I once spoke with Charlton Heston. He was calling into a local radio show I produced for an on air interview. I answered the phone and the exchange went as follows.
Joel : Hello?
Charlton Heston : Hello. This is Charlton Heston.
Joel : Mr. Heston I’m the producer and we’ll be going live in about two minutes.
Charlton : Alright.
Joel : Sir, I grew up watching your movies and I’m a big fan.
Charlton : Thank you. What is your name?
Joel : Joel
Charlton : Well Joel, my name is Charlton and you can consider me a friend.
Joel : Thank you sir.
Charlton : You are welcome Joel. It was good talking to you.
Joel : You too sir.
Charlton : Now what do you say we give all Americans guns so they can just shoot out their problems?
Ok. So I made that last line up. Regardless of some of his extreme political beliefs, I am a fan of his. The man starred in The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, Tombstone, Planet of the Apes, True Lies and my personal favorite Touch of Evil.
Rest in peace friend.
- Joel
April 6th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Can we pry the gun from his cold dead fingers now?