Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars was the title for a series of three hour television specials on behalf of the Actor's Fund. Despite the title, the variety show featured appearances by 200 celebrities, many simply in walk-ons or in a kickline with chorus girls. The first special aired in 1982, featuring an appearance by Miss Piggy, and follow-ups aired in 1985 and 1990. Scrolling text throught the program kept track of how many "stars" had appeared to date.

For the 1985 edition, Jim Henson and the Muppets (including Kermit the Frog and Big Bird) were amongst the walk-on stars. Other celebrities included Debbie Allen, Ed Asner, Drew Barrymore, Leonard Bernstein, Tempest Bledsoe, Bob and Ray, Lisa Bonet, Pierce Brosnan, Carol Burnett, George Burns, Michael Caine, Cab Calloway, Dyan Cannon, Lynda Carter, Nell Carter, Carol Channing, Dick Clark, Dabney Coleman, Billy Crystal, Tony Danza, Placido Domingo, Sandy Duncan, Charles Durning, Michael J. Fox, Soleil Moon Frye, Theodor Geisel, Whoopi Goldberg, Mark Hamill, David Hasselhoff, Florence Henderson, Doug Henning, Gregory Hines, Geoffrey Holder, Lena Horne, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones,Danny Kaye, Ed Koch, Patti Labelle, Linda Lavin, Hal Linden, Heather Locklear, Mary Tyler Moore, Jim Nabors, Bob Newhart, Donny Osmond, The Pointer Sisters, Vincent Price, Juliet Prowse, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Charlotte Rae, Tony Randall, Christopher Reeve, Kenny Rogers, Brooke Shields, Dinah Shore, Leslie Uggams, Dick van Dyke, Barbara Walters, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Raquel Welch, and Joe Williams.