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AMERICAN NOTES FUND RAISERS SUPER SUNDAY'S SPECIAL SPOT HALF-TIME SHOW DURING SUNDAY'S SUPER BOWL. KEN KRAGEN FIGURED THAT IF HE ENLISTED AT LEAST 6% OF THEM, HE MIGHT BRING OFF WHAT MAY BE THE MOST UNUSUAL CHARITY PROMOTION IN U.S. HISTORY. THE SHOW-BUSINESS MANAGER, WHO IS ALSO PRESIDENT OF USA FOR AFRICA, DREAMS OF A CHAIN OF PEOPLE WHO WILL PAY $10 EACH TO LINK HANDS

COAST TO COAST ON MAY 25 TO COMBAT HUNGER IN THE U.S. A TWO-MINUTE Super Bowl spot for Hands Across America features Hands Co-Chairs Bill Cosby and Lily Tomlin, a host of impoverished children and the song We Are the World. NBC contributed the air time. Said NBC Sports Executive Producer Michael Weisman: "The Super Bowl is America's undeclared holiday, and whether you're rich or poor, everybody comes together. Hands Across America is trying to create the same feeling."

Last week a slew of celebrities, including Kenny Rogers and Cathy Lee Crosby, filmed a three-minute music video, snippets of which will appear during the Super Bowl spot. The performers move to the beat of yet another charity theme song, titled, appropriately enough, Hands Across America.