Monday, March 23, 2009

Eight IS enough

So I step off the bus across from my Trader Joe's a little after noon and as I am crossing the street and get to the curb who do I see giving me a LOOK but my old friend Dick Van Patten.He's in the TJ'S parking lot loading up the trunk of his red mercedes convertible and giving me the half stinkeye look he always gives me.Now I haven't seen him in over a year but I always wear my Red Sox cap and he seems to know who I am though I don't know him.This all started a few years ago when I would be waiting for my cab every morning in front of my building and for about a month Dick would drive by every day or so and see me standing there and give me a look lkie this guy looks like he's casing the cars or the houses on this street and maybe I should call the cops.Then about a month later I was on Pico and saw this guy from behind putting things in the back of his Red Mercedes convertible top down and I said as I walked by that the car looks really good in that color and as the guy says thanks he looks up and if it isn't Dick Van Patten and he registers a Oh it's you,I'm on to you look and jumps in the car and takes off.

2 comments:

Colburn said...

I had no idea until I read this that Dick van Patten had done anything except start the dog food company that makes the food I give to my dog. Now that I've looked him up on Wikipedia, he does look a little familiar from TV, but I don't know if I ever saw an episode of Eight is Enough. Somehow I feel like I probably didn't miss too much...

JAbel said...

Eight is Enough is best left unviewed.He was on local news shows a bit when he started promoting the dog food.