Many friends are unaware that a much younger cowboy finished second when auditioning years ago for the part of Jethro in the hit TV show The Beverly Hillbillies.
When the casting director broke the news to me, she suggested that I hustle over to Lot 19 to see if they were still hiring for Gilligan’s Island.
Unfortunately, I came in second there as well to Bob Denver and the rest is history as they say.
Oh well, it’s been a marvelous life teaching tennis all these years.
** my good friend on the left is Rusty Moen who taught Curt Gowdy and Jimmy Carter how to flyfish. The young model on the right starred in countless films and commercials and eventually retired to pursue a career as a professional golfer. In 2016, she was selected for Dancing With The Stars but had to drop out to care for her husband after yet another surgery.
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