Here is the video I shot of Kirk Douglas yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3sX23rZPG0&feature=youtu.be
Here are the photos I shot of Kirk Douglas yesterday: https://plus.google.com/u/0/105908370967403906438/posts/RRZCNCj6yU1 On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:01 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I did not watch the film. I'd had a long day and knew I'd be the jackass > snoring in a theater making Kirk Douglas rise from his chair and pummel me > with a pool cue. Physically he seemed good all things considered, but the > stroke took a toll on his speech. I'll post the video I shot tomorrow. I > actually had a better vantage point than the assembled press when he put his > feet back into the cement, I was off to the side so I got his reaction to > the experiencew while his back was to the press cameras. My bragging rights > are that Kirk Douglas is one of the last people to ever speak to me when I > worked full-time in television. We were winding down the Producer's Guild > Awards and Douglas was waiting for his car and driver. On his arm was the > lovely (freakishly lovely) Catherine Zeta Jones. While he waited we made > small talk... he'd very recently had the stroke at that point (this was > probably a dozen years ago now), but he was still tough enough to chew > nails. I asked him if he had a good night and he pointed at Zeta Jones and > said, "Hell ya, have you seen what my date looks like?" > > The rest of us should be so lucky. > > > On Tuesday, June 12, 2012, PGage wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 7:41 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Got off of work at the film school around 4pm. Walked a few blocks to >>> Musso & Frank's Grill and sat at the same bar where Wyatt Earp used to >>> drink. Some of the bartenders have worked there for over 50 years. I had a >>> few beers, then walked up to Grauman's Chinese Theater and waited to see >>> Kirk Douglas step his feet into the same piece of cement he stepped in five >>> decades earlier (50-years-ago he also pressed his famous chin into the >>> cement... not this time). He told a funny anecdote about the first "talkie" >>> he got to see as a kid. He'd saved up the usual amount for a movie, 10 >>> cents, only to discover to his horror the talking picture was a quarter. >>> Undaunted, our man Mr. Douglas snuck into the theater. Today in his honor, >>> Grauman's charged theatergoers a quarter to see Sparticus. Douglas reached >>> into his pockets and tossed quarters at the crowd to cover the cost. >>> >>> All-in-all, a good day in tinseltown. >>> >> >> I'm Spartacus...and jealous. Pretty damn cool. >> >> Did you watch the film? >> >> Its kind of amazing to think that Kirk Douglas is still with us - nice >> that he can get out and be with his fans. >> >> >> >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
