If_You_Give_a_Dance_You_Gotta_Pay_the_Band

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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

1972 American TV series or program

If You Give a Dance You Gotta Pay the Band is a 1972 American TV movie. It was the first program shown under the umbrella ABC Theater.[1][2]

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The production (at the time referred to as a "dramatic special" or "teleplay" rather than a made-for-TV movie) was the first screen credit for Laurence Fishburne and led to him getting a role later on in the soap opera One Life to Live.[3][4][5]

The teleplay first aired on ABC at 8:30pm ET on Tuesday, December 19, 1972[3] and was rerun on Wednesday, June 6, 1973 at 9:00pm ET.[5] In TV listings of the era, the title was generally given as If You Give a Dance You Gotta Pay the Band without a comma.

Plot

The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison. It was shot on videotape in November 1972.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    TV VIEW; THE NETWORKS HAVEN'T QUITE FORSAKEN QUALITY DRAMA: [REVIEW] O'Connor, John J. New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast); New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]03 Feb 1985: A.25.
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    TV: Flirtations With Reality . . . in Various Aspects: ' Stereotypes' Draw a Protest by Viewers A Slice-of-Life Drama Rings True in Details By JOHN J. O'CONNOR. New York Times ]27 Dec 1972: 79.
  3. [3]
    "Tuesday [television listings]". The Bryan Times. Bryan, Ohio. 1972-12-19. Retrieved 2021-12-27. 90-minute dramatic special
  4. [4]
    Monica Haynes (2008-08-19). "DeGeneres, de Rossi wed; Barr goes ballistic; the story of Stanley Gray". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-12-27. Quick, what was Laurence Fishburne's first movie gig? If you said it was a 1972 television film called "If Give a Dance You Gotta Pay the Band," you're right.
  5. [5]
    "Larry Fishburne, 11, Expands To ABC Teleplay". Jet. Vol. XLIV, no. 11. 1973-06-07. p. 66.
  6. [6]
    SET FIRST PLAY FOR NEW 'ABC THEATRE' Variety; Los Angeles Vol. 268, Iss. 11, (Oct 25, 1972): 33.
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