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World's Fair Park in 2019, with the Sunsphere and Tennessee Amphitheater in the background. By 1996, World's Fair Park was subject to 14 plans to redevelop the site, all of which were unsuccessful. [49] In the same year, Knoxville and the 1982 World's Fair were featured prominently in an episode of The Simpsons, "Bart on the Road". In the ...
Aired on Global [1] "Season 1" is actually produced in two distinct 13-episode blocks, over a fifteen month period. The cast consists of John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Harold Ramis, and Dave Thomas. All are also listed as writers (except Martin and O'Hara on the first four episodes), with Ramis as head ...
Pages in category "1982 World's Fair" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * 1982 World's Fair; B.
A March 1996 episode of The Simpsons, "Bart on the Road", features the Sunsphere. [17] Bart and three friends (Nelson, Martin, and Milhouse) travel to Knoxville to visit the World's Fair, only to learn they are over a decade too late. In the episode, the Sunsphere has become a dilapidated storage warehouse for a wig store called the Wigsphere. [18]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a theatre in the shape of a showboat hosted a live show with music from (or in the styles of) the 1890s to 1900. In 1983, the façade of the theatre was changed, and it hosted "Sing Tennessee" – a version of the show produced by Opryland for the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville. By the mid-1980s, the theatre ...
It's the first time that the World Cup's final match is aired live on American television. July 13 ABC broadcasts the Major League Baseball All-Star Game from Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It's the first time that the Mid-Summer's Classic is played outside of the United States. July 21 The only episode of the sitcom Cass Malloy ...
Fame is an American musical drama television series which premiered on NBC on January 7, 1982. The series is based on the 1980 film of the same name. In 1983, the series entered syndication, for which it remained until its conclusion in 1987. Six seasons and 136 episodes have been aired. The series is available on DVD.
Seymore D. Fair, the official mascot for the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, was a 7'6" tall white pelican, as well as the first mascot at any world's fair. Seymore was seen as a way to highlight the freshwater theme and appeal to children. Cosmo Hoshimaru, mascot for the 1985 Tsukuba Specialized Exposition; Expo Ernie, a robot mascot for the ...