In 2013, I was in the final semesters of our sleep program. For one of the classes we were given an assignment involving a presentation. We were to pick a partner (or partners) and do a presentation on a sleep disorder. There was a catch however. The presentation could not be something that was a typical dull presentation.

We were encouraged to be as creative as possible in presenting our topic. Our instructor showed us a couple examples from previous classes. One was a simple video that was recorded in the school sleep lab on nightmares. Two students played parents and another played a child with the disorder. We were told of another group who did a “newscast” in front of the class on their topic and a group that presented their topic as a song they wrote and performed.

I had a connection with the production director at the local Fox affiliate and he allowed us to shoot our presentation there. We did ours as the SNL version of Celebrity Jeopardy. Thanks to the use of a green screen, My buddy Matt played Clint Eastwood and Alex Trebek, while I played Elvis and Sean Connery. It truly looked like the real show thanks to props from the TV station.

I say all that to set up today’s photo:

One of the presentations was done as a sort of talk show. One of our classmates was the host who was to interview “Key Thallen” a brilliant play on my on air name (Keith Allen). My friend Jackie portrayed Key. If memory serves me right, she asked if I had any radio station T-shirts she could borrow for their presentation. Not knowing that she was going to go the extra mile, she walked into the room wearing the T-shirt and the “old man” hat I always wore. She topped it off with obnoxiously large eyebrows and goatee that were stuck to her face.

I honestly don’t remember much of their presentation because I was laughing through the entire thing. I have to say, her impression of me was spot on! Finding this photo brought back memories of some really fun days.