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THE PERKY ONE
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GS: Do you want to be a network news anchor?
LL: I'd actually like to do a [network] morning show. It's two hours of hard news, entertainment and economics if you will.

GS: So you'd like to be more of a Katie Curic than a Connie Chung?
LL: I think Katie Curic is phenomenol. She is awesome. She's so cute, for lack of a better word. She hates being called cute, but she is. She embodies the word cute. She's terrific.

GS: How did you get involved with "Scratch"?
LL: I was in a speech class in high school. I used to debate. I had a great teacher and he had caught wind of the "Scratch" auditions and he announced it to the whole class. He said they're going to be at the Sunrise Mall and just ask people to walk up to the camera and in 30 seconds tell them why you think you would be a good host. And so I did that... And how I got the job I don't know. When I look back at those tapes...

GS: Are they embarrassing?
LL: They're humiliating. Talk about blackmail material.

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GS: Did you learn a lot doing "Scratch"?
LL: "Scratch" was a great experience for me, but I don't think I'll ever want to do anything like that again because it was totally entertainment based. It's really difficult to learn anything of substance from a show like that. I learned to perform in front of the camera, and I was able to gain a lot of confidence from that. I started really young. But in terms of pursuing that route... It was great experience, and I owe "Scratch" a lot, but I was ready to move on, and I'm glad I did. Channel One came along at the perfect, perfect time.

GS: How did you get involved with Channel One?
LL: "Scratch" was a syndicated magazine show and the director of Channel One had seen it in New York and he thought, "I'm going to give this girl a call and see if she'll send me a tape and audition." My contract was just ending with "Scratch" and I was ready to pack my bags and go to Boston University when Channel One called. They flew me out to New York to live. I was there for a month when they decided to move the whole operation out to Los Angeles. They asked me to come and I decided to do to USC and work for Channel One. And I'm so glad I did.

GS: Did you know anything about Channel One?
LL: I knew it existed, but I didn't know very much about it. At the time I was ready, because I had put a year off of college to do "Scratch" nationally. It got syndicated the year I graduated from high school.

GS: So you traveled the country doing "Scratch"?
LL: We did our wraps in different parts of the country. It was fun. I got to travel to different parts of the country. I sacrificed my whole junior and senior years. I mean, I still had a good time, always, but at the same time, I missed a lot of school. We would leave Thursday in the late afternoon and come back Sunday evening We would shoot the wraps over the weekend. I always brought my books, but I didn't get to study much. Because we were only there for a weekend, we sorta had to bang it all out and there was not much time to actually study. PAGE 3

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