The Duke and I
When my father was a young fireman in Brooklyn he looked so much like the American matador Sidney Franklin that he was asked for autographs in restaurants. As he grew older and people forgot about Franklin, he looked more like John Wayne and was still asked for autographs in restaurants.
I, on the other hand, looked like none of the above (including my father), but I used to hang out in a San Fernando Valley restaurant called the Fireside Inn, which was where I first shook Duke's hand and told him about the resemblance.
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