For any kid who ever dreamed of making it as a performer, or who felt the struggle to fit in at high school, this show, which ran from 1982 to 1987, is an icon. All those dramatic story lines intercut with full-production song-and-dance numbers felt authentic because so many of the kids really were aspiring musicians and dancers. They may not have been perfect, but we loved them for it. Let’s look back at the show 30 years later…

Cynthia Gibb, star of ’80s favorites Youngblood, Fame, and The Karen Carpenter Story, started her career at 14, when she was discovered by the Ford modeling agency. “I did not see myself as pretty enough, and certainly not tall enough, to be a model,” Gibb tells Snakkle in an exclusive interview. Luckily for her, the […]