First time I remember seeing Peter Falk - in the last film of Frank Capra - POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES.
K. On Jun 24, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Doug Taylor wrote: > 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. 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.
