merv

when i was in 5th & 6th grade, 2 of my friends and i were obsessed with "general hospital," and we would act out scenes from the show with the way we wanted the plotlines to go. (this was around or just after rick springfield, "the ice princess" & luke and laura's heyday. we would play music on the boom box that were appropriate to the scene we were doing, and try to dress more "adult" and everything. eventually jack "frisco" wagner rolled into town to play in that band with john"blackie" stamos, and i fell so in love. i played "all i need" constantly. that was the first thing i ever owned on both lp and cassette. jack was also my first concert ever, in 7th grade. *sigh, swoon, laugh*)

ANYWAY, the point of this post is that i also loved "the merv griffin show," which aired immediately after "gh." so we started doing that show, too. i always got to be merv, and my friend kristel was always the glamorous guest (i think because she had a pink feather boa) and alison was the director and "sound man" (she would tape-record the monologue and interviews, and yell "action" and stuff).

holy crap, i would kill to hear those tapes!! we were so silly.