The Writer's Life 3/22 - Morsels

The NY Post had several interesting articles in its Sunday edition. Larry Getlen writes about a book by Larry Holcome: The Presidents and UFOs. It sounds like a fun read, but whether any of it is true is open to debate. It claims Richard Nixon whisked fellow UFO buff Jackie Gleason to a certain site. It also lists the Reagans as believers, eyewitnesses. The most fascinating aspect, one that makes perfect sense, is that JFK and Khurshchev met to discuss their concern that a UFO may be mistaken by either side as a missile attack. It also suggests that Kennedy was assassinated because he was considering informing the planet that UFOs are real. Just when you thought you’ve heard it all about that fateful day in 1963.



Movie critic Lou Lumenick writes of a lost film starring Harry Houdini. The Grim Game (1919) is not a documentary but rather the story of a reporter trying to clear himself of the murder of his father. In it, Houdini performs more tricks than he had in any other screen appearance. The only known copy belonged to Larry Weeks, a juggler, who recently died at the robust age of 95. For reasons known only to him, he would not part with it until he was persuaded just before his passing. It is said to have been in good condition and must now look even better after restoration. It will first be shown at a museum, and then will air on TCM.
 
Another reason why Broadway is called the Great White Way -- 80% of ticket buyers are Caucasian. For some reason, this upsets certain people. Isn't it really the Great Rich Way? Stage hands and musicians earn more than 100 grand. A few years ago I bought two half-priced, day of performance tickets for The Addams Family. They were $71 each!


My thanks to the Russian gentleman who purchased a book in his native tongue, and the elderly one who donated five books, two of which were Danielle Steele paperbacks. B.S. Bob showed for the first time in more than a month. He spent two weeks in the hospital because of an infected leg. He dropped 15 pounds and hopes to drop a lot more, which should improve his health. Author Bill Brown also crawled out of the woodwork. Unfortunately, he was laid off from a proofreading job for the second time in the past three years. When I asked how his book on Lou Reed was doing, he said: "It died." I know the feeling.

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