Gary Portnoy Napoli and Judy Quay). He also recorded and released a self-titled album in 1980 for Columbia Records. Portnoy also wrote several songs for the NBC television series, "Fame", including the Emmy-nominated track for Best Original Song, "I Still Believe In Me" (co-written by Susan Sheridan) as well as "It's Gonna Be a Long Night" (co-written by Estelle Levitt). Both songs were featured on the 1982 album, "The Kids from "Fame"". Portnoy also received an Emmy nomination for the "Cheers" theme, as well as six consecutive ASCAP awards during the 1980s for the Most Performed Television Themes of the year. He
Michael Portnoy event was parodied on "Saturday Night Live", where he was portrayed by Will Ferrell, and on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". In 2005, the band Eels included the track "Whatever Happened to Soy Bomb" on the double-disc album "Blinking Lights and Other Revelations". In 2016, the TV show Broad City parodied Soy Bomb with a performance artist character played by musician Har Mar Superstar. Portnoy expanded his practice to include choreography, video, installation, sculpture, painting, participatory works and curation. His projects have included Google Office 0.2, a project for the 2010 Taipei Biennial that involved the formation of a