On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:59:46 -0700, The Ranger > wrote:

>On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:54:05 -0500, "jmcquown"
> wrote:
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>> Should have figured it was something like that. Play
>> a slutty looking teen bitch on TV, then turn "I got
>> religion so I get to tell you how to think" later in life.
>[snip]
>
>Kee-riste! That was a ROLE she played! Did you ever MEET her outside
>of TVland?

I saw an episode of Dick Clark's bloopers and practical jokes show a LONG time
ago, and remember a practical joke segment they played on Lisa Whelchel. I
barely remember the details, but it had something do do with an ice cream store,
where she had to take over the cash register and serve customers (or something
like that). The one thing I distinctly remember, however, is that she came off
as an amazingly sweet and down-to-earth person, even before she found out she
was being Punk'd by Dick and Ed. Definitely the polar opposite of her "Blair"
character on the Facts of Life.