[lex24]

Hey Lex. Gleason? I shot it.

We spent a magical week in Fort Lauderdale in 1984 with Jackie. He kept calling Morley "Morty." Safer laughed at it but when I called him Morty he got pissed. Shot about 50 Safer segments. Fantastic guy. Gleason was incredibly friendly. A question they didn't use was about the yearly train ride from Florida to Hollywood which the company shot on board for a segment. Safer asked him if there was a bar on the train. Gleason: "The train was a bar." More stories for our next lunch, if ever.

I knew you shot that but didn’t want to steal your story!

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Better Off Dead was about a teen's repeated (failed) suicide attempts until he finds love.  It was hilarious.

Mick, you are the first person I have ever heard (besides myself) to recommend Better Off Dead.

I loved that movie in high school.  On the other hand, my girlfriend's parents never took another movie recommendation from me again.

I even recently searched for a 1967 Camaro SS because of that film.

I want to show it to my own teenagers, but oddly it's not available on any streaming service.  I wonder if there are some right issues.   I may need to break down and buy the DVD.

Didn’t see it. Sounds a bit like a Harold and Maude, without the age thing.  Harold and Maude has some terrific dark humor.

[lex24]

Hey Lex. Gleason? I shot it.

We spent a magical week in Fort Lauderdale in 1984 with Jackie. He kept calling Morley "Morty." Safer laughed at it but when I called him Morty he got pissed. Shot about 50 Safer segments. Fantastic guy. Gleason was incredibly friendly. A question they didn't use was about the yearly train ride from Florida to Hollywood which the company shot on board for a segment. Safer asked him if there was a bar on the train. Gleason: "The train was a bar." More stories for our next lunch, if ever.

I knew you shot that but didn’t want to steal your story!

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Better Off Dead was about a teen's repeated (failed) suicide attempts until he finds love.  It was hilarious.

Mick, you are the first person I have ever heard (besides myself) to recommend Better Off Dead.

I loved that movie in high school.  On the other hand, my girlfriend's parents never took another movie recommendation from me again.

I even recently searched for a 1967 Camaro SS because of that film.

I want to show it to my own teenagers, but oddly it's not available on any streaming service.  I wonder if there are some right issues.   I may need to break down and buy the DVD.

Didn’t see it. Sounds a bit like a Harold and Maude, without the age thing.  Harold and Maude has some terrific dark humor.