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Fame

Season 1 · 16 episodes · Jan 7, 1982

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    Episode 1

    Metamorphosis

    Jan 7, 1982

    This fun and footloose series begins when Julie tries her best to fit in at the New York School for the Performing Arts, with a little bit of help from Doris and Montgomery.

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    Episode 2

    Passing Grade

    Jan 14, 1982

    Coco and Lydia vie for a part in a show. Danny wants to meet Johnny Carson and becomes a waiter.

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    Episode 3

    Tomorrow's Farewell

    Jan 21, 1982

    The School Board orders the School of the Arts to have a Gym because of the mandatory P.E. class that students have to take. It takes a dance off between Lydia's class and a bunch of football players for the school board to see her point. Meanwhile, Leroy tries to save his brother Willard from a life of crime.

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    Episode 4

    Alone in a Crowd

    Jan 28, 1982

    Bruno is afraid of performing in public.

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    Episode 5

    To Soar and Never Falter

    Feb 4, 1982

    Bruno is in love with a dance major named Kathleen Murphy. When he is to write a piece of music for her, she performs for him and gets injured. It turns out that she has Multiple Sclerosis, and Miss Grant employs Leroy to help out Bruno. Unknowingly, the gang is helping Kathy to keep her audition.

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    Episode 6

    The Sell-Out

    Feb 11, 1982

    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 just had a baby. Meanwhile, Julie wonders why Coco is suddenly so rude to her while they are doing a very important number together.

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    Episode 7

    The Strike

    Feb 18, 1982

    The School Of The Arts is plagued by a teachers' strike. Coco is upset because she wasn't chosen for the part of Desdemona in the schools musical version of ""Othello"". Once the teachers go on strike though she decides that instead of being angry, and not be apart of the production, she organizes everything so that the show can go on without Miss Grant's help. Bruno feels he needs to have Mr. Shorofsky's opinion on the music for the show because he thinks it should have a different tempo and style to it. Because of the strike he can't get Mr. Shorofsky's opinion and goes with his instinct, which turns out to be for the best. Once Leroy was cast for the part of Othello, he was having problems speaking the way the script was written. So he asks for Miss Sherwood's help to make him speak the way Shakespeare was meant to be spoken, even from someone from the Bronx.

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    Episode 8

    Street Kid

    Feb 25, 1982

    Doris, while pretending to be a hooker, meets a real hooker named Tracy, and tries to help her out.

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    Episode 9

    But Seriously, Folks

    Mar 4, 1982

    Danny's father does not agree with his choice of being a comedian.

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    Episode 10

    Come One, Come All

    Mar 11, 1982

    A big star, Melinda MacNeil, is in town and everyone goes ga-ga, except Monty.

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    Episode 11

    The Crazies

    Mar 18, 1982

    Doris learns that sometimes honest is not always the best policy. When Shorofsky is hospitalized, Bruno realizes that he is important to his life.

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    Episode 12

    Exposé

    Mar 25, 1982

    When Julie gets replaced by a mannequin in a production number, she feels unimportant until a reporter threatens to do an expose on her.

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    Episode 13

    A Musical Bridge

    Apr 1, 1982

    Monty tries to get Bruno to cash in on his songwriting abilities.

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    Episode 14

    A Big Finish

    Apr 15, 1982

    Miss Sherwood and the gang find two talented bums living in the basement.

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    Episode 15

    Reunions

    Apr 29, 1982

    Leroy wants his mother to come in for parents' day.

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    Episode 16

    A Special Place

    May 6, 1982

    Budget cutbacks prompts the School Board to fire one of the dance school's teachers.