Pilot # 5"Hard Luck Susan"
Those Producers liked the title "Hard Luck Susan" so much they used it again! This show was originally going to be called "Rubber Tire Rosie" but they thought people would think Roseanne Barr was the star of it. I hated this Pilot the most. I had to wear dirty dresses and my hair was a mess! I played Susanne Buncher, a poor uneducated hag that sold old tires and rubber hoses. It was supposed to be like "Sanford and Son" but it was not anything like that. I lived in a shack with my dimwitted 9 year old daughter, Becky. Together we would trawl the neighborhoods looking for "rubber goods". I hated the girl they got to play my daughter, (see small image above) she was a little brat! I had to speak with a southern drawl like my mouth was filled with marbles. The Pilot episode was all about earning enough money with the scavenged "rubber goods" to buy Becky a brace for her back. I had to say "Becky's gonna get scole-ee-oh-sis if I don't get me more money" about 100 times! The episode ends with Becky recieving her brace due to the kindness of the locals who knew us as the "Rubber Goodies". I wanted that little Brat's spine to twist more then Chubby Checker by the time we finished shooting! Susanne Buncher was supposed to be lovable and heart warming, but I thought if I ever met anyone like that "Rubber Tire" tramp I would steal her daughters brace and slit my wrist with a broken pop bottle. I was confident that this Pilot would also bite the dust. The episode was tested with 2 different audiences, consisting mainly of industry relatives. I was told that Demi Moore and her daughters loved "Hard Luck Susan" so much that they bought a pirated VHS dupe of it. I hate thinking that episode could pop up and haunt me later on down the road. Demi possibly wants to buy the rights as a Film vehicle for her and her real life daughter. If Demi does want the rights the title will come with a high price, since that is the name of my band. I really doubt that Demi and her daughter will actually do a "Hard Luck Susan" movie...but you never know. There aren't many roles for women in films and I guess thay snatch what they can. The best part of this Pilot is when my daughter falls into a heap of garbage while we scavenge for "Rubber goods".
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