Talking with Mitchell last night, telling him the story (again) of meeting Dean Stockwell. We were howling. Somehow the whole thing degenerated into us saying, in a sort of angry blunt way to an unbelieving imaginary listener, various quotes along the lines of:<\/p>\n
“Listen. I did the meringue with Dean Stockwell, okay?”<\/p>\n
“Listen. I did a traditional HULA with Dean Stockwell, okay?”<\/p>\n
The joke somehow became, very quickly, specific, with specific parts to it: an angry opener (“Listen.”) – and then a blunt statement involving me doing ever more specific dance steps with Dean Stockwell.<\/p>\n
“Listen. I two-stepped with Dean Stockwell, mkay?”<\/p>\n
“Listen. I did the Alvin Ailey flat-back series with Dean Stockwell, all right??”<\/p>\n
The joke ended when Mitchell said (and we realized that we honestly couldn’t go any further than this):<\/p>\n
“Listen. I danced GISELE<\/i> … with Dean Stockwell, okay?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Talking with Mitchell last night, telling him the story (again) of meeting Dean Stockwell. We were howling. Somehow the whole thing degenerated into us saying, in a sort of angry blunt way to an unbelieving imaginary listener, various quotes along … Continue reading