A Conversation with American Graffiti star, Candy Clark.

American Graffiti star CANDY CLARK speaks to KIP PULLMAN'S Blog about her role in the 1973 classic film.

Last month Candy Clark, who played Debbie in "Graffiti," was gracious enough to spend a little bit of her time talking with me. I video taped both her and Bo Hopkins talking about their roles in "Graffiti" at the Sacramento Autorama on Feb 12, 2011. I was thrilled but when I got to my hotel room to watch the video I discovered there was no tape in the camera. I felt so stupid and was so angry. Both Candy and Bo were so considerate to spend time talking to me and I didn't even get it on tape. And, it was especially a good conversation with Candy 'cause she was blowing kisses into the camera!

I went back to the Autorama the following day with my friend, Toby and explained to Candy what had happened. She laughed and was happy to let Toby (who knew to put tape in the camera) and I record another discussion on the film. Candy is a strikingly good-looking woman, a fantastic conversationalist, and "self-starter" needing few prompts to speak about the film and her role in it. I recorded a conversation with Paul Lemat after her but never did get to talk to Bo afterwards. Oh, well, next time... BTW: You can see Bo & Paul Lemat goofing around in the background as Candy is speaking.

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[blinko656]

Classy chick. I like her.  Still looks young too!!!

[cooplag4927]

As "Debbie," Candy played the ditzy blonde sexpot to perfection. I loved the scene in the movie where she and Terry "The Toad" stop at Mel's Diner for some food. Some guy leans in the window and starts giving her a hard time. Her response to this guy is one of the classic lines in the movie: "If your brains were dynamite, you wouldn't have enough to blow your nose!" I nearly died laughing when I heard that.

[david1513]

god i love that girl

[restodan]

She grew up in the same folksy neighborhood as I did in fort worth TX.