An all-star special created to celebrate the centennial of the Entertainment Community Found (then known as Actors' Fund of America). Originally broadcasted by ABC on March 1982, it was scripted by Hildy Parks and directed by Clark Jones. Jonathan Tunick won the 1982 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction for his participation in this series.
It's categorized as a Variety Show.
Tropes:
- Obituary Montage: The third special, from 1990, has one for people who were part of the filming crew in the 1982 and 1985 specials but had died since then.
- Really Dead Montage: The third special has one for people who appeared in either of the first two and had died since then, such as Lucille Ball and James Cagney.
- Saw a Woman in Half: Doug Henning does this to two beautiful assistants (Florence Henderson and Priscilla Lopez) within the same segment. When it comes time to put them back together again, Henning gives the ladies each other's bottom halves. (Henderson is white and Lopez is Puerto Rican, and the two were wearing different colored outfits to boot.)
