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Thread started 10/16/04 3:39pm

Fleshofmyflesh

Who remembers the MTV contest ...

to premier UTCM and that chick from Sheridan Wyoming won and got to go on a date with Prince ? She pissed me off so bad because she did not look happy enough. She looked nervous as hell, so maybe that was the problem, but I just kept thinking how much happier I would've been and would've showed it.

On second thought, I think I would've showed it TOO much and probably would've scared the little guy. That's why "people like me don't really win on MTV."
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Reply #1 posted 10/16/04 3:46pm

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lol Yeah I remember that chick winning the MTV contest. What made me mad about that story was the girl bitching after the date that Prince took her pearls and did not return them. WTF, if Prince were to take my pearls, shoot, I'd gladly let him. Maybe he wanted something to remember the date by, either way, she kinda made a big deal out of it when she shouldn't have. rolleyes
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Reply #2 posted 10/16/04 3:50pm

SnowQueen

Yep, I remember both the contest and the winner (Lisa Barber). nod

Besides clearly being nervous, she did NOT look the "type" to be hanging around with Prince and I think she knew it and felt really out of place.

But talk about being out of place -- Prince and the Revolution hanging out in Sheridan, WY? rolleyes falloff

Lisa also had terrible posture. My friends and I used to joke around about her for a long time and used to make our one friend do her 'Lisa Barber imitation' all the time because it was so funny. My friend could do that Lisa-Barber-head hanging down-slouchy posture-dopey expression thing exactly like Lisa. lol (We were kinda catty and mean back then. biggrin)

Here's a link to an interesting article about all that Prince/Sheridan,WY/Lisa Barber hoopla: http://princetext.tripod...._1986.html
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Reply #3 posted 10/16/04 3:52pm

psychodelicide

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SnowQueen said:

Lisa also had terrible posture. My friends and I used to joke around about her for a long time and used to make our one friend do her 'Lisa Barber imitation' all the time because it was so funny. My friend could do that Lisa-Barber-head hanging down-slouchy posture-dopey expression thing exactly like Lisa. lol (We were kinda catty and mean back then. biggrin)


lol

An excerpt from the link that SnowQueen posted above:

First you win a contest, then you win friends. That's how it happened for Lisa Barber, 20, a Sheridan, Wyo. motel chambermaid who last month dialed an MTV contest number and, by being the 10,000th caller, won a date with Prince and the opportunity to have his much-hyped new movie, Under the Cherry Moon, premiered in her hometown. Barber, a veteran contest entrant who had never won more than "a couple of Big Macs and a curling iron," was ecstatic. So were her friends, many of whom she had never met. Moments after her name was announced, callers from California to the Carolinas began ringing up to ask for one or two or 10 of the 200 tickets she'd been allotted for Prince's frontier fandango. Her mother, Elena Holwegner, fielded the endless requests with humor, if not compromise. Ring! "No, Lisa's not here," she fibbed to one caller. "You say you're calling from Maine? Sorry." Ring! "You say you want to come over and take pictures of me doing housework? I've got a better idea. You come over and do housework, and I'll take pictures of you." Ring! "Sorry, no more tickets. What? You say you have six days to live? Well, sorry to break the news, honey, but you'll be long gone before Prince gets here. What? You say you can hold on an extra day? Well, I can't. Sorry!" Click.

falloff Lisa's mom didn't take any bullshit from anybody, she knew how to get rid of people calling who wanted tickets. lol
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Reply #4 posted 10/16/04 3:58pm

SnowQueen

psychodelicide said:

lol Yeah I remember that chick winning the MTV contest. What made me mad about that story was the girl bitching after the date that Prince took her pearls and did not return them. WTF, if Prince were to take my pearls, shoot, I'd gladly let him. Maybe he wanted something to remember the date by, either way, she kinda made a big deal out of it when she shouldn't have. rolleyes


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She was probably just mad that she had to shell out another $1.50 (with tax!) at KMart for a replacement strand!
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Reply #5 posted 10/16/04 4:00pm

SnowQueen

psychodelicide said:

falloff Lisa's mom didn't take any bullshit from anybody, she knew how to get rid of people calling who wanted tickets. lol


Yeah my ear still hurts from how hard she slammed the phone down! mad
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Reply #6 posted 10/16/04 4:00pm

psychodelicide

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roflmao! She probably was. It's funny that you said Kmart, because a friend and I were talking about this story once. I made the comment that Lisa probably bought those pearls at Kmart, so why should she be upset, when she got them at a discounted price anyway. lol
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Reply #7 posted 10/16/04 4:01pm

psychodelicide

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SnowQueen said:

psychodelicide said:

falloff Lisa's mom didn't take any bullshit from anybody, she knew how to get rid of people calling who wanted tickets. lol


Yeah my ear still hurts from how hard she slammed the phone down! mad


lol
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Reply #8 posted 10/16/04 4:02pm

Fleshofmyflesh

I didn't feel like she was a big fan of Prince, either. I think she just happened to have time that night to dial a thousand times. (Some of us were out getting our groove on.) I am sure that if she was a huge fan they would have done a short film on all of her memorabilia (like most of us have) but they didn't.
And that really blows.
18 years later and I still think we were robbed!
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Reply #9 posted 10/16/04 4:03pm

SnowQueen

psychodelicide said:

roflmao! She probably was. It's funny that you said Kmart, because a friend and I were talking about this story once. I made the comment that Lisa probably bought those pearls at Kmart, so why should she be upset, when she got them at a discounted price anyway. lol


lol That's pretty much what myself and my friends used to say, too, about those pearls. lol

I wonder of Lisa is still a Prince fan and posts here? hmm
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Reply #10 posted 10/16/04 4:04pm

TheRealFiness

if u look at the video... u realize prince and Rome were the only 2 people of color there lol
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Reply #11 posted 10/16/04 4:04pm

Fleshofmyflesh

TheRealFiness said:

if u look at the video... u realize prince and Rome were the only 2 people of color there lol



Don't forget Ray Parker JR and El Debarge!
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Reply #12 posted 10/16/04 4:05pm

psychodelicide

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psychodelicide said:

roflmao! She probably was. It's funny that you said Kmart, because a friend and I were talking about this story once. I made the comment that Lisa probably bought those pearls at Kmart, so why should she be upset, when she got them at a discounted price anyway. lol


lol That's pretty much what myself and my friends used to say, too, about those pearls. lol

I wonder of Lisa is still a Prince fan and posts here? hmm


Eh, probably not. She probably doesn't even know that Prince.org even exists. lol
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Reply #13 posted 10/16/04 4:09pm

SnowQueen

Fleshofmyflesh said:

I didn't feel like she was a big fan of Prince, either. I think she just happened to have time that night to dial a thousand times.



I remember my friends and I making that same observation back in the day. She just didn't seem very excited or into it all.

But, to be fair, she was probably really really overwhelmed by everything and didn't seem like the extroverted type anyway. She seemed quite shy. Such an experience was very foreign to her and maybe she just didn't know how to react. I tend to be like that sometimes so - despite my kidding around about her - I give her level of fandom the benefit of the doubt. How your devotion is displayed isn't always an accurate indication of its depth.
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Reply #14 posted 10/16/04 4:12pm

Fleshofmyflesh

SnowQueen said:

Fleshofmyflesh said:

I didn't feel like she was a big fan of Prince, either. I think she just happened to have time that night to dial a thousand times.



I remember my friends and I making that same observation back in the day. She just didn't seem very excited or into it all.

But, to be fair, she was probably really really overwhelmed by everything and didn't seem like the extroverted type anyway. She seemed quite shy. Such an experience was very foreign to her and maybe she just didn't know how to react. I tend to be like that sometimes so - despite my kidding around about her - I give her level of fandom the benefit of the doubt. How your devotion is displayed isn't always an accurate indication of its depth.


Nor can you judge the value of jewelry by simply viewing it on TV. lol
Just playing.....
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Reply #15 posted 10/16/04 4:13pm

SnowQueen

psychodelicide said:

SnowQueen said:



lol That's pretty much what myself and my friends used to say, too, about those pearls. lol

I wonder of Lisa is still a Prince fan and posts here? hmm


Eh, probably not. She probably doesn't even know that Prince.org even exists. lol


Ya never knooooowwwww!! wink

If you are here, Lisa, come out come out wherever you are! biggrin
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Reply #16 posted 10/16/04 4:17pm

SnowQueen

Fleshofmyflesh said:

SnowQueen said:




I remember my friends and I making that same observation back in the day. She just didn't seem very excited or into it all.

But, to be fair, she was probably really really overwhelmed by everything and didn't seem like the extroverted type anyway. She seemed quite shy. Such an experience was very foreign to her and maybe she just didn't know how to react. I tend to be like that sometimes so - despite my kidding around about her - I give her level of fandom the benefit of the doubt. How your devotion is displayed isn't always an accurate indication of its depth.


Nor can you judge the value of jewelry by simply viewing it on TV. lol
Just playing.....


Touche! lol

But really, back in the 80s everybody wore those long, cheapo strands of fake $2 pearls. I know me and my friends did! biggrin I swear I had more cheapass fake junk jewelry back then... lol
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Reply #17 posted 10/16/04 4:30pm

Fleshofmyflesh

SnowQueen said:

Fleshofmyflesh said:



Nor can you judge the value of jewelry by simply viewing it on TV. lol
Just playing.....


Touche! lol

But really, back in the 80s everybody wore those long, cheapo strands of fake $2 pearls. I know me and my friends did! biggrin I swear I had more cheapass fake junk jewelry back then... lol



I know. I did too.
Remember how they gave her that makeover before the date?
I never understood why the outfit they gave her was SO KMART. It wasn't funky at all.
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Reply #18 posted 10/16/04 4:33pm

SnowQueen

Fleshofmyflesh said:

I know. I did too.
Remember how they gave her that makeover before the date?
I never understood why the outfit they gave her was SO KMART. It wasn't funky at all.


I KNOW! If I was her I would've felt weird wearing it. It didn't flatter her at all nor fit in with the tone of the occasion.

I would've told them 'no thanks' and come up with my own outfit! biggrin
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Reply #19 posted 10/16/04 4:36pm

Fleshofmyflesh

SnowQueen said:

Fleshofmyflesh said:

I know. I did too.
Remember how they gave her that makeover before the date?
I never understood why the outfit they gave her was SO KMART. It wasn't funky at all.


I KNOW! If I was her I would've felt weird wearing it. It didn't flatter her at all nor fit in with the tone of the occasion.

I would've told them 'no thanks' and come up with my own outfit! biggrin



Right on.
I thought she was gonna have at least some lace or feathers on or something.
She looked like Aaron Neville's date, not Prince's.

Oh yeah, and wasn't Martha Quinn so excited to be there ?!?!
I always appreciated her enthusiasm during that whole thing. She loved Prince.
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Reply #20 posted 10/16/04 4:40pm

SnowQueen

Fleshofmyflesh said:

Oh yeah, and wasn't Martha Quinn so excited to be there ?!?! I always appreciated her enthusiasm during that whole thing. She loved Prince.


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I loved when she asked Prince "How do you feel, Prince?" (about being there, the premiere in general, etc) and he said "With my hands, Martha." lol

Ah the good ol days... :misty eyed:
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Reply #21 posted 10/16/04 4:42pm

chewymusic

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yeah, and then she gets to introduce the band!!
and she's like... uhhh duuuuhh..
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oh man, anyone of us would have been like:
omfg omg woot! headbang omfg omfg


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Reply #22 posted 10/16/04 4:42pm

Fleshofmyflesh

SnowQueen said:

Fleshofmyflesh said:

Oh yeah, and wasn't Martha Quinn so excited to be there ?!?! I always appreciated her enthusiasm during that whole thing. She loved Prince.


nod

I loved when she asked Prince "How do you feel, Prince?" (about being there, the premiere in general, etc) and he said "With my hands, Martha." lol

Ah the good ol days... :misty eyed:



OMG, that was the BEST !!!!!
And then she actually asked, "Do you want to give a demonstration?" Then she quickly regained her professionalism, but she was flirting big time.
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Reply #23 posted 10/16/04 4:46pm

Fleshofmyflesh

Hey Snow Queen, check out the gallery photo on the HOME page. Same era as the topic we now discuss.
Coincidence ? I think not.
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Reply #24 posted 10/16/04 4:46pm

SnowQueen

Fleshofmyflesh said:

SnowQueen said:



nod

I loved when she asked Prince "How do you feel, Prince?" (about being there, the premiere in general, etc) and he said "With my hands, Martha." lol

Ah the good ol days... :misty eyed:



OMG, that was the BEST !!!!!
And then she actually asked, "Do you want to give a demonstration?" Then she quickly regained her professionalism, but she was flirting big time.


I totally forgot that part!!! lol lol
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Reply #25 posted 10/16/04 4:47pm

Fleshofmyflesh

SnowQueen said:

Fleshofmyflesh said:




OMG, that was the BEST !!!!!
And then she actually asked, "Do you want to give a demonstration?" Then she quickly regained her professionalism, but she was flirting big time.


I totally forgot that part!!! lol lol



I have it on tape.
You probably do too.
If you do, you will remember the drunk chicks in the bar at the Sheraton and Jerome was trying to interview them ? It was painful to watch.
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Reply #26 posted 10/16/04 4:53pm

SnowQueen

Fleshofmyflesh said:

I have it on tape.
You probably do too.
If you do, you will remember the drunk chicks in the bar at the Sheraton and Jerome was trying to interview them ? It was painful to watch.


Actually, I don't have it. The tapes I had from years ago got ruined a long time ago. cry

It's been a long, long time since I've seen that UTCM premiere show so I feel a little at a loss here to contribute specifics to this thread, but I'm loving these memory jogs that you're posting! biggrin

And I do vaguely remember Jerome's cringeworthy attempts to interview drunk chicks. hahaha
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Reply #27 posted 10/16/04 5:12pm

Fleshofmyflesh

SnowQueen said:

Fleshofmyflesh said:

I have it on tape.
You probably do too.
If you do, you will remember the drunk chicks in the bar at the Sheraton and Jerome was trying to interview them ? It was painful to watch.


Actually, I don't have it. The tapes I had from years ago got ruined a long time ago. cry

It's been a long, long time since I've seen that UTCM premiere show so I feel a little at a loss here to contribute specifics to this thread, but I'm loving these memory jogs that you're posting! biggrin

And I do vaguely remember Jerome's cringeworthy attempts to interview drunk chicks. hahaha


I'm glad you're having fun. I am too. (I guess the rest of the Orgers had something to do on a Saturday night. It's dead around here!)
I loved the performance at the end of the night.
It was the first time I had ever seen him in a traditional suit.
He was doing these gestures while the band played and at one point he was pretending to be brushing his teeth.
It was so cute.
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Reply #28 posted 10/16/04 5:43pm

MrJoker

I have this as a pretty bad quality video file somewhere on my hard drive at home. confused
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Reply #29 posted 10/16/04 5:45pm

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eye was caller 9,999 from New York.
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