Thursday, July 14, 2011

John Stamos Story

Back in 1983 or 1984, when John Stamos was making a name for himself
portraying "Blackie" on "General Hospital"; my sister and her friend
Davida found him to be a very attractive man. Stamos was new enough to
fame that his parents had not come to the conclusion that they should
have an unlisted number, so my sister and her friend found their name
and with it their address in the phone book. (I don't know if they
were the only Stamoses in Cypress CA but yeah, probably.) The girls
(16 or 17) wrote gushing odes and sent them off with the postal
carrier, with only the slightest hope that they would ever hear
anything back. (Much like @replying famous peeps these days.)

Skip to a few weeks later and the young Teen/Tiger Beat pin-up had
sent back each girl an autographed photo, complete with a plea that
they not harm his parents. (I made the last part up.) My sister
doesn't share my penchant for saving every single thing she ever gets
but she probably still has it. Coming Next Month: My favorite Craig
Bierko story from Conan