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It's Showtime at the Apollo is a syndicated music television show, first broadcast on September 12, 1987. The show features live performances from both professional and up-and-coming artists, and also features the Amateur Night competition made popular at the famous Apollo Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, where the show was recorded.
NO AIR DATE-PROBABLY 1989
#216 Host: Sinbad
Musical Guest: Ashford & Simpson "I'll Be There For You"
"Cookies & Cake"
Musical Guest: Shinehead "Chain Gang Rap"
"Gimme No Crack"
Comic: Willie Asbury
Comic: Lewis Ramey
NO AIR DATE-PROBABLY 1989
#216 Host: Sinbad
Musical Guest: Ashford & Simpson "I'll Be There For You"
"Cookies & Cake"
Musical Guest: Shinehead "Chain Gang Rap"
"Gimme No Crack"
Comic: Willie Asbury
Comic: Lewis Ramey
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IT'S SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO OPENER
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| 01:00:41 42.01 |
APOLLO DANCERS
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| 01:01:07 67.03 |
STILL OF SHOW'S DEDICATEES-COLES AND ATKINS
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| 01:01:13 73.07 |
APOLLO DANCERS
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| 01:01:38 98.1 |
APPLAUDING APOLLO AUDIENCE
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| 01:01:41 101.1 |
HOST SINBAD INTRODUCES ASHFORD AND SIMPSON
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| 01:02:11 131.1 |
ASHFORD AND SIMPSON
I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU
(live)
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| 01:06:20 380.35 |
SHOW'S LOGO
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| 01:06:26 386.39 |
BLACK SCREEN
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| 01:08:26 506.47 |
SPRITE LOGO AND VOICE OVER, COMMERCIAL
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| 01:08:35 515.48 |
HOST SINBAD INTRODUCES WILLIE ASBURY
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| 01:08:53 533.53 |
WILLIE ASBURY, COMIC, JOKES ABOUT JAMES BROWN IN PRISON FOR 6 YEARS, MIKE TYSON AND BRITISH OPPONENT BRUNO, BOXING, MITCH GREEN, GETS CORRECTED BY AUDIENCE, BLACK MOTHERS AT THE MALL, ASIAN MOTHER DOES KUNG FU
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| 01:14:58 898.3 |
SINBAD INTRODUCES SHINEHEAD
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| 01:15:19 919.32 |
SHINEHEAD
CHAIN GANG RAP
(live)
REGGAE RAP, CHAIN GANG SAMPLE, WHISTLES
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| 01:19:45 1185.55 |
SHOW'S LOGO
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| 01:19:51 1191.59 |
BLACK SCREEN
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| 01:21:51 1311.08 |
AMATEUR NIGHT AT THE APOLLO, SINBAD INTRODUCES ROXIE CARTER FROM DC, SINGS SOMEBODY ELSES GUY
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| 01:24:47 1487.25 |
SINBAD INTRODUCES ROGICK FULTON, FROM NEW HAVEN, SINGS BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATE, GETS LOUDLY BOOED IMMEDIATELY, SIREN AND SANDMAN SIMS
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| 01:26:02 1562.33 |
SINBAD SAYS YOU GET TESTED REAL FAST HERE, INTRODUCES MARCIA TAYLOR, WON APOLLO KIDS 11 YEARS AGO, SINGS
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| 01:28:39 1719.52 |
SHOW'S LOGO
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| 01:28:45 1725.53 |
BLACK SCREEN
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| 01:30:47 1847.05 |
SCHLITZ MALT LIQUOR LOGO WITH VOICE OVER, COMMERCIAL
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| 01:30:53 1853.05 |
AMATEUR NIGHT RETURNS, SINBAD INTRODUCES FRANK OWENS, POINT TO PIN IN HIS LAPEL, MASONIC REFERENCE??, INTRODUCES COMEDIAN FROM CONN, RICHARD OSBORNE, JOKES ABOUT JAMES BROWN IN COURT AND JAIL, PUBLIC ENEMY, GETS BOOED AND MAKES JOKES ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON, BLACK AND WHITE FUNERALS, CUTS TO WHITE WOMEN BOOING
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| 01:33:35 2015.22 |
SINBAD CALLS OUT SHWANA LAST WEEK'S WINNER, WEARS AFRICAN KENTE FASHIONS, SINGS
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| 01:35:48 2148.35 |
SINBAD CALLS OUT ALL CONTESTANTS AND KIKI SHEPARD, SHWANA KIM WINS AGAIN
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| 01:36:56 2216.42 |
SHOW'S LOGO
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| 01:36:59 2219.42 |
BLACK SCREEN
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| 01:38:59 2339.54 |
KODAK KODACOLOR FILM WITH VOICE OVER, COMMERCIAL
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| 01:39:09 2349.55 |
SINBAD INTRODUCES LOUISE RAMEY AND CALLS HER A SHE, HE IS ACTUALLY LEWIS
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| 01:39:30 2370.57 |
LEWIS RAMEY, JOKES ABOUT MOBILE ALABAMA, BRIDESMAID, TUXEDOS, NEWBORN BABIES, TRAVELING, STOPPED BY STATE TROOPER, THREATENED WITH GOING TO JAIL, CHANNEL 5 NEWS, BLACK EYEWITNESSES ON THE NEWS, TALKING ABOUT THE MEDIA, MIKE TYSON MARRIAGE, GAY GUYS IN THE BACK, MICHAEL JACKSON'S COMPLEXION, JESSE JACKSON RHYMING SPEECHES
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| 01:45:15 2715.32 |
APOLLO AUDIENCE
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| 01:45:20 2720.32 |
SINBAD INTRODUCES SHINEHEAD
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| 01:45:24 2724.32 |
SHINEHEAD
GIMME NO CRACK
(live)
RAGGAE RAP, ANTI CRACK
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| 01:48:53 2933.5 |
SINBAD AND SHINEHEAD SHAKING HANDS
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| 01:49:00 2940.47 |
STILLS OF HONI COLES AND ATKINS, AND BILLY EKSTINE
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| 01:49:08 2948.55 |
BLACK SCREEN
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| 01:51:08 3068.07 |
SHOW'S LOGO
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| 01:51:16 3076.08 |
SINBAD INTRODUCES ASHFORD AND SIMPSON
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| 01:51:41 3101.1 |
ASHFORD AND SIMPSON
COOKIES AND CAKE
(live)
THEY DANCE WITH AUDIENCE MEMBERS
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| 01:55:30 3330.33 |
BLACK SCREEN
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| 01:57:32 3452.45 |
SINBAD SAYS GOODNIGHT
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| 01:57:41 3461.43 |
MAIL IN INFORMATION FOR FUTURE CONTESTANTS
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| 01:57:48 3468.47 |
DANCERS WITH VOICE OVER AND CREDITS
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| 01:58:32 3512.48 |
END TAPE
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