Hero Sandwich Aimed At Children
Times Union, November 9 1979
NEW YORK (AP) Adolescents are subjected to enormous amounts of strain and they have a tendency to feel isolated,
says Bruce Hart, a TV producer with a special sensitivity toward children and their problems.
To answer that very serious concern, Hart and his wife, Carole, came up with Hot Hero Sandwich, a new weekend series on NBC television that tries to demonstrate, in Hart's words. that what these young people are feeling is not unusual that they're not alone in feeling the way they do.
The series begins tomorrow with Erik Estrada, Bruce Jenner, Olivia Newton-John and Donna Pescow as the heroes in Hot Hero Sandwich.
We figured the way to go with this was to go to people that young people admired most
Hart said. We thought if they were candid in answering our questions, they would bring up subjects that young people were most concerned about.
And the amazing thing, was that everybody's experiences were so similar
. Carole said. It is extraordinary how sinular they are.
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Dr. Thomas Cottle, a clinical psychologist and sociologist who lectures at Harvard Medical School, conducted the interviews for Hot Hero Sandwich with people as widely separated in age as Henry Fonda and Jimmy MeNichal.
The interviews were organized so that there is at least a common thread through each hour-long program
, Carole says.
There will be a variety of themes, including the adolescent's new awareness of sex, problems in the family. friendship, peer pressure and so on
, she said.
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