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TeddyB1018

He'd left the management thing by the mid fifties (he'd also worked with Dexter Gordon and Charlie Parker in that area), and teamed up with Arne as a writer. When they split up in 1963, Arne got rich in TV and my dad began his career producing movies. He did produce both the play and film about Lenny and to this day Marvin Worth Productions controls all dramatic rights to Lenny's material on behalf of his estate (which is basically now Kitty, as her mom and Lenny's mom are both gone). Arne and my dad did reteam later on the movie See No Evil, Hear No Evil with my dad's pal Richard Pryor, and Gene Wilder, but Arne passed away before it was released. Maybe it was the manager character in the Lenny film that suggested to you that he and Lenny were still working together, but that was a composite.

I know they worked with Blatty on something in the sixties but I can't remember what it was. So many crazy projects people who later did such credible work were involved in then. Bill Friedkin doing the Sonny and Cher movie. The Judy Garland show. Of course, Rafelson and Schneider and Steve Blauner doing the Monkees. We sat with those guys when I was a kid at the famous late night Stones show at the Forum in '69.

My dad produced two movies about people who were his friends when he was young. One was Lenny and the other was Malcolm X. In both cases, he was assigned the rights by the families who trusted him.

And yes, Keith Richards really is a Lenny fanatic.

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Rocky Dijon
Now that's a shocker to me, Teddy. I thought your Dad was Lenny's manager to the end because he produced the play and movie of his life. I knew of him because of his association with Arne Sultan and (by extension only) William Peter Blatty. He wrote a lot of funny material and had good taste as a producer. However, since this kinda blows your cover, I'm fine with deleting this post if you want to remain anonymous.

He'd left the management thing by the mid fifties (he'd also worked with Dexter Gordon and Charlie Parker in that area), and teamed up with Arne as a writer. When they split up in 1963, Arne got rich in TV and my dad began his career producing movies. He did produce both the play and film about Lenny and to this day Marvin Worth Productions controls all dramatic rights to Lenny's material on behalf of his estate (which is basically now Kitty, as her mom and Lenny's mom are both gone). Arne and my dad did reteam later on the movie See No Evil, Hear No Evil with my dad's pal Richard Pryor, and Gene Wilder, but Arne passed away before it was released. Maybe it was the manager character in the Lenny film that suggested to you that he and Lenny were still working together, but that was a composite.

I know they worked with Blatty on something in the sixties but I can't remember what it was. So many crazy projects people who later did such credible work were involved in then. Bill Friedkin doing the Sonny and Cher movie. The Judy Garland show. Of course, Rafelson and Schneider and Steve Blauner doing the Monkees. We sat with those guys when I was a kid at the famous late night Stones show at the Forum in '69.

My dad produced two movies about people who were his friends when he was young. One was Lenny and the other was Malcolm X. In both cases, he was assigned the rights by the families who trusted him.

And yes, Keith Richards really is a Lenny fanatic.

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GasLightStreet
So the "something new" Mick posted was about Mixed Emotions.

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GasLightStreet
So the "something new" Mick posted was about Mixed Emotions.

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DandelionPowderman

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GasLightStreet
So the "something new" Mick posted was about Mixed Emotions.

Or something that didn't work...

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GasLightStreet
So the "something new" Mick posted was about Mixed Emotions.

The song vote is up for Desert Trip.
Choices:

1.Mixed Emotions
2.Mixed Emotions
3.Mixed Emotions

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GasLightStreet
Imagine if they did one like this:

1. Hold Back
2. Hold On To Your Hat
3. Turd On The Run

No one would pick 1 or 2, it would be 3 because no one knows what 1 and 2 are.

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GasLightStreet
Imagine if they did one like this:

1. Hold Back
2. Hold On To Your Hat
3. Turd On The Run

No one would pick 1 or 2, it would be 3 because no one knows what 1 and 2 are.

Even if I wouldnt know 1 or two I wouldn´t pick 3, because I know 3

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TeddyB1018

He'd left the management thing by the mid fifties (he'd also worked with Dexter Gordon and Charlie Parker in that area), and teamed up with Arne as a writer. When they split up in 1963, Arne got rich in TV and my dad began his career producing movies. He did produce both the play and film about Lenny and to this day Marvin Worth Productions controls all dramatic rights to Lenny's material on behalf of his estate (which is basically now Kitty, as her mom and Lenny's mom are both gone). Arne and my dad did reteam later on the movie See No Evil, Hear No Evil with my dad's pal Richard Pryor, and Gene Wilder, but Arne passed away before it was released. Maybe it was the manager character in the Lenny film that suggested to you that he and Lenny were still working together, but that was a composite.

I know they worked with Blatty on something in the sixties but I can't remember what it was. So many crazy projects people who later did such credible work were involved in then. Bill Friedkin doing the Sonny and Cher movie. The Judy Garland show. Of course, Rafelson and Schneider and Steve Blauner doing the Monkees. We sat with those guys when I was a kid at the famous late night Stones show at the Forum in '69.

My dad produced two movies about people who were his friends when he was young. One was Lenny and the other was Malcolm X. In both cases, he was assigned the rights by the families who trusted him.

And yes, Keith Richards really is a Lenny fanatic.

What was the consensus in the Lenny fraternity about the Bob Dylan song?

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Rocky Dijon
Now that's a shocker to me, Teddy. I thought your Dad was Lenny's manager to the end because he produced the play and movie of his life. I knew of him because of his association with Arne Sultan and (by extension only) William Peter Blatty. He wrote a lot of funny material and had good taste as a producer. However, since this kinda blows your cover, I'm fine with deleting this post if you want to remain anonymous.

He'd left the management thing by the mid fifties (he'd also worked with Dexter Gordon and Charlie Parker in that area), and teamed up with Arne as a writer. When they split up in 1963, Arne got rich in TV and my dad began his career producing movies. He did produce both the play and film about Lenny and to this day Marvin Worth Productions controls all dramatic rights to Lenny's material on behalf of his estate (which is basically now Kitty, as her mom and Lenny's mom are both gone). Arne and my dad did reteam later on the movie See No Evil, Hear No Evil with my dad's pal Richard Pryor, and Gene Wilder, but Arne passed away before it was released. Maybe it was the manager character in the Lenny film that suggested to you that he and Lenny were still working together, but that was a composite.

I know they worked with Blatty on something in the sixties but I can't remember what it was. So many crazy projects people who later did such credible work were involved in then. Bill Friedkin doing the Sonny and Cher movie. The Judy Garland show. Of course, Rafelson and Schneider and Steve Blauner doing the Monkees. We sat with those guys when I was a kid at the famous late night Stones show at the Forum in '69.

My dad produced two movies about people who were his friends when he was young. One was Lenny and the other was Malcolm X. In both cases, he was assigned the rights by the families who trusted him.

And yes, Keith Richards really is a Lenny fanatic.

The project with Blatty was PROMISE HER ANYTHING with Warren Beatty and Leslie Caron. I think he and Arne were working together through the mid-sixties since they were writing GET SMART together as well as scripts like PROMISE HER ANYTHING. I had thought the latter was a rewrite job for Blatty. I didn't realize he worked directly with your Dad and Arne. That's interesting. There's a million questions I would have loved to have asked your Dad. Glad you have the great memories you do.

As for Keith, I knew that once the line in "Little T & A" was identified.

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Rocky Dijon
Well while we're not getting started, what happened to Harrington's rock memorabilia?

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Chris Fountain
When is the last time we heard "If You Can't Rock Me?"

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spikenyc
Not sure if this has been posted here before.
Street Fighting Man rehearsal.
Looks like its from 3 years ago?

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gotdablouse
Fascinating stories TeddyB, thanks for sharing! You've mentioned hearing the 2002 tracks but did you get to hear the B2B unreleased tracks too? I think you mentioned stopping by Ocean Way, must have been quite something!

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gotdablouse
Fascinating stories TeddyB, thanks for sharing! You've mentioned hearing the 2002 tracks but did you get to hear the B2B unreleased tracks too? I think you mentioned stopping by Ocean Way, must have been quite something!