May 3 2008

For today, I thought I would just pass along two stories from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Both are supposed to be true. 

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One night, during the 1960s, film star Tony Curtis was leaving a New York night club with a male friend when a woman walked past them.  Seeing Curtis, the woman stopped and came up to the two men.

"This is such a thrill meeting you," she said to Curtis.  "Can I have your autograph, Mr. Newman?"

"I'm sorry, Lady," Curtis said, "but I'm not Paul Newman. I'm Tony Curtis."

The woman was mortified and began to apologize, but Curtis was gracious and gave her his autograph anyway.  Just before she left, the woman turned to the man standing next to Curtis.

"This is so embarrassing," she said. "Isn't it awful when you meet somebody famous and don't even recognize him?"

"I know just what you mean," Cary Grant said.

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During the 1950s, a New York news reporter interviewed Cary Grant just before Grant boarded a plane back to Hollywood.  When he began to write up his story, the reporter realized he had forgotten to ask Grant for his age.  He decided to just send a telegram to Grant's home in California to get the information.

Because telegrams were priced by the word in those days, the reporter tried to keep the message as brief as possible and he simply sent the message:  HOW OLD CARY GRANT?

The next day, he received a reply that read:  OLD CARY GRANT JUST FINE.  HOW YOU?

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I found both stories to be amusing and I hope that you will too.

George

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