John Wayne Took The Good With The BadWritten by Stephen Schochet
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"Nothing. Happens all time. I'm used to it." "What happens?" The Duke looked annoyed. "All right, if you must know I'm standing in men's room and there's some yahoo standing next to me and he says' Oh my god you're John Wayne and he turned. . .'
Stephen Schochet is the author and narrator of the audiobooks "Fascinating Walt Disney" and "Tales Of Hollywood". The Saint Louis Post Dispatch says," these two elaborate productions are exceptionally entertaining." Hear realaudio samples of these great, unique gifts at www.hollywoodstories.com.
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did your customers ask you today about OJ's house." "Well today my people are from Romania. They are here for World Cup. I don't think they care about OJ." "Well will you be adding OJ's house to tour?" "Probably not because he lives west of 405. We go east of 405 and we are so pressed for time. I wouldn't be surprised if we have some guys who point at any old house and claim that it's OJ's!" I was kidding but reporter took me quite seriously. "So tour guides do that do they? What tour company do you work for?" I thought, who does this guy think he is, Mike Wallace? I pointed at one of buses owned by a rival tour company. * When I first started training as a tour bus driver I rode with other guides to see how they did it. One guy, unfortunately did not endear himself to customers with a patter of stale and sometimes sexist jokes. At one point he showed Hollywood Sign, and told tragic story of actress Peg Entwistle, who unable to succeed in transition from stage to screen, jumped fifty feet to her death from top of letter H. He finished tale with tagline,"Of course last person to jump was a tour guide who didn't get tipped." There was a pause and then an Australian customer from back of bus shouted out," Oh yeah? Well there'll be another one tomorrow!"
Stephen Schochet is the author and narrator of the audiobooks "Fascinating Walt Disney" and "Tales Of Hollywood". The Saint Louis Post Dispatch says," these two elaborate productions are exceptionally entertaining." Hear realaudio samples of these great, unique gifts at www.hollywoodstories.com.
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