Those of you who were around in the 80s probably remember the After School Specials, right?
Of course you do! Well it just so happens that Helen Hunt was the star of one of those educational, overly dramatic, Regan-era specials meant to teach us kids the rights and wrongs of the world. More like, scare the crap out of us.
Helen plays a girl whose boyfriend pressures her into snorting cocaine (or speed) and the consequences are dire. Diana Scarwid who you might remember played Joan Crawford’s child in Mommy Dearest and most recently Mother Superior on Pushing Daisies, plays the teacher.
This After School Special first aired on my 10th birthday, heh, March 3, 1982. And yes, I remember seeing it.
I remember this one – a classic!!! Yeah! Seriously, they need to put those back on the air!
long time not been here. miss this so much
I would rush home from school when I knew one of these were going to be aired. It’s comical how cheesy they really are, but to my 10-year-old self, this was seriuos stuff!! LOL Love it! Thanks Spicy!
her boyfriend is so 80’s gorguous I’d jump out a window too, haha