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The Jem Jam Part 1

Episode Number: 23    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Sunday February 8, 1987    Prod Code: n/a
The Jem Jam is a concert that’s going to feature some of the most prominent stars of rock and pop music. The Misfits, angry at being excluded from the year’s biggest concert, go to great lengths to sabotage the Jam and upstage the Holograms. Meanwhile, Ba Nee thinks that Randy James, a drummer performing in the Jam, is her long-lost father. And Krissie feuds with Dominic, the egotistical son of Lena Lurner, while he stays at Starlight Mansion.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Christy Marx
Star: Marlene Aragon (Synergy),  Samantha Newark (Jem/Jerrica Benton),  Patricia Alice Albrecht (Pizzazz/Phyllis Gabor),  Susan Blu (Stormer/Mary Phillips),  Michael Sheehan (Rio Pacheco),  Ellen Bernfeld (Pizzazz [singing voice]),  Cindy McGee (Shana Elmsford),  Charlie Adler (Eric Raymond),  Cathianne Blore (Kimber Benton / Aja Leith),  Britta Phillips (Jem/Jerrica Benton [singing voice]),  Bobbie Block (Roxy/Roxanne Pelligrini)
Recurring Role: Patricia Alice Albrecht (Terri),  Patricia Alice Albrecht (Anne),  Patricia Alice Albrecht (Deidre),  Catherine Cavadini (Clash [credited as Cathy Cavadini]),  Susan Blu (Lin-Z Pierce),  Cathianne Blore (Ashley Larson),  Cindy McGee (Krissie),  Bobbie Block (Ba Nee),  Michael Sheehan (Camera guy)
Guest Star: Cindy McGee (Lela),  Cindy McGee (Lena Lurner),  Bobbie Block (Luna Darke),  Townsend Coleman (Johnny Deacon),  Florence Warner (Ashley's singing voice),  Ari Gold (Ba Nee singing voice),  Charlie Adler (Techrat)

Notes

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The songs in this episode are:
"I Can See Me" - Ashley
"A Father Should Be" - Ba Nee (edit)
This is the first episode that doesn't feature any songs by Jem and the Holograms and the 3rd for the Misfits.
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Quotes

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(At Pizzazz's mansion)
Pizzazz: Isn't this a gorgeous place!
Roxy: You'll love it here.
Luna: But where's Jem?
Pizzazz: (Scoffs) Who cares! (edit)
Luna: I thought Jem was coming.
Pizzazz: Oh, that silly ole Jem.
Roxy: She can never make up her mind. (edit)
Jem: Oh Rio. I was so scarred. I thought I'd never see you again. (edit)
Pizzazz: That copter.
Roxy: It's gonna crash.
Stormer: Run! (edit)
(On top of Misfits Music)
Pizzazz: What a dumb idea, Eric?
Eric: Everybody is talking about the Jem Jam. But this will grab their attention.
Pizzazz: A bunch of stupid balloons.
Roxy: You've gone soft in the head, Eric! (edit)

Trivia

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Aja knows some martial arts. (edit)
There wasn't a Main title as the show opened or any song titles in this episode. (edit)
Lin-Z asks everyone to rock along with todays music video as she introduces I Can See Me and now here's todays special encore music video for A Father Should Be. (edit)
Notice as Jem is talking to Randy and Johnny, she almost gives herself away by saying that "Ba Nee is one of my... Jerrica's foster girls." (edit)

Allusions

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The Jem Jam Artists Lena Lerner, Johnny Deacon, Ron Cox, Roland Owens, Dominic and Luna Dark are thinly disguised versions of real life music stars from the 1980s. The real stars that are being parodied include Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, a young Michael Jackson and Madonna. (edit)
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Episode: The Jem Jam Part 1
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