Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes, A: The Annette Funicello Story (1995) TV Movie

This made-for-television biography paints a moving portrait of the extraordinary life of Annette Funicello, a former Mouseketeer who grew up to be America's sweetheart and Queen of the Beach Blanket movies of the 1960s. The story not only covers her professional rise to stardom both as an actress and a recording star, but also provides a look into her private life, notably her romance with Paul Anka, her two marriages, and her life after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the late 1980s. Eva LaRue Callahan plays Funicello. The subject herself also makes a cameo appearance along with former co-star Frankie Avalon. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

 A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995) TV Movie

Cast: Eva La Rue, Len Cariou, Frank Crudele, Jack Gilardi, David Lipper, Don S. Davis, Louis Ferreira, Andrea Nemeth, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Linda Lavin

Show Stoppers - The Best of Broadway (1982) (TV)

Hosted by Tom Bosley, this is a great anthology showcasing some of the original performing artists. With music from; A Chorus Line, Ain't Misbehavin', A Little Night Music, Annie Get Your Gun, Bye Bye Birdie, Can Can, Company, Damn Yankees, Fantasticks, Follies, 42nd Street, Godspell, Grease, Greenwillow, Gypsy, House of Flowers, How to Succeed in Business..., Irene, Over Here, Sweeney Todd and Tenderloin.

Show Stoppers - The Best of Broadway (1982) (TV)
Cast: Barry Bostwick, Len Cariou, Nell Carter, Diahann Carroll, Debbie Reynolds, Chita Rivera, Anthony Perkins, Ethel Merman, Tom Bosley

Surviving: A Family in Crisis (1985) TV Movie

Rick is a 17 year old golden boy whose father wants him to became a doctor like himself. Lonnie is a problematic 16 year old girl.

Decent TV movie, good casting and acting all around. Hard to wrap a smile around subject matter this somber.

Surviving: A Family in Crisis (1985) TV Movie

Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Heather O'Rourke, Len Cariou, Marsha Mason, Molly Ringwald, Paul Sorvino, River Phoenix, William Windom, Zach Galligan