No business like show business! Double acts were rare nowadays but I was in one with a lovely and exceptionally talented lady. What happened? Well, here's the true Hollywood story...
My partner and I could do anything together. We did comedy, drama, horror, live acts and sketch comedy. We often played co-workers, husband and wife, relatives and just plain ol' friends.
We were great friends in real life too. We spent all our time together working and managing our own careers. Life was good and we knew everything about each other.
One day though, something came out of the blue. Something I had no idea about my partner and she never told me until she did a live broadcast on one of those afternoon talk shows...
I thought she was visiting family like I was, but it turns out she wasn't. At home my own family surrounded me and told me there was something happening on TV. We sat down together in front of it and there my partner was with a special message all for me.
"I love you" she said, which I knew already. We loved each other very much. "I love you and I want to be your wife" which I never knew and I was gobsmacked. "I want to have a family with you too! A big family!" it got more and more amazing. She also said "The happiest moments of my life are when we play as a couple, holding hands or chatting in bed for a sketch. I'm happy when we play as parents too, but I want to play as parents for real!"
As she was speaking, clips of our various acts as a couple played on TV. I never noticed it before but there was a certain blissfulness about her in these sketches. She had a happiness in her face I only now noticed. I was the reason this woman was so happy and... I wanted to continue being that reason! "Please marry me!" she said at last and that was the end of her say. Without hesitating I said "Yes!", even though it was to a TV screen. My family erupted in cheers around me.
All of a sudden, TV cameras came into the room. This show was live! There was a lot of joy, laughter and tears. It was the most amazing moment on TV ever, and in our lives.
We went on to have a lifelong marriage, our many many children and continuing careers.
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