BOOTLEG FILES 090: “The Bay City Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars” (1978 one-shot TV special mixing bad Scottish pop with awful kiddie television)
LAST SEEN: In its sole broadcast on September 8, 1978.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR DISAPPEARANCE: Of no perceived rerun value.
CHANCES OF SEEING A DVD RELEASE: Do you even need to ask?
BOOTLEG OPPORTUNITIES: Several private collectors trading online have this one.
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Your reference to Kaptain Kool and the Kongs reminded me of a factoid that has always amused me: Kaptain Kool himself was played by Michael Lembeck, who went pretty much directly from this gig to playing a lead in the R-rated Viet Nam drama THE BOYS IN COMPANY C. (He now works steadily as a director of sitcoms.)
One of the Kongs was Debra Clinger, who had previously had a sort of semi-fame as a member of the singing group the Clinger Sisters. She tried to establish herself as an actress about the same time that a young woman named Debra Winger was just beginning to get work. At the time it was very easy to confuse them; now, the distinctions seem obvious.