Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:29:58 -0500 
From: Cathy Lee <cl39+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: SB: my personal 

Hi--

On May 21st, I was able to visit the Days studio.  I know a friend there
who got me and my friends in.  I wanted to meet Matt and Missy but I was
told Days only allows 4 visitors per dress rehearsal and Wednesday was
the only day open(Days is always booked for the entire summer).  Anyway,
we went in that Wednesday, knowing I won't be able to meet my Jack and
Jenn.  During the dress rehearsal, my friend asked what my friends and I
were doing the next day(Thursday).  I said that we were going to
probably just pack since we will be leaving LA the next day(Friday) to
go home.  He told me that he asked the producers if we can come in again
tomorrow(Thursday) since Matt and Missy will be IN and the producers
allowed it.  It wouldn't be for dress rehearsal.  It would have to be in
the morning, just to get pix and autographs, etc.  I totally agreed.

[sorry if the above didn't have anything to do with SB.....but I had to
lead it up to the "adventure"]

Thursday, May 22nd.  My friends, Thomasina and Mike, and I arrived at
the Days set at 10:30am.  We had to wait a while to see Matt and Missy. 
11:20 came around and it was lunchtime.  We had lunch at the NBC
commissary and there's where I saw Missy wabbling down(she was very
pregnant at the time).  Anyway, after lunch, I took pictures with Matt
and Missy and dress rehearsal was about to start.  That was our cue to
leave.  While exiting the studio, Thomasina suggested we go over to SB
to see Sydney or at least try to.  I said, "OK.  It's not like we are
trespassing NBC grounds.  I do have a legitimate visitor's pass...and I
could tell them(security) if they stop us that we were lost."

[here's the juicy part]

Once we got out of Studios 2&4, I asked a construction guy where SB was.
 He told me Studio 11.  We found Studio 11.  We entered and I asked
again these two extras(I believe) where SB was.  One of them responded,
"the set or offices".  I said, "uh...the set"[all nervous at this
point].  Mike being the wuss didn't want to go through with this at all.
 He was afraid that we would get caught.  Tom(Thomasina) and I kept
saying, "Come on, do we look like terrorists with berattas or machine
guns?!  Look, Mike, I have a legitimate pass and we won't be a big
deal!"  He went along with it obviously.  When one of the extras said to
make a left to get to the set, we thanked them and walked over where she
gave us the directions.  The door said, "DO NOT ENTER.  CLOSED SET."  I
just opened the door and we were at the set of SB(you know where Lisa
and Rafe had their photo shoot for Gina Jeans...well, that's the
studio).  We heard Robin Mattson and David(don't know his real name)
doing their scene.  We were tip-toeing to the side doors and we saw a
guy behind us.  I said, "Great, we're going to get caught now".  It
turns out that he just went out through one of the doors.  We were like,
"WHEW!"  We exited that same door he went through and we ended up in the
prop room.  Telephones, desks, lamps, a lot of junk!  Anyway, I thought
it was time again to ask where the actors were.  So, I asked a guy who
was watching tv,  sitting in a secluded room where the actors' rooms
were.  He told me to make two rights once I get past the business chair
by the open area.  We did and we came to this long hallway with doors on
each side.  No names or anything were posted by these doors...so we kept
on going.  Mike again said he didn't want to go through this and that we
might be in big trouble.  We convinced him again that we are not going
to bomb the place and NBC  shouldn't feel threatened by 3 Asian kids.  I
led the way and I came to a door that had a name next to it.  It was
posted, "JED ALLEN" and next to his was, "A MARTINEZ" and next to his
was, "NICHOLAS COSTER" and next to his was, "ROBIN MATTSON".  I was
hyperventilating at this point.  It was like we struck gold or
something.  I knocked on all doors but nobody answered.   Then, it all
came to me that this was not working and we will not meet anybody.  We
were about to leave and then we came to "NANCY GRAHN"'s room.  I knocked
on the door...and you basically know what happens from there.

I'll post more later.  I have to do my project now.  Til then.

Cathy
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"In dreams and in determination, there are no impossibilities."         
                                                                        
                                         -Cathy K. Lee/Janos Arany