last Dance
Christopher's cousin is having a wedding with Jesse and Nicole set to dance as a couple. Nicole feels that things have changed and breaks up with Jesse but after getting back together, the two are unsure about where their relationship stands. Danny and Jillian start dating but her over-protective family smothers her.
Read MoreNew Faces
After being reacquainted with an old actor friend, Paul Seeger, Lydia gets him a job as an acting teacher at the School of the Arts. His toughness isn't received well at first by the kids, but as he opts to leave, they have a change of heart. Danny is asked to give a tour to Hannah Cooper an 11 year-old prodigy who's unwilling to play for anyone.
Read MoreJudgement Day
On the anniversary of Leroy's commencement as a teacher at the School of the Arts, he's faced with accusations that he picked one student over the other for the lead because she was Black. Mr. Shorofsky and Ian butt heads on their tastes in music.
Read MoreAll-Talking, All-Singing, All-Dancing
Jesse presents his 30's-styled play to Mr. Dyrenforth who decides to fund the play with hopes of obtaining the prize money of $20,000 from the Kimble foundation. The board decides not to supply the funds but Lou Mackie donates the necessary production money. All is well until Nicole, who plays lead comes down with Laryngitis.
Read MoreHold That Baby
Chris' sister leaves him with her 9-month old son Spike when she has an emergency and Chris is put through the ups and downs of parenting. Mrs. Berg leaves Mr. Dyrenforth to his own devices to attend her brother's anniversary and he learns how valuable she is. Nicole, Dusty, Reggie, and Jillian form a band which creates disagreements between the girls.
Read MoreA Different Drummer
Reggie challenges conventionalism in order to help the homeless and ends up in a bit of trouble with Mr. Dyrenforth and the law. Dusty's father, Reverend Tyler, visits his daughter in New York but is determined to take her back to Colorado as he finds the school environment risqué.
Read MoreMr. Wacky's World
Frustrated with not getting work as an actor, Danny goes to the cable access station to get his own show. While in the building, he walks onto the set of "Mr. Whacky's World" and gets a job playing Noodles. With expectations to remain Mr. Whacky's stooge, Danny's left conflicted. Dusty misinterprets Jesse's friendly gestures for a romantic interest.
Read MoreAll I Want for Christmas
When Tina comes to visit Leroy, he plans to make her a believer in the Christmas spirit. Between studying and working, he makes little time for Tina which leaves her despondent. Mr. Shorofsky is getting his tonsils removed and two kids sharing his room think he's Santa Claus.
Read MoreFame and Fortune
Nicole gets the opportunity of a lifetime when she's invited to sing back-up for her idol Frannie Fortune but Nicole gets a quick lesson in the dog-eat-dog nature of the business. After Mr. Dyrenforth reveals that he's lonely, Danny, Jesse, and Leroy decide to boost his love life by advertising the principal with his plastered pictures all over the city.
Read MoreGo Softly Into Morning
After an eventful party, Miss Grant is frustrated to learn that Danny and Nicole have not shown up for an important rehearsal. That frustration turns to grief when they learn that Nicole was killed while being driven home by a drunk driver, Mickey Garth. With the school grieving, Jesse takes it the worse vowing to kill Mickey.
Read MoreLove Kittens Go to High School
The School of the Arts has been selected as the location for director Jeff Stave's new film "Kittens Go to High School." Appointed student assistant to Mr. Stave, Jillian falls for him but reality sets in and it becomes clear that they can't be together. Maxie Sharp, the lead actress in the film enrolls at the School of the Arts.
Read MoreThe Crimson Blade
Mr. Dyrenforth is due for appendicitis and the board elects Ms. Fleming to fill in for him. Ms. Fleming enforces a doctrine that prohibits singing and dancing in the hallways. Miltie, in an effort to finally do a good deed, dresses up as the Crimson Blade and anonymously performs various acts of heroism.
Read MorePros and Cons
After rekindling her relationship with her high school fling, Lydia learns that her lover makes a living as a stock swindler. Ian becomes jealous when his father starts hanging around the school, and hits it off with his friends.
Read MoreThe Big Contract
Lou's brother Duke shows up and Lou is anything but trilled. After hearing Chris sing, Duke signs him to do an album for him. Lou warns Chris about his brother's slimy ways but Chris thinks Lou is jealous. Mr. Seger is asked to supervise the newspaper committee but has to deal with Reggie and Maxie's constant arguing.
Read MoreStradi-Various
After receiving a violin from Bavaria that was originally sent to him in 1947 and after seemingly mystical occurrences take place at the school, Mr. Shorofsky reveals to the students the legend that explains the magic of the violin. The students, convinced of its magical powers, begin to fight over its possession.
Read MoreThat Was the Weekend That Was
Jesse gets the key to the school to catalog Shorofky's collection of sheet music over the weekend. Joe Mackey is hosting the Grand Gathering of Muskrats at his cafe and convinces Leroy to be initiated as a new member. Chris needs to learn how to cook so he can audition for the host of the cooking show "Macho Gourmet". When Miltie convinces Jesse to throw a party at school to raise money for repairs, what could possibly go wrong?
Read MoreIan's Girl
When Ian's old girlfriend visits him, feeling homesick and missing her, he decides to go back to England something to which she objects. Mr. Shorofsky wants to send Ian to a competition for classical guitarists and Ian openly objects. The gang prepares Lou for his campaign for President of the Metropolitan Bowling Operators Association.
Read MoreBest Buddies
When Danny's old friend comes to visit him, he surprises him with more than the news that he's working for Lou when he reveals to Danny that he's gay. Danny has an especially difficult time dealing with his friend's homosexuality. Leroy and Miss Grant compete with their choreography with a spot for the winner's routine to appear a stereo store's local commercial.
Read MoreThe Lounge Singer Who Knew Too Much
While typing up Chris' resume at work in a top secret company, Jillian accidentally sends top secret information to Chris' home address. Chris becomes the subject of a pursuit by two men traveling in an ice cream truck. Reggie, Ian, and Dusty take part in a student video contest but their subjects prove to be troublesome.
Read MoreReggie and Rose
After helping her out when she gets kicked out of her English class, Reggie's close friend and the cafeteria lady, Rose, joins the school of the arts under Reggie's suggestion but when asked to audition with Reggie for a summer stock company, Rose gives up on both the stock company and the school but rekindles her passion for performing.
Read MoreOf Cabbages and Kings
The National Cultural Center selects The School of the Arts to contribute an item to a time capsule to be opened a century later but no one is able to agree on what that item should be. When Mr. Shorofsky gives Miltie an ultimatum; write a song or fail, he tries to pass off a fourteenth century ballad as his own.
Read MoreAlice Doesn't Work Here Anymore
When Mrs. Berg learns that her old lover is coming to visit her, realizing that her lie of running the school has come back to haunt her, the kids help her pose as school principal. Gordon, a squeamish animal-loving student has difficulty in Chemistry class with dissecting frogs so he and Reggie try to convince Mr. Dyrenforth to approve a simulation computer program that provides the ability for virtual dissection.
Read MoreBaby, Remember My Name
The school is trying its hands at its first video yearbook and with alumni week in session, Bruno, Coco, Doris, Montgomery, Holly, and Chris are interviewed for the video. Miss Grant recommends Leroy for a lead in the alumni week show which is to be choreographed by big-time graduate Michael Taftner but he is not convinced that Leroy can take on the part. When Chris is asked to be guest speaker for Mr. Seger's class, he lies about his success which the two but heads over.
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