It's been 50 years, so I guess I can tell this story. I don't remember when, where or how it all stated, but I spent an summer with his niece, Joann Wetzel. I was still quite innocent, so I assume she initiated the relationship. She had her way with me for the summer. I visited Mel's house in Robin's Rest with her, and we took a 'Role in the Hay' in his bed. She returned to school in September, and I saw her once at Manhattanville College, but realized that I was just a summer toy, and she had moved on. I was introduced to Ann Bancroft one day when she was sitting on the beach by the ocean.
I also ran into Dom DeLuise once. It was a Monday, Labor Day weekend, the end of the rental season. I was picking someone up at the Ocean Beach terminal in Bay Shore when a renter walking off the dock carrying four suitcases stopped in front of me, dropped all the suitcases, looked at me and said s**t. It realized after he walked off it was Dom himself!
Happy 100th Birthday, Mel.
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