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Steve Alterman as Ash

In the opening of Kidd Video and in the music videos, Ash is played by Steve Alterman. Steve sings and plays keyboards, bass and saxophone in the videos, and did actually sing on the Kidd Video songs. He is featured as a vocalist on "Video Romeo" and does backing vocals. He also provided the voice of Ash in the cartoons.

Before KV

Steve filled guest roles on several shows before becoming "Ash" on Kidd Video. He was seen on Eight Is Enough as a band member in the episode "The Courage to Be" (1980). He appeared on Knight Rider as a valet in "Just My Bill" (1982). He also appeared on The Greatest American Hero as Milton in "Space Ranger" (1983). (Do you have copies of any of these television episodes? Let us know!)

After KV

During and after Kidd Video, Steve appeared in several movies. He played Williams in the 1984 TV movie "Silence of the Heart." He also appeared as Peter Hoffman in "Big Trouble" (1986). He joined Bryan Scott and Cathy Cavadini (Glitter) as a party guest in the movie "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1987). Like Bryan Scott, he has continued to work in the movies as a voice actor and as part of sound post-production. His film credits include "Gross Anatomy" (1989), "The Fabulous Baker Boys" (1989), "Coup de Ville" (1990), and "Scream" (1996).

Steve and Robbie Rist also had their own band, The Beat Society, for a couple of years after Kidd Video; they played the L.A. Club circuit and performed mostly original songs that Robbie had written.

Where's Steve?

Steve is still in California doing voiceover work for movies and television. Some of the recent films he has done are "Mission Impossible 2" ( the voice of a guy getting beat up by Tom Cruise), "Big Mama's House", "Dinosaur", "Scary Movie" , "God Bless the Child" and the soon to be released "Remember the Titans" and "Men of Honor". He has also done voices on the TV shows "Baywatch" and "The X-Files."

Steve is also still a musician. He sings and plays piano, organ, and blues harmonica in his new band, Blues Daddy; they play in local clubs, doing covers of Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robben Ford, The Blues Brothers and others. Steve is happily married with two children, ages 10 and 5.

More On the Flipside...

• 16 Chats With Kidd Video's Steve Alterman - article from 16 Magazine, April 1985.
• 16 Chats with Kidd Video's Steve Alterman - this is a different interview, also from 16 Magazine, January 1986.
• Steve Alterman is in Big Trouble! - on the movie set with Steve, from 16 Magazine, January 1986.
• Steve Alterman Photo Gallery - screen shots from KV music videos featuring Steve.
• Picture of Steve - an enlargement of the one shown above.
• Blues Daddy flyer - Steve's current band.
  

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