The print., March 13, 1985, Page 4, Image 4

L* I i
The Arts
‘Mother-type’ fits
commercial spot
By Amy LaBare
Of The Print
They asked a few questions
and took a few pictures. They
said “don’t call us; we’ll call
you.” Maybe. She had no idea
that anything would ever come
of it.
But when she rushed
through the door a couple of
weeks ago to answer the
phone, she heard the voice of a
man from the Pytka Produc­
tion Co. They wanted her.
About five weeks ago, the
Pytka Production Co. was
conducting interviews and
auditions at Clackamas Com­
munity College for a
Frigidaire commercial. One of
the characters they were
casting for was a mother-type.
Gale Wall, administration
secretary in the humanities
and social sciences division,
called a few women on campus
she thought would be eligible
for the role. Judy Mickel was
one of them.
Mickel is a secretary in the
registrar’s office at Clackamas
Community College. An at­
tractive mother of three, she
looks like the type one would
see at Meier and Frank on a
Sunday afternoon with her
handsome husband. She
describes herself as “the
mother-type.”
Mickel said it was “just a
lark. I did it for fun.” She ex­
plained that after Wall called
her she asked her boss, Direc­
tor of Admissions and
Records Chuck Adams if she
could run over to the
McLouglin theater for a
minute to check it out. “He
(Adams) gave me an OK-look,
so I went,” she said.
As they asked her questions
about her family and farm
they video-taped her. Then
they took a photograph.
“When I left, the man who
had interviewed me said that
they probably wouldn’t call,”
Mickel said. And that is what
she expected.
When she was called on that
Monday night and asked to fly
to Hollywood on Thursday to
film the commercial, Mickel
said she was thoroughly sur­
prised. The sequence of ins­
tant pictures she had taken of
her trip to Hollywood started
with a shot of her standing
glassy-eyed in the Portland
Airport, with a smile spread
ear to ear. “That’s how I look­
ed all weekend. The smile
never left my face,” Mickel
said.
At the airport in Los
Angeles Mickel was picked up
by a limousine and taken to
the Le Parc Hotel. “The room
was beautiful - just like a little
apartment,” she said.
When she arrived on Stage 9
of Laird Studios, the producer
told her she was too good-
The Print
Wants Your
Advertising
Message
For more information call 657-8400, ext. 309
310 or stop by Trailer B.
Clackamas Community College
Page 4
Judy Mickel, secretary in registrar’s office,
holds copy of check she received for her role as
the mother in television commercial. Not escap-
looking. (She said that was
one of the high points of her
adventure.) “They had to age
me ten years. I looked terrible.
“It’s hard work. Everything
has to be perfect. We filmed
from eight in the morning to
after seven at night,” Mickel
said. But she said she wasn’t
nervous, as the filming crew
made her feel very comfor­
table. “I just had fun,” she
added.
Auditions slated
Auditions for the spring
term theater production at
Clackamas Community Col­
lege will be held Wednesday,
March 20 from 3-5 p.m. in the
McLoughlin Theater. The cast
for the
play,
titled
“Nuptials,” will include seven
women between the ages of 16
and 50 and five men between
the ages of 20 and 70.
This will be the world
premiere of the play “Nup-
"tials,” which was written by
former student and staff
member Joette Rose.
There will also be positions
available in backstage areas
for the production. Anyone
interested should attend the
audition. The play is schedul­
ed for six performances, May
30, 31, June 1, 7 and 8 at 8
p.m. and June 9 at 2:30 p.m.
ing Uncle Sam, Mickel lost $285.99 of the
$753.88 check to taxes.
Photo by Joel Miller
Mickel’s wardrobe girl,
Charmin, took her shopping
for her costume, but she ended
up wearing her own skirt and
Charmin’s blouse. “The pro­
ducers didn’t like any of the
clothes we bought. Charmin
took them all back. I wish I
could have kept them,”
Mickel said.
While in Hollywood, Mickel
said she was able to do a little
bit of sightseeing. One day for
lunch she went to the Hard
Rock Cafe, where Elvis and
James Dean paraphernalia
adorned the walls and
waitresses wore ’50s style
clothes.
The commercial, in which
Mickel is portrayed as a
farmer’s wife, should air in the
Portland area this week.
Mickel joked, “It’ll probably
be on during the soaps and I’ll
never get to see it.”
Musical fests fill campus
The Clackamas Community
College High School Jazz
Festival will be held March 15
and 16 in Randall Gym. The
festival will include fifty high
schools and junior high
schools over the two-day com­
petition. Trophies will be
awarded to divisions which are
based on school size. Tickets
are available for $2 for the
day, $3.50 for the evening con­
certs at 8 p.m., and $5 for a
package ticket. Competitions
begin at approximately 8 a.m.
On March 16 in the Com­
munity Center the Vocal Jazz
Festival will begin at 9:30 a.m.
The festival is not a competi­
tion but a workshop for high
school jazz groups. The Nancy
King Quartet will be featured
for an evening concert at 8
p.m. Admission is $2 for the
day, $5 for the evening con­
cert.
The College Brass Ensemble
and the College Chamber
Singers will perform in a com­
bination concert March 17.
The concert titled '“Go for
Baroque” will be held in the
Community Center at 3 p.m.
The First United Methodist
Churc'' will host The Com­
munity Choir and College
Choral concert on March 19.
The vocal groups will perform
Schubert’s Mass in G, at 7:30
p.m. Admission is free.
Clackamas Community College