Brooke Burke & Carol Grow

Muscle Beach 2002


    It was the Brooke Burke's final episode as hostess of E!'s Wild
On, and she invited her old friend Carol Grow to take a break from TNN's
Robot Wars and come join her for the farewell taping in beautiful St.
Bart's.  Carol happily agreed, and the next thing they both knew they were
frolicking on the gorgeous white sand beaches of the island.  They were
doing a sunset shoot on the beach, both wearing beautiful (as well as quite
skimpy) bikinis, Carol red, and Brooke blue, and the sunset hues danced on
the girls' colorful swimsuits and bronzed skin, seeming to enhance even
further their already potent beauty.  Both girls were in great shape as
well,  and seemed to know it. Carol gave a little flex to the camera.  "I
like that." , the cameraman said.  "Let me see some more." Carol started
really getting into it, showing off her athletic, perfectly toned arms.
Brooke joined in, and had some quite impressive muscles herself.  Both
girls were the epitome of feminine strength, and the director seemed to
realize this, and decided to go with it.  It would be a refreshing change
of pace, he thought.  If these girls were strong and beautiful, and still
TOTALLY feminine, why not give them a chance to show it off?  "Carol, why
don't you pick Brooke  up piggyback, and start running down the beach with
her?"   "OK!" Carol said.  Brooke jumped on Carol's back and Carol carried
her, running, about 100 feet  down the beach, and then back again.  "Whoa,
that was cool!"  Carol said.  And I didn't realize it would be so EASY!  We
should do something like those old muscle beach things, where I pick Brooke
up in all these crazy lifts."  "I was thinking the same thing!" the
director answered, realizing that Carol had put in words the exact thing
that he was contemplating in his mind.  "Let's try it!"  "Let's just DO
it!" Carol answered, and in a second had Brooke up in her arms in a lovely
cradle.   Brooke's dark hair cascaded beautifully over her shoulders and
Carol's muscular arm as Carol carried her around the beach, leaving
footprints in the wet sand.  Brooke threw her head back and laughed, making
the shot appear even more glamorous.  "I like it!" the director said.  "Try
something else."  "Alright, but Brooke has to trust me for this one."  "I
trust you!" , Brooke said, and touched Carol's strong arm, which she
flexed.  "OK, then.  Let's try it."  Carol told Brooke to lean on her arms
so that her chest was on Carol's one hand and her uh, "area" was on her
other.  They both laughed as Brooke got into this position.  Then, after a
count of three, Carol lifted Brooke up to her chest, held her there for a
moment,  and then pressed her straight up, right over her head.  "WOW!!"
was the unanimous reaction of everyone watching, including Brooke who was
high in the air, suspended on Carol's strong arms.  Carol stood there
lifting Brooke over her head for quite a while, amidst claps from the film
crew, as well as some people who had gathered around, watching.  Finally,
Carol put Brooke down, and Brooke gave her a little congratulatory pat on
the back.  "That was intense."  she  said, "And I kind of liked it!  Let's
try some other stuff."  Without saying another word, Carol had Brooke up on
her shoulders and was gently spinning her around.  "Whoooooooooo!"

I feel like we're on professional wrestling now!"  Brooke laughed.
This went on for what seemed like minutes, Carol gently spinning
Brooke around on her shoulders, both of them giggling, when she
finally put Brooke down.  It went on for so long, in fact, that when
Carol finally put Brooke down, Brooke was a little dizzy.  To help
ease her friend's dizziness, Carol picked Brooke up in her arms
again, until her dizzy spell passed.  "Whoa, thanks."  Brooke said.
"Sorry about that!"  Carol said.  "Let's try something that doesn't
involve spinning this time!  Come on up behind me, and just spread
your arms out, like you're going to  fly away!"  Brooke looked at
her a little perplexed, but did it anyway.  Carol put her hands
underneath Brooke's firm arms, and then, "whoooooooosh!" she lifted
her up into a standing T-lift.  "Whoa, I really am flying!" Brooke
exclaimed delightfully.  Carol held Brooke up for a few moments,
then started pressing her up and down.  Some more people clapped.
"That is SO cool!"  the director said, happy that he had taken this
unexpected detour in today's fiming.  Carol needed to take a rest,
so Brooke tried out a few lifts on her.  She lifted Carol into her
arms for a nice, long cradle, carrying her around for what seemed
like a few minutes.  Then she threw Carol over one shoulder and
started spinning HER around a little bit.  "Ha, I'm getting you
back!"  Brooke joked.  Sure enough, she spun Carol for so long that
Carol got dizzy too, and Brooke picked her up into her arms to help
her, just like Carol had done for her.  "OK, now we're even!"

Brooke laughed.  "I just wanna try ONE more thing, before the sun
goes down."  Carol said.  She got behind Brooke and put one hand on
the back of her thigh and one on the small of her back.  "OK", Carol
said. " On the count of three, you jump, and I'll guide you up with
both hands.  Let's just hope this works."  "Yes, let's!"  Brooke
said, yet not really seeming afraid.  On the count of three, Brooke
pushed off with her strong legs, and Carol lifted her up into an arc
over her head, held her there for a moment, then released the hand
on the back of Brooke's leg,  holding her up over her head with only
one hand!  A great cheer came up from the crowd as Brooke made an
elegant arc in mid-air,  suspended by Carol's strength in a
seemingly effortless way.  The setting sun behind them only added to
the stunning beauty of the scene.  Carol let Brooke down gracefully,
and they both hugged.  "That was fantastic!" said the director,
proud of having the guts to have gone ahead with this refreshing
idea.  "I think we've just made "Muscle Beach 2002"!





   THE END





If only huh?--gamoto