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
Alan Tracy Alan Tracy Alan Tracy is a fictional character who first appeared in the 1960s British Supermarionation television series "Thunderbirds", its film sequels "Thunderbirds Are Go" (1966) and "Thunderbird 6" (1968), as well as the TV remake "Thunderbirds Are Go". The character also appeared in the 2004 live-action film adaptation, "Thunderbirds". The face of the Alan Tracy puppet was modelled on actor Robert Reed. Matt Zimmerman voiced the character for all but one of his 1960s appearances; since Zimmerman was a late addition to the cast, Ray Barrett provided Alan's voice for his debut appearance in the series opener, "Trapped in