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I'd would have liked to have shared a bottle with Peter O'Toole. It'd be an interesting evening.
Mojito said:Rudolph Valentino. As long as he served up some of the pasta he so loved.
Blackthorn said:for a drinking buddy, I'm surprised nobody has picked my buddy, Bogart:
WH1 said:Okay am watching "Bell, Book and Candle" right now and I want to party with Ernie Kovacks!!!...at the Zodiac!
The panda incident
Bogart and his friend Bill Seeman arrived at the El Morocco Club in New York City after midnight in 1950. Bogart and Seeman sent someone to buy two 22-pound stuffed pandas because, in a drunken state, they thought the pandas would be good company.[97] They propped up the bears in separate chairs, and began to drink. Two young women saw the stuffed animals. When one woman picked one up, she quickly ended up on the floor. The other woman tried to do the same and wound up in the same position.[97]
The next morning Bogart was awakened by a city official who served him a summons for assault. Knowing a media frenzy was imminent, he met the media unshaven and in pajamas. He told the press he remembered grabbing the panda and "this screaming, squawking young lady. Nobody got hurt, I didn't sock anybody; if girls were falling on the floor, I guess it was because they couldn't stand up."[98] At the same time Time reported the alleged victim had three marks from the alleged assault and "she explained that they were swelling and contusions."[97] Club spokesperson Leonard MacBain stated, "No blows were exchanged, it was just one of those things."[97]
The following Friday, after the woman admitted to touching the panda, "Magistrate John R. Starkey ruled that Bogart had been defending his property, said he suspected the actor had been mousetrapped in the cause of club publicity, and dismissed the case."[99]
How did I miss this one! I love that photo - it's kind of a 1920s ultimate fantasy. The only thing that could make it better was if he had the pasta in one hand and a bottle of red in the other.HadleyH said:There you go Mojito! .... now... where is the Chianti ...
:arated: Dean is mine! I have him as my avatar so I think that reserves him! lolAtomicEraTom said:I'd love to drink with Dean Martin, now that guy just exudes cool.