`TODAY' IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Staff Writer Jason Waggoner says he didn't really expect anything would come of his fiancee's suggestion that they enter the seventh annual ``Today'' wedding competition. But Friday morning, the groom, who went to Encino's Crespi Carmelite High School Crespi Carmelite High School is a private, Roman Catholic, all-male, four-year college preparatory high school located in Encino, California in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. , and Molly Mouchka of Playa playa or pan or flat or dry lake Flat-bottomed depression that is periodically covered by water. Playas occur in interior desert basins and adjacent to coasts in arid and semiarid regions. del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. morning news show. ``Molly's always been a big fan of the `Today' show,'' he said by phone from the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of hotel room that has become the hub of wedding-guest travel planning. ``She said maybe we should throw our hat in the ring. It took a little bit of coaxing on her part for me to say yes.'' They produced a video biography and filled out the lengthy application, and then the bride-to-be chased a FedEx driver to make sure the package made it to New York by the deadline. ``We sent this in, and I thought that was the last of this little project,'' Waggoner, 37, recalled. ``The next day, the phone rang and it was the `Today' show. I thought it was a joke.'' Rings, gown, cake ... In a series of challenges, they prevailed over six other couples and were chosen on Sept. 20 to have a wedding planned and executed by ``Today,'' with viewer votes deciding everything from the gown and the rings to the cake and the bride's hairdo. `` `Today' Throws a Wedding'' has eased more than just the financial burden of such an elegant affair. ``We were having trouble getting things going, so I'm actually grateful it happened,'' Waggoner said, noting they had settled on an Oct. 13 wedding date but were still undecided about the location. ``Molly and I are not spring chickens anymore, so to put off our wedding another year, and starting our family, is not what we wanted to do.'' Pass the tissues, please Their personal story may prompt more than a few viewers to reach for a hankie. Shortly after they started dating, Mouchka's mother faced a recurrence recurrence /re·cur·rence/ (-ker´ens) the return of symptoms after a remission.recur´rent re·cur·rence n. 1. of cancer that claimed her life, so Waggoner became a great source of strength for her. When he proposed to her during a Hawaii vacation in February, he had Mouchka's stepfather step·fa·ther n. The husband of one's mother and not one's natural father. stepfather Noun a man who has married one's mother after the death or divorce of one's father Noun 1. write a letter on behalf of her mother about the prospect of Jason's and Molly's marriage. Waggoner is president of Sylmar-based StarWaggons, a company started by his father, actor Lyle Waggoner Lyle Waggoner (born April 13 1935 in Kansas City, Kansas) is a tall (6'4" (1.93 m)) American actor best known for his television work in the 1970s. Waggoner was an announcer and performer on The Carol Burnett Show , which provides mobile dressing rooms for film and TV locations. Lyle and his wife, Sharon, who divide their time between homes in Westlake Village and Wyoming, were looking forward to the ceremony on the street outside Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center, complex of buildings in central Manhattan, New York City, between 48th and 51st streets and Fifth Ave. and the Ave. of the Americas (Sixth Ave.). The project was sponsored by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and the reception at the Boat House in Central Park. A different kind of role ``It's going to be fun,'' said actress Sharon Waggoner. ``My husband and I have been on camera a little bit, but never getting married. It's always been playing. This is for real.'' Mouchka, 36, is a mortgage broker from Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern . Jason Waggoner says they both are athletic and adventurous, traits that may be put to the test by the honeymoon options. The couple will learn after the ceremony which posh vacation has been selected for them, with Peru, Vietnam, the African bush and Antarctica among the possible destinations. Waggoner says they are less inclined to a traditional ``toes up on a beach'' trip - ``although after this week, that may be a good idea.'' Valerie Kuklenski, (818) 713-3750 valerie.kuklenski(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Molly Mouchka and Jason Waggoner will wed Friday on NBC's ``Today'' in front of 150 guests and millions of viewers. Says Jason: ``The phone rang and it was the `Today' show. I thought it was a joke.'' |
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