"smushing," recalling that he'd been complaining for years about having to "smush" in my car. But considering $30,000, he'd "smush."
    His friends asked how I got the car. I said I sent in three Cheerio's boxtops. My son laughed. Considering $30,000, he'll laugh at my jokes.
    We "smushed" four teens in the back. They kept their feet on the floor. Considering $30,000, they'll keep their feet on the floor. And they even talked:
    "I love it!"
    "I could get used to this!!"
    "I wish someone would see me!"
    "This is great!"
    And outside people were yelling, "That's a beauty!" "Like your car!" "Fun car!" I had to agree. Fun car!
I had a lot of friends that weekend.

    We all felt a little racier, enjoying a momentary return to the past an elegant, rich and fun past.
    On my last night with the car we decided to go to a nice restaurant with our friends, John and Kay. John had been lusting after the car all weekend, so I let him drive. The night was clear and beautiful and on the Daniel Hoan bridge overlooking the lake and the city, with the wind blowing through my hair,- I had to feel like at least an "8." My racy blouse with an extra button unbuttoned was intentional. John looked over at me.
    "Marcia?"
    "Yes, John?"
    "Marcia, this has the power of a Stingray."
    "Is that good?" I asked.

    "It's the best," he replied.
    I stretched out my tan legs, the wind nudging up my skirt. John looked over at me.
    "Marcia?"
    "Yes, John?"
    "Marcia, this has the steering of a Lotus."
    "Is that good?" I asked.
    "It's the best," he said.
    Notice the racy blouse or tan legs? Nope.
    The next morning I called Nancy.
    "Nancy, I'm in Mexico. Just wanted to see how it handled on the highway." She wanted the car back.
    She's so conventional.

Reprinted from Milwaukee Magazine, March, 1981 issue.

"Trapper John MD" Star Has Right Prescription for Driving Fun

Lovely Christopher Morris, a series regular on "Trapper John MD" has played many television, screen and stage roles, but her favorite "appearance" currently is in her Series III White Excalibur Phaeton which she has affectionately dubbed her "Shiny White."
    The lovely Angeleno who is married to Bud Danley, has just celebrated her first wedding anniversary. The nation's TV viewers know her as Ripples Brancussi, whose first name, it is said, comes from the fact that "she looks like she's moving even when she's standing still."
    That's why the reaction of the man who said he'd been following her for two weeks is hard to understand. Out for a drive in her Excalibur with her husband, she stopped in a restaurant only to be "accosted" by the stranger who blurted out: "I've been following you for two weeks. This is the first time I came close enough to ask you: What kind of car is that you are driving?"
    A triumph indeed for automotive beauty over the charms of this lovely young actress who started in show business at the age of 3. Her father was a conductor  on     Broadway,     and     her

mother a Broadway singer and actress. The parents found it easier to make Chris part of the show rather than hire a babysitter, and a career was born.
    At seven, Chris auditioned with Richard Rogers for "The Sound of Music," a play she appeared in for three years of its run.
    The TV soaper "Edge of Night" also included Chris in the cast for three years.

    Chris grew up in New York, but as is the case with so many theatrical figures, she gravitated to the West Coast where she now enjoys the California lifestyle, which most definitely includes her "Shiny White."
"Bud and I love the open air feeling when we drive our Excalibur," she says. Though she is often recognized, she admits that she must share "co-billing" with her beautiful automobile.

Lovely Christopher Norris of "Trapper John MD" with Shiny white, her Series III Excalibur.

Photo by Alan Houghton