Well, I was talking to Big Bill tonight, gathering valuable input for next year's courses at the WSSBA, and he said that he is rather flattered and touched that someone would recognize HIS album cover as the worst of all time. He admits that it's "pretty cheesy".

He did insist though, that it's NOT the absolute worst. "Believe me, if I had had intentions of having the WORST cover of all time, I would have had Leonard there on one side of me, wearing his pointed ears and looking deeply serious, and De on the other side in a tutu. A pink one. I believe then it might qualify as the worst, and I mean the absolute, gut-wrenching, bottom of the barrel WORST. If you've seen De in a tutu, you know just what I mean. Yes, I agree that the camera tripod is incredibly tacky, and the haircut is dated. What can I say? We were working with a...limited budget. If I had it all to do over again...I wouldn't. Ce'st la vie. I have no regrets. Well, one or two, but no serious regrets."

What a guy, eh? Charismatic, yet humble. Virile, yet self-deprecating. Overweight, yet svelte.

- LH