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Stairway to Stardom, or what American Idol filmed in a Staten Island basement 25 years ago would look like - VIDEO

Posted Mar 24th 2009 11:00AM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Video, Cable/Satellite, Music and Variety

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Nothing breeds talent quite like cable access television.

Starting in 1979, Brooklyn resident Frank Masi created and hosted a program on local New York television called Stairway To Stardom. Filmed in what appeared to be a freshly carpeted Staten Island basement, Stairway was an especially early, low-budget predecessor to Star Search and American Idol, but sprinkled with the key element of hometown appeal.

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Chic-a-go-go, that toddlin' cable access show - VIDEO

Posted Jan 27th 2009 3:03PM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Video, Music and Variety, Children

We may not live in Chicago, but we know the value of a legendary public access show when we see it. That being said, Chi-town's already-legendary homegrown variety show Chic-a-go-go -- on the air since 1996 -- seems to fit the bill, at least according to the footage we've seen online.

According to the astounding amount of nostalgic praise littered throughout the web, the fan favorite is a dizzying version of Soul Train for kids, if Soul Train employed children, hipsters, and whomever wanders into the studio to dance to oldies, indie rock, and everything in between.

Hosted by a puppet rat MC named ... wait for it ... Ratso, and his human co-host, Miss Mia, the show has rather unsurprisingly yielded a comparison to "an early David Lynch movie" and been described by another blogger as "frenetic, [yet] friendly and familiar."

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Stairway to Stardom, or what American Idol filmed in a Staten Island basement 25 years ago would look like - VIDEO