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43-554: Totally Minnie is a musical television special hosted by Suzanne Somers and starring Minnie Mouse . It first aired February 25, 1988 on NBC . It was the first film to feature Minnie Mouse in the lead role and up until the premiere of Mickey Mouse Works in 1999, this was the only time Minnie had any starring role. Russi Taylor , the original voice of Minnie at the time, actually met her future husband, Wayne Allwine , then voicing Mickey, while recording this special. The film centers on nerd Maxwell Dweeb ( Robert Carradine ), who

86-522: A book of poetry. She was also well known for advertising the ThighMaster , an exercise device. While 14 of her books were best sellers and most were focused on health and well-being, doctors criticized her promotion of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and alternative cancer treatments . Suzanne Marie Mahoney was born in San Bruno, California , on October 16, 1946 as the third of four children in

129-433: A broken rib. She finished the remaining season on her contract; however, her role was reduced to just 60 seconds per episode, with her character appearing in only the episode's closing tag in which Chrissy calls the trio's apartment from her parents' home. After ABC fired her from the program and terminated her contract, Somers sued the network for $ 2 million, saying her credibility in show business had been damaged. The lawsuit

172-484: A deal with Columbia Pictures Television . Somers and her Three's Company co-star, John Ritter, reconciled their friendship after 20 years of not speaking to each other, shortly before Ritter's death in 2003. Somers appeared in two Playboy cover-feature nude pictorials, in 1980 and 1984. Her first set of nude photos was taken by Stan Malinowski in February 1970 when Somers was a struggling model and actress and did

215-445: A guest-starring role on The Six Million Dollar Man in the 1977 episode "Cheshire Project". She played a passenger on the first episode of The Love Boat and made a guest appearance in a 1976 episode of One Day at a Time . After actresses Suzanne Zenor and Susan Lanier did not impress producers during the first two pilot episodes of the ABC sitcom Three's Company , based on

258-467: A lumpectomy and radiation but declined chemotherapy. In November 2008, Somers announced that she had been diagnosed with inoperable cancer by six doctors, but she learned a week later that she was misdiagnosed. During this time, she interviewed doctors about cancer treatments and these interviews became the basis of her 2009 book Knockout about alternative treatments to chemotherapy. In the book, Somers promoted alternative cancer treatments , for which she

301-517: A montage of male Disney villains such as Black Pete and Captain Hook shown. Suzanne Somers Suzanne Marie Somers ( née   Mahoney ; October 16, 1946 – October 15, 2023) was an American actress, author, and businesswoman. She played the television roles of Chrissy Snow on Three's Company (1977–1981) and Carol Foster Lambert on Step by Step (1991–1998). Somers wrote more than 25 books, including two autobiographies, four diet books, and

344-672: A pep rally, at the school for its weekly High School Salute program. Host Dick Stewart also interviewed students and faculty in the KPIX studios during the telecast. In 1976, student Paula Baxter went missing after leaving the high school following a play rehearsal. Her body, which had been stabbed and sexually assaulted, was found two days later behind a church in Millbrae. SMUHSD residents approved Measure D in November 2000, which authorized funding for school renovation and modernization. Capuchino has

387-401: A public letter to Somers and her publisher, Crown Publishing Group , stating that the protocol is scientifically unproven and dangerous and citing Wiley's lack of medical and clinical qualifications. Somers appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and was praised by Winfrey for her views, but negative press coverage followed. In April 2000, Somers was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent

430-490: A renovated science wing, a new spirit court and cafeteria building, and several new classrooms adjoining the new administration building. Measure M funds were approved by SMUHSD voters in 2006 which in part funded the construction of a new humanities, arts, and sciences building (HASB) and theater remodel. In April 2012 the new HASB was completed and students moved in to finish their school year. Capuchino has long had an outstanding athletic department. It initially competed in

473-498: A shopping spree. Then the Director, impressed by a newly made-over Maxwell Dweeb, decides to date him. The film is intershot with various musical numbers including the duet " Don't Go Breaking My Heart " with Elton John (lip syncing to the original 1976 version) and Minnie (replacing Kiki Dee ) and excerpts from early Disney shorts, including a D-TV The Pointer Sisters ’ Neutron Dance & number of Janet Jackson 's " Nasty " with

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516-405: A test photoshoot for the magazine. She was accepted as a Playmate candidate in 1971, but declined to pose nude before the actual shoot. During an appearance on The Tonight Show in 1980, she denied ever posing nude, except for a High Society topless photo. This prompted Playboy to publish photos from the 1970 Malinowski shoot, without her permission. Somers' original motivation for posing nude

559-416: A two-hour biographical film of Somers, starring the actress herself, entitled Keeping Secrets , based on her first autobiography of the same title, was broadcast on ABC. The movie chronicled Somers' troubled family life and upbringing, along with her subsequent rise to fame. In 1994, Somers launched a daytime talk show titled Suzanne Somers , which lasted one season. Step By Step continued on ABC until

602-603: A working-class Irish-American Catholic family. Her mother, Marion Elizabeth (née Turner), was a medical secretary, and her father, Francis "Frank" Mahoney, loaded cases of beer onto boxcars, was a laborer and gardener. Her father was an alcoholic and was abusive, and Somers often worried that he would kill her. Somers first attended Mercy High School in Burlingame, California , but had trouble with her schoolwork because of dyslexia and her father's all-night rages, and she would often fall asleep in class. At school, she performed

645-506: Is a fitness instructor , Donald Duck is a wardrobe manager and Pluto is a messenger boy. After finally meeting Minnie Mouse , Dweeb is taken on by the Director. After seeing Elton John sing a duet with Minnie in "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", Maxwell feels he has it figured out and displays his new hip personality with clothes akin to Elton's, but the Director stops him saying that it is just not him and that hipness doesn't equal emulation of another's style. Minnie decides to take Maxwell on

688-515: Is a loner with no friends. While watching television, he sees an advertisement for the Minnie Mouse Center for the Totally Unhip , named after its owner, Minnie Mouse . Dweeb, in an effort to improve himself socially, decides to attend. After being welcomed by the Director ( Suzanne Somers ), Dweeb is taken on a tour of the centre, where other Disney characters run various courses: Goofy

731-522: The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting because of the level of toxins in his diet and his exposure to household cleaners. Somers married Bruce Somers in 1965, and they had a son, Bruce Jr., in November 1965. In 1968, after divorcing, Somers moved into an apartment in Sausalito, and got work as a prize model on The Anniversary Game , a game show hosted by Alan Hamel . Although he

774-583: The Three's Company debacle in 1981. Despite her anger and the earlier lawsuit, Playboy approached her earlier that year to pose nude a second time. Initially she was angered again, but eventually agreed after discussing it with her family. She felt she would have a better chance to control the quality of the photos the second time, and having such control was an important condition that Somers attached to posing. Despite Somers' earlier belief that her son would not want to see his mother nude, her then 18-year-old son did view

817-607: The "Best Doll Award" for her role in the senior musical Guys and Dolls and helped organize her class's senior ball. She then attended San Francisco College for Women ( Lone Mountain College ), a college run by the Catholic Society of the Sacred Heart order, but withdrew in 1965 when she learned that she was pregnant. She married her child's father, Bruce Somers, days later at age 19. Her situation led to low self-esteem . She

860-659: The American version of the sitcom Lotsa Luck , based on the British sitcom On the Buses , as the femme fatale . It led to her first appearance, 21 February 1974, on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson , promoting her book of poetry. In 2009, Kristen Wiig gave a reading of excerpts from Suzanne Somers' book of poetry Touch Me , for Celebrity Autobiography (KUSH). She appeared in The Rockford Files in 1974. She also had

903-403: The British sitcom George and Mildred , starring Norman Fell and Audra Lindley . When Three's Company began its fifth season in late 1980, Somers demanded a salary increase "from $ 30,000 an episode to $ 150,000 an episode, equal to what Ritter was making and comparable to the salaries of other male sitcom stars at the time" as well as 10% of the show's profits. DeWitt and Somers were paid

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946-496: The British sitcom Man About the House , Somers was suggested by ABC president Fred Silverman , who had seen her in her initial appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . Silverman hired her the day before the taping of the third and final pilot commenced. Somers portrayed Christmas "Chrissy" Snow , who exemplified many blonde stereotypes and was employed as an office secretary. At first, Somers made $ 3,500 per week from

989-745: The Peninsula Athletic League, which stretched from Jefferson High School in Daly City to Lincoln High School in San Jose . As more high schools were built during the 1950s and early 1960s, the Mid-Peninsula was established to include the seven high schools of the San Mateo Union High School District. In the 1990s, Capuchino's girls' softball team won five consecutive Central Coast Section (CCS) Championships (1993–1997), and

1032-769: The Thunderbird premiered at the Spreckels Theatre in San Diego, later playing at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, 16–26 June 2004. In the summer of 2005, Somers made her Broadway theatre debut in a one-woman show, The Blonde in the Thunderbird , a collection of stories about her life and career, based on her books, Keeping Secrets and After the Fall , by Somers. The show was supposed to run from 8 July until 3 September 2005, but

1075-484: The end of its sixth season in 1997, when the series moved to CBS for what turned out to be its final season. From 1997 to 1999, Somers co-hosted the revised Candid Camera show, when CBS revived it with Peter Funt . In the 2000s, Somers appeared on the Home Shopping Network for more than 25 hours per month, selling household items, clothing and jewelry that she designed. In January 2004, The Blonde in

1118-538: The fall of 2012, The Suzanne Show , hosted by Somers, aired for a 13-episode season on the Lifetime Network . Somers welcomed various guests covering a wide range of topics relating to health and fitness. On February 24, 2015, Somers was announced as one of the stars participating on the 20th season of Dancing with the Stars . Her partner was professional dancer Tony Dovolani . Somers and Dovolani were eliminated in

1161-588: The fifth week of competition and finished in 9th place. In May and June 2015, Somers starred in "Suzanne Sizzles" at the Westgate Las Vegas . Somers supported bioidentical hormone replacement therapy . Her book Ageless includes interviews with 16 practitioners of bioidentical hormone therapy but focuses on one specific approach, the Wiley protocol . A group of seven doctors, all of whom practice bioidentical hormone therapy to address women's health issues, issued

1204-461: The lead role in a production of H.M.S. Pinafore She was expelled at age 14 for writing sexually suggestive notes to a boy that were never sent. At age 17, Suzanne's father ripped off her prom dress and told her that she was "nothing," and she responded by hitting him in the head with a tennis racket. In 1964, Somers graduated from Capuchino High School in San Bruno, California, where she won

1247-401: The same, less than Ritter, but DeWitt also had a "favored nations" clause in her contract, which guaranteed she received equal terms to other cast members. Somers' request was influenced by her second husband and manager, Alan Hamel . ABC was willing to offer only a $ 5,000 per episode raise. Somers then refused to appear in the second and fourth episodes of the season, citing excuses such as

1290-691: The second pictorial. In the 1980s, Somers lived in Las Vegas and was an entertainer, headlining at the former MGM Grand (now Horseshoe Las Vegas ) for two years until the theater burned down and then at the Las Vegas Hilton (now Westgate Las Vegas ) for another 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years. In 1986 the Las Vegas critics voted her Female Entertainer of the Year. In the early 1980s, Somers performed for U.S. servicemen overseas. From 1987 to 1989, Somers starred in

1333-456: The show. The series co-starred John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt in a comedy about two single women living with a single man who pretended to be gay in order to bypass the landlord's policy of prohibiting single men sharing an apartment with single women. The program was an instant success in the Nielsen ratings , eventually spawning a short-lived spin-off series, The Ropers , loosely based on

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1376-452: The sitcom She's the Sheriff , which ran in first-run syndication . Somers portrayed a widow with two young children who decided to fill the shoes of her late husband, a sheriff of a Nevada town. The show ran for two seasons. In 1990, Somers returned to network television, appearing in numerous guest roles and made-for-TV movies. In September 1991, Somers returned to series television in

1419-529: The sitcom Step By Step (with Patrick Duffy ), which became a success on ABC's youth-orientated TGIF lineup. In the early 1990s, Somers was the spokeswoman in a series of infomercials for the Thighmaster , a piece of exercise equipment which exercises the hip adductors and is squeezed between one's thighs above the knees. In 2014, Somers was inducted into the Infomercial Hall of Fame. In 1991

1462-541: The treatment of soldiers in the Iraq War , prompting even more criticism. In 2012, Somers began an online video talk show, Suzanne Somers Breaking Through, at CafeMom . Three of the episodes featured a reunion and reconciliation with former Three's Company co-star Joyce DeWitt ; the two had not seen nor spoken to each other in 31 years. Somers and Dewitt briefly discussed John Ritter and how glad they were they both had spoken with him shortly before his sudden death. In

1505-685: Was a panelist on the Alan Hamel -hosted Mantrap , a weekday daytime panel show, from BCTV in Vancouver for CTV Television Network stations in Canada, and syndicated in the U.S.A. In 1973, she appeared in bit parts in movies, such as the "Blonde in the white Thunderbird " in American Graffiti ' and an uncredited role as a "pool girl" in Magnum Force . In February 1974, she appeared in an episode of

1548-983: Was already married, they began dating; she had an affair with him that led to an abortion. In 1971, her six-year-old son, Bruce Somers, Jr., was struck by a car. The resulting trauma led her to seek therapy for both herself and her son. In 1977, Somers and Hamel married, and bought a 25-acre estate in Palm Springs, California . In 2021, they sold it for $ 8.5 million. In January 2007, a wildfire in Southern California destroyed Somers' home in Malibu , parts of Los Angeles metropolitan area . Somers described her political views as "very personal", and she identified as an independent voter . In 2018, she expressed support for Donald Trump . Somers' three granddaughters include Camelia Somers . Somers had hyperplasia in her 20s and skin cancer in her 30s. In April 2000, Somers

1591-545: Was arrested for check fraud and her car was impounded. Somers began acting in small roles during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Somers modelled for Grimme Modeling Agency in San Francisco. After divorcing in 1968, Somers worked as a prize model, on Anniversary Game , a game show, based at KGO-TV in San Francisco , hosted by Alan Hamel and produced by Circle Seven Productions . From 1971 to 1973, Somers

1634-434: Was cancelled in less than a week after poor reviews and disappointing ticket sales. She blamed the harsh reviews: The New York Times referred to it as "...a drab and embarrassing display of emotional exhibitionism masquerading as entertainment." The Associated Press referred to it as "an extended therapy session crossed with a tacky Las Vegas revue – minus the other showgirls". She compared her treatment by critics with

1677-550: Was criticized by the American Cancer Society , and alternative medical providers such as Stanislaw Burzynski , who has been disciplined by the Texas Medical Board for misleading cancer patients. In regard to the water-fluoridation controversy , Somers called fluoride a " toxic waste by-product of the aluminum manufacturers." In January 2013, Somers suggested that Adam Lanza may have been driven to commit

1720-555: Was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a lumpectomy to remove the cancer, followed by radiation therapy . In 2018, it was reported that she underwent an experimental stem-cell therapy to regrow the breast she lost to cancer. Capuchino High School The physical campus, which is just over 34 acres (140,000 m ) in size, was formerly the Spanish Rancho del Capuchino . The school opened in September 1950. There

1763-425: Was initially only one two-story building on the campus; by 1953 most of the campus was completed. A 1,000-seat auditorium was built in 1959, supplementing the school's little theatre. In the 1961–62 academic year, just prior to the completion of Crestmoor High School , student enrollment exceeded 1,800 and almost every available space was utilized for classrooms. In 1963, KPIX (Channel 5) filmed scenes, including

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1806-453: Was settled by an arbitrator who decided Somers was owed only $ 30,000, due to a single missed episode for which she had not been paid. Future rulings also favored the network and producers. Somers said she was fired for asking to be paid as much as popular male television stars. During the 1980s and 1990s, Somers was a spokesperson for Polaris Vac-Sweep automated pool cleaner . In 1983, through her Hamel/Somers Productions, she signed

1849-548: Was to be able to pay medical bills related to injuries her son Bruce Jr. suffered in a car accident. By the time the photos were published, her son was 14 and Somers feared seeing his mother posing nude would be difficult for him. Somers sued Playboy and settled for $ 50,000, which was donated to charity, with at least $ 10,000 of it going to Easterseals . The second nude pictorial by Richard Fegley appeared in December 1984 in an attempt by Somers to regain her diminished popularity after

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