A request for Eve

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Hi Eve. I want to ask you for a favor. I know this will sound silly, but I think it would be kind of cool. (And I’m asking you here because your email is N/A).

A local radio station (in Chicago) is having a contest called “Who Do You Know?” The way it works is that some ordinary person (me) gets a fabulous celebrity (you) to call the station. At the end of two weeks of famous people calling in, the listeners vote on which celebrity was the most famous. The prize is that the person who knows the celebrity gets $1000, and the celebrity gets $1000 to donate to the charity of their choice.

I ask because you are the most famous person I know, and it would be cool to have someone call for me. The benefits I see here would be:

  1. I could win money
  2. You could win money for a worthy cause
  3. You could plug your book for free
  4. We would both be amused as the DJs pretend they recognize all of your obscure, Old Hollywood references

So, what do you think? Will you do it?

2

Jeannie, if Eve agrees to this, you’ll post the station and the day/time she’ll be calling, so we Chicago-area people can catch it, won’t you?

3

That’s really sweet, Jeannie—but I am not even REMOTELY a celebrity, not even in the booksy-wooksy world! I mean, most people have never even heard of the people I write about, let alone me!

I don’t want to say “no,” but frankly I think we would both be laughingstocks if you tried to pass me off as a “celebrity.” Unless they misunderstood my name and thought you said “Liv Ulmann,” which happened to me once on the phone . . .

4

Hey Jeannie, if Eve feels she is not worthy (which of course she should feel worthy), I think you should ask Cecil to phone in. He seems to have come out of the woodwork lately, and you never know. If he called in, you’d be guarenteed to win.

5

You could ask Cecil. There’s been a lot of requests for him lately.

6

jinx

7

Damnit! I guess I owe you a Coke, or carbonated beverage of your choice.

8

Eve, you are so humble. To give you an idea of the span of what they consider “celebrity”–Last time they did it, they got a call from some guy who plays accordian at some local restaurant, a guy that was an extra on “ER,” Jenny McCarthy, and Dennis Franz (who was the winner). So far this year, they have a couple local people.

I never said you’d win, but I still think it would be so cool if you would call. Besides, like I said, you could plug your book for free.
Either way, I’ll understand.

9

Oh, Jeez, in THAT case, OK—though I still think you better ask Cecil first. He’s way ahead of me (though I am at least on a par with an ER extra!).

10

Thank you! You are so great, Eve!

Okay, I will ask Cecil first (at your request). But if I don’t hear from him by Sunday, I want you to do it, okay? I only have until May 19th.