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Article: JOAN LUNDEN ON THE COMEDY CIRCUIT?(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)

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August 28, 1997
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Byline: Marilyn Beck Tribune Media Services Stacy Jenel and Stephanie DuBois contributed to this report.

What's Joan Lunden going to do after she hangs up 20 years on Good Morning America with a special salute Sept. 5?

Would you believe . . . a sitcom?

``I laughed at the idea first, too,'' says Lunden, who initially turned down an offer to star in a series based loosely on her life. ``I told one of the producers, `I don't act, I've never acted, not even in a high school play.' '' (Well, there was that bit part as a saloon girl in the 1970 movie Macho Callahan, but who could blame her for forgetting that?)

Lunden reconsidered the sitcom ...

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