Times Picayune 2/1/00: Victoria Pratt, on Whoosh!
A ROSE AMONG FAMOUS THORNS; OUR MAN AT NATPE BRAVES THE WILDERNESS THAT IS A TV INDUSTRY CONVENTION
01-31-01. From The Times-Picayune, 02/01/2000, by Chris Rose:
...[Jerry] Springer. Now this guy's a trip. He works the floor like a politician himself. He greets everyone, slaps backs, shows up early and stays late. He is a walking photo op, and he loves to schmooze other celebrities. And women. Working the floor, he stalks around like a cross between an autograph hound and a hunting dog.
This boy is Grrrrrl Crazy!
He approaches the cast of " Cleopatra 2525, " three young and telegenic actresses in costumes that are a cross between "Barbarella" and "Land Before Time."
"Hi, I'm Jerry Springer, " he says to them, all smiles and arm-around. They joke that he should come on their show and break up the fights. "I'll break it up if you all start fighting right now," he says and I swear he laughs just like Woody Jenkins.
" Cleopatra 2525" is a syndicated show that premiered last week. The plot centers on a 21st century stripper who goes in for breast implants, slips into a coma and wakes up in the 26th century, 2525, to be precise. There, in the future, she fights evil, or something like that.
Jennifer Sky is the actress who plays the stripper Cleopatra and I ask her about the show's concept. "It's a catchy starting point for the show," she says. "A catchy way to get me into the future."
Indeed. "It's a McGuffin," says co-star Victoria Pratt. We all look at one another and realize nobody knows what a McGuffin is -- not even Pratt -- but we think it's a television industry term for "catchy starting point."
"Don't ask me," Pratt says, shrugging. "I have a kinesiology degree."
The more time you spend at this convention, the looser your grasp on reality becomes.
© The Times Picayune
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