The Great Man himself tipped us off in his Sunday column that he would be taking his "stand up comedy act" to our local library the next night...so naturally being free we rushed the next morning to organize tickets. It felt like getting in at the last minute to see Springsteen, or the Grateful Dead albeit minus Jerry Garcia.
But possibly even better...the irascible, difficult, often justifiably cranky Sunday restaurant critic was nothing less than the most delightful, delicious, loving, often swearing raconteur...sitting down of course
It was a treat to hear tales of Orson Welles, Brando ever the prankster with the help of the staff of the Mayfair Hotel, Sophia Loren, Lancaster and Charlie Bronson. What was apparent in Michael's chat and book was his love of movie making, which he appears to have learnt as he went along, his kindness and empathy for the character actors like Vincent Gardenia and craftsmen such as composer Jerry Fielding and genuine decency
Maybe difficult to look after in a restaurant or hotel - but people like that simple know what they like and usually what's good and right - but he is a "mensch"
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