Pink Lady & Jeff Boxed Set - Region 1 DVD

The most ill-conceived ill-planned ill-timed tv tonight show of all time. Japanese pop superstar idols Pink Lady made a pitch for the American market and hit the top 40 with "Kiss in the Dark". But then they where thrown into this ridiculous show even though they could speak very little English. Comedian Jeff Altman did his best to hold it all together but it is just an incongruent silly mess. It ... read more

Description: What's more astonishing--that Pink Lady ...and Jeff was broadcast at all, or that this DVD set exists to commemorate its awfulness? Either way, connoisseurs of bad TV will hungrily devour every episode of this ill-fated 1980 variety show... including a sixth episode that never aired! Proving that not all foreign exchanges are culturally beneficial, the hapless teaming of Japanese pop duo Pink Lady (look-alike singers Mie and Kei) and "semi-obscure" comedian Jeff Altman was a train wreck from the start, hopelessly scheduled against The Dukes of Hazzard and filled with songs and sketches that misappropriated the
What's more astonishing--that Pink Lady ...and Jeff was broadcast at all, or that this DVD set exists to commemorate its awfulness? Either way, connoisseurs of bad TV will hungrily devour every episode of this ill-fated 1980 variety show... including a sixth episode that never aired! Proving that not all foreign exchanges are culturally beneficial, the hapless teaming of Japanese pop duo Pink Lady (look-alike singers Mie and Kei) and "semi-obscure" comedian Jeff Altman was a train wreck from the start, hopelessly scheduled against The Dukes of Hazzard and filled with songs and sketches that misappropriated the disco craze while forcing Pink Lady onto an indifferent American audience. In latter-day introductions, Altman is self-deprecatingly honest about the show's occasional merits, usually involving guest stars like Sid Caesar or early videos by Cheap Trick and Blondie. If nothing else, this dubious nostalgia trip can be used to frighten lingering party guests. --Jeff Shannon

In 1980, NBC president Fred Silverman signed Japan's top recording stars Pink Lady to host a prime-time variety hour, convinced they were the next big thing. Only then did he discover that Pink Lady didn't understand a word of English--they had memorized every word they spoke on their U.S. tour. Enter stand-up comic Jeff Altman just for laughs; major music acts Roy Orbison, Blondie, Teddy Pendergrass, Alice Cooper, and Cheap Trick to pick up the pace, the scantily-clad Peacock Dancers and an onstage hot tub for spice, and NBC had the making of a real broadcasting disaster which premiered on March 1, 1980--the last, worst variety series! Episodes 1-6.

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