…or at least it was one of the longest days I’ve had in a long time. On very little sleep — because of an urgent deadline — I went out to Santa Monica and hosted the Mike Schlesinger Celebration. Hundreds gathered to salute our late friend…and I was told it went well but I was in no condition to make that assessment. All I know is that people laughed and people cried and you would have been real impressed by the turnout of actors, directors, producers (etc.) at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Here’s what was on the marquee when we arrived…
The celebration included a screening of Mike’s favorite movie, which happens to also be mine, It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen it now but it always makes me laugh and I always notice something I’d never noticed in it before. Then some of us Friends of Mike had a lovely dinner, my friend/assistant Jane drove me home and in changing out of my emcee clothes, I fell fast asleep for a few hours. I would have stayed that way all night but I had to get up and spend 2+ hours on the phone with the editor of a new book I have coming out later this year.
It’s about one of the greatest creators in comics and no, it isn’t my still-in-the-works mega-bio of Jack Kirby. It’s about another great creator of comics and I should be able to tell you all about it tomorrow or the next day. I’ll also tell you more about the Schlesinger Celebration. And now that I’ve finished 2+ hours of minor copy-edits, I’m posting this and diving back into dreamland. Nighty-night.
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