DOROTHY HAMILL'S CORNER OF THE SKY (TV)
Summary
A television special featuring figure skater Dorothy Hamill visiting her old training ground in Lake Placid, New York.
Guests include actor Gary Frank, actress Sally Kellerman, actor Henry Gibson, comedian Irwin Corey, and comedian Avery Schreiber. Highlights include: footage of Hamill skating accompanied by “Home” from the musical “The Wiz,” sung by singer Julie Budd; footage of Hamill instructing a group of children on how to skate; a skating routine by Hamill; a sketch featuring Kellerman as a sex education teacher and Hamill performing a routine set to the song “Love to Love You Baby”; a sketch featuring Corey as an English teacher and Hamill skating to “Earth Angel”; a sketch featuring Gibson as a math teacher; a sketch featuring Schreiber as a faculty coordinator for an ice-skating event and an ice dance set to the song “Last Dance”; a section on the history of the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid; more footage of Hamill skating set to “I Wish You Could be Here”; and further footage of Hamill visiting Lake Placid. Commercials deleted.
(This program contains audiovisual errors. It represents the best copy available at this time.)
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: November 30, 1999
- RUNNING TIME: 0:50:18
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:47056
- GENRE: Music/Variety
- SUBJECT HEADING: TV - Music/Variety
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1979
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Jerry Weintraub … Executive Producer
- Steve Binder … Producer, Director, Writer
- Jacques Andre … Producer
- Dee Baker … Associate Producer
- Sterling Johnson … Director
- Buz Kohan … Writer
- Doug Beckwith … Writer
- Brian Foley … Choreographer
- Gary Frank … Host
- Dorothy Hamill … Performer
- Julie Budd … Performer
- Gordie McKellan … Performer
- Kath McCellan … Performer
- David LeBlanc … Performer
- Max Arnold … Performer
- Mark Militano … Performer
- Stephen Fox … Performer
- Sue Gillam … Performer
- Laurie Furanowski (audio id only) … Performer
- Emily Benenson … Performer
- Sally Kellerman … Guest
- Henry Gibson … Guest
- Irwin Corey … Guest
- Avery Schreiber … Guest
- Robert Allen