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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:12:55 -0500 
From: Cathy Lee <cl39+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: SB: my personal[part 2]
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Hi again--

Where was I?  Oh yes, the part where I knocked on her door.  

Well, I did and I heard Nancy say, "Who is it?" and I froze!  I told Tom
to knock and she did and Nancy said again, "Who is it?"  I said, "It's
me"...thinking people usually let you in when you say that.  Well Nancy
did and Tom opened her door.  Nancy was on the phone and we stood by her
door and we said, "Hi" and Nancy said, "Hi" back.  She told us she will
be right with us after her phone call.  Closing her door, we waited for
her for about 3-5 minutes.  I was thinking she might have forgotten
about us.  We then heard her get off the phone.  She opened door and we
sort of scared(pleasantly though) her since she forgot about us.  We
were visiting the Days set and we wanted to visit SB.  She was glad that
we did.  She talked with us.  We talked about how ridiculous the haunted
house storyline was and she told us that if we thought that(she did too)
that we should write to the producers.  Nancy also said Gordon wasn't in
that day.  I noticed a post-it on her door which said she'll be working
4 days out of the 5 that week.  I asked her how she handles it, the
pressure and the grueling schedule. Then and there is when she said her
contract would be up in September and that she might leave SB.  We told
her not too and she was glad we didn't want her to leave.

We(Tom and I) asked if Sydney was working that day and she asked if we
were friends of hers(I guess we do look her age)...we said no.  She was
wearing Keds, a off-white carnigan and a white jump suit(very casual). 
She had a decent size dressing room too.  Anyway, she told us she had to
be made up and asked if we met everyone.  We said, "Noo-ah".  She then
told us to go with her.  Then and there, she asked us for our names. 
When we got to the makeup room(right across from Jed and A's dressing
rooms), she introduced us to Nicholas, A, and Forry.  Nancy offered us
some cake.  We were too nervous to eat and we told her no thank you 
There was a tv in the makeup room.  Robin was pale(no makeup yet) and
she was eating, I think, fried chicken. Nick asked where we were from
and we said NYC.  I asked if he was going to the Emmys...he said yes.  I
asked A if Sydney was working that day, he went over to a wall in the
makeup room and read the list of actors to see if she was in.  He said
no.  I asked if Jack was in, he said no.  He then told me to go over
where he was and look at the list myself.  He told me if the person's
name is checked under the date, he/she is in that day.  I thanked him
and he seemed to be very busy or in a hurry.  Before he left, I asked
him to take a picture with me.  He was soooo nice and he asked Nick to
join in.  A was holding a script at that time.  After that, everyone
seemed to be watching a show(didn't know what it was) on the tv.  Robin
was watching it, and suddenly "F--k him" came out of her mouth.  I was
in total shock.  Then A followed, "Why f--k him" and both of them were
laughing.  I was in overload at this point.  I never thought actors and
actresses used that type of language....I guess watching them on tv is
quite different from watching them in reality.  

Forry's hair was almost done.  When he went out of the makeup room, I
asked for a picture.  He was happy to oblige.  Mike took the picture and
Forry said he would have to bend down to be around Thomasina's height
and mine(I'm 5'5" and she's 5')....boy is he tall and Muscular[with a
capital M]!!  I wanted Nancy to be madeup but it was taking her quite a
long time.  She had curlers in her hair and I said to her, "I guess you
won't be able to take a picture with me anytime soon, huh?"  She
apologized but said she can autograph something for me.  I had magazines
and my camera(I snuck the camera in w/o security knowing) in my bag.  I
grabbed one of my SOU's and tried to find a good picture of her.  I
finally found a decent one and handed it to her while she was sitting in
the makeup chair.  She asked if I had a pen.  I said no and I tried to
find one desparately.  While trying to find one, I discovered in the
recycling/garbage bin a SCRIPT.  It was dated May 20th.  I took it w/o
anyone knowing.  While still finding a pen, Nancy was reading the
magazine which she found very interesting.  Finally, Nick let me borrow
his pen and Nancy signed next to her picture, "Dear Cathy,  Thank you
for all your support.  It was great meeting you.  Nancy Grahn" .   I
thanked her and we said goodbye to each other.  She was GREAT!!  

I then asked Nick to give me his autograph.  The only thing I had was
the Days script and he signed that(I didn't want him or anyone to find
out I got hold of a script.  So instead,  he signed Days' script).  We
were about to leave when A stopped by again in the hallway(in front of
the makeup room).  I asked him if the finger paintings on his dressing
room door were done by his son, Cody.  He said yes and that his daughter
is getting really jealous that she's not able to finger paint and get
dirty like her brother.  I thanked A for his help and he said he was
happy to oblige.

While packing up, we saw Thaoo Penglis.  He was a major snot.  He didn't
want to talk to us.  Him and the actress who portrayed Katrina were not
friendly.  We went out through the exit door by Nancy's dressing room. 
We(basically me) were in awe  walking to  the parking lot.  I kept
thinking to myself that we successfully met the actors of SB.  However,
one thing puzzled me. Nobody was even curious or suspicious about why 3
Asian kids were roaming around the SB studio.  Don't get me wrong,
security is very tight especially in the front by the parking lots...but
once we passed the security guards in the front, we felt we were
employees of NBC.

That's about it.  I'll have to check when I get back home if I left any
details out.

Now, I just hope I can get the script to last episode of SB.   I'll post
details about the episode once I receive the script.  I should have it
in time for the mini-con(I hope!).

Hope you liked reliving the experience as much as I did!

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