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For years I thought about that night in New York. “ Okay, hold it,” I said, holding up my hand. save that he had fathered a twenty-two-year-old five-year-old. down the line, and second,because there were enough complaints and warrants out on that show to send everyone away till the nextIce Age.

Arthur Crewes came out of the men’s room first. “And cartoons?” I asked. I sat down on the floor and laughed till tears ran down mycheeks. His shoes had been stolen— no way of knowing if he’ d been wearing socks— andwhatever had been in the empty, dirty paper bag he was clutching.