Back in the mid-eighties I’d had a few pints with Graydon Gould at The Artful Dodger. He is an icon of Canadian Television he used to be the Forest Ranger in the ’50s. I had been involved in the movie business and we had a few mutual friends. One afternoon he invited me to go with him to the 22 to meet Ned Beatty who was shooting ‘Switching Channels’, and to go to supper with them. We met in the 22 and Ned was very subdued. He was very quiet and had an orange juice in front of him and said he just didn’t feel like drinking or eating. We talked a bit but Ned excused himself.” I have just had a terrible day.” So I am going to turn in early”. He apologized to Graydon and started packing up his stuff. He reached into his shirt pocket and moved a set of darts to his kit. I reached into my pocket and pulled out my darts. “Would you like a game?” I asked. Off we went to the Artful Dodger I was a pretty good dart player at that time and we took on all comers and won every beer. We drank long d...
People I have met over the years