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Ask Ashley
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
In the very first Ask Ashley, the show's young host sits cross-legged on her bed and cheerfully reads out her viewer mail. Tracy from Yakima wants the jelly on top of her peanut butter sandwich instead of underneath, Ben from Shreveport can only stop his bike by crashing into parked cars and walls, and Alex from Florida cannot understand why the classmate he has asked out 74 times keeps saying no. Each answer begins with a polite offer of advice and explodes into a screaming tirade about the obvious solution; Ashley even coaxes Alex closer to his TV before lunging at the camera. She wraps up by suggesting her hopeless correspondents solve each other's problems, with Alex hitching a ride from Ben to visit Tracy, then sweetly says goodbye.
The funny people
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
That's me!
Turn the stinking sandwich over!
Use the stinking brakes!
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
This was the first Ask Ashley installment. The segment recurred on All That through season 6, and Ashley's "Dear Ashley... that's me!" opening became a line the studio audience recited along with her.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Ashley
It's time for Ask Ashley.
- 00:05
Ashley
That's Ashley, and I'm here to answer your letters.
- 00:10
Ashley
Our first letter comes from... Tracy Sullivan of Yakima, Washington. Tracy writes... Dear Ashley...
- 00:18
Ashley
That's me!
- 00:19
Ashley
Dear Ashley, my mom always makes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, with the peanut butter on the top and the jelly on the bottom. But I prefer the jelly on the top and the peanut butter on the bottom. him. What should I do?
- 00:32
Ashley
Well, Tracy, here's a little advice. The the stinkin' sandwich over! The peanut butter's on the top, and the jelly's on the... Just turn the stinkin' sandwich over! Man!
- 00:45
Ashley
Our next letter comes from Benjamin Tookus of Shreveport, Louisiana. Ben writes, Dear Ashley, that's me.
- 00:56
Ashley
I really like to ride my bike, but when I'm riding, there always comes a time when I want to stop. Usually, I just plow into a parked car or a brick wall, but this is starting to hurt. Any ideas on on how to stop my bike.
- 01:12
Ashley
And here's a little advice. Use the sti- brakes! The brakes, Becky!
- 01:19
Ashley
But here's another idea. Next time you want to stop your stinkin' bike, why not drive it right into Tracy Sullivan from Yakima, Washington? She'll be the chick with the confused look on her face, standing there holding up her stupid peanut butter and jelly sandwich the wrong way!
- 01:37
Ashley
Our next letter Letter comes from... Let's read in Melbourne, Florida. Alex writes, I Dear Ashley, that's me.
- 01:49
Ashley
Dear Ashley, I really, really like a girl in my class named Sarah. I've asked her out 74 times and she always says no. What's the deal?
- 01:58
Ashley
Well, Alex, here's the deal. Come real close to the TV, Alex. Closer, closer, closer.
- 02:05
Ashley
Have Sarah don't like you!
- 02:10
Ashley
Here's a plan, next time you want a date, why not call Benjamin Tookus and get a ride from him on his runaway bicycle and then head on over to Yakima and ask how Tracy's solving the upside-down sandwich! It's a sure bet she's got nothing to do on the weekend except figure out how to flip her stinkin' peanut butter sandwich!
- 02:30
Ashley
Well, that's all the advice I for you today. Bye-bye, everybody.
- 02:42
BUDDY?
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