--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" > <at_man_and_brahman@> wrote: > > > > Merv was speaking directly to Maharishi when he said this, > > not to the audience. It was as though Maharishi had been > > on some previous show and had been told about Clint then. > > It didn't make sense. > > You're asking ME to explain something about Maharishi > not making any sense? :-) > > I assume it was just "show biz." Maharishi had met > Clint the night before at his hotel; I know because > I was the "door guard" and was the one who let Clint > in. I have no idea what Merv may be referring to. > There was certainly no previous "show."
Just to follow up, because I understand that you are honestly curious, I have no explanation for you. It could be that Merv simply misspoke. Or it could be that the meeting he and Clint had with Maharishi in his hotel room the night before was in his mind a "show." Merv did arrive first, and would have talked about the other guests before Clint arrived. Also, in person Merv was a little more flamboyant and less closeted than he was on his show, so if he did misspeak, the meeting at the Beverly Wilshire might have been a "show" for him. I'm pretty sure he'd never met Maharishi before that night, although as you can tell he knew Clint well from Carmel. Can't help you out on anything more than this. I got roped into driving Clint and working "door duty" because I worked for the Western Regional Office at the time. I never really talked to either Maharishi or Merv during the whole visit, and Clint was as taciturn in person as he is in his movies, so we exchanged maybe a dozen sentences in total. That said, Clint struck me as a very real guy, very natural and unaffected. I've seen him on more recent talk shows and I'm always struck by his memory; he seems to be able to remember the names of every person who ever worked with him on any of his films, stretching back to the early days. He has a rep in the industry as never going a day over schedule or a dollar over budget on his movies, and as an all- around good guy to work with or for. Unlike the poor Dr. Harold Bloomfield, who was on the same show, Clint's life and work presents a very good case for the efficacy of TM. I have friends who live in Carmel and they tell me that Clint often drops in to the small jazz club he owns there and sits in with whatever band is playing. He supposedly plays a mean piano. > > Maharishi's appearance took place in October. Apparently, > > it was rerun in December because I learned TM the following > > January after seeing it, along with a bunch of other people > > here in Indianapolis. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "at_man_and_brahman" > > > <at_man_and_brahman@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Given that you were there, perhaps you can answer a question, > > > > or make a good guess. > > > > > > > > At 1:18, Merv is about to introduce Clint. He says, "The man > > > > I told you about on the last show...." What last show is he > > > > talking about? > > > > > > > > This was the first time Maharishi had been on the show. > > > > > > I assume he was talking about "yesterday's show." > > > The rare thing wasn't that Maharishi was on the > > > show; he was such a publicity slut that he'd have > > > appeared on Dancing With The Stars if it had been > > > running then. :-) > > > > > > What was rare was that Clint Eastwood was on the > > > show. Clint hated talk shows and had never done > > > one before. The only reason he agreed to be on > > > this show, even for his neighbor in Carmel Merv > > > Griffin, was for the opportunity to meet MMY. > > > Don't forget that at the time Clint was the > > > biggest box office star in the world. > > > > > >
