Settle in and let me share with you one of my favorite stories from my TV production days.
Once upon a time there was a TV host and producer who started his own production company. He hired a bright young woman to be his personal assistant, whom he fell for and married. At that point the assistant decided she no longer wanted to work, so the producer hired a new bright young woman to be his personal assistant, whom he had an affair with, which led to his divorce, which led to him marrying the new personal assistant. At that point the new personal assistant decided she no longer wanted to work, so the producer hired another bright young woman to be his personal assistant, whom he had an affair with, which led to his divorce, which led to him marrying yet again. This cycle repeated itself until the producer found an extremely bright personal assistant who decided that, despite now being married to the producer, she would remain his assistant forever, thus breaking the cycle and leading to a very happy marriage indeed. The end. On a completely unrelated note, Amy Kalas (whom I knew as Amy Striebel) was NOT Dick Clark's personal assistant, because Dick Clark's longtime wife, the extremely bright Kari Clark, held that title. Amy assisted Kari, and worked in the dcpi offices for many years. The old building on Olive St. (across the street from the former NBC Studios) in Burbank had an awkward entrance. Due to bad planning, the main reception area was sort of down the hall to the right of the entrance; as a result, visitors often strode past it without realizing it, and found themselves greeted by Amy, as I did on my first day of work at dcpi. Amy was the Switzerland of dcpi, always neutral, always reacted to every thought and idea as though it was the most brilliant and exciting thing she'd ever heard, and always ready to offer comfort to those in need. She wrangled the office canines, Lucille and Bernardo, and generally did whatever needed doing without a complaint. If you ever had anybody like Amy working in your office, you know what a blessing she could be. The last time I saw Amy was roughly 15 years ago. I had been accepted to the Peace Corps and was making the rounds, saying farewell to those I worked with in Hollywood. Amy and Kari Clark were both excited for my pending adventure overseas. Before I'd left the building, Amy presented me with a stack of pages hot off her printer of research on Kazakhstan that she'd quickly compiled (try to remember how clunky the internet still was in 2001 and you get an idea of how good Amy was). With all the famous people who passed away in 2016, people forget the unsung heroes, the behind the scenes people who made faces famous. Amy was one of those people. She died too young, left behind two children, a husband, and many coworkers who all had fond memories of time spent with her. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7624602/amy-elizabeth-striebel-kalas-dick-clark-productions-dies -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
