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Original airdate: circa 1985
Runtime: 00:09:49
Audio/ visual sync issues begin at: (00:00:20)
Show order:
(00:00:08) Begin recording of announcement of Miss Fire Island 1985 winners;
(00:00:32) Erica Beck announced as Miss Fire Island's Most Popular 1985;
(00:01:11) George Sardi announced on behalf of Price Water Sports House International Pricey as the runner for Most Professional 1985;
(00:02:28) Pegasus announced as Miss Fire Island's Most Unique 1985;
(00:03:34) Electra announced as Miss Fire Island's Most/Best Professional 1985;
(00:04:54) Rhonda announced as Miss Cherry Grove 1985/runner up Miss Fire Island 1985; (00:06:35) Vivian Drake announced as Miss Cherry Grove 1985;
(00:08:53) End program;
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Original airdate: 15 February 1985
Runtime: 00:57:26
Show order:
(00:00:00) Opening Credits: George Sardi, Johnny Savoy, Johnny Pool, Lord Byron, Leslie Irons, and Jerry Fitzpatrick. Special guests: Aaron Gage, Gary Dee and Gordon Malone; (00:01:56) Badlands commercial;
(00:03:42) Leslie Irons interviews adult star Aaron Gage;
(00:11:26) Kelly’s Village West commercial;
(00:12:46) Sports Interview with Jerry Fitzpatrick featuring Gordon Malone;
(00:16:56) Waverly Waverly commercial;
(00:18:18) Cocktail Recipes with Johnny Pool (Julia Poulet);
(00:25:26) Peeches Three commercial;
(00:26:40) Performance by Johnny Savoy—My funny valentine;
(00:28:57) Johnny Savoy reads obituaries;
(00:30:18) Gay Hotline information;
(00:31:07) Morning exercise with Lord Byron;
(00:38:23) The Follies commercial;
(00:40:00) Special guest performance by Gary Dee and interview with George Sardi;
(00:57:26) Recording ends;
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Original airdate: 1 February 1985
Runtime: 00:57:07
Show order:
(00:00:00) Opening Credits: George Sardi, Johnny Savoy, Johnny Pool, Lord Byron, Leslie Irons, and Jerry Fitzpatrick. Special guests: Songs in Blume (A Tribute to Bobby Blume); (00:00:47) George Sardi —opening;
(00:04:59) Peeches Three commercial;
(00:06:46) Lord Byron interviews Tamar Lansley and Lance Bradley(from Safety and Fitness Exchange);
(00:14:20) The Follies commercial;
(00:16:57) Leslie Irons reviews Ken Phillips’ solo showcase at Club Manhattan;
(00:19:58) Leslie Iron discusses the advent of VCR’s and how it is going to affect the entertainment industry;
(00:24:00) Waverly Waverly commercial;
(00:25:04) Current news with George Sardi;
(00:28:28) Special guests Songs in Blume (A Tribute to Bobby Blume) perform;
(00:40:30) Restaurant Row—Big Wok commercial;
(00:43:29) Cocktail Recipes with Johnny Pool;
(00:49:37) Gay Hotline information;
(00:50:42) Kaspars commercial;
(00:52:53) Community News with Johnny Savoy (Discusses “gay day”policies at clubs); (00:57:09) Closing Credits
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Original airdate: 25 January 1985
Runtime: 00:58:07
Audio sync issues throughout
Show order:
(00:00:00) Opening Credits: George Sardi, Johnny Savoy, Johnny Pool, Lord Byron, Leslie Irons, and Jerry Fitzpatrick. Special guests: Jim Link, Gillman Sang, Brian Murphy, Tamar Hosansky and Lance Bradley;
(00:01:10) George Sardi opening;
(00:02:54) Jerry Fitzpatrick’s sports section —Interview with Jim Link;
(00:08:01) Peeches Three Commercial;
(00:09:00) Johnny Savoy discusses BARNY and Bar Awards;
(00:12:34) The Follies commercial;
(00:14:21) George Sardi interviews fashion designer Gillman Sang;
(00:19:27) The Monster commercial;
(00:21:55) Special Guest Brian Murphy performance and interview;
(00:33:15) Waverly Waverly commercial;
(00:34:55) Cocktail Recipes with Johnny Pool;
(00:42:32) Gay Hotline information;
(00:43:15) Village Apothecary commercial;
(00:44:41) Leslie Irons discusses upcoming show Harrigan ’n Hart, gay playwrights, and videocasettes;
(00:50:40) The Big Dish commercial;
(00:52:37) Morning exercise with Lord Byron— self-defense class with Tamar Hosansky and Lance Bradley;
(00:57:38) Closing credits;
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Original airdate: 11 January 1985
Runtime: 00:58:08
Show order:
(00:00:00) Opening Credits: George Sardi, Johnny Savoy, Johnny Poole, Lord Byron, Leslie Irons, and Jerry Fitzpatrick. Special guests: Steve Gerben and John Burke;
(00:00:51) George Sardi - opening;
(00:02:15) Jerry Fitzpatrick - interview with Steve Gerben, president of the Frontrunners; (00:07:35) Peeches Three commercial;
(00:09:08) The Follies commercial;
(00:10:38) George Sardi - discussing his latest visit to the Follies with Johnny Savoy, Atlanta, Georgia;
(00:12:08) Morning exercise with Lord Byron;
(00:17:30) Gay Morning America invitation for viewers to write-in;
(00:17:53) The Monster commercial;
(00:19:18) George Sardi - theatre news, opening of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, opening of Honey, I'm Home!;
(00:21:00) Waverly Waverly commercial;
(00:21:55) George Sardi - more theatre news, discussion of Coming of Age in SoHo, Hall & Oates breaking up;
(00:23:55) Johnny Savoy - Community News, Dan White parole update, S.A.G.E., alcoholism awareness and Gay and Lesbian AA groups, obituary for Rob Hoskins;
(00:28:30) Gay Hotline information;
(00:29:00) George Sardi presents a commercial for South Dakota;
(00:30:45) George Sardi - The Gay Engagement Calendar 1985, birthday of female impersonator Craig Russell;
(00:31:15) Village Apothecary commercial;
(00:32:50) "Cecily" (Johnny) Poole - Chicken Pot Pie recipe;
(00:39:10) The Big Dish commercial;
(00:41:10) Leslie Irons interviews John Burke;
(00:55:45) George Sardi performs;
(00:57:24) Closing credits;
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Original airdate: 04 January 1985
Runtime: 00:58:15
Show order:
(00:00:00) Opening Credits: George Sardi, Johnny Savoy, Johnny Pool, Lord Byron, Leslie Irons, and Jerry Fitzpatrick. Special guests: J.T. Denver and special scenes from Gay Morning America's "famous night" at the Copacabana;
(00:01:29) George Sardi - Opening;
(00:04:25) Johnny Savoy presenting Community News - "Self-Defense is a Scream" seminar at the Gay Community Center, Hotlines!, interview with J.T. Denver, porn star;
(00:10:57) Peeches Three commercial;
(00:12:06) The Follies commercial;
(00:13:31) George Sardi telling jokes;
(00:15:23) Lord Byron - discusses meeting J.T. Denver, morning exercise;
(00:20:05) Gay Morning America invitation for viewers to write-in (address provided: Gay Morning America, C/O Metro-Access Studios, 110 East 23rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10010); (00:20:28) The Monster commercial;
(00:22:04) George Sardi - history lesson on the 30th anniversary of "the completion of the naval reserve officer Thomas J. Keane," who walked every street, avenue and alley of Manhattan, telling puns and jokes;
(00:24:16) Leslie Irons, retelling the strange circumstances around how George Sardi came out and how Irons met Sardi; discusses performances at Waverly Waverly;
(00:30:25) Big Wok Restaurant Row commercial;
(00:31:51) George Sardi - Review of the Gay Engagement Calendar 1985;
(00:33:48) Cocktail Recipes with Johnny Pool - demonstrates how to make a New Year champagne cocktail
(00:39:30) Waverly Waverly commercial;
(00:40:30) The Big Dish commercial;
(00:41:58) George Sardi recommending the Connection, "one of the better newspapers" for the gay population, review of the book the Royal Feud;
(00:44:10) Lord Byron introducing tape of Gay Morning America cast visiting the Copacabana; (00:45:15) Gay Morning America visits the Copacabana;
(00:55:40) George Sardi - "the biggest lies of 1985" and signing off with Lord Byron;
(00:57:21) Closing credits;
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Original airdate: 28 December 1984
Runtime: 00:44:24
Show order:
(00:00:00) Opening Credits: George Sardi, Johnny Savoy, Johnny Pool, Lord Byron, Leslie Irons, and Jerry Fitzpatrick. Special guests Frank Massey and his New Year’s Puppets (00:01:27) George Sardi —opening;
(00:02:50) Community News with Johnny Savoy;
(00:03:22) Big Dish commercial;
(00:08:39) Gay Hotline information;
(00:09:12) Peeches Three commercial;
(00:11:10) The Follies commercial;
(00:13:00) The Engagement calendar commercial;
(00:14:14) Morning exercise with Lord Byron;
(00:22:58) The Monster commercial;
(00:24:30) Village Apothecary commercial;
(00:27:57) Sports yearly recap with Jerry Fitzpatrick;
(00:32:33) One Potato/Two Potato Commercial;
(00:36:16) Cocktail Recipes with Johnny Pool;
(00:40:13) Waverly Waverly commercial;
(00:42:55) Connection commercial;
(00:44:18) Recording ends;
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Original airdate: 16 November 1984
Runtime: 00:58:02
Audio/ visual sync issues begin at: (00:13:51)
Show order:
(00:00:00) Opening Credits: George Sardi, Johnny Savoy, Johnny Pool, Lord Byron, Lynn Lavner, Leslie Irons, and Jerry Fitzpatrick. Special guests Maria Mandel and Bob Speer (00:01:11) George Sardi —opening;
(00:02:09) Community News with Johnny Savoy;
(00:06:10) Gay Hotline information;
(00:07:18) Peeches Three commercial;
(00:08:36) The Follies commercial;
(00:10:55) Copacabana recording;
(00:15:33) The Monster commercial;
(00:17:52) Lynn Lavner’s Girl Talk;
(00:24:26) The Big Dish commercial;
(00:25:46) Sports Interview with Jerry Fitzpatrick featuring Bob Speer;
(00:31:22) Village Apothecary commercial;
(00:33:59) Cocktail Recipes with Johnny Pool;
(00:41:11) Limelight commercial;
(00:42:46) Waverly Waverly commercial;
(00:43:48) Leslie Irons reviews Harlem Nocturne;
(00:48:48) Maria Mandel performs;
(00:55:55) Connection commercial;
(00:56:58) Closing Credits;
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Original airdate: 2 November 1984
Runtime: 00:59:13
Show order:
(00:00:00) Opening Credits: George Sardi, Johnny Savoy, Johnny Pool, Lord Byron, Lynn Lavner, Leslie Irons, and Jerry Fitzpatrick. Special guests Robin Tyler, Jack Hoppin ;
(00:01:12) George Sardi —opening;
(00:01:56) Community News with Johnny Savoy;
(00:05:27) Gay Hotline information;
(00:06:58) Rio di Janeiro commercial;
(00:07:45) Big Dish commercial;
(00:08:42) Morning exercise with Lord Byron;
(00:14:58) The Follies commercial;
(00:17:21) Lynn Lavner performs;
(00:24:03) The Monster commercial;
(00:24:55) Village Apothecary commercial;
(00:27:10) Sports Interview with Jerry Fitzpatrick featuring Jack Hoppin;
(00:30:45) One Potato/Two Potato Commercial;
(00:31:47) Peeches Three commercial;
(00:32:55) Cocktail Recipes with Johnny Pool;
(00:40:51) Waverly Waverly commercial;
(00:41:54) Gay Yellow Pages commercial;
(00:42:55) George Sardi interviews Robin Tyler;
(00:56:44) Closing Credits;
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Original airdate: 30 Nov. 1985
Runtime: 00:28:36
Audio/ visual sync issues begin at: (00:14:25).
Show order:
(00:00:03) opening credits (announcing special guests: Geoff Edholm and Jerry Scott);
(00:00:53) show opening with host Geroge Sardi;
(00:02:27) Community News with Johnny Savoy (Tim Turrow obituary);
(00:03:23) Gay Hotlines commercial;
(00:04:00) Waverly Waverly commercial;
(00:04:45) Girl Talk and performance with Lynn Lavner;
(00:10:06) Theater Review with Leslie Irons and interview with Geoff Edholm;
(00:15:31) The Monster commercial;
(00:16:29) Jerry Scott performance at Waverly Waverly;
(00:18:20) Records commercial;
(00:10:30) performance by Jerry Scott;
(00:27:35) closing credits.
