Hairspray (1988 film) film version of "Hairspray", an adaptation of the stage musical, was also released by New Line Cinema in 2007, which included many changes of scripted items from the original. In Baltimore, Maryland in the year 1962, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton, audition for "The Corny Collins Show", a popular Baltimore teenage dance show (based on the real-life "Buddy Deane Show"). Penny is too nervous and stumbles over her answers, and another girl, Nadine, is cut for being black (the show has a "Negro Day" on the last Thursday of every month, she is told). However, despite being
Tracy Rocker Tracy Rocker Tracy Quinton Rocker (born April 9, 1966) is an American football coach and former player. He played college football at Auburn University and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He is currently the defensive line coach at the University of Tennessee. Rocker played high school football at Fulton High School in Atlanta, for Coach Willie Hunter, which later merged with Walter F. George High School to become South Atlanta High School. In 1988, Rocker won both the Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy, the first SEC player to do so. He played defensive tackle