Only did it twice.  First was Barnaby in Hello Dolly.  It seems odd to
me now that there was something remarkable about being able to pass for
16 at 23.  Hell, I was still getting carded.  But, that's why I got the
part.  Prez was probably because I had taken up cigar smoking.  It came
as a terrible surprise to everyone except me that I couldn't sing.

But I enjoyed messing with the stage crew and all of my future close
encounters with the stage were from that vantage point.  I liked it
much better.  I enjoyed the company of the back stage people much more
too.

Guess I'm a back stage kind of guy.  Not star material at all.  It
shows in my work.

-jc

On Jun 9, 2004, at 8:15 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> In a message dated 6/8/2004 11:43:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>> Ah! You must have the gift! How easily you recall your
>> lines! -jc
>
> I seem to do better now at remembering OTHER people's lines from 35
> years ago.
>
> Got my ass reamed for carrying the script behind a newspaper in my
> capacity as Helen Keller's father (talk about "Raising Helen"), and
> then there was the time I decided that it would be more realistic for
> me to sit and read the newspaper at the dining table than at my desk.
> Fortunately, the guy working the spotlight was able to see that I was
> at the table instead of the desk, and brought the spot up on the place
> I WAS instead of on the place where I SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
>
> Maybe it's just as well I gave up THOSE boards for THESE boards.  But
> Chrif might difagree.
>
> Ralph
>
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