Susan Anton said the only other time this happened to her was when she went to Fort Bragg and sang for 5,000 troops who had just returned from the Persian Gulf.
Anton–singer, actress, Broadway star, and this year’s American Cancer Society spokesperson–was scheduled to speak at a high-society benefit luncheon/Bob Mackie fashion show at noon at the Hilton. But two hours before it started, an ACS board member/luncheon chairman suggested that her husband could escort the exquisite, towering Anton onto the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange so she could see what it was like. A little field trip–a lark that would keep her occupied for the morning.
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“Ooh. Ooh. Ooh,” they said in unison, like thousands of barking construction workers. “Hey. Susan. Hey, ooh, ooh, ooh,” they grunted like chimps. Thousands of cheers went up for Anton’s long legs in their black panty hose, her short black skirt, tight black top, long blond hair, and big white teeth. Men ran alongside her, thrusting slips of paper at her in hopes of getting an autograph.
