Puttin' on the Hits (1984)
- Genre
- reality television
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 4 seasons, 134 episodes
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Amateur performers lip-sync to popular songs for a weekend competition show. Host Allen Fawcett guides the acts through energetic routines.
energeticcampyupbeatlightheartednostalgicperformativewhimsical
What happens
Puttin' on the Hits is an American syndicated music/variety competition show that was hosted and written by Allen Fawcett. The show featured amateur acts lip-synching to popular songs. It aired on weekends from 1984 to 1988. The show's title refers to Irving Berlin's 1929 song "Puttin' on the Ritz", which had enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in 1983 after it became a hit for Indonesian-Dutch singer Taco. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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