If you saw me on the street, you'd either ignore me (please do!) or you'd do what everybody and their brother does. They point and laugh. You see I'm a has-been movie star and I'm only 23. When I was a freshman in college, I was offered a part in a mini-series called, The History of Slapstick. There were going to be six episodes, but filming would take a year because it was going to be filmed all over the world showing how slapstick was done everywhere and throughout history. Wow! Educational and fun to watch! Great TV, right?
Well, you see, I was a 19yo girl, cute and filled out in all the right places. The producers weren't going to go the Three Stooges route and have it be the old, fat lady who kept getting hit with pies. No, they wanted the cute girl to be constantly taking all the slapstick abuse. Why? Well, that all important demographic - every horny guy ever. Apparently, horny guys love watching college chicks get pelted with pies, but tune out when the guys are getting hit. Go figure.
I mean - It's a living, right? And it was a pretty good one too! For that full year, I flew all over the world figuring out what slapstick meant to every major culture and some of the really obscure ones. And the show was a hit. Huge hit. So huge, we got renewed. How does a mini-series get renewed? I still don't know, but apparently my contract said I had to keep going since we were renewed. I'm not saying I would have backed out, but maybe tried to get some actual money?
Well, season two had to top season one, right? But they didn't want to waste the time and money filming on location, so a soundstage in LA became the "everywhere" we were going to. They were saving on travel, so they could really up the ante on the crap they threw at me, dumped on me, or threw me into. And the costumes just kept getting more ridiculous. Swimsuit models appearing topless were showing less than I was (after having been dunked in "dishwater suds" that made the tank top completely see-through.
Two things and I'll end my sob story, I promise. One - I fell in love with my co-star. Randy was the gorgeous "straight man" who was constantly there to bump me into a mud puddle and then ask how I got so dirty. Or hit me with a pie while he was trying to "put it in the box". Or knock the pin out of a dump truck, causing its entire load of manure to fall on me. I really loved him. But he didn't give a shit about me.