It’s May of 1994. One afternoon, in Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, NBC announced that a show innocuously titled Friends had made the fall schedule.
Later that night I was in the bar of a New York hotel with Don Ohlmeyer, the president of NBC West Coast; Jimmy Burrows, who directed the Friends pilot; and my husband. Seated at the next table were Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer. Click here to read the complete article as it appeared in the Huffington Post.
Sylvia Morris Ferguson says
July 23, 2013 at 9:11 pmI had to find a way to tell you how much I enjoyed your book. i also wanted to thank you for writing it and giving me a closer look at Hollywood. You see, 35 years ago I was pursuing a career in LA in the music industry. I had been selected as one of 8 finalist in the Bob Hope Search for the Top in Collegiate Talent(now called ACTS) and later signed with an Agency; Mother Hubbard Productions. I experienced a certain measure of success by travelling abroad with a band called New Mexico and playing military bases throughout the country and over seas. I landed in Hollywood in 1984 with BIG DREAMS. I found a job working in Century City and auditioned for many bands but landed a gig with RCA recording artist Michael Wycoff. I was ready to sign with a major company when i got a call that my uncle, back in Missouri, had passed. So I left LA for what I thought would be a brief time to help my mom, when I met my husband. I fell in love and the rest is history. I’m now happily married and have two children and recently, a grandson. I had plans of returning to LA but it just didn’t happen. I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I would have returned to LA, to the glitz and glam. The possibilities were there for me. I chose love over career. Your book gave me such insight and I’m grateful that you were inspired to write it. I wanted to say a heartfelt “thank you”. i’ve often asked God why he did not allow me to go back to LA. reading your book gave me that answer. I’m not sure I would have been strong enough or as tough as Alexa, whom I loved by the way. This book answered that life long question for me. I’m certain I made the right choice. I’m not the big star I set out to be but I’ve had a few successess since then. It has been a wonderful life, and I stll get a chance to do what I love most every now and then.Singing/performing. Thanx Lindy and may God bless you and your incredible gift. Peace.
Lindy DeKoven says
July 26, 2013 at 1:33 pmThank you for getting in touch, Sylvia! I’m so glad you connected with the book. It was a thrill to write it, and an even greater thrill to hear from readers like you. Have a wonderful rest of the summer!