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Would somebody pull Ms. Ronstadt's head out of the spaghetti?
Topic Started: Jul 16 2010, 06:28 AM (413 Views)
Jolly
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Everybody has stories that happened while on the job. One my friend told me this morning...

I was working as a DJ in Providence and my station was promoting a show with Linda Ronstadt and Gladys Knight. Well, you know how stars are...Linda was the headliner and she had these little crazy things writteninto her contract. One of them was that the promoter had to buy her an Italian dinner the night before the concert.

So...my boss had me line everything up...I've got a limo ready to go and a private dining room at the swankiest Italian joint in Providence. We go pick Ms. Ronstadt up at the airport that evening and whisk her away to the restaraunt.

Everybody gets seated, the waiters are scurrying around like ants taking drink orders and handing out menus. All of us look through the menu, and take our pick of the finest Italian cuisine in the area (hey, the station is paying, so why not?)...except Linda...she's still studying the menu. Her waiter asks her is there something she wants that she doesn't see, and she looks up at him with those big brown eyes and tells him all she wants is spaghetti and meatballs.

The waiter tells her "No problem, we'll cook it for you" and heads back to the kitchen. Everybody is having a good time, sampling the appetizers and drinking some vino, when dinner starts to arrive. The chatter eases as people are eating their food, except for the occasional comment on how good the food is...my boss is beaming, when suddenly a look of sheer horror comes upon his face.

He yells at me, "Dave, pull her head out of the sphagetti!".

I turned around to find Linda passed out, face down in her food.

First thing that passes through my mind is I hope to God she's allright, and the second thing is whether she'll be able to do a show tomorrow...we've got a lot riding on this concert.

Anyway, her people bundle her up and off to the hotel they go. But the story doesn't stop there...

The next morning, I go to pick up Gladys Knight at the airport and she gets off the airplane with 103 degree fever. Gladys has got the flu. I ask if she wants me to take her to the hospital and she refuses. She tells me if I can just get her to the hotel where she can lay down awhile, she'll be ok. Says she's never missed a show and she's not starting now.

Later in the day...it's a couple of hours before the concert and neither star has dropped by the venue. The bands have come in, got all their little stuff straight, ran through all of their soundcheck stuff. The limos pull up with Linda and Gladys...both of them look like death warmed over...and they head to their dressing rooms.

I came out at showtime, still not knowing exactly what would happen and did my wind-up to bring Gladys on. And I'm glad to say both she and Linda did a fine job that night...the crowd never knew the difference....

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Would somebody pull Ms. Ronstadt's head out of the spaghetti?


She must have thought the parasan cheese was another light colored powder.
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How embarassing for her.
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That's awesome. :lol:

Working in restaurants I've seen, oh, I think three people pass out in the dining area. The funniest was some uptight woman who ordered one of those fajita things with the sizzling hotplate of meat beside it. The steam from the hotplate made it hard to breathe I guess so after a minute she just threw her head into the table and she was out like a light.
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Larry
Jul 16 2010, 07:11 AM
She could suck a golfball through a garden hose, but she has the brains of a squirrel...
In her younger days, that might not be so bad...
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
It wasn't......... :D
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Larry
Jul 16 2010, 07:11 AM
She could suck a golfball through a garden hose, but she has the brains of a squirrel...
This is just a shot in the dark but I'm going to guess she's a more liberal-minded celebrity. :biggrin:
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The story sounds to me like a great display of professionalism on the part of a couple of performers, when it counted most.

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The story sounds to me like a great display of professionalism on the part of a couple of performers, when it counted most.


Are you referring to the golf ball through a garden hose thing?
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Performance is important. Pick your own categories, but for me...
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She could probably get a second job working in a kidney stone ward.
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JBryan
Jul 16 2010, 10:34 AM
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The story sounds to me like a great display of professionalism on the part of a couple of performers, when it counted most.


Are you referring to the golf ball through a garden hose thing?
:lol2:
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blondie
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I had a friend who passed out in her Kraft dinner. Sad. That wrecked supper for all of us. That was many decades ago btw.
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Kraft dinner? Couldn't have been much of an evening, anyway. :lol2:
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