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Friday, June 23, 2006

A Sight For Sore Eyes

Claudia Wells and me. 'Jennifer' and Marty. Hyuk!

Although I saw her many times during the DCS 2006 weekend, it wasn't until the last night that I actually met Claudia Wells, who co-starred as Marty McFly's girlfriend, Jennifer Parker, in the first Back To The Future movie.

In her sparkling gold dress, accompanied by her son who is addicted to 3M plastic picture hooks, she sat down for dinner at the table beside us. With mild butterfly-induced stomach-churnage, I clutched my copy of the Back To The Future trilogy and approached her.

"Hi Claudia. Sorry to bother you just before dinner," I said, "but I would love it if you could sign this for me." She very happily agreed to my request and prepared to sign the DVD case with a nifty black Sharpie. I giddily stood there, not expecting her first question: "And what's your name?"

I kind of laughed when I told her. "Marty" I said. Claudia Wells, aka Jennifer, did a double-take. "Really?" She asked. "Isn't that funny!"

"I know!" I laughed again.

And she signed my Back To The Future trilogy, underneath the english title, just to the left of the damn French title that, by law, has to appear on all Canadian DVDs.

End scene of Back To The Future 1Claudia Wells was cast in the first Back To The Future movie as Marty's awesome girlfriend. She's the one who warned Marty that Strickland was looking for him. She watched Marty's band get turned down in the auditorium, and she didn't get jealous when Marty got distracted by two aerobically-dressed girls in the parking lot. Here she is, sitting in the Mr. Fusion DeLorean at the end of the 1st movie.

Opening scene of Back To The Future 2When Back To The Future II came out, Claudia Wells was replaced by Elisabeth Shue. According to imdb.com, this was due to health problems. The opening scene of BTTF II was entirely reshot with Elisabeth Shue dressed in the same clothes, and uttering the same lines. Claudia's lines! When I was a kid, all I could think of was 'Booooooo!'

However, now that I've matured (barely), it doesn't bother me. Besides, it's not like Elisabeth Shue is hard to look at.

But during the weekend not one person mentioned Elisabeth Shue. I heard a few comments from guys such as "Who DIDN'T have a crush on Jennifer?" and other various "Claudia's hot" type remarks. Looking back at the movie, when she wrote her number for Marty, 555-4823, I wonder how many of those impressionable guys actually tried to call her. I didn't. But I asked my dad why they would show her number in the movie. "Everybody's going to be calling her!" I said.

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6 Comments:

Blogger Louisiana said...

there is a sparkle in your eye...good to see you had a great time..

4:10:00 PM

 
Blogger Jerry Bowley said...

Shows how close I pay attention... I didn't even notice the switch!

8:36:00 PM

 
Blogger Unknown said...

Ironically Back To The Future is now a classic (old movie).

And how does someone kinda laugh? You laugh or you don't right?

11:54:00 PM

 
Blogger Ellie Creek Ellis said...

i didn't have a crush on jennifer, but...i'm sort of an odd duck.

12:21:00 AM

 
Blogger Lori said...

It seems like you had a really good time!!! Love all the stories and the pic!

12:29:00 PM

 
Blogger Rainypete said...

That stupid phone number worked. I got yelled at for tying up the phone redialing it over and over. Blasted movie got my phone privelidges revoked.

8:06:00 AM

 

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