Going Down the Road.

Going Down the Road.

When I was living at Hazelton Ave. in Toronto (we had a commune), there was a premier or preview of 'Going Down the Road' at the New Yorker.

I went with Melinda, Carla, Helen, and Pauline. Pauline and i were going together at the time.

We were knocked out by the movie, and afterwards we went to the Pilot, and we all raved about it. We felt it was a big step for Canadian Movies. Pauline really liked it. anyway they wanted to go back to Hazelton, and I stayed on for a few more drinks. 

So I am sitting there, and who walks in but Paul Bradley. We hit it off we were friends from almost the first moment we met. We had a couple of hours of drinking and storytelling, and somewhere in 

this haze i got a great idea. it was Pauline's birthday on Friday and we were having a party. So I talked Paul into coming and playing his character of Joey from the movie (this was not difficult). This was my idea of a crazy birthday present for Pauline.

Friday night, Paul showed up with a friend (who kinda looked like McGrath) Introduced as Joey, and just blew Pauline and the girls away. Paul is a travelling roadshow by himself and after a couple of hours, went into entertainment mode. We had lots of drugs and booze and food, and he ended up staying for a couple of days, and we were good friends forevermore. Over the years we would get together every once in a while and have a good blast.