I’ve never been one to get star-struck over celebrities; they never struck me as anybody special; just folks like everybody else, only they had a pretty fun-looking job. Now, my brother, Ken, he gets all google-eyed and tongue-tied around famous folks; has a pretty hard time remembering their names, too. Check out my story, Dandy Don, and you’ll see a good example of what I’m talking about. This story, though, is about the time I met a celebrity when I was about nineteen or twenty years old. Read the rest of this entry »
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Shootin’ the Breeze With Jimmy
June 19, 2011 at 5:33 pm · Filed under Mostly true, Stories, the good old days ·Tagged author, calf roping, Charles L. Mashburn, El Dorado, funny, good old days, humor, James Caan, Jimmy Caan, me and Jimmy Caan used to work together, movie star, shootin the breeze with Jimmy, star-struck, story, Tom Cox, writer
Shootin’ the Breeze With Jimmy
May 4, 2011 at 11:40 am · Filed under Mostly true, Stories, the good old days ·Tagged author, calf roping, Charles L. Mashburn, El Dorado, funny, good old days, humor, James Caan, Jimmy Caan, me and Jimmy Caan used to work together, movie star, shootin the breeze with Jimmy, star-struck, story, Tom Cox, writer
I’ve never been one to get star-struck over celebrities; they never struck me as anybody special; just folks like everybody else, only they had a pretty fun-looking job. Now, my brother, Ken, he gets all google-eyed and tongue-tied around famous folks; has a pretty hard time remembering their names, too. Check out my story, Dandy Don, and you’ll see a good example of what I’m talking about. This story, though, is about the time I met a celebrity when I was about nineteen or twenty years old. Read the rest of this entry »