My only Peter Falk story was a sighting.
Back in the day, when I was regularly attending the Academy Awards ceremonies, I had pretty regular routine. I’d always do drinks at the Polo Lounge the Sunday night before the awards…I’d always do dinner at the Bistro Gardens after the awards (because Swifty Lazar had his after-party there, in a room upstairs…I’d always have drinks at Tribeca at some point, and follow it with dinner at the Ginger Man on the same night. Anyway, to the point, as you all probably know Carroll O’Connor was an owner of the Ginger Man and was often there. On more than one occasion I’d go in for dinner and he would be at a table with Peter Falk and Peter would invariably have a young, long, tall, buxom blonde on his arm. It made me smile every time I saw that wonderful little man with a women have his age and twice his height. Regards, DBT From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Brent Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 5:44 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] RIP Peter Falk. my only two Peter Flak stories - I met him once, at John Jay - it was about the time he announced he was leaving the Columbo series - some one in the group asked him why? - his reply; "Do you like talking to me?" - the reply way "yes" - to which Falk replied "well, how would you like it if I were the only person you could talk to?" - later on he was talking about his early life - he said he was playing baseball, slid into home and was (clearly) safe! The umpire called him out - after arguing for a few minutes Falk said "I finally took out my glass eye and handed to him - I said 'Ump! - you need this more than I do!" Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
