Real People

Opening sequence to the 1980s NBC show Real People with Sarah Purcell, Fred Willard, Skip Stephenson, Bill Rafferty, and Mark Russell

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Entertainment

Tags:

• real
• people
• 80s
• sarah
• purcell
• fred
• willard
• skip
• stephenson
• bill
• rafferty
• mark
• russell

[marioTmaggot]

I used to love watching Real People. What 80's kid didn't?

[Marckymarc71]

1979-80--I was in the 4th grade. Real people and the Dukes of Hazzard were by far the two most popular shows of the day for us. And of course we all had a crush on Sarah.

[librarybobl]

Hadn't thought of this in 25+ years until I saw Sarah Purcell on an old Match Game. That tune all came back.

[Sigdriffa]

From time to time I find myself humming the theme music from this show.

[Beachbumdreaming73]

Whenever I'm stressed and someone asks me where they should put something, I ask them if they know the story about the angel and the Christmas Tree. One of my favorite episodes, it was xmas time and they told this story at the closing!!! So funny!

[jillzi7]

seems like it was probably a precursor to the funniest home videos..i remember this show...i was about 16..ahh the 80s were great

[hankaaron1961]

Anyone here ever see the movie "Network" (1975)? The intro to "The Howard Beale Show" is very similar to this.

[WVMMRH]

@xyling,i don't know if you noticed ,but tv is still white white white and white..thank goodness..check out the fall season every year..white always dominates..that's just how it is and always will be..this is why artists like pink and lady gaga and others like them are selling better than the artists that do that rap crap..white will always dominate..oh well..back to my tv programs.

[tine214]

@Marckymarc71 Man who never had a crush on Sarah??? LOL. Two segments stand out from my memory of this show: Men w/ Beer Bellies who wrestled each other WITH THEIR BELLIES. And a middle aged guy in Toronto I think who seemed to argue/ swear at people with no cause...LOL. And another guy who put on a Richard Nixon mask impersonating him on a busy street.

[tine214]

@Marckymarc71 Man who never had a crush on Sarah??? LOL. Two segments stand out from my memory of this show: Men w/ Beer Bellies who wrestled each other WITH THEIR BELLIES. And a middle aged guy in Toronto I think who seemed to argue/ swear at people with no cause...LOL

[Lupton2000]

This is from the 1982-83 season. John Barbour had left before this one and Fred Willard left after this.

Does anyone remember the name of the song and what year it was done? I remember that song appeared in a 1975 episode of SNL in an Albert Brooks film.

[akamissrubytuesday]

I remember this show... & being one of the people Skip did a segment about... "Mud Wrestlers Are Women Who Get Down & Dirty!" - RIP Skip Stevenson .