Gordon Jenkins' record album "Manhattan Tower" was a best seller for 12 years and this spectacular is based on it, with book, music and lyrics by Jenkins, produced and staged by him as well. The story is of a young man named Steven, visiting New York City and falling in love with Julie. Together they do the town, with music and dance this production is a vintage classic.

The lives of the residents of a Manhattan apartment building are intertwined with the actions of a crooked investor.

A fictional news show hosted by Hervé Villechaize is hijacked by wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper, and clips from CBS's 1985 Saturday morning lineup are shown.

A group of Japanese tourists arrives to the Italian city of Pisa to see the famous crooked tower. There they are joined by a pensionerr from Latvia. While viewing the tower it suddenly begins to crook and frightened tourists rush to hold it. Their efforts are reported on TV globally, which is seen by "The Rescue Team" and so the men rush to save the tower and also the Latvian pensioneer…

Near the suburban highway stands a water tower, and behind its fence live a mechanic, his wife, and their adopted son, who is disabled. One day, a family from the capital becomes guests in their modest home—their car broke down on the road. This sudden clash between "city and country" will be a serious test for the young hero of the film. And not only for him.

In Holiday Spectacular, Rhyme and Cassie, who are from two different complicated stories, meet up. Cassie is doing community service in the mall. Meanwhile, Ryme ends up getting a job as one of Santas elfs, as her friends are all on vacation.

In the late 1980s, a Dutch anti-terrorism detective sets out to take down an IRA cell ruthlessly targeting English military personnel on leave in the south of the Netherlands.

A street preaching evangelist's mission to save Manhattan and his subsequent descent into the seedy underworld of the city.

The Manhattan Transfer is a recording group whose material covers a vast array of musical styles spanning the entire 20th century, topped off with light humor in this four week long television variety series.