From Richard’s staff:
On this day, in 1997, Richard shared some success stories and announced his very first auditorium (live chat) on his own website. Richard’s website was very new, having just gone live in July of that year!
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Yes, I feel much better today, and I did take time to read some email. The people who came on our Cruise to Lose lost a total of 1563 pounds! And as we were busy climbing stairs and Dunns River Falls in Ocho Rios, many of you took the challenge seriously and did the cruise right there in your own home!
Suzanne B. has been Sweatin’ and Shoutin’ and has lost 20 pounds so far!
Linda W. was terrified of entering the 300 pound zone. She started walking 5 minutes a day, then 5 minutes twice a day, and now 20 minutes a day! Linda said good-bye to 48 pounds!
I’m glad to hear you cleaned out your closet, Monica B. It took you 5 years?! So you found the walking tapes and the Deal-a-Meal. Congratulations to you for your 19 pound loss and to your husband who’s now down 35 pounds!
S. Murphy had a great idea! She asked 2 of her friends to join her exercising in mid July, and collectively they have lost 70 pounds! “Cos you gotta have friends …” Bette Middler. “That’s what friends are for . . .” Dionne Warwick. “Thank you for being a friend . . .” Golden Girls.
Roberta S. lost 9-1/2 pounds, and she and her husband got through the entire Sweatin’ to the Oldies tape for the first time! Oh, I could go on and on, and I’m going to!
Deb K. has lost 90 pounds since November of 1996! Yes, Deb, I’m going to make more videos. Don’t worry, I have at least a dozen left inside of me!
Can you believe Michelle B? She started at 270 pounds. She was very focussed on toning. Well, now she weighs 150 pounds!
Now Kitty P. got rid of 32 pounds — but wait — 58 inches have disappeared!
So, Lorretta M., you’d better not be giving up after reading this message!
DeeDee H., don’t be scared. You’ve lost 20 pounds, and the last 10 will come off! Please don’t be frightened by your success.
Well, I could go on and on, but I know you want to talk about Wednesday. All I can think about is tomorrow night! You know I’ve done chats on AOL and Prodigy, but tomorrow is the premiere of “RICHARD SIMMONS LIVE UNPLUGGED AUDITORIUM”! Oh, oh, the applause is too loud!!! Thank you, thank you!
Now remember, this is is my first, so I’m a bit nervous. It will be a great learning experience for me. We talk about learning so often, don’t we? Do you wanna come? Well, come on!
After reading this, you can go to the home page and register! It’s sort of first come, first serve. Remember, we’re not holding this in the Taj Mahal. It’s sort of more like a little villa in Firenze — OOPS, there goes my Italian — Florence!
My webmaster told me we needed to do a test run and keep the auditorium a manageable size, but don’t fret! There will be more auditoriums to come! Get ready, get set, get to the home page, and be part of our first live chat!
Love,
Richard
