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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1991

Keeping busy with sports
and academics, Mr. Hoffman
never performed in school
plays; he never even took ac-
ting classes. However, he con-
fessed that acting was some-
thing he always wanted to do.
Today, at 21, he's doing it
full time as the star in
"Teech," a television sitcom
that airs Wednesday nights
on CBS.
Mr. Hoffman plays Kenny
Freedman, a young Jewish
student who, with the help of
his three good friends, stirs
up trouble at an all-boys prep
school.
When he was 15, Mr. Hoff-
man's father, Douglas, took
him to Chicago for a "cattle
call" audition for the feature
film Three O'Clock High. His
mother, Dee Dee, had read
about the audition in a news-
paper and thought her son
should give it a shot.
"There were hundreds of
people auditioning," Mr. Hoff-
man said. "They gave me a
number and stood me in a
line with about 15 other peo-
ple. Then they picked my
number and gave me a
dialogue to read; I was very
nervous. I had never actually
read anything in front of a
group, and I didn't even have
a head shot of myself to give
them, so they took a Polaroid
of me."
Although he wasn't cast,
Mr. Hoffman caught the en-
tertainment bug.
And at age 16, Mr. Hoffman
tried to promote a music con-
cert for a young lady he
wanted to fly into town, Tif-
fany. She was then an
unknown singer. After buy-
ing her tape in a record store
and reading the various
phone numbers on the back of
her album label, he called Tif-
fany's agent and planned her
trip to the Motor City. His
plans fell through when Tif-
fany's manager cancelled the
show.

"I was going to book Tiffany
at the Premier Center," Mr.
Hoffman said. "I actually had
tickets that were being sold."
Then he tried promoting
another young, unknown
singer — Debbie Gibson.
"Neither Tiffany nor Ms.
Gibson were starting to tour
yet, so it would have been a
track show," Mr. Hoffman
said. "I knew it was a good
way to get these entertainers
at a very low cost." But a local
performance under Mr. Hoff-
man's auspices did not
materialize.
As a college student at the
University of Michigan, Mr.
Hoffman studied a semester
of acting. Upon completing
the semester, he returned to
North Farmington to visit his
mentor, Mr. Gearhart.
"He told me that he was
changing the direction of his
career," Mr. Gearhart said.
"He was going to California
to pursue a career in acting.
I told him that's quite a
change, and he replied, 'Mr.
Gearhart, when I become
famous and get on the Johnny
Carson show, I will make sure
to mention your name.' "
Off to California, he hoped
to get back onto the private
back lots, but this time with-
out sneaking.
"In Michigan, you never
think that it's possible, that
no one can achieve it (a career
as a Hollywood star), that it's
much more difficult than the
lottery," Mr. Hoffman said.
"I met a friend out there
who let me stay at his apart-
ment. I slept on his couch and
had my clothes in boxes," Mr.
Hoffman said. He started
work every day at 5 a.m. And
he earned money selling
advertisements on the phone
for a veteran's organization.
In the evenings, Mr. Hoffman
attended community college
and enrolled in acting classes.
Soon, he noticed his hair
was getting a little too long