Recently, a 'VCR Alert" was posted by Spid in the General Forum, giving notice that the beloved Ms. Danni Ashe would be appearing on the late-night ABC talk show "Politically Incorrect." The post went on to report that not only was Danni scheduled to appear, but that this particular show would be a 'bikini show' presumably featuring guests clothed in swimwear. To be frank, it all sounded a little too good to be true, and I sincerely suspected that the post was probably a prank or perhaps just simply misinformation. As such, I didn't even bother to program my VCR. However, I happened to be home when the show was scheduled to air, and decided at the very last minute to tune in and see what guests actually appeared. Much to my surprise, it was a 'bikini show' and better still, Danni was indeed one of the guests. I scrambled for a blank tape and recorded the show, and lacking a video capture device to upload screen grabs, I instead posted a detailed report about Danni's appearance in the General Forum entitled "Danni Ashe on TV: a review." In that review, I sheepishly admitted to the fact that I had suspected that the original 'VCR Alert' post was some sort of belated April-Fools joke. I went on to explain that my doubt stemmed from the fact that I myself had played a similar joke in the Forum myself a few months earlier.

As you might imagine, my reply attracted a fair bit of attention and though a few folks may have suspected the fictional nature of my post, most seemed genuinely excited by my report of Laura's 'appearance.' After about a day had passed, and feeling that I'd kept up the ruse long enough, I confessed to my little joke later in the same thread. Happily, no one seemed to have taken any offense at my actions and via email I received positive feedback about my message. Since then, I've been lucky enough to have TraX create an illustration inspired by my little story and as such, it seems appropriate to reprint my original June-Fools reply here in the pages of Behavior for those of you who might have missed its original appearance. Enjoy.

About 3 or 4 minutes into her (otherwise typical, predictable and uninteresting talk-show style) interview, Laura caught Jay sneaking an all-too obvious peek at her ample cleavage (over slacks and pumps, she was wearing a rather clingy black knit top with a fairly revealing scoop neck) ...this got a feeble, witty admission from Jay which itself prompted a weak round of laughs from the studio audience. After the crowd settled down and Laura didn't say a word, Jay apologized to her for his indiscretion with a modicum of sincerity, making the moment even more uncomfortable. Laura just sat there, staring at Jay, unresponsive. Jay blinked a couple of times, obviously trying to come up with something funny to ease the situation. You could almost see the gears in his head turning. A couple more moments of uncomfortable silence passed by, and I fully expected NBC to cut to a commercial. However, just then Laura spoke, saying something along the lines of "so, you like looking at my chest, Jay?" while looking straight at him with a deadpan expression. Jay seemed startled but tried to play along, and started to hem and haw his way through some sort of compliment towards Laura. Before he got a half a dozen words in though, Laura cut him off and said (without even a trace of a smile) "well, maybe this will make it easier for you..." and then she immediately proceeded to pull the neckline of her blouse downward with one hand and with her other one she reached in and scooped out her left boob! I just sat there in bed... totally freaked! Her breast was right out there, in front of and on top of the distended neckline of her shirt, fully exposed for at least 2 or 3 seconds. It was beautiful: not Score-sized or anything, but well-rounded, weighty and substantial... pale skinned with a decently sized dark nipple just north of center. Before Jay could say a thing (and long before I could even begin to realize that I'd never have time to locate and insert a blank tape into my VCR) the station cut to a commercial (for Carnival cruise lines I think, it started in the middle of the commercial). When the show came back from break, Laura was gone and there was absolutely NO mention of her or of what had just happened! I couldn't believe it! She had just freaked out sort of like Farrah Fawcett and Crispin Glover did on Letterman and Jay didn't say thing! He went straight to the next guest, which was some dopey country musician that I'd never heard of and I watched through the rest of the show, hoping to hear something about what just went on with no luck.

I still can't believe it. Did ANYONE else see this too? Or have I had a Philip K. Dick type of alternate reality experience?

Palomine;)