This was hard because I don't watch much TV. When I do, it's often re-runs of I Love Lucy,Frasier or Raymond. I really enjoy Dancing With the Stars. I thought that might be us, since we were out dancing when we met.

Then it hit me - The Show most like us is American Idol! Dick (my husband) sang Karaoke when I met him. He got me into it. We spent 5 years as Producer (him) and Associate Producer(me) of a talent show/fundaraiser for the North Shore Mucic Theatre called "Show of Shows." This was in the mid to late 90s. Karaoke was huge then. We went out several nights a week to clubs where they had Karaoke and auditioned hundreds of people for the show for two years. For the next 3, after the show caught on, we held auditions 2 nights a week at a restaurant and had them come to us. We auditioned singers from Feb. to April or May then picked the best for the June show. We put 30 acts in the show. They had to be outstanding singers (and they were), and able to sell a certain amount of tickets. We had it televised on local cable and everyone got a video. We put the show on at the theatre on their stage. I put the line-up of the show together and did all the clerical work, and there was a lot. It was a sellout 3 out of the 5 years before we stopped. So now when we watch American Idol, we act like we are auditioning. (I might ad, our kids hated to come to the shows, but they did.)

Louisa