VH1 Fan Club ABBA (BJÖRN)

Filmed: late 2001

Location: Stockholm, New York

Broadcast: Friday 19 October 2001, VH1, USA

Release status: Unreleased

Duration: 50:50

Shown in: USA

Additional information

Björn was interviewed about the staying-power of ABBA and there was footage of Benny and Björn at the première of Mamma Mia! on Broadway in October 2001.

Speaking (interviewed ABBA fans) on this episode:

  1. Wayne - safety officer (Harris, MN)
  2. Ayhan - composer/Graduate Student (Brooklin, NY) and people around him
  3. Belynda - purchasing clerk (las Vegas, NV) and people around her
  4. Justin - student (Manchester, NH and his parents and people around him
  5. John and Ros - founder Björn Again
  6. Some segments from The American Swedish Institut

Snippets (excerpts) from the following musical footage:

  1. ABBA in Concert
  2. Waterloo and Honey Honey from Starparade
  3. Waterloo PROMO
  4. Mamma Mia PROMO
  5. Knowing Me, Knowing You PROMO
  6. ABBA - The Movie
  7. Dancing Queen PROMO
  8. Voulez Vous PROMO
  9. Thank You For The Music PROMO
  10. Take a Chance On Me PROMO
  11. Dancing Queen from Det låg ett skimmer över Gustafs dagar
  12. Björn Again (ABBA Tribute Band)
  13. New Years greeting from Toppop
  14. Money, Money, Money PROMO
  15. SOS PROMO
  16. I Have A Dream from ABBA in Concert
  17. Première of Mamma Mia! on Broadway, New York - October 2001

Björn asking the fans at the premiere on Broadway why they have stuck around for so long!

Archive data:
http://www.abcnewsvsource.com/html/Index.html
Title: Entertainment Daily: Mamma Mia - Mamma Mia
Date: 10/19/2001
Library: APTN
Tape Number: VSAP318818
Content: TAPE: EF01/0738
IN_TIME: 13:41:39
DURATION: 4:50
SOURCES: APTN/Mamma Mia
RESTRICTIONS: music video/performance rights must be cleared
DATELINE: New York-Broadway 18/10/01
SHOT LIST (Including shotlist) :-

1. Exterior Pull Back, Times Square to theatre
2. Showclip 'Mamma Mia!'
3. Wide Shot, media
4. Soundbite: Bjorn Ulvaeus of Abba - I said at the beginning you cannot change the lyrics, you cannot change anything, let's see if it can happen and here we are and as I understand it, this is gossip but as I understand it Queen and other people are trying to do the same thing.
5. Cutaway, Benny and Bjorn (Abba) photo op
6. Soundbite: Benny Andersson I think they're great, it's a great bunch of people, the cast, the band, they're in good shape. I'm not nervous.
7. Showclip 'Mamma Mia!'
8. Cutaway, Joan Allen actress
9. Soundbites: Joel Grey, Actor - I kind of shun opening nights for a lot of years, but I went to the opening night of Urinetown which was really early on after September 11th and it was important to support and that's why I'm here tonight.
10. Soundbite: Isabella Rossellini, Actor I love Broadway, I'm supporting it, I can't resist it. I come all the time no matter what
11. Showclip 'Mamma Mia!'
12. Set up shot, Judy Craymer and Richard East, Producers of 'Mamma Mia!'
13. Soundbites: Judy Craymer Producers of 'Mamma Mia!' - It's a fun show, it's about mother and daughter set on a Greek island present day. The daughters wish is that the dad is at her wedding which is the next day and the mums dilemma is that she doesn't know who the father of the daughter is and it's filled with lots of infectious, fabulous Abba songs.
14. Set up shot, Lasse Hallstrom (Director) and wife Lena Olin (Actor)
15. Soundbites: Lasse Hallstrom and Lena Olin - I love the music and revenge is wonderful, that it's still popular because it was frowned upon back then in Sweden because we were dealing with commercial music. It's great to see that it is alive still.
16. Showclip ' Mamma Mia!'
17. Set up shot, Jerry Orbach, Actor
18. Soundbite: Jerry Orbach The theatre and the city are getting back on their feet and New Yorkers are tough, so come on out.
19. Soundbite: Elizabeth Ashley, Actor - If you are as old as I am it will take you back, if not to your teenage years, the first years when you were old enough to wish you were back in them but young enough to still be able to fake it. You know what mean. Oh please do I look like I'm a dancing queen for you, give me a break, get a grip honey.
20 Final show clip ' Mamma Mia!'

Thanks to Marcus Bergs and Jozsef and Diego Martinez c/o ABBAtalk 
YouTube link c/o veryrandomindeed

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