Hollywood Tales

“I was working valet at the [Playboy] mansion. We used to park the nicer cars in the roundabout just for show. At 2 AM Jack [Nicholson] comes out with a tall blond girl. She couldn’t have been a day over 25 and they start going at it on top of a 1952 Jaguar Roadster. It wasn’t the kissy-kissy stuff either. They were both drunk. I’m watching this when the owner of the Jag walks up to me. It was James Caan. I thought he was going to kill me for allowing this to happen. Caan was a nice guy but he had a temper. I said, “Mr. Caan, Shall I go fetch your car.” James Caan looked at me and said, “Son, you don’t take meat away from a lion when it’s eating. I’ll be in the kitchen.”

 — from the book “You’ll Never Bounce in This Town Again,” written by Charlie Backer (pseudonym)

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