and start reversing. and join the myboniva program. to get one month free, plus more tips and recipes visit boniva.com or call 1-800-4-boniva. l oprah: it really is true that just about every girl in america who saw love story wanted to be jenny cavilleri, but i bet you didn t know there was a real girl who inspired that character. did you know that? i m hearing it. oprah: ok. but her name is not jenny. meet janet. my name is janet sussman gartner. i was born in brooklyn, and i attended school with erich segal. little did we know he would write a book called love story in which i was the inspiration for jennifer cavilleri. i went off to college, and erich wrote me love letters, but i had absolutely no romantic feelings for him. he said, i predict in 10 years we ll be married. and even after, when i got married his letters came. i had been married for 5 years, and in the middle of the night, we re fast asleep and the phone rang and i picked it up, and all i heard was
to freeze and thaw by lunch time? so kids can have their favorite yogurt in their lunch box go-gurt. freeze it. thaw it. eat it up. oprah: it really is true that just about every girl in america who saw love story wanted to be jenny cavilleri, but i bet you didn t know there was a real girl who inspired that character. did you know that? i m hearing it. oprah: ok. but her name is not jenny. meet janet. my name is janet sussman gartner. i was born in brooklyn, and i attended school with erich
was, in an industry, you re defined by, hi. you look great, or, are you gonna have a facelift? or, what are you doing now? or, who are you sleeping with now? and i wanted my life to be about more than just that micro job. oprah: well, when we had fires in santa barbara last year, a friend who d lost her house sent me a note when i said, how are you doing? are you ok? anything i can do? and she said, the barn has burned down. now i can see the moon. oh, that s beautiful. oprah: isn t it beautiful? yeah. so did you know that love story is credited with creating the genre of the chick flick? no, i didn t. oprah: that s what started it all. i was hoping it was thelma & louise. [laughter] oprah: and without ali macgraw s persistence, one of the greatest love stories ever told may not have made it to the big screen. take a look at this. [theme from love story playing] oprah: it s the love story that almost never was. in the late sixties, no major hollywood s
and start reversing. and join the myboniva program. to get one month free, plus more tips and recipes visit boniva.com or call 1-800-4-boniva. l oprah: it really is true that just about every girl in america who saw love story wanted to be jenny cavilleri, but i bet you didn t know there was a real girl who inspired that character. did you know that? i m hearing it. oprah: ok. but her name is not jenny. meet janet. my name is janet sussman gartner. i was born in brooklyn, and i attended school with erich