HUNGRY GERALD

In years past whenever sadness, depression or just plain blues hit me, I had the perfect antidote: A chat with publicist, TV host Richard H. Roffman, the champion of the famous unknowns of New York. Richard represented as publicist and presented on his public access TV show,  an amazing crew of characters such as a lady who wrestled in a vat of Jello and a man who whistled (creditably) through his nose. (These were the headliners…he also represented lesser talents). You can get the full flavor of the inimitable Richard by hitting Google and logging into a You Tube clip of his TV show. It has been said that Woody Allen based his “Broadway Danny Rose” character on Roffman. So, when down in the dumps, I would call Richard. His voice was ripe with enthusiasm. His joy was boundless. This was his inevitable greeting: “Gerald!! Gerald!! You’re doing wonderful things, wonderful things!! The whole town’s talking about you!!.” Bye, bye, blues. He made my day.

§ 2 Responses to The Whole Town’s Talking About You"

• REC says:

  December 14, 2010 at 11:44 am

  Hungry, being either too timid, or too cyber-klutzy, has neglected to give us the address for the hilarious Roffman clip on YouTube. You should watch it — high talent, indeed, which gets better as the video proceeds..Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvTetBbCYSc

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  • Gerry says:

    December 14, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    Cyber-klutzy is the right tag even though the whole town’s talking about me…

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