Show Notes and Video Playlist: Episode 12-3: The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982)

*The listeners spoke and decided we should cover this Gary Coleman TV movie, but fear not, we mention The Kid from Left Field and The Kid with the 200 IQ on the podcast as well. There is plenty of talk of what we affectionately call "The Kid Triology!" Thanks to all who voted in our poll.

*The Kid with the Broken Halo premiered Monday, April 5, 1982 on the NBC television network. Diff'rent Strokes was finishing its fourth season at the time. Halo is the second of the Kid Trilogy, following Left Field (1979) and preceding 1983's IQ. Also preceding this one: 1980's Scout's Honor.

*Robert Guillaume was starring in the third season of Benson on ABC when this movie premiered. Kim Fields was in the third season of The Facts of Life. Bosom Buddies with Thelma Hopkins had aired its final episode about a week earlier!

*The Paper Moon series Mike mentions starred Christopher Connelly (Not that one) and Jodie Foster (That one) and lasted a mere 13 episodes on ABC in 1974.

*Coleman was born February 8, 1968 and died May 28, 2010.

*Perhaps the upcoming Peacock original documentary, Gary, premiering August 29, will be that definitive biography we ask for on the podcast.

*As we mention, Hanna Barbera's The Gary Coleman Show cartoon ran a mere 13 episodes on NBC in first run in Fall 1982.

*Here is the archival UPI note on We Dare You!:

'We Dare You' is the title of a brand new 30-minute freak show anchored upon what the network calls 'a great American tradition -- the practical joke.' A joke it is. Practical it will never be.The show's premise is a clumsy cross-pollination of 'You Asked for It' and 'Candid Camera' in which hosts Terry McGovern and Jon Bauman - the 'Bowser' of Sha-na-na -- go around the country daring people to do stupid things to each other and filming them on the sly.It was funny when Alan Funt did it years ago -- but he did it and did it and did it. ABC really doesn't have to do it. But ABC is going to do it Monday from 8-8:30 p.m. None will den all.

*"Man proposes, but God disposes," is from Proverbs 19:21.
*Enjoy author Jeff Pearlman's ruminations on the great Rudy Desautel here.
*Among June Allyson's notable films are Good News, Two Girls and a Sailor, The Opposite Sex, and The Glenn Miller Story.
*Enjoy our discussion of Poor Devil from Season 8 here!
*Here's an example of those era Spalding comic book ads:

*The 1981 Cleveland Browns lost their last 5 games to finish 5-11 and last place in the AFC Central. It was a disappointing season after a playoff appearance in 1980.

*Ratings info:
Left Field  was #15 for the week with a 21.4 rating. I couldn't find specific info for the other two.

*And here is this week's video playlist! Click below for promos, a look at other 1982 shows and the work of the supporting cast, commercials, and a whole lotta Gary Coleman! We include the video we watched of the movie, too.
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