Rede Manchete
Rede Manchete (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁedʒi mɐ̃ˈʃɛtʃi]; lit.: Headline Network) was a television network from Brazil. It first aired on June 5, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro and simultaneously in other 5 Brazilian cities, like São Paulo on Rede Exclesior's old channel 9 frequency. In Brasília, it was transmitted by TV Brasília.
History
Early history
The successor network not only to Rede Tupi but to Rede Excelsior, two former Brazilian television networks, it was owned by Adolpho Bloch, Ukrainian naturalized Brazilian, founder of the publishing group called "Bloch Editores", from half of the defunct Rede Tupi (the other half became SBT in 1981). Its slogan in 1983 is the unofficial slogan "A Televisão do ano 2000" (The Television of the year 2000) and the official "A TV de 1ª Classe" (First Class Television). Its first broadcasts started on 7:00 P.M. of Sunday, June 5, 1983, and resulted in such a rating spike in Rio de Janeiro that it suddenly moved to second place.
In the beginning, the network broadcast various shows and operas, like TV Record in 60s, bringing the focus for the A and B Classes. In 1984, Xuxa, early model and actress, presented the Clube da Criança program in 1984, beating sometimes TV Globo's morning show, Balão Magico. This was the year it began a rival coverage of the Brazilian Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, its most successful one.
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by Moneyshot
Blades Of Steel
by: MoneyshotThose cold December mornings I'd come running back from
my home
Headed on down to old Fedder's Pond, I knew I wouldn't
be alone
Eight kids from the neighbourhood all dressed and ready
to go
Dropped the puck upon the ice, there would be a mighty
show
I wanna be a hockey star
We'd play until the sun went down or until we started a
fight
And all of us neighbourhood kids argueing who was right
Always the next morning we'd be shooting the old puck
around
Talking about our heros and leaving this little town
Because I wanna be a hockey star
I wanna lead the way like a Rocket Richard
I wanna have my own upper deck hockey card
Showing blades of steel on me
I was playing Midget Triple 'A' in this little town
I was having fun out on the ice I was beating everybody
down
A junior scout was watching and he offered me a shot
Headed on down to kamloops saying "Buddy thanks alot!"
I wanna be a hockey star
I was playing nearly every game and working them on the
boards
The other teams all hated me, all the fans would roar
they said better than Wayne Gretzgy, well better than
Brett Hull
Hell even better than Mario I'll be better than them
Because I'm gonna be a hockey star
I'm gonna lead the way like a Rocket Richard
I'm gonna have my own upper deck hockey card
Showing blades of steel on me
It's minus twenty outside me and my buddies are back at
the pond
I broke my leg in Red Deer now my whole career fell
down
But I can still do up the laces, these old blades still
get me by
Playing great Canadian hockey under a great Canadian
Because I could have been a hockey star
I could have led the way like a Rocket Richard
I could have had my own upper deck hockey card
showing blades of steel on
I could have been a hockey star
I could have led the way like a Rocket Richard
I could have had my own upper deck hockey card
Showing blades of steel on me