For the 20th anniversary of Walt Disney World, Florida, they decided to do a huge show with Michael Eisner and various famous television characters, one of which was our beloved Baby Sinclair [from the television show “Dinosaurs�?]. I played Baby Sinclair’s arms. The way Baby works is there is a puppeteer in the head, doing the voice. That’s Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo. Behind him, very close to him, so close that I took his cologne home every night, was Terri as the arms. And then the guy out front … doing the eyes and brows, and the three of us created Baby Sinclair.

Michael Eisner decided it would be great if Baby Sinclair was in his office when he came in and they had a little banter. And Baby Sinclair would hit Michael Eisner in the head with the baby bottle.

Now remember, who’s the arms?

So we go to the Studio and all his executives show us various bottles of which to hit Michael Eisner with. There are foam swishy bottles, there are inflatable bottles, and Brian Henson, who was to be Baby this time, says “I’m sorry, but Baby uses only one bottle – his.�?

Now Baby Sinclair’s bottle is a hard plastic with a dinosaur inside. And it’s rigged so that when Baby sips the nipple, the dinosaur scoots up on top, like he’s gulping down a little cricket. We always used that bottle, and Brian said “This is the bottle we’ve got to use.�?

And the executives went “[Gasp], well, you just have to hit him gently.�?

And Brian turns to me. [Strikes an angelic pose.] “Terri? ... TERRI?�?

[Sigh] “Okay, I’ll hit him gently.�?

“You better, your job depends on it.�?

So I’m like “Okay.�?

So we set up. The way we set up is we have a special chair just like Michael Eisner’s. The puppeteer who operates Baby is underneath the seat, and I’m behind the chair back with my arms inside the puppet.

Michael Eisner enters, and he asks Baby, “What are you doing in my chair?�?

And Baby says “Ummm, number one. No, number two.�?

And Michael says “Oh Baby, that’s terrible!�? He comes over and he says his little spiel for Florida, and then at the right cue Baby hits him.

Well, I hit him, and I hit him gently. And he leans down to Brian, and Brian says “Not me. The arms, that’s the back.�? So he leans around the corner, and he’s nose to nose with me and he says “What’s your name? Terri?�?

I said “Yes, my name’s Terri.�?

And he says “Terri, I’m not really that good of an actor. So I’d really appreciate it if you’d hit me as hard as you can.�?

And I said “Thank you, Jesus!�? I took the bottle in my right hand and said “For all my Imagineers who have had their budgets cut because of Michael Eisner’s touch-tone.�? [Kisses imaginary bottle.]

And when the time came, I went CA-RACK. And I hit him so hard he fell back and held his head.

And he got up, and he did the rest of his spiel. “Ha, ha, this is Michael Eisner, congratulations to Florida, blah, blah, blah.�?

Well afterwards, they cut, and they said “Are you all right Mr. Eisner? ...�? And from the booth, we heard “[static] Won’t have to Foley that one. [static]�?