Fame
The film also served as the milestone marker for the Second Generation of Rocky Horror fans. The first generation, from 1975-1980, began with little or no audience participation and ended with complete madness. The Rocky Horror Cult was peaking at the time Fame was released, and, although there was much media coverage both nationally and locally, Fame was a huge hit and brought in sustained, wide-spread attention through years of play on cable television. It also gave visual a template for casts to use in creating subsequent pre-shows. After seeing Sal Piro acting as MC in the film, other casts were able to re-create what they saw in the film, as opposed to the more free-form pre-shows that existed at each local theater. Essentially, before Fame, there was no script or standard to follow.