Back in his day. (From syracuse.com)
So I meet my old friend Tom Honan this morning for a quick chat so he can fill me in on some cool things he’s doing with his Live Space Entertainment company – Tom Chapin and the Chapin Sisters benefit for the Food Bank of Central New York on Sept 21 at the Palace Theatre! – and he casually mentions how he saw my old story about Burt Reynolds brought up by syracuse.com the other day.
No way, I say.
You mean the reference to my reviews in the big daily rehashed when Aretha Franklin died, I tell Honan.
Well, er, maybe, he replies.
On we talk, he bringing up his October show by Mental Madness at Jazz Central Oct 4-6 at Jazz Central.
Good stuff.
When I get back to my desk at the library, I have to Google my name and Burt Reynolds, right?
You betcha.
In October, 1993, the famed actor indeed visited Syracuse. And I was assigned to write about it.
When he passed away last week, Johnathon Croyle rehashed my story about that appearance for syracuse.com.
Dang, that sounded like a fun time, watching, interviewing, writing. It’s staring to come back to me. A little bit.
RIP, Burt Reynolds. No, I won’t bring up that famous blonde former wife.
Mark Bialczak 
that’s so cool that you did that and hilarious that you forgot about it )
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As I was thinking about forgetting about it, Beth, what struck me was that I direct one-on-one with Burt would have kept it in my memory bank forever. An interview with his publicist and a seat for his talk … obviously not so much.
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He made me laugh. A lot. I love anyone who makes me laugh. RIP Burt.
And how happy a life you live that you didn’t remember seeing Burt!!!!
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Yeah, I have a lot of colored rocks piled up in my knapsack, MBC, that’s for sure.
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Well how cool to have your stories re-emerge like that – and I know your personal story (from the book chapter in lady by the river)
And so reading this post had that in mind and I smiled with each sentence because you still inspire as someone who adapts and lives in the now! But marky mark- that is pretty cool to have your past stories come up! You are humble and that is pretty rocking – also – this new generation does not realize the stud Burt Reynolds was – albeit more in 70s – but what a cool connection to an icon
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Burt will forever be racing down the Highway with the Smoky and he Bandit gang, Jackie Gleason on the chase, for me, Y. And thank you, my friend.
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🙂
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