Random Fact #1

I've decided to start a new feature here on Pop Clutter. This one can be done by Kristen or I anytime we come across a random tidbit that we think might amuse you or help you win a game of Trivial Pursuit. So here's Random Fact #1:

Before she tortured the world with "London Bridge" and "Fergielicious" Stacy Ferguson (aka "Fergie") was the voice of Sally Brown in the 1983 tv special "It's Flashbeagle Charlie Brown". She also sang some songs on the soundtrack, "The Pig-Pen Hoe-Down," "I'm In Shape" and "Lucy Says."

For those of you under the age of 30, "Flashbeagle" was Charles Schulz's response to the movies "Flashdance" and "Staying Alive". Let's just say it was amusing but far from being his best work. I have the soundtrack on vinyl somewhere deep in the vault. If I remember correctly my parents bought it for me when I received First Holy Communion.

You're not likely to find the album reissued on CD or the video put out on DVD. You can however find a clip of it if you search for "Flashbeagle" on Youtube. The clip that was uploaded was the dance sequence. It was probably the best part of the whole special. So find it, and enjoy it. Just as you watch it ponder how empty our lives would be without Youtube and its library of every video clip ever made. Seriously, if it's on film someone has put it on that site.