Got a note the other day from Willie Drye, author of Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. Seems he's temporarily stopped cruising the Web again for sordid stories and instead boated himself quite a marlin.
Just remember who loved you when you were merely a meteorological mensch, Willie.
Hey guys:Just hung up the phone from talking to [Name Withheld], a producer at Towers Productions in Chicago. She tells me we're going to produce a documentary based on my book for the History Channel. Says the HC agreed to it today at a meeting with Towers CEO [Name Withheld] and producer [Name Withheld] in New York. I'd been talking about this possibility for some time with Towers, but it wasn't sure it was going to happen until just a few minutes ago.
My understanding is that this is going to be a full hour-long production, with special effects, actors, etc. I think they're going to have it ready to run by this summer/fall.
Wow.
More details later.
Later,
Willie
PREVIOUS LETTERS FROM WILLIE:
Santa smokes dope.
Shopping for love.
Mack the knife.
You say N'awlins. I say New Orleans.
Go to hell, Ivan.
Flirtin' with disaster.
How low can it go?
Anyone for an storm surge?
Look at me when I'm talkin' to you, tiny eyes.
Anyone care for a blindfold and a cigarette?
A healthy serving of "drunken Swede."
Flame on!
Rankled by rankings.
Remembering Buddy Hackett.