This, one of my favorite shows ever, first premiered on ABC the night of February 14, 1989. I was in my senior year in high school. I was feeling sick that day, and kind of sad. I was in love with a guy who was about to join the Marines and still pining over my first love, who would not have me at all despite my hoping.
This song struck me so deeply that when the initial six episodes ended, I was astounded to hear that the show had fired the entire crew and most of the cast and the show was put on "hiatus." That's tv-speak for "cancelled until we say otherwise."
Imagine my surprise when a year later, a DJ put on the ENTIRE song in the middle of the afternoon. I was in college at that point. I raced to the phone, but couldn't get through. Where, oh where, could I get a copy of this song? Was it a single? Was it a promo? I wondered.
Fast forward to 1991: the show was about to return, but the lyrics did not. They reworked the entire cast, the crew, but no lyrics. I was crestfallen. I remembered the one line, "anything but hearts that beat like thunder" and waited, waited, hoped and prayed that someone would restore the original episodes.
This show was officially canceled during the 1992 season. That's tv for ya.
Two years passed. On February 7, 1993 the channel that would become Lifetime acquired ALL of the episodes in syndication. I fell over because I knew I would FINALLY get to hear my theme song during the original six episodes. February 13, 1991 was my friend Dano's birthday. I called him and he laughed. I was NOT going out that night.
And then it played. My song. I actually hooked up the sound into my VCR thru my stereo and recorded it on a cassette tape. Then I looped the cassette recording three times so I wouldn't have to rewind. I never found out who the DJ was that day on CD101, a station that is now gone, too. Quincy Jones I am NOT, but I still have that cassette tape with me and I played it today.
I was thrilled when I went on the internet last night and found that someone had put this up. Enjoy.
Sometimes our best Valentines are bittersweet.
(and I am still looking for the full song...)
