Tuesday, January 02, 2007

flashback

Brush with Fame
Volume One
circa 1990
Location: Emerald Square Mall
North Attleboro, Massachusetts

Richard Simmons was there for something
I have no idea for what..

Anyway, I was walking out of a store and
Richard Simmons came running by with his entourage
and people with video cameras
He looked at me • He feverishly waved • He said HI!!!

I said nothing...
I hesitatingly raised my hand and gave a wave back
and then he was gone.

the end

10 comments:

hapabukbuk said...

if only all brushes with fame could be so thrilling... ;) i once touched stephen weber's (from wings!) leather jacket as he walked by me at a packed party. couldn't stop talking about it. apparently still can't. i heart stephen weber *sigh*

Moderator said...

Richard Simmons has an entourage?

Zed said...

That was quite moving, Jen. I believe there was deep, symbolic meaning in his wave.

Anonymous said...

You're sooo lucky Jen!

Anonymous said...

You're lucky, Jen. Because the last person who had an exchage with "Mister" Simmons got slapped in the face by Mister Simmons in an airport. You're lucky to have made it out ALIVE, really.

Anonymous said...

Actually Jen I don't believe I ever told you this before. But in the early 80's I was a guest on his show. A woman was telling him about how she lost 500 pounds with his "Deal-A-Meal" program. She said she was SO fat, that she never left her house because she couldn't fit through the door, and she would have ho-ho's and hershey bars for breakfast. WELL, it was such a moving experience, we ALL cried. I don't think there was a dry eye ANYWHERE in that room, really. We all hugged. I'll never forget it.

Mel said...

Grant stole my question! Seriously? An entourage? Well if RS has one I need to get me an entourage too!

The only problem with this is I hate most poeple and cant stand people around me all the time.

Anonymous said...

Can I be in it? Not that I'll be around, much...

Goggles Piasano Ritardo said...

look, he shimmers like a pig greased pole.

Some Guy said...

Wow! Can I have YOUR autograph?