20 Minute Workout

*20 Minute Workout*
20 Minute Workout
Created by	Ron Harris
Written by	David Van Fleet
Directed by	Ron Harris
Presented by	Bess Motta; Arlaine Wright
Opening theme	1983 by Shiva; 1984 by Peter Jermyn and Gilles Ouellet
Ending theme	1983 by Shiva; 1984 by Peter Jermyn and Gilles Ouellet
Country of origin	Canada; United States
No. of seasons	2
Production
Producers	Jamie Kellner; Ian McDougall; Jami Allen; Christopher Dalton[citation needed]; Wayne Fenske[citation needed];
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Syndication (US)
Release	June 1983 –; 1985

20 Minute Workout is a Canadian-produced aerobics-based television program that ran from 1983 to 1984, in which "a bevy of beautiful girls" demonstrated exercise^[1] on a rotating platform.

Series background

20 Minute Workout was created by

syndicated by Orion Television. Two seasons of the program were produced, although reruns continued to appear for many years afterwards. The first season featured a different instructor for each day of the week, Monday through Friday. Bess Motta, Arlaine Wright, Holly Butler, Nicole Nardini, and Anne Schumacher all had speaking roles. The second season featured only Bess and Arlaine as instructors. One selling point of the show was the young attractive women exercising in leotards. The exercise routines were demanding, high-impact aerobics, followed by a stretching section. Pulsating music from synthesizers played in the background, although in the first season bass and electric guitar and saxophone were also used in the exercise music scores. For the first season, music was performed by the group Shiva

, while the second season featured music by the trio Jermyn/King/Ouillet.

There are numerous websites hosted by fans that detail about the dancers, and include so-called screen-captures from the show. The :20 Minute Workout is a

narrator

. The narrator was Jami Allen, one of the show's producers.

"Aerobicise" is also the name of the original 1982 pilot episode of 20 Minute Workout.

Scenes from the show are visible on televisions in some scenes of 1984's

Leon: The Professional

.