Hot Hero Sandwich — Credits

by G. Jack Urso

Hot Hero Sandwich credits and notes provided by HHS writer Sherry Coben and film/video editor Patrick McMahon in an interview with Aeolus 13 Umbra.

According to Coben, many uncredited crew members also worked on Saturday Night Live. The list below includes credited cast and crew members with the ones in bold credited on both shows. The links provided are to the individuals’ profiles on the Internet Movie Database (IMBb). 

 

Interview Subjects:

Judy Blume

LeVar Burton

Stockard Channing

Pam Dawber

Erik Estrada

Henry Fonda

Robert Guillaume

Ron Howard

Julius “Dr. J” Irving

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Rev. Jesse Jackson

(Bruce) Caitlin Jenner

Coretta Scott King

Michel Learned

Hal Linden

Loretta Lynn

Jimmy McNichol

Olivia Newton-John

Leonard Nimoy

Donna Pescow

Richard Pryor

Christopher Reeve

Beverly Sills

Gloria Steinem

McLean Stevenson

Sally Struthers

Marlo Thomas

Cheryl Tiegs

Barbara Walters 

NBC Promotional Photo: Erik Estrada talks with Dr. Tom Cottle about growing up
(author's collection).

* According to Coben, Robert Blake was also interviewed, but none of his stories made air because after his in-depth interview, he felt he had revealed too much and refused permission. His stories of childhood were harrowing stuff.        

     

NBC Promotional Photo.

Opening Credits:

PAUL O’KEEFE

DENNY DILLON

MATT McCOY

VICKY DAWSON

NAN-LYNN NELSON

JARRETT SMITHWRICK

L. MICHAEL CRAIG (aka Michael Longfield)

 

End Credits:

Featuring

ANDREW DUNCAN

FRANKIE FAISON

SAUNDRA McCLAIN

ADAM ROSS

CLAUDETTE SUTHERLAND

 

Executive Producers

BRUCE HART

CAROLE HART

 

Produced By

HOWARD MALLEY

Producer Howard Malley and in character as alien teens' Ym's and Ur's father
(photo courtesy Sherry Coben).

Directed By

TOM TRBOVICH

 

Created By

BRUCE HART

CAROLE HART

 

Written By

DAVID AXLEROD

JOSEPH BAILEY

ANDY BRECKMAN

RICHARD CAMP

SHERRY COBEN

BRUCE HART

CAROLE HART

MARIANNE MEYER 

NBC Promotional Photo: Denny Dillon and Paul O'Keefe as alien teens Ym and Ur 
(author's collection).

Creative Consultant

NORTHERN J. CALLOWAY

 

Musical Director

FELIX PAPPALARDI

 

Associate Producers

KIMBER RICKABAUGH CRISWELL

PATRICK McMAHON

 

Design Supervision

PELLIGRINI AND KAESTLE, INC.

 

Interview Coordinator

BARRY HAWORTH

 

Talent Coordinator

Akira Yoshimura (artist Sherry Coben, 1979).

MIKE ZANELLA

 

Production Designer

AKIRA YOSHIMURA

 

Costume Designer

SARAH LEMIRE

 

Casting

CAROLE PFEFFER

CHRISTINA ROELFS

 

Graphics

BOB POOK

 

Technical Director

BILL KELLEY

 

Lighting Director

PHIL HYMES

 

Audio

JOEL G. SPECTOR

 

Video

WALT WERNER

 

Film Editor

PATRICK McMAHON 

NBC Promotional Photo: L. Michael Craig and the iconic teen accessory
of the late 1970s through the 1980s, the Boom Box (author's collection).

Sound Editor

STAN SALFAS

 

Videotape Editor

JERRY HAGGART

 

Production Assistants

SUSAN KERBER

ELIZABETH PLONKA

 

Production Staff

ROBIN KELLNER

CAROL LEVINE

AVONELLE H. POOLE

RUTH SHAPIRO

 

Music Coordinator

JAMES BIONDOLILLO

 

Supervising Production Administrator

ROBERT NEWMAN

 

Production Administrators

KEN AYMONG

NANCY FREEMAN

 

Associate Director

STEVE ROSEN

 

Stage Manager

ROBERT VAN RY

 

Various Wardrobe Furnished By

UNIQUE CLOTHING WAREHOUSE 

NBC Promotional Photo: The full main cast plus supporting actor Adam Ross 
(author's collection).

Note: All watermarked NBC promotional photographs are part of the author's private collection. The originals are not watermarked.

End Part IV

Next: Hot Hero Sandwich — A Second Serving, Part V!

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