RIP Bob Thomas

Served in seven decades as AP's man in Hollywood, which deserves some recognition here. Also on the scene when RFK was killed.

http://news.yahoo.com/bob-thomas-dean-hollywood-reporters-dies-124351740.html

 

Whew! I thought you were talking about the ex-Bears kicker.

 

I interviewed Henny Youngman one hot Friday afternoon in the summer of 1983, riding along with him in a limo taking him from mIdtown to a comedy club in Wesport, Conn. I was 25 and in my first year at AP. Henny made us stop at Carnegie Deli for a tongue sandwich. Traffic out of town was at a standstill. He got surlier by the minute. About halfway through what should have been an hour trip to Westport that took four hours, I was struggling to keep the discussion going. Finally, he stops and says, "How come they didn't send Bob Thomas, anyway?"

Bob was a wire service legend.

RIP

 

I thought the same but figured "too early" to post it

 

Sorry to work your corners.

 

I misread it as "Rob Thomas," frontman for Matchbox 20.

 

I've always been too afraid to ask if "tongue" really means that.

 

Was it 3 a.m. when you read the thread title? Were you being so smooth?

 

Yes it does. Flavor comes from high fat content, he told me. .... My lede was, "Henny Youngman is what he eats."