reminds me of an occasion - Thanksgiving dinner, 1984 - that provides a very good example of his sense of humor. I was living in L.A. at the time and Bill hosted dinner for several people, at his place on Vista Del Mar Avenue. After dinner, Bill asked everyone to come into his TV room. On the table he had a box of thin mints. He put on a Monte Python movie (unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the movie - Bill was the movie buff, I'm the music buff). In the scene a very large man is in a restaurant and orders a very large meal which they mix up in a bucket. As he is eating he is also vomiting food all over the restaurant, which of course, is making everyone in the restaurant sick. At the end of the meal it is clear that the man cannot eat anymore, but the waiter offers him a "wafer thin mint". When the man refuses, the waiter continues to temp him into having the mint. When the man finally agrees and eats the mint, he explodes. My memory of the situation was that while everyone was somewhat grossed out, we all laughed - making the incident a perfect example of Bill's sense of humor.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
SENSE OF HUMOR
I a peculiar way, this photo of Bill cooking 
reminds me of an occasion - Thanksgiving dinner, 1984 - that provides a very good example of his sense of humor. I was living in L.A. at the time and Bill hosted dinner for several people, at his place on Vista Del Mar Avenue. After dinner, Bill asked everyone to come into his TV room. On the table he had a box of thin mints. He put on a Monte Python movie (unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the movie - Bill was the movie buff, I'm the music buff). In the scene a very large man is in a restaurant and orders a very large meal which they mix up in a bucket. As he is eating he is also vomiting food all over the restaurant, which of course, is making everyone in the restaurant sick. At the end of the meal it is clear that the man cannot eat anymore, but the waiter offers him a "wafer thin mint". When the man refuses, the waiter continues to temp him into having the mint. When the man finally agrees and eats the mint, he explodes. My memory of the situation was that while everyone was somewhat grossed out, we all laughed - making the incident a perfect example of Bill's sense of humor.
reminds me of an occasion - Thanksgiving dinner, 1984 - that provides a very good example of his sense of humor. I was living in L.A. at the time and Bill hosted dinner for several people, at his place on Vista Del Mar Avenue. After dinner, Bill asked everyone to come into his TV room. On the table he had a box of thin mints. He put on a Monte Python movie (unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the movie - Bill was the movie buff, I'm the music buff). In the scene a very large man is in a restaurant and orders a very large meal which they mix up in a bucket. As he is eating he is also vomiting food all over the restaurant, which of course, is making everyone in the restaurant sick. At the end of the meal it is clear that the man cannot eat anymore, but the waiter offers him a "wafer thin mint". When the man refuses, the waiter continues to temp him into having the mint. When the man finally agrees and eats the mint, he explodes. My memory of the situation was that while everyone was somewhat grossed out, we all laughed - making the incident a perfect example of Bill's sense of humor.
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