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'Hangin'' With NKOTB!
by Nomi Pincus, Access production assistant
The time, 1990. The place, my living room in New Jersey. There I was, a young 12-year-old girl dancing along to my favorite VHS tape of the New Kids on the Block compilation videos.
I would dance and sing along, fantasizing that maybe I would be able to go to one of their concerts...just to see them in person. I didn't care if I was in the last row, just to be in the same room with them would mean the world to me. They were my life, my everything, I was officially obsessed.
From wall to wall posters, to their pillow cases and pajama sets, my world was all about NKOTB! I would dream about meeting them and then wake up with disappointment as reality hit. And as life sometimes offers us disappointments, my mother said I was too young to go their concert, and so along with many of my crazy, young dreams, that one was laid to rest and life moved on...without NKOTB!
And now, 18 years later I am sitting in the “Today” show green room surrounded by Jordan, Jonathan, Danny, Donny and Joey. We are all laughing together, having small talk and just hanging out! Could this be real? Is this just another one of my 12-year-old dreams and I will wake up and be back in my childhood bedroom in New Jersey?! But it isn't! It is just another day in the life of a Production Assistant at Access Hollywood. It is real, it is happening and it feels absolutely AWESOME!
Working at Access Hollywood definitely has its perks. We get to have many exciting experiences and meet many cool celebrities. But by far, this experience surpasses them all. It reminds the 12-year-old girl in all of us that dreams actually can come true and while life will offer us disappointments, it also offers us the most unexpected and amazing experiences....and this one I will cherish!
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