A bright, neon-lit corner of the ‘80s was occupied by a popular TV show centered on an all-female wrestling league. They were the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling -- or, simply, Glow. Founded in 1986, Glow ran for four seasons on TV, bringing colorful characters -- Corporal Kelly, Dallas and Tina Ferrari among them -- to living rooms across the country. Now, almost 30 years after going off the air, they are back as the inspiration behind one...
- 6/21/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Netflix has released the trailer to their new show Glow, from the producers of Orange Is The New Black. The show, set in the 80's, stars Alison Brie as Ruth Wilder, a struggling actress who auditions for a new professional wrestling company, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Marc Maron also stars as the head of the Glow organization, Sam Sylvia.
The show is based on the real life wrestling organization of the same name. In the 80's, struggling promotors were looking to copy what they felt made the WWF so popular during that era. Filmed in Las Vegas and having such luminaries as Jackie Stallone, Sylvester Stallone's mother, involved, the show was the product of too much cocaine. Everything that was bad and cliche in the 80's this show used and abused to bad effect. While you can look back at other wrestling companies of that era and find good...
The show is based on the real life wrestling organization of the same name. In the 80's, struggling promotors were looking to copy what they felt made the WWF so popular during that era. Filmed in Las Vegas and having such luminaries as Jackie Stallone, Sylvester Stallone's mother, involved, the show was the product of too much cocaine. Everything that was bad and cliche in the 80's this show used and abused to bad effect. While you can look back at other wrestling companies of that era and find good...
- 5/16/2017
- by Tim Jousma
- LRMonline.com
Back in the heyday of the WWF (World Wrestling Federation), a new team of scrappy fighters appeared on the scene. They were "gorgeous," over the top characters who, yes, were all women. The combination of big hair, barely there costumes, terrible comedic stunts, and … rap music made for a truly bizarre and wonderful event. Some of the more famous names included Lisa Moretti's Tina Ferrari, Emily Dole's Mount Fiji, and Sandra Margot's Tiffany Mellon — who actually went on to work in the adult film industry and made a porn flick called B.L.O.W. (Beautiful Ladies of Wrestling). Ahem. Fans of Glow will be excited to know that a trailer for Brett Whitcomb's new documentary Glow: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling showed up on...
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- 4/4/2012
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
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