I loaded up my automobile on a Thursday. On Friday, I obtained into my workplace and the telephone rang; a feminine voice stated, “Please maintain for Mr. Wasserman. I used to be constructive that was one among my buddies enjoying a joke on me as a result of Lou Wasserman did not know I used to be alive. So, I stated, “ what, Lou, I am too busy for this shit, f*ck you,” and I hung up.
Telephone rings once more, there isn’t any secretary, the receiver leaps off the cradle, wraps itself round my neck 3 times, goes off, and I all of a sudden notice it is Lew Wasserman. I stated, “Oh my God, Mr. Wasserman, I am so sorry, I believed it was one among my buddies enjoying a trick on me, and I’d by no means communicate disrespectfully to you. However truthfully, if all you’ve obtained to fret about on the fifteenth flooring is me taking workplace provides, life needs to be fairly good. I am penning this nice film, you are going to find it irresistible, you are a busy man, I am a busy man, it has been an honor speaking to you, and I’ll get going. You will have a beautiful day.”
I hung up. And the telephone did not ring. And I believed, “Whoa, all proper, I dealt with that. That was good.”
Monday, I come into the workplace and my identify is off the door. My stuff is piled up in a field and the locks have been modified. They’d revoked my parking move and I needed to pay to get out.
Reduce to 20-plus years later. I’ve obtained an image in turnaround from Fox referred to as “Gotcha!” that starred Anthony Edwards and Linda Fiorentino. I’m assembly with Frank Worth, head of productions at the moment, 14th flooring. We’re popping out of Frank’s workplace, elevator doorways open, out steps Lou Wasserman.
And Frank stated, “Oh, Mr. Wasserman” — everyone referred to as him Mr. Wasserman — no person referred to as him Lew. I feel his mom referred to as him Mr. Wasserman. He says, “That is Dan Gordon, we have got an image of his in turnaround.” I see that the wheels are turning, and he is making an attempt to put, “The place does he know that identify from?” I am pushing that elevator button, and I am similar to, “Come on, get me out of right here.”
Lew was a tall, skinny man, and he reached out and grabbed me with this bony, outdated man grip between the muscle and the bone. He would not take a look at me; he checked out Frank, and he stated, “Simply make sure that he doesn’t steal the workplace provides this time.”
