MELROSE PLACE
     Next Of Kin: Jack Wagner (Peter) knows that friend and ex-GENERAL HOSPITAL co-star Kin Shriner (Scott, PORT CHARLES) is a big MP fan, so when he directed his first episode of the nighttime sudser, he nabbed Shriner to play a waiter. Shriner laughs, "I gave myself this little short tie and short pencil. It was a scene with Heather [Locklear, Amanda] and some other main characters. The way Jack shot it, he got me in every frame, so I couldn't get cut out. I take their order and after they start talking again, I say, 'Uh, was that vodka or gin?' He's like, 'Vodka, you idiot!' So I got to make faces at Jack and do all this shtick with Heather, but he says, 'Kin, this is not a scene about the waiter, okay?'" Still, Shriner's ready to go back to MP on a moment's notice. "It was a very fun set," he reports. "I had a real good time. Jack can put me in everything he does."