so began an unlikely courtship between debbie, the petite powerhouse, and lars, the six-foot-two nordic he-man. they were cute. they were goofy. ken itzo: yeah, like teenagers. andrea canning (voiceover): debbie got a kick out of lars's laid back ways, just a guy into old school board games, restoring muscle cars, and drinking texas's favorite homegrown soft drink, dr. pepper. about a case a day. i mean, he-- what? --drank a lot dr. pepper. at least a 12 pack, i know. i've never heard of someone drinking that much dr pepper. i thought it would kill him. [laughs] doesn't drink a lot of alcohol at all, just dr. pepper. andrea canning (voiceover): and when private debbie brought lars out to meet her friends, they knew it was serious. and he arrived with her, hand in hand. andrea canning (voiceover): sure, they noticed lars was a different sort of match for their friend. he's very quiet. he's very quiet. he's go the blond hair that would go with being named lars. he seemed like a surfer big man. andrea canning (voiceover): but to debbie, he was the right man. i felt like she was really in l