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MAY: Does Helen Smoke?

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JOHNSTON ROBIN

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Jan 30, 1995, 6:53:00 PM1/30/95
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I recently found out that Jamie on " Mad About You " smokes. What I was
wondering is if anyone knew if Helen does as well. I sorta hope she
doesn't though!!!

Thanks in Advance
Rob.


debbie aziz

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Feb 1, 1995, 12:12:16 AM2/1/95
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e0ek...@tuzo.erin (JOHNSTON ROBIN) writes:
>I recently found out that Jamie on " Mad About You " smokes. What I was
>wondering is if anyone knew if Helen does as well. I sorta hope she
>doesn't though!!!

I'd be curious to know this as well (Altho Jamie has quit smoking and
does so now onlu under periods of stress, like during the Thanksgiving
episode).
I'm also curious, is Helen Hunt married in real life? And how old is
she?
I'm fast becoming a dedicated viewer of Mad About You.
Debbie A. Aziz, az...@iia.org or Lib...@aol.com


Lori Hylan

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Feb 1, 1995, 10:31:45 AM2/1/95
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In article <3gn57g$c...@iia.org>, az...@iia.org (debbie aziz) wrote:

> e0ek...@tuzo.erin (JOHNSTON ROBIN) writes:
> >I recently found out that Jamie on " Mad About You " smokes. What I was
> >wondering is if anyone knew if Helen does as well. I sorta hope she
> >doesn't though!!!
>
> I'd be curious to know this as well (Altho Jamie has quit smoking and
> does so now onlu under periods of stress, like during the Thanksgiving
> episode).
> I'm also curious, is Helen Hunt married in real life? And how old is
> she?

The answers are (to my memory of a TV Guide article a couple years ago):
no, and around 30. I remember the article saying that Paul Reiser and the
show's co-creator (can't remember the name) were both married, and drew
from personal experience in the writing and acting, but that Helen Hunt
was not married. Paul and co-creator were impressed that she took to the
scripts like she had first-hand experience, even tho' she was single.

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DEBBIE JAKUBOWSKI

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Feb 1, 1995, 3:58:18 PM2/1/95
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In article <3gn57g$c...@iia.org> az...@iia.org (debbie aziz) writes:
>From: az...@iia.org (debbie aziz)
>Subject: Re: MAY: Does Helen Smoke?
>Date: 1 Feb 1995 00:12:16 -0500
There's an article in US Magazine (I think the current issue as of Monday)
about Helen Hunt. Her picture is on the cover, too.

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Trudy J. Morgan

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Feb 7, 1995, 12:59:11 PM2/7/95
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DEBBIE JAKUBOWSKI (deb...@terrill.unt.edu) wrote:
: In article <3gn57g$c...@iia.org> az...@iia.org (debbie aziz) writes:
: >>I recently found out that Jamie on " Mad About You " smokes. What I was
: >>wondering is if anyone knew if Helen does as well. I sorta hope she
: >>doesn't though!!!
: >
: > I'd be curious to know this as well (Altho Jamie has quit smoking and
: >does so now onlu under periods of stress, like during the Thanksgiving
: >episode).
: > I'm also curious, is Helen Hunt married in real life? And how old is
: >she?
: > I'm fast becoming a dedicated viewer of Mad About You.
: >Debbie A. Aziz, az...@iia.org or Lib...@aol.com
: >
: >
: There's an article in US Magazine (I think the current issue as of
Monday) : about Helen Hunt. Her picture is on the cover, too.

The US article says that Helen is not married, but I don't think it
mentions whether she smokes or not.

TJ

Thea Frost

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Feb 9, 1995, 12:15:48 AM2/9/95
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az...@iia.org (debbie aziz) writes:

>e0ek...@tuzo.erin (JOHNSTON ROBIN) writes:
>>I recently found out that Jamie on " Mad About You " smokes. What I was
>>wondering is if anyone knew if Helen does as well. I sorta hope she
>>doesn't though!!!

I don't know if she does, but on last week's show it was a
flashback type episode to their wedding and she was sort of smoking
during that due to stress; but he kept taking the cig out of her hand.

tr...@world.std.com


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Jeffrey Keezel

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Feb 9, 1995, 3:05:48 PM2/9/95
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tr...@world.std.com writes:
> az...@iia.org (debbie aziz) writes:
>
> >e0ek...@tuzo.erin (JOHNSTON ROBIN) writes:
> >>I recently found out that Jamie on " Mad About You " smokes. What I was
> >>wondering is if anyone knew if Helen does as well. I sorta hope she
> >>doesn't though!!!
>
> I don't know if she does, but on last week's show it was a
> flashback type episode to their wedding and she was sort of smoking
> during that due to stress; but he kept taking the cig out of her hand.

As an ex-smoker, I've developed the peculiar hobby of trying to
determine if the on-screen smokers are in fact real smokers
off-screen. You can generally tell by watching the
inhale/exhale action. Non-smokers will inhale the smoke just
into their mouths. When they exhale, it sort of plops out in
one big cloud.

Real smokers take the smoke into their lungs where it gets
spread out into all those little nooks and crannies. Thus
during exhaling, you get the long, faint stream of smoke,
sometimes down right invisible. Also, smoke will make its way
out through the nostrils.

Based on these observations, I pretty much decided that Helen
Hunt is a real smoker from the one on-camera inhale she did in
the wedding episode. But, I'd be the first to admit - this
ain't exactly science!!

thekeez
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