Re: [ARSCLIST] Well, obviously...

[Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just don't try bribing him with those Lombardos- unless they are 
single-sided.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Bamberger" <RBAMBERGER@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:25 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Well, obviously...


I didn't intend to send a private missive to David G. to the entire ARSC 
list, so please 'scuse the intrusion. Let a gross of end-stage Guy Lombardo 
Deccas fall upon my head. I could not be more embarrassed.

Fortunately, I did not include in my email to David any details about that 
recent trip to L.A., such as the fact that my wife, Chris, and I were booted 
out of Grauman's Egyptian Theater for making shadow bunnies on the screen 
when the road-show version of "The Patent Leather Kid" (1927) grew 
unbearably long; were summarily dusted out to Melrose Avenue after chaining 
ourselves to the Bronson gate at Paramount; or were caught drinking Coca 
Cola out of paper bags at the Highland Center, a notorious Pepsi franchise; 
tried to shove pickles from Nate and Al's through the mail slot of the 
Scientology Center on Hollywood Boulevard. Not to mention making off with 
some of the fresh flowers left at Valentino's crypt; or that we happened to 
be in the same restaurant as Mr. Blackwell, who told me that my Jos. A. 
Banks blazer was giving him indigestion.

Nor did I tell David what I really think of Sam OR the turnpike system.

Heaven help me had I shared any of that with the good Mr. Giovannoni and, 
thereby, with all of you.

So, by and large, I doubt that I've done lasting harm to myself other than 
to appear pretty stupid, and probably none of you would ever hire me now to 
work in your libraries or studios. David will probably have to upbraid me 
publicly for even THINKING that an ARSC V.P. would bend a deadline, 
especially without a damned healthy bribe.

If so, I will respect that...then find some way to blame Sam for it.  Or, 
the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

(But, the smart money's on Sam.)















Robert L. Bamberger
Specialist in Energy Policy
Resources, Science and Industry Division
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 20540-7450

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