I had an interesting film shoot today with the owner of a hotel in the Catskill Mountains back in its hay day and a comedian that worked there for 14 years. Great stories, very entertaining, and just a fun day of work with good company.
Every summer the hotels would have a basketball tournament with their staff members. Apparently Wilt Chamberlan was on their staff for 2 years. I'm guessing they won those 2 years. How cool is that? They apparently had a lot of big time ballers and boxers that use to stay with them. Mohammad Ali and when he went by Cassius Clay trained out there. So those are 2 big names haha. Every big comedian and singer performed at these hotels in the Catskill Mountains. This was before my time, but one name that stood out to me was Rodney Dangerfield. "I don't get no respect!" Apparently Patrick Swayze's Dirty Dancing character was based on a dance instructor that worked at this guy's hotel. Just awesome stories. Fun stuff to film. Pure gold.
Well looks like that's it for this post. Just wanted to share a great day of filming.
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