hot lunch jam Fame Best Version Ever!

[@MegaJazz1973]

Lawd, I had an aunt that danced just like Debbie Allen at all of our large family gatherings 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@AnthonyGarlic-tr9br]

Debbie Allen is great.

[@4021971]

I like it, but I think the original has a better energy. The dancing is really good here though. Love Leroy.

[@damiencrawford8420]

I thought this had more energy than the original movie seeing Debbie Alan Dance around the place love the 80s love that show I miss it so much in fact I took modern dance 💃 because of the show and I’m doing the Zumba now in my 50s 💃🕺👯‍♀️

[@4021971]

@@damiencrawford8420 This does have more energy, but the original is more raw and gritty. This one isn't as natural and organic as the original. This one is good, but I still have a lot of love for the movie version.

[@greenbrown7776]

Movie budget vs. syndicated TV show budget.

[@4021971]

@@seanmarcpebeyre4530 No it isn't. You should check your information. This is from the TV show and not the movie.

[@4021971]

@@seanmarcpebeyre4530 I've seen the movie so many times that I knew I wasn't wrong. Hope you check out the movie too.

[@RobertSmith-gt7pl]

Leroy was so 🔥

[@tonyaj2055]

Love it!!! Leroy was an awesome dancer!! Debbie Allen is an awesome dancer!!!

[@lucialc9022]

Many many memories 😭 l loved to much this série , I cry when i see Fame , ❤❤❤❤❤❤love from Portugal

[@dalphonhamilton9980]

Watching this has reminded me of my age. Watching Leroy and the young sister in the red heels dance!!! We DID that dance in Chicago back in the 60's and 70's. It's called the "Bop." Although, very few of us could do it as well as the 2 of them, we sure gave it our best effort.

[@braddarmphitt7067]

Carol Mayo Jenkins was such a stunner

[@GinaSigillito]

I loved the tv show, but the movie version with Irene Cara’s singing so incredible.

[@JelMain]

The film started it, the TV Series went downhill, and the second film replaced the idea of innovation (essential to a performer) with by-then compulsory rap. That took the film downhill, while music's actually picking up on input from Africa.

[@mimij4660]

Thus is good I love it but Nothing will beat the Movie version Ever!

[@SIGMAMAN69]

Not in a million years

[@SharktopusMilk]

I came to KZbin looking for the original and clicked this title knowing it would be great. It totally is!! I can't take my eyes off Debbie Allen's free-styling! No comparisons; I'm just glad there are two fantastic versions in existence. Thank you for posting!

[@neonvandal8770]

Debbie Allen got that raw funk all the way through her! 🔥🔥🔥

[@manny73330]

Yesss Debbie, you better get your camera time.. lol

[@salliemae7476]

Loved this show and the movie! Love Me some Debbie Allen and she makes those moves look so easy and the lasts one where they flip her .....Nice!!! The actor at the end who played one of the teachers on the show left because he was dying in real life.

[@sewahsewah2044]

SOUL AWESOME!!! 💕 BIG TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE!!! 💕 WHAT KID DIDN’T WATCH AND WANTED TO BE ON FAME!!!😎💕 ITS TIME TO START MAKING SHOWS LIKE THAT AGAIN!!!🤗BLESSINGS 😎💕🙏🏾 Thank you For SHARING!!!💕

[@classydancer84]

I remember this episode. I saw it later on in life. This is when the principal decided not to leave so they had a celebration. It was great!!!!

[@MrReed314]

OMG My High School was so darn boring 😴

[@TheRealDanceDiva]

As great as this is I prefer the version from the movie. It was just so much more spontaneous in the way that it was done.

[@SIGMAMAN69]

TheRealDanceDiva I think Irene Cara’s Voice was better for the song too

[@andresviveros3994]

What version is this?

[@TheRealDanceDiva]

@@andresviveros3994 This is the version from the tv show. The one I prefer is from the 1980 movie.

[@barneydeandrade8072]

agree

[@tom11zz884]

This version had better dancing though

[@kelvendyson1508]

Man this takes me back to high school at Whitney Young in Chicago!!! Walking past the Performing Arts class and watching the dancers performing to this song!! It's where I saw a young Michelle Robinson who would become...well...you know!!👍👍👍

[@robbyvenetian]

Debbie Allen, what a tornado!!!!

[@CUDDLES55]

the original is always the best, but this comes close, I like it

[@RobertSmith-gt7pl]

That 4-way split was too much love it

[@feliciajenkins5041]

We all watch for Leroy and Lydia

[@alejandroabner40]

Debbie Gibson is a great dancer!

[@rellenoz]

You better work it out Mr Shorovsky! ( whatever his name is) lol!!!

[@dalphonhamilton9980]

I love this scene. Watching him dance with Lydia was a definite high point. 😁😁😁

[@SIGMAMAN69]

j gipson Albert Hague

[@jeneenbuchanan8891]

@@dalphonhamilton9980 😹

[@jeneenbuchanan8891]

@@SIGMAMAN69 😹

[@dnae760]

Hehe.. close enough

[@giggles7179]

With a million of them here on KZbin, how the hell have we never seen a flashmob do this in a mall's food court somewhere?

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

Both the movie and the serie were produced in the right decade.If there is a remake,i do not know whether i shall like them.

[@pwalker69]

Remake came in 2000's...around 2009...sucked.

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

@@pwalker69 😮😮🤤🤤

[@jennifera5205]

That kick line though!

[@93seronica]

I like the movie version better, it had more energy and it felt more raw. Plus I loved Irene Cara’s vocals singing Hot Lunch.

[@SIGMAMAN69]

The movie version was better but this was a great send off for the late Michael Thoma.

[@ericzubyk2329]

Still miss Michael Thoma after this.

[@rhondawebber]

Leroy is a fucking STAR!!!!!!

[@sasusaku23726]

TOTAL AWESOMENESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD I'd LOVE for something like this to happen during lunch at school :)

[@donshults7772]

This number needs Irene Cara.

[@bhd7721]

This series needed Irene Cara

[@johnbarquinero5354]

Wow! I wish my school did this for hot lunch every day! LOL

[@venusdrag]

absolutly in love with fame

[@supachaloopa3611]

Hot Lunch Jam? This never happened in our lunchroom because they served cold spam.

[@czarinajudan6643]

Wish someone would post the Fame Tv series 💕

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

i couldn't help noticing what the author of this video stated in his description: "i've got love for Leroy, but i ain't gay."... then went on about a female cast member he found attractive. 🤔.. it just makes me wonder why gay men don't ever feel the need to protect their homosexuality with statements like Like: "i love Irene Cara, but i'm not straight. Now i'd grab my ankles for Leroy any day!"

[@tawnlr6664]

What a legend Lesley Gore is for writing this :D among others ofc.

[@chrisg4584]

I'm still partial to the one they did in the movie, it seemed more authentic somehow (as authentic as something like that can be but hey, maybe stuff like that does happen at performing arts schools), & of course it's just not the same w/out Irene Cara sitting at the piano singing. I liked the show, but nothing beats the movie, they just to me had totally different vibes.

[@suelymonteiro9431]

Amazing.

[@BBKUS]

Movie version is better, but this is awesome. Curious who was singing since they didn’t show anyone.

[@dollsandcrafts1674]

This is for my broadway!

[@discobaby795]

Sooo GOOD!

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

Uh-uh. It’s no good without Irene Cara.

[@thnktank1]

Talent speaks for itself. Original=dancers>Movie=actors.

[@rendon2654]

Nobody does it better than Irene Cara.

[@scottyk318]

Sorry... Nothing beats the movie version

[@bhd7721]

Exactly Irene Cara vocals had more soul to this song

[@sovietonion72]

Was this a Mr Crandal sendoff?

[@WWAHP]

Yes.

[@SIGMAMAN69]

It was a real life send off for Michael Thoma who played Crandall. He was dying of cancer

[@erosbs]

Everlasting love Everlasting Fame Everlasting Dance!E.

[@juanramonbenitez8835]

Que gran serie, realmente talentosa mente gigantesca .

[@juanma8557]

la pelicula fue mejor que la serie a irene cara la betaron de la serie como a a la que hacia de doris ralph y algun otro mas

[@bluemacaw1473]

This is corny as hell. But Debbie Allen is a goddess!

[@bettris]

I can dig it soulconnection2010. Thanks for sharing!

[@jimmieleepatterson]

The movie version is way better than this. It's sexier!

[@dhernanruiz]

The Waters on vocals

[@tetemiki4998]

excelente

[@missshygirl101]

@Ben T the babe in pink is Stephanie Williams and I read an interview that Gene Anthony Ray in a magazine article that Stephanie was his girlfriend.

[@bettris]

WoW! I think she is sooooo HOT! To bad they didn't work out....must not have been in the cards....sigh.....

[@missshygirl101]

Hi Ben they probably were just friends nothing beyond holding hands an kissing. I think he preferred men over women just saying. lol.

[@bettris]

Yeeeeah......I was thinking the same thing....

[@missshygirl101]

Gene Anthony Ray was so cute and sexy. I was a kid when I first began watching the show so I didn't appreciate his talent. If I was older during that time I know he would've been a pin up on my wall.

[@WWAHP]

+missshygirl101 Odd, I read that Eartha Robinson was his girlfriend.

[@GayorgVonTrapp]

Goodnight Mr Crandle. 😒

[@austinitesince1979]

good, but no sorry haha, original version is best by far. the dancers are great here, but unfortunately i can tell that it's scripted choreography. in the movie version, (according to an Interview with Irene) except for the three paid actors (one of them being Irene Cara) they were mostly all improvising. this version also has a rather raunchy electric guitar that is not clean or pretty or warm or anything other than distracting (would be awesome if it was actually a good guitar track added to the mix) and it's muddy as hell sounding and drowning out the rich undertones of the piano and vocal. neat rare clip though, thanks for sharing!

[@davehart9972]

Why are these 25 year olds still in High School?

[@marshacreary9771]

That Sammy Davis Jr. quote in 'Dancing in the Wings' about gypsies and per diem tho'

[@michaelbondi4048]

I mean wow I loved this show growing up and still do! The movie version was better in my opinion but both ate great and Leroy is so good

[@luigimassaro343]

Eccezionale

[@tanyakelly1260]

This is good but the movie version show them in the lunch room dancing to a Hot Lunch

[@dnae760]

Fun times (sigh)

[@SIGMAMAN69]

I’m sure everybody notices Michael Delorenzo

[@JhomasE]

He was dancing to Hot Lunch in the Movie version too.

[@RalphDaVillain]

Not better, but a really good TV series.

[@ΕλενηΚουτσωνα-δ3η]

Τελειο

[@arkangelblue]

The movie version is best

[@MultiSmartass1]

This TV version is vastly different from the film . This version is solely a dance number whereas the film was a musical number overall. The film version is of course far better but you have to give them credit here: This version is goofy and fun I think because they are simply doing it as a dance number and make it silly and infectious.

[@juanma8557]

In the film the school was public in tv serie the school was paid ,for that reason in the tv serie bruno left the school when his father died.

[@mmartin5579]

Love ir.

[@aaishahhassain8100]

I love this movie, yes leroy must b in it

[@9ner4ever34]

Good but not the same without Irene. Very well missed. 😔 🌹 🕊

[@FaytLinegod]

Even better than the movie version. The only thing that could've made it perfect was Coco being in this episode.

[@phaedramtucker7425]

Naw the original was the bomb!!!

[@CharmedKameleon]

Meh.. It doesn't have the same spark as it did in the movie..

[@Chanel8-i1n7n]

I was dancer back in the days too.but prefer Irene cara in the film version.better singer rip coco

[@FLOWERSANDSUNSHINE22]

NOPE. The Original (from the movie) is 1000 times better.

[@jamesbusjahn6962]

Best Version, I don't think so. The movie had much more energy and excitement. This looked"too" choreographed, while the movie looked spontaneous.

[@ahmedbouchikhi1405]

😍🤩👍😀😃😄😆

[@atmakali9599]

It’s difficult to articulate how twisted and fkd up America is. This video is a good example.

[@sarabrown3821]

better than the film version

[@erikeippel]

Shady Sadie girl u busted!

[@astrosjer822]

Yeah does not compare to the movie version. Not close!

[@Jossette888]

Not the best version...it's good though. I loved the improvisional/natural of the original flim version and Irena Cara is 100% better vocalist than who was singing this on here.

[@bhd7721]

No Jasmine Guy vocals were better than Erica Gamble 😂

[@dani-dez]

sondo espantoso :)

[@ScanmanProductions]

The one from the movie is best... sorry

[@edreid7872]

Sorry, but the best was in the film...

[@jaquen1977]

Great dancing here, but it’s small potatoes compared to the film.

[@krazyk57]

Sorry... This isn’t the best....Not even close to the original...

[@ThePbrook1967]

Sorry byt thix is NOT the best version ever because Irene isn't singing it!!!!

[@ヤマノ-j5b]

見てましたよ。日本て。

[@Elsac-cg]

Nop the original is the only one

[@sidval8910]

nada que ver con la escena de la pelicula,no le llega ni a los pies

[@po5832]

nope!! movie version is still the best

[@caymoncruz3399]

X

[@AnthonyKilburn-j5t]

Not bad!!! But originally was way better!!! 😎🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@larsjohannesson8312]

Irene Cara is just not here😢

[@andersonmuniz280]

A versão de 1980 é bem melhor...