Reelzchannel aired a program I watched at lunch today featuring movie director Gary Marshall (Pretty Woman, Princess Diaries) talking about his films.
In it he spoke about a movie he did called Nothing in Common starring a young Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason as a father and son. He said that men will stop him in restrooms and say something like this to him: “I hadn’t talked to my father in years, until I saw that movie. Thank you.”
When I heard him say that, I wanted to talk to my father. I can’t. He’s been dead for nearly fifteen years.
But guys, some of you still can. Call him up. It’s not Father’s Day which makes this a perfect time to talk to him, simply because it’s not expected.
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Side note: He also said that no one could curse as beautifully as Julie Andrews. I didn’t see THAT coming!