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Hey Jeri, you won’t believe who I met the other day...!
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What great nostalgia it was to meet and greet the one and only Bobby Sherman the
other day at City Council candidate Bob Kellar’s fund-raiser at
George Thomas’ Route 66 restaurant in Canyon Country.
I’m here to report that Sherman is
still cute, I guess, judging by the hordes of 40ish females who still swooned
and posed for photographs with the former pop superstar. These were the same
ponytailed pre-pubescent girls who cut out millions of Bobby
Sherman records off the backs of cereal boxes, just a measly 30 or so years
ago.
Will Fleet is publisher of The Signal. He can be reached at, ext. 291, and his email
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Sunday, March 26, 2000
My little sisters, especially Jeri, now 38, were absolutely gaga over Bobby Sherman. They liked
Donny Osmond and David Cassidy, to be sure, but Bobby Sherman was just the “cutest.”
It’s probably a good thing that Kellar and Co. did not publicize
Sherman’s appearance in advance. Route 66 is a big place, but not big enough to
handle every middle-aged (some younger) women this side of the
Nevada border.
Sherman, for his part, took great care to make it clear
that he is a big supporter of Kellar’s, and not just a celebrity who has been
coerced into an appearance. He has known Bob Kellar for many years, and credits
Kellar for helping him in his involvement with the Los Angeles Police
Department. He’s an emergency medical technician by trade and a reserve
technical officer with the LAPD.
Sherman also was instrumental in
establishing the volunteer EMT Foundation, which, among other things, provides
EMT personnel for charitable events. He also teaches cadets at the police
academy.
His role on the late 1960s TV series “Here Come the Brides” was
probably the big turning point in his career.
The Signal’s
fresh-faced wise guy of a managing editor, Tim Whyte, took great
pleasure in informing me that he would “have to take your word for it” when I
told him that Sherman had been “huge” in his pop culture heyday. See, Tim was
born about the time “Here Come the Brides” hit the screen. The
jerk.
Generation Xers really think American pop history began with
Madonna, Billy Idol and Boy George.
Sister Jeri had a Bobby Sherman lunch
box. Her bedroom was wallpapered with Bobby. She played those damn cereal box
records incessantly, and probably ruined the damn record player in the process.
She was just one of millions of young girls who idolized him, and really, only
one of three in my own household. (Come to think of it, I missed an opportunity.
I could have scored Bobby Sherman’s autograph for Jeri. God, I hope she doesn’t
read this column or I’m in trouble.)
Of course, as a kid, I never
understood any of it. I mean, it wasn’t like he was Willie Mays or anything or
somebody really important like that. The way these girls made such a fuss, you’d
have thought he was Mickey Damn Mantle or something.
But it’s clear that
Bobby Sherman is more than just a jillion pictures pasted all over girls’
bedrooms. After meeting him 30 years later, I’ve become a fan,
too.
Here’s a guy who could’ve let all the adulation go to his head. He
could have taken the money and gone away a happy has-been like so
many stars do.
Instead he’s a 56-year-old man who doesn’t
look a day over 40, and appears to have the energy and commitment of a kid. Of
course, when he was 30, he looked 15, and well, you get the picture. Cripes.
Nice genes, Bobby.
Sherman has channeled that energy into helping others
and spreading the word of EMT work, CPR and law enforcement.
Sherman
hasn’t completely abandoned the stage. He has had a few concerts to very
enthusiastic crowds over the past couple of years. He also published an
autobiography
Both being invited guests to Kellar’s shindig, Sherman and
I share one thing in common: We are FOBs (friends of Bob). Sherman spoke with
real passion about how he thinks Kellar is the right guy to lead the city of
Santa Clarita into the 21st century.
When he talked with me privately, he
said he would do “anything I can” to help Kellar win the election on April 11.
And I believe he meant it.
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