Ann Moses

From the Tiger Beat Archives, May 1972

Dating David and working with Bobby gives darling actress Judy Strangis a real chance to compare superstars. Are they different? Are they alike? Judy knows and now you will too!

DAVID

I first met David back in 1968 when we both were in high school. I had a boyfriend named Kevin who was best friends with David. David often came over to my house with Kevin. The three of us had a lot of good times together. David was always fun to be with.

Kevin’s uncle owned a Cleaners. I remember one time the delivery boy got sick, so Kevin drove the truck and David delivered the cleaning. That’s the kind of guy he was always willing to help out. I guess I always had a crush on David, but I was dating Kevin, so David and I stayed good friends. was dating always just

After high school, it was two years before I saw David again. All of a sudden, I started seeing him on television shows like “Ironside” and “Marcus Welby.” I couldn’t believe it because I never knew that he wanted to be an actor!

A few weeks later I went to an ABC party for “Room 222.” I got the shock of my life when I saw David there with Susan Dey. I didn’t know who she was. I thought she was his girl-friend. Suddenly he came up to me and yelled, “JUDY STRANGIS!!” He took my number on his hand, but I didn’t think he’d ever call. To my surprise, two months later he did, and we’ve been dating ever since.

Actually, David and I date in spurts. We might go out two months in a row and then not see each other again for three months. Neither one of us wants to be tied down right now. We’re just good friends. We have a lot of fun together and really like and understand each other.

It seems that I always fall for Arians. David is definitely Aries. He’s very independent. He’s extremely charming and considerate. He’s really great to people too. He’s always been terrific with my family. I remember when he got his new Corvette. He came over and showed it to my family, took us all for a drive, and then came back and we all watched “The Partridge Family” together.

David’s always great to be with. He’s sensitive, understanding, and very easy to talk to. He likes people who open up. I think honesty is the basic thing he looks for in people. I love his eyes because they look so honest, and they’re very, very sexy.

David and I have gone to the beach a lot on our dates, as well as out to dinner and to the movies. Sometimes we go shopping together at a health food store because we both like health foods.

It’s funny how things turn out. I had no idea years ago that that charming, funny boy I had a crush on would someday be dating me, and sharing a love of acting with me.

BOBBY

Now let’s get to that other groovy guy I’m writing about. I met Bobby for the first time two weeks ago. We were both guest starring on “The Mod Squad.” I remember I was very nervous my first day of work. I didn’t know anybody and I just kind of stood in a corner. I wasn’t alone for very long though because Bobby came right up to me and said, “Hello, Judy, I’m Bobby Sherman.” He even introduced me to his manager.

I couldn’t believe this boy! He’s the most fantastic person I’ve ever met. He’s so warm! He made sure he knew every single person’s name on that set. Everyone involved in the show was really impressed.

A lot of kids visited Bobby on the set. As soon as he saw them, he would walk over to them and even took pictures with them. And what great pictures they’ll turn out to be! Bobby is really DARLING!

I’ve met very few people like Bobby.

He is completely down to earth–not put on at all. He’s also a very good actor. He has a lot going for him. It was really a pleasure to work with him.

I don’t think I’ll ever forget what happened to us during the filming of our final scene. It was our big kissing scene, which was to be filmed outdoors. It was 10 o’clock at night and it was below 32 degrees outside. The director wanted us to rehearse but we were so cold that we just wanted to get it over with, so we didn’t go through the kissing scene. We just said, “Yeah, yeah, don’t worry, we’ll do it.”

The director said, “Okay, this is going to be a take.” We took off our coats for the scene and we were shaking a lot. We had been wearing them up until the actual shooting. We did the scene and it was time for the big kiss. We started to kiss but we just couldn’t do it!

The director yelled, “Cut! Cut! This is the big romantic scene and you two couldn’t kiss?!!” He was right. It was so cold that our lips felt frozen. So, when we kissed we both jumped up. We just couldn’t continue because we were so cold. I was so upset. I thought to myself, “My first big kiss with Bobby Sherman, and I froze!”

They’re great performers – they’re great guys. David Cassidy and Bobby Sherman are high on my list of special people.

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