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Our Day at BBI - Part 4 We sat in Barb's office and chatted for hours about just about everything we could think of. Barb said info club enrollments were coming in at the rate of hundreds every week, so much so that it is overloading the Barbbb AOL mailbox. As we sat and talked, the phone rang and Barb answered it (one of her duties). She spoke pleasantly to the person on the phone for a moment or two, then smiled to us, hit the intercom button and, her voice reverberating through the halls, said "Beez, Trace is on line one to talk to you." There was an explosion of applause and laughter from the writing room as voices called out "Trace! Trace!" "They're at the airport on a layover," Barb told us. I turned to Brian, wild eyed. "Let's go!" I yelled and Barb laughed. After another hour or so of chatting we finally wandered toward the door, meeting, on our way, Jill Roozenboom, who has taken over most of the production and publicity responsibilities Julie had. To our surprise, she admitted that she had never seen an MST3K episode. "Maybe next weekend," she said (which was the weekend of MST3K's premiere on the Sci-Fi Channel). Sitting at the receptionist's desk as we stood saying our goodbyes was a tape of episode 805- The Thing That Couldn't Die. "Mind if we borrow that?" I asked Barb. She politely declined. I came away with a very positive feeling from my visit. Whatever difficulties there were or may have been at BBI in recent years, there was no sign of them now. The group has re-formed into a cogent working team. More than at any time previously, Mike seemed clearly in command, and displayed a relaxed confidence. Kevin, too, seemed as downright joyous and cheerful as I have seen him...and I've seen him in some pretty good moods. Jim's face looks more lined and care-worn than it did even a few months ago at the con. Seems like the uncertainty of the last two years has worn on him. But, like Gypsy, he's a rock. Somebody has to be. In an interview in 1990, Jim told me that working at Best Brains was the best job in America. I reminded him of that on this visit and asked him if it was still true. He smiled and nodded. "I think so," he said. | PREVIOUS PAGE | | VISIT PREVIOUS FEATURED ARTICLES |