Na patinação no gelo em duplas o sucesso depende de uma mistura perfeita de força e sofisticação, coragem e arte, músculos e refinamento. O campeonato mundial do esporte costumava ocorrer em um universo elegante, até a explosão da rivalidade entre o astro Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) e do garoto prodígio Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder). Chad e Jimmy já se enfrentaram em campeonatos anteriores, mas a rivalidade faz com que briguem em plena pista de patinação, o que faz com que o mascote seja incendiado. Como resultado, ambos são expulsos do esporte. Três anos e meio depois, ambos ainda não se adequaram fora do esporte. É quando eles decidem se reunir para realizar algo inédito: ser a 1ª dupla de homens da história da patinação no gelo.
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers payed up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
The first of Perry Como's Christmas specials includes appearances by Rich Little and figure skater Peggy Fleming as well as performances by the Carpenters and by Perry Como himself. Also featured a reenactment of the Birth of Jesus Christ.
This colorful documentary chronicles the events of the 1968 Winter Olympics in France. The events made international celebrities of skater Peggy Fleming and skier Jean-Claude Killy for their gold-medal performances. The camera accurately catches the speed of bobsleds and downhill racers and ski jumpers as they race for the gold. President Charles DeGaulle is shown observing the action over 13 days, which saw France earn the best performance to date in the winter games.
