On Sun, Dec 7, 2003, Omlor@aol.com said:
>Nope, December 7th, 1949. According to the press kit to *Closing Time*, Tom
>was born in a taxi cab with a three day growth of beard. As soon as he
>popped
>out he told the driver to "head for Times Square on the double."
>
>In a later interview, he claimed that the driver wouldn't let him out of the
>cab until he had come up the fare -- which was pretty tough since he didn't
>have pockets.
Ah, variations on a theme. I saw him on Letterman once, many years ago,
claiming to have been born in the back of a cab in some city in Indiana.
Nothing about a fare, though....
--tim
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