I've gone ahead and uploaded the Gimme A Break E! True Hollywood Story to YouTube for those who've missed it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OacJcXOd8Uw

Thank you for this. I never knew this existed before. I watched the whole thing, and although I recommend checking it out, it was a minor disappointment because there was not enough inside info on the show. A lot of stuff left out. It was clearly done as a Nell Carter piece because she had recently passed away and E! wanted to capitalize on it. Don't get me wrong, Nell deserved her tribute, I just wish there was more information about the inner workings of the show.

CLIFFS from the first few minutes of the documentary.


- As a teenager, Nell witnessed smoke from the bombing of the Baptist church that killed four little black girls in Birmingham, Alabama. She personally knew the girls.

- Nell gave birth to her daughter Tracey at 17. She claimed her daughter was the result of a teenage marriage, but the truth was that one night when Nell walking home from a youth group concert, she was r*ped at gun point and became pregnant.

- Nell left Alabama for NYC, leaving her daughter in the care of her sister. She sang at coffee houses and off-Broadway plays.

- Nell Carter tried cocaine for the first time backstage at the 1978 Tony Award where she won an award for her performance in the Broadway musical 'Ain't Misbehavin'.

IMDB (Documentary Info) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377067/


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Video Description: Cast and crew members discuss the six-year run of the NBC-TV sitcom "Gimme A Break!", including series star Nell Carter in some of her final interviews before her death. Discussions include various cast additions and changes, especially the 1985 death of co-star Dolph Sweet which devastated the series, and the final season addition of a young comedienne named Rosie O'Donnell.