A huge Influence on me as a child..
Do you remember the “looping scene” at the end.
Well. The windows of my garage had a very similar look to it. Lot’s of glass…In a child’s mind, it could easily pass for a recording studio.
My father had enormous short wave radio earphones and I would borrow them and enact the scene over and over again…including the breakdown...the snapping of the fingers...The screaming ..the throwing myself at the glass…
One summer it aired, and after it was over, I immediately headed straight to my garage with those earphones and started enacting the scene..
However, I had failed to notice my Mother was about 15 feet from the garage talking to our neighbor, Wanda Budnyck..
Wanda was practically rolling in our driveway from laughter at the sight of a 7 year old having a nervous breakdown while singing “ The circus is a wacky world”….over and over…
…and my Mother screamed at me “Oh for god’s sake – YOU ARE NOT NATALIE WOOD!”..
Truer words were never spoken..
Lovely story Joey..btw..
"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up." - Billie Holiday
Updated On: 4/10/13 at 04:12 PM
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