Miniseries-aholics Anonymous

"M. A."

If you answer yes to one or more of the following questions, you need to become a member of the ["The Temptations"] Miniseries-aholics Anonymous.

Help is just a click away.

Do you have the entire script memorized?

Do you find yourself using lines from the movie as a part of your daily conversation? ("What’s with the 3^rd degree? Don’t y’all trust me?)

Do you begin to annoy people with all the bloopers you find in the movie? (Applies to Ivory Fair only)

While watching Madonna’s "Like a Prayer" Video, do you say to yourself, "I never realized David Ruffin was in this video."

Does your VCR spit out the tape and say, "No! I can’t take any more!"

Do you have dreams about the Temptations? In your dreams, are the Temptations the real thing, or the movie versions?

Do you act out scenes from the movie with your cat/dog/Japanese Fire-bellied newt/mother/fellow BBS posters?

Do the posters on the IMusic Temptations BBS politely ask you to leave the BBS because you are talking about the movie too much?

Do the posters of the IMusic Temptations BBS curse at you and demand that you to leave the BBS because you are talking about the movie too much?

Do any of the actors who portrayed the "Big 5" have a file about you with the heading "Potential Stalker." Are the police watching you?

Do you, after seeing a photo of the real Temptations, say "They don’t look anything like the Temptations!"

This past New Year’s ever, did you immediately start singing "Shout!" right after "Auld Lang Sine" and then wonder why everyone else didn’t join in?

When you hear the names Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Harry McGillberry, and Barrington Henderson do you ask yourself, "Who are they? They weren’t in the movie."

When you read Otis’ book and find things that do not match the movie’s account, do you scream out loud "Otis, that’s not the way it happened!"

When you listen to the original version of "Come On," by the Distants, do you strain so you can hear the toilet flushing?

Do you watch the miniseries during your every waking hour?

If you answered yes to one or more of the above questions then congratulations, you are a Miniseries-aholic! While there is no cure, you may find the following links helpful.

Fan Clubs and BBS's

• View the movie trailer.

• Seen the movie? Here’s how things really happened.

• Take the miniseries quiz.

• Here are some photos of Charles Ley, the actor who played Dennis Edwards. Click on "resume" to see some of the other roles he has played. (thanks Karyl)

• The following information about Christian Payton was written by Ed Brice and it comes from http://www.hometownstar.net/news/doc/1047/1:BRICE/1:BRICE120698.html (thanks, again, to "Sonja95")

• Q: What information is available about Christian Payton from `The Temptations' movie? He was terrific as Paul Williams.
  
  L.C., Arlington
  
  A: Payton, 23, is a Chicago native who appeared in two film projects before landing the `Temptations' role. He appeared in `Hoodlum' with Larry Fishburne and in the CBS miniseries `To Sir With Love 2' with Sidney Poitier.
  
  "He arrived in Los Angeles two weeks before the `Temptations' auditions," his manager, Calvin Mason, said. "Since then, the phone has been ringing off the hook."
  
  Write to Payton in care of Calvin Mason Management, 3313½ Barham Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90068.

• Description of the Movie and info on the cast from the Internet Movie Database

• Best Lines from the movie (by LuvNRuffin and Ivory Fair)