Sometimes legends don't recognize each other. After twenty years in Hollywood Alfred Hitchcock finally became super rich after producing low budget Psycho (1960). His agent Lew Wasserman convinced him to trade movie rights for shares of stock in Universal, making director third biggest owner of studio. From then on Hitchcock loved picking up Wall Street Journal to see if he was wealthier. While directing his last film Family Plot (1975) Hitchcock would arrive at Universal early, sit in his chair and joyfully read about Jaws (1975) which was adding millions to his stock's value. One day his morning routine was upset by an uninvited young man hovering around movie set. Hitchcock, who seemed to have eyes in back of his head called a crew member to have intruder removed. It turned out to be Jaws Director Steven Spielberg who wanted to meet his idol.

Just because you're recognized once doesn't mean you will continue to be. After losing his driving privileges because of drunkenness Sean Penn was forced to ride city bus. One day another passenger came up to him. "Hey you look like Sean Penn. But I know he wouldn't be riding a bus." Penn replied," How do you know? Do you know Sean Penn?" "Yeah I worked on a film he starred in." "Oh yeah? Well, what do you think of him?". "Oh God, he was a total $%#%!"

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On normal rainy day visits, we slipped and slid up hill to house, sideways; car then looking like it had been through a mud bath. But, when creek was up, once past barn, we were only half way there. Then, one watched every step, uphill, to avoid rocks and crevices (where one could twist an ankle) to miss sinking into mud pits.

Uncles, Dad's brothers, came to meet us near barn, to help get little ones and luggage up hill.

But, by time we all made it to house, we were muddy and tired. We didn't walk 5 miles through snow. But, when creek was up, it sure felt like it.

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