Burton: No, its not. The Gilliam Twins (not really, Gene was older), Burton says he was the prettier one...Highland Park Fire Department, Jan 20, 1962.
And then, when I finished, they all stood up and clapped. He was so open and funny.”.
Burton: Oh yeah, right. I guess you could say I knew how to drive a tractor before I knew how to drive a car, but I also knew how to drive a 40' Champ forklift before a car. Paul: It was our rental store truck in Waco. I'm a city kid, born and bred. Jared Padalecki plays him. Burton: Is that right? The former two-time Dallas Golden Gloves champion, 1950-51, served as a referee and judge at the amateur and professional levels. Isn’t that funny how some things do that? Paul: I think you would have been good in sales. Hell, they’re all intertwined in some way or another. And back then the buildings were only a couple of feet apart. I am working on a big project on him now. He’s like you, he loved doing it. Burton: It’s all part of who I am. Oh, me. Linda: She does not like to fly, so she’s another one that turns down work more than she takes. We talk on line but in person, it's been a while, hasn’t it? He interviewed me when I signed with them in the Spring of 1975. The Russian Federation, whatever gymnastically it was, they invited her to come to Russia and tour. And I’m like, it just kinda rolls off my tongue now. Beautiful.
He was called an associate producer, but he was still a gopher. They were on the same part of the transmission. I’ve picked up people. Burton and Gene's listing in 1962 GG tourney. Paul: I spoke to Kim Harmon Gatlin the other day.
Burton: And it was on the wall, and they had his certification of authenticity. Interviews, transcriptions, domains, webpages, SSL's and so many other things to produce this interview, cost money. And there were eight of us, the wanted us to speak, and they knew that I should be the heavy hitter because I was, you know –. Was it KERA? This has been a blast. I mean, it was big time poker. But I went in, and boy there’s a gang of people in there, and I went up there to the second or third floor. We were something like 39-0 in the three years I was there, not counting 5 games played in Europe.
Burton: Guy named Jerry Turner. Burton: Now, that’s fate. Burton: For me too. And this guy says, “Hello, my name is Mel Brooks. That was just before I became a fireman. Arrow points to the approximate area where Lone Star Drive-in was. Go on get out of here. We just had to take up some time there, and he said, “Pick up anything.
Burton: You remember all that stuff that was going on?
I’ve known him, golly, 30 years, 35. Her family owns Coal Vines up in Addison. and I said, “Yes, sir. Paul: Oh, we will find it before we leave!
Paul: Oh, wow. Linda: Aren’t those tunnels still there. Golly.
Linda: Oh yeah, that’s right. And I was part of their group for a year or so, I guess. The sexual revolution or whatever it was.
Now at this time you guys didnt really have a 'local' HS, did you? I was gonna say I loved her, but I didn’t. And that’s where all of the service recruiting places were back in the ‘50s. She has not changed all these years. Burton: (laughs) Oh gosh.
Cheap. When she said that, I knew we had a lot of going.
And still just as gorgeous as ever. I love her to death. If my mother needed anything from the grocery store, she called down to the little mom and pop grocery store, they came down, threw it over the fence, and she gave the two bucks through the fence or something. You guys really haven't talked for a while. So, I gotta ask you a question I'm sure nobody has ever asked before...(seductive pause) The 'breaking wind' scene in Blazing Saddles. But I found out, and I’ve said this many times, and nobody’s ever said it before me, I thought it up, but it’s true, fear and speed go hand in hand, whether you’re fighting or running. He said, “What are doing today for lunch,” and I said, “Nothing.” And he said, “Would you come over here,” and they were shooting in a park in Beverly Hills. Paul: Yes, that I do. You certainly know a lot about Dallas.