--- In [email protected], "jyouells2000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very Interesting Unc, > I've always suspected that Clint was a person of integrety. Is there > anyone else (that you can mention) that turned Maharishi down?
Clint struck me a really decent guy. I don't really have any other stories about celebrity TMers (in or out of the closet) that I can share, but I can share a great one about Clint. That night before the Merv show he came to Maharishi's hotel to meet him privately, which is really the only reason he had agreed to be on his neighbor Merv's TV show (Clint doesn't *do* talk shows). So that night I got stuck with "door duty," which is not exactly the picnic it sounds like. I was supposed to stand at the door of the hotel room and let in the people whom Maharishi wanted to see, when he wanted to see them, and to keep everyone else out. So I'm standing there with a bunch of people sitting around on the floor of this Beverly Hills hotel, waiting to see if they'll ever get in, and up walks Clint. I've been told to expect him, so I offer to show him right in. But he looks at the pile of shoes outside the door and he looks at me and he says, "Barry, are we supposed to take our shoes off?" And I look up at Clint (he really IS that tall) and say, "Well, it's kind of a traditional Indian thing, Clint." So he gives me one of those Dirty Harry glares, and then sheepishly reaches down and takes off his cowboy boots. And the whole reason for his hesitation? The reason he didn't want to take off his boots? Clint Eastwood, the number one box office star in the world at that point, has these enormous holes in his socks. He's got one big toe sticking out, and other holes all over. The socks are more holes than socks. I laugh, he laughs, and I suggest that he dump the socks, too, and he does, and goes into the room barefoot. I got relieved as door guard later, and got to go in and see some of the interaction between the two of them, and he looked quite comfortable. But I still think it's one of the sweetest things I've ever seen, this supposedly big- time actor running around with big holes in his socks and getting busted for it when he goes to meet Maharishi. I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for him because of that moment. Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
