| David Averill (cast, author, Trust) |
David is known in Gridiron circles as
"Mr. March," the guy who puts it all together, gives it 110 percent,
leaves everything on the playing field at Gridiron time in the best
show-might-as-well-go-on tradition. Unfortunately the Gridiron is in February
this year, so don't be surprised if Mr. March's performances are somewhere south
of the radar. After all, he puts his pants on one leg at a time just like
everybody else. |
| Bill Babb (cast) |
Proving once again the old saw that "he's not getting
better - he's getting older", Bill Babb will once again (say) grace (on)
the stage of the Tulsa Press Club Gridiron. Playing men (generally) much younger
than himself is easy for this Gridiron veteran. "I just have a couple of
belts and play whatever role they give me!" says the trouper. When not
embarrassing himself in this production, Babb can be found smiling through thick
and thin at the QuikTrip at 11th & College where he claims he met and taught
the power of positive thinking to TU Head Football Coach Keith Burns. Babb
asserts he suggested the OSU comparison to Burns because "I thought it'd
make a good Gridiron skit!" |
| Jeff Buckley (cast, author) |
Jeff returns to the Gridiron without the
baggage of playing Bill Clinton. One of his last acts as Clinton was to pardon
the rest of the cast for numerous crimes (most regarding off key singing and
overacting.) Jeff is a talented voiceover artist and is ready to work for you
(in other words, he needs a job.) Please feel free to call him at 809-0992.
Please note that his pardon power has expired. No matter what he says, he can no
longer "get you off." |
| Tom M. Campbell, Ed.D. (author, Trust) |
is immediate past chairman of the
GridironTrust.This year's show marks his 28th as an author. For five years he
waschief author. Although Tom is an allegedly respected citizen, he has written
more Gridiron skits revolving around pornography, hookers and other risque
subjects than anyone in history."I just want to clean up our city," he
explains. The retired public relations director for Tulsa Regional Medical
Center, Tom now is a freelance author in the Tulsa market. His wife, Charlotte,
has passed out programs at the show for many, many years, and at one-time
spearheaded after-show parties. Tom has taken only small roles in recent years,
but actually broke into the Gridiron by portraying one of his life heroes,
Richard Nixon. |
| Paul Davidson (cast) |
cast member since 1965, Paul retains amateur status
and remains in the show because his fellow cast members and the directors are
long-suffering and allow him to play the mandolin in the pickin' and grinnin'
songs, which are a long-time tradition in the Gridiron. He requests the audience
to please stop throwing items on stage while he is performing. |
| Virginia Dessauer (cast) |
Virginia clawed her way on stage, made up her
lines and refused to leave. She is well qualified to be on stage, having taken
dancing lessons in grade school - in which she excelled. |
| Jerry L. Cornelius (cast) |
Playing an OU football coach for the dozenteenth
time (Bob Stoops currently), Jerry is the senior most cast member. Actually,
Stoops was not even born when Jerry was in his first show back in the old Hotel
Tulsa days. Another cast member said, "He was in the show when they used
candles and megaphones". "That's not true" Jerry replies,
"We used gas lights". |
| Gerrie Goins (cast) |
Gerrie began her "life upon the wicked stage"
in second grade when she played the Queen Fairy. Needless to say, in her 7th
year of Gridiron, that may have been the height of her career. Thanks, Gene, for
25 years. |
| Eva-Marie (Mimi) Haig (author) |
Mimi is the fourth of five children born to
Catholic parents - her mother was a Belgian interpreter for the American Army,
her father a GI from Philadelphia, Pa. During WWII - and thus she credits
equally the Pope and Adolph Hitler for her very existence. A TU graduate and
accomplished amateur bodybuilder, this 33-year-old wise-cracking single gal
worked a string of local journalism and PR jobs before finding workplace bliss
as a marketing manager for PennWell Corp. Haig wrote most of her Gridiron
material following ingestion of an entire pot of coffee in the home she shares
with two adorable cats, Vinny and Denise. Her most life-altering philosophical
moment came when, referring to the comprehensiveness of a Chinese buffet, a
waiter said in unsteady English: "Everything we have is everything we
have." She is a connoisseur of fine makeup, wears SPF 45 even indoors, and
is easy to find in a crowd due to her beyond-Ivory complexion and the frequent
presence of an outrageously cute boyfriend. |
| Gordon Hart (cast) |
Self-employed as a writer, planner, marketer and
"PR-er," Gordon has been in Gridiron over the past few years as a
diversion from an otherwise serious, painstaking, meticulous lifestyle. His
other roles include: husband of "the" Mary Hart; father to three and
their spouses; and "Paw Paw" to nine, ages 3 to 15. If that's not
enough, he's working on his memoirs of twenty-nine years in the Navy Reserves as
a public affairs officer. |
| ELiz Son-Hollis (cast) |
ELiz is employed as the Marketing and Special Events
Director of Tulsa County Parks and Golf, i.e., the Park Princess. She has
recently upgraded her position from "keeper" to "wife" of
T.A. "Haul-Ass" (yes, hell truly froze over December 2000.) Now
they're "keeping" the 18 -year old "angel under
construction" and three persians in line and away from the kitchen. |
| Susan Jarvi (cast) |
has yet to graduate from OSU and is still trying to decide
what she wants to be when she grows up. In the meantime, she works as a
waitress, volunteers whenever she can and loves music, history and her
cat. |
| Randy Krehbiel (author) |
is the pseudonym of a traveling barber pole salesman
and collector of rare Grand Funk Railroad eight-track recordings. He prefers to
remain anonymous. After tonight's show, the audience will understand why. Jane
Lyon has been singing since junior high school when a fellow camper taught her
to play the ukelele, one of which she then had to get. She soon grew into a
baritone ukelele, which she still has, and then graduated to the guitar, which
she helps to teach each Sunday at Trinity Episcopal Church. She's been singing
in public since high school. Various venues include Oktoberfest, Mayfest,
Philbrook, some community theatre and Rick's Cafe Americain. She currently sings
in the Trinity Episcopal Church Choir. Her particular forte is high harmonies
and her style is folk-rock with a country flavor. |
| Melanie McMillan (cast, Trust) |
R.Dh., MLS, D.M.V., L.M.N.O.P., is Trust
Treasurer. To supplement her income, McMillan is a digit-head for Tulsa
Community College. Melanie would also like to remind you that the Tulsa Press
Club Educational and Charitable Trust is 501(c)3 charitable organization and
that all contributions are tax deductible - so give and give often. |
| Rebecca Marks-Jimerson (cast) |
has been involved in theatre for over twenty
years, including roles in "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Mississippi
Delta," and "Little Shop of Horrors" for American Theatre
Company. Im addition to her work as a multi-cultural coordinator for Tulsa
Community College, Rebecca is a columnist for the Oklahoma Eagle and hosts
"TCC Minutes" on Cox Cable channel 21. |
| Mary Lou Martin (cast) |
was born in Tulsa, has a BA in Psychology from the
University of Houston, an MA in Sociology and MA in Speech from West Texas State
and attended the University of Valencia in Spain. She was a college professor
for fifteen years, owned dancing and modeling schools and now owns the Newcomer
Welcome Service of Tulsa. In addition, she hosted a thirty-minute televison talk
show in Amarillo, Texas and spent two weeks dancing with the Barnum and Bailey
Circus in Houston. |
| Elizabeth Meier (cast) |
Elizabeth makes her debut appearance on the Gridiron
stage. A marketing associate at the Tulsa Area United Way, Elizabeth thought
that appearing in the show would help her career. Little did she know that years
from now, the Gridiron will use tapes of the show to blackmail her. |
| Ann Moore (crew) |
is still unemployed, sort of. She is the wife of
Production Stage Dictator, Tim Moore, mother of Dierdre Erin and three cats who
go running when the vacuum cleaner or baby are loose. Ann spends most days fully
engrossed in the educational programming of Nick Jr., commenting that ėLittle
Bear and Franklin are my favorite shows.î A box of hair dye sits waiting on the
bathroom counter for this Gridiron show to be over....as she is still waiting
for the final list of props she needs to make for this years show. Between
scraping food off the floors, counters and ceiling, playing peek-a-boo and
trying to make signs and props, Ann is glad that this show is earlier this year
as it will not interfere with bulb planting and March Madness! |
| Tim Moore (Crew) |
is employed by the Tulsa Housing Authority as its
Compliance Auditor. He has been involved with the show since 8 tracks were a hot
commodity ( 1973). He has taken on many tasks through the years from making
props, painting, stealing a line from Paul Davidson (yep, he had a cheat card
taped on the back of his wearing sign just like the big boys) ,to his present
position of Production Stage Director. In his spare (?) time, he enjoys playing
with his one year old daughter Dierdre and thinking of the sheer hell he is
going to put the boys through when she is old enough to date. As a hobby, Tim is
also is a high school football and basketball official. Additionally, you can
catch he and his wife Ann wearing their orange and supporting their favorite
team - the OSU Cowboys. |
| Harold L. Morgan, Jr. (webmaster) |
Chief Fan of the Chief Author (see
below), Harold (Skip) has maintained the Tulsa Gridiron website for the last few
years despite massive lack of input from the Gridirion cast, crew and/or
audience. When he is not stealing.. make that "appropriating"... jokes
from other websites to beef up the Gridirion site, he is Director of Information
Services for Wave 3 Communications. The Gridiron website is generally held to be
much funnier than the actual show (known in the trades as "a short
putt"); check it out at: http://www.oocities.org/Tulsagridiron |
| P. Casey Morgan (Chief Author, Trust) |
is the Development Director for KWGS,
Tulsa's Public Radio affiliate. She has been with the Gridiron for an
unspecified number of years, working her way up from Understudy to the Phone Sex
Operator, a position she is seriously considering working her way back down to.
She would like to thank the webmaster (see above) for his unending support
during their 19 years of marriage, even during the bad times (which would be,
well, let's face it: Gridiron). During Gridiron performances, Casey can be seen
pacing the room like a tiger with a bad haircut, plotting the grisly demise of
all cast members who ad-lib. |
| Cindy Morrison (cast) |
Cindy is the 5 pm Anchor and Investigative Reporter for KTUL-TV. The award-winning journalist is the 3rd generation in her family to
graduate from OU. She worked at KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City for eight years before
she finally wised up and figured out Tulsa was the much better place. Besides
the TV gig, Cindy is married to her much younger and darling husband, Todd.
("Marry 'em young & train 'em right" - that's Cindy's motto.)
Cindy's pride & joy is her 22-month old son and if you have thirty minutes
or more, she'd be happy to show you the millions of pictures of Peyton she
carries with her at all times. |
| Jerry Muratore (cast, Trust) |
Jerry returns to the Gridiron after a six year
absence. He previously appeared in Gridirons from 1977 to 1994, with many
unheralded moments. Since coming to Tulsa in 1976, Jerry has been with KOTV-Channel
6, KJRH-TV2 and Donrey Outdoor Advertising. He currently serves as President of
the Tulsa Division of Eller Media (The former Donrey Outdoor.) Vicki Muratore
(prompter) - Vicki's eagerly awaited return to the Gridiron marks the end of an
entirely uncalled for exile to Texas and Kansas, during which she accomplished
nothing of note, beyond honing her already first-rate whining skills. Though
she's currently unemployed - and largely unemployable - Vicki hopes to soon
establish her own psychic sex phone line, called, "1-888- I Saw That
Coming." |
| Dick Risk (cast, Gridiron Trust member) |
Dick is celebrating his
twenty-third consecutive year in Gridiron. He was an Air Force public affairs
officer and ran an Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Network overseas.
He also worked in public relations for Getty Oil and PSO. He ran the
Southwestern Power Administration for Ronald Reagan. Currently, Dick publishes a
national trade periodical, is a structured settlement broker and a law
student. |
| Anne Thompson (costume chief) |
Anne is the Court Administrator and
Administrative Hearing Officer for the City of Tulsa. She was recently dubbed
the City's Sex Czar by Jim East after her notoriety as the hearing officer on
the Mid Town Super Store (Sexually Oriented Business) licence appeal. On
weekends she can be found at local swap meets, gun shows and tent revivals
selling her WWDTCD line of jewelry. |
| Wes Thompson |
Wes still has no life outside Gridiron. With his new hairdo
(yes, the golden locks are gone), he hopes to have a better chance with the
Rockettes this year. |
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