JIM HULL'S FRIENDS!

(Hey, he's got a couple.) They're different, they're interesting, they're much weirder than Jim (but they like him anyway), and here they are, in alphabetical order, plus how to reach some of them on the Net:

Ginger BERGLUND sings jazz, and she's appeared with Kenny Rankin, Steve Allen, and a scad of others. She's also performed opera, and she's sung for the Pope! Ginger's also enormously sweet, super-smart, and cute as a button. Everybody falls in love with her, and you will, too. Check out her Web site right HERE.

Warren CASEY He's the coolest dude in Glendale and - when the spirit moves him - he throws the best World Beat music parties in the Southland. Join him at his Website, where he holds forth with his bandmates from the slightly off-kilt-er Celtic tribal bagpipe-and-drums band seen on TV and in the Doo Dah Parade, WICKED TINKERS. And check out Warren the Art Director / Drum Maker / Painter at http://www.wickedtinkers.com/warrencasey.html (He's a busy guy.)

Alice DUNCAN Alias Emma Craig, alias Rachel Wilson, alias Jon Sharpe, Ms. Duncan (assisted by her alter egos) writes Western Romance novels with a twist. Instead of the typical bodice-rippers, these novels introduce humor, odd characters, the occasional dachshund - and THEN there's a lot of bodice-ripping. Find out for yourself at her Website, ALICE DUNCAN/EMMA CRAIG/RACHEL WILSON - ROMANCE AUTHOR (That's harder to write than the URL itself!)

Shane GIBSON Shane made Geo Tile into the biggest, best tile-contracting company in the San Fernando Valley. But that was just his warm-up act. Lately Shane's into showbiz, doing comedy/variety gigs in L.A., and of course he's the Southern California Zydeco King (don't ask). He's often away visiting his birthplace - Canada - or touring Mexico or France, but he keeps returning.

George HULL A really cool guy - who happens to be my brother - George lives in Utah (where the snow is powdery and the air is clean) with his wife, Nancy, a graphic designer. George just retired as Chief Pilot for Delta Airlines in Los Angeles and Utah, a his many hobbies: motorcycles, skiing, travel, and Macintosh computers. He's on a couple of civic boards in his town (and won a national award for his troubles), lives in a really cool house, has bunches of neat friends, and is generally one of the happiest, most successful people I know. It's enough to make you sick, but he's such a nice guy, you get over it.

Celeste JONES One of the two or three smartest women on the planet, Celeste was also first runner-up for Miss Wisconsin awhile back, and she's a devotee of T'ai Chi, so watch it! She's married to Olympian Sam Jones - who designs computer programs and theatre lighting when he's not mountain-climbing or fencing - and lately Celeste assists scientists who're doing cutting-edge genetic research. (One of them even had an assistant named Igor.)

Cathy KANNER You've seen Cathy's illustrations in books and magazines, and her serene drawings of people - coats blowing in the wind - show up in the "Opinion" section of the Los Angeles Times. Her sketches appear in Michael Crichton's recent thriller Timeline. She's collaborated on a very cool book about Moby Dick, which you can hunt down at her website, kannerbook.com, where you'll also find a beautifully designed and illustrated book of prayers by Robert Louis Stevenson, along with numerous other stunning works. Let's face it: she brings cultyah to the world.

Linda LONGSERRE One of about a dozen people in the entire country with that last name, Linda hails from Texas, and she has the frontier spunk to match. Her ancestral home was featured in the film Hope, and Linda (SAG/AFTRA) is busy getting herself featured in films, including the 1998 USA Network movie, The Con. She’s a marriage-and-family counselor, and she also fashions some of the most beautiful leaded-crystal necklaces, earrings, and bracelets this side of Austria. Linda has exhibited her wares at shops and craft fairs in California. And look! She’s wearing a gold-leaf design of her own right now!

Kaydee McKinney raised a family, then she went back to college and graduated Summa cum Laude, then she went to USC and got a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science. Meanwhile, she is in shape, and she achieves it the old-fashioned way by working out twice a day, including weights, aerobics, dance, tennis, jogging, bicycling, hiking, and rock-climbing. If she has any time left over, she spends it keeping her attorney-boss above water despite a sea of paperwork. Kaydee also happens to be one of the nicest, sweetest people you will ever meet. She is a rare breed, an actual grown-up person, her head screwed on right. If we had more people like her, the world might truly work.

Terri PRIZANT has one of the most difficult, complex, and stressful jobs on the planet, namely, TV script supervising, and she's worked on many of the biggest comedy hits including "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and "Drew Carey", not to mention "Freddie", "Greetings from Tucson", and "Wanda at Large". Despite all the pressure, she manages to be cheerful, funny, and charming ... and she's cute, too! When she's not calming panicky TV producers, she plays mandolin in the LA folk/country girl band CLEMENTINE and sings in the Balkan choir NEVENKA. In case that's not enough, she also toured internationally as a dancer with the Aman Folk Ensemble. Her biggest compliment is that somebody is "brilliant!" Well, Terri, you're definitely brilliant.

Elisha SHAPIRO is easily one of the strangest beings on the planet. When he's not helping syntax-impaired college students with their English skills, he's hard at work managing Nihilist Industries, a dark and mysterious cabal that puts forth performance art (Elisha ran for president on the Nihilist ticket, chaired the Nihilist Olympics, and presented the recent Nihilist Expo), the annual Nihilism Calendar (hang it on the wall, it does the rest), the Nihilist's Corner cable-TV show, and of course the Nihilist philosophy and manifesto ("Don't Whine"). Elisha has catalogued all this michief at his Website, Nihilist's Corner. Visit it! Or don't, I don't care.

Ken WILLIAMSON Ken was a top deejay in Houston until they rode him out of town on a rail -- er, until he moved to LA, where he's a sound engineer for NBC. Ken is famous for his "Tape from California" cassette, an annual update on his family in the form of a drive-time music-radio show. If you're lucky, Ken will put you on the mailing list; if you're really lucky, he won't. Check out Ken's Web site!

Larry WILSON is one of THE comedy-magicians of the era. He has appeared on countless TV shows, consulted on movies ("Airplane", among others), and is a regular emcee in the main room of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, where he often brings his irreverent show, "Larry Wilson and his Hellhounds", which is like watching the Marx Brothers do magic. Larry has produced and starred in big stage reviews, including "Just Add Water" in Lake Tahoe and "Wonderland" in Reno. When not performing on cruise ships, lately Larry enjoys the good life in the high desert with his lovely wife, Nicole, and his frisky son, Joss. Hanging out with Larry is like living inside an ongoing comedy tutorial: it's hard on the sides, for all the laughter. (That's me holding Larry's son in the right-hand picture, taken in late 2005. Joss has gotten much bigger since then.) Check out Larry's big charity event

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