150 THINGS LARRY THOMPSON HAS DONE

“I put together the following list of things I’ve done in my life, some serious, some silly, some sad, some just plain wonderful-not to dazzle you with my accomplishments or the Star-quality of my life, but to emphasize something that it took me a long time to realize: Life should be lived as a celebration of every minute of every day. It is not a long hard preparation for a party someday. The party is this afternoon. So celebrate your life as it happens. Celebrate your talents, your interests, your opportunities, your failures, your loved ones and your spirit.”

1. Sat on the deck of the Starship Enterprise with Captain Kirk

2. Held Drew Barrymore in my arms

3. Got stoned with Miles Davis

4. Met with the Beatles

5. Have been blessed by three Popes

6. Had a martini with Hugh Grant at the Pool at the Hotel du Cap, Antibes

7. Held Kermit the Frog

8. Went shopping with U2’s Bono and his wife in Florence , Italy

9. Watched ringside as Mike Tyson took a bite out of Evander Holyfield’s ear

10. Celebrated the World Music Awards aboard the Shamwari with Prince Albert of Monaco , Pamela Anderson, and Tommy Lee

11. Did breakfast at Nate ‘n Al’s with Larry King

12. Set up Cindy Crawford to host her first TV show, MTV’s House of Style

13. Had a hilarious dinner at Spago’s with Don Rickles

14. Rocked with Alex Haley on his porch in Tennessee

15. Purchased Barry Manilow’s Rolls-Royce Convertible

16. Bought Kirk Douglas ’s home with his handprint in cement in the driveway

17. Took pictures of David Bowie in my bedroom

18. Strolled along the Great Wall of China

19. Had Barry White explain to me all “380 degrees” of life

20. Laid in the King’s Burial Chamber of Egypt’s Great Pyramid

21. Bought a Motion Picture Studio

22. Saw the Rat Pack perform six times at The Sands in Las Vegas

23. Sat with Elvis on the steps of the Clarksdale City Auditorium

24. Dined with Mama Cass in London ; my drunken date fell out of the booth

25. Had a day named after me

26. Pissed with Kelsey Grammer at the Carousel Ball

27. Represented Sonny and Cher , and 25 years later made a movie about it

28. Danced with Nancy Reagan

29. Learned strength from Cicely Tyson

30. Almost died on the road to Agra to see the Taj Mahal

31. Signed Donna Dixon of Bosom Buddies instead of Tom Hanks

32. Tried to heal my mother when she was sent home after shock treatments

33. Cried with Peter Fonda in Rome over our fathers

34. Wrote 2 books

35. Produced 17 TV movies

36. Dressed Charlton Heston

37. Rented a limo from a funeral parlor for William Shatner and myself

38. Stayed with Jane Seymour at her castle near Bath , England

39. Made 5 Motion Pictures

40. Took a trip around the world

41. Comforted my Mother as she lay dying on Halloween night

42. Received 8 Emmy, one Golden Globe, and two Prism Award nominations for my productions

43. Managed the careers of over 200 Stars

44. Signed myself as a client

45. Stood on a mountain top at the Cape of Good Hope

46. Made love in a Royal balcony box at the La Scala Opera House in Milan

47. Laughed with Monty Python’s Eric Idle on a yacht in the South of France

48. Witnessed my Father smile and reach up to a “white light” when he died

49. Told Robin Givens in Morton’s one night, after her interview with Barbara Walters, that she was one of the most hated women in the world

50. Overheard a frustrated Rolls-Royce service guy say to Fred Astaire, “Don’t give me that song and dance routine.”

51. Drank until the sun came up at the Beverly Hills Hotel with Richard Harris

52. Sat on a Dinner Dais with President George H. Bush

53. Played golf with Vijay Singh at Shadow Creek

54. Was invited to the Rolls-Royce factory in Crew , England where I had a Bentley made to my specifications

55. Rode floats in both the Rose Bowl and Mardi Gras Parades

56. Said, “I do” twice

57. Witnessed the visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Medjugorie in Bosnia-Herzegovina

58. Produced 2 TV Series

59. Fired by Alan Thicke not once, not twice, but 5 times as his manager

60. Pitched a project claiming that Jackie Kennedy Onassis would host it only to have her enter the restaurant and be seated in the next booth during the pitch—before I’d talked to her about it

61. Represented Linda Lovelace, and after Deep Throat, she made Linda Lovelace For President. Her campaign slogan was “I may not be the best man for the job, but I’m better than the other c@&k-suckers.”

62. Took my family to Rome to see the Vatican

63. Cooked up a deal to have Wolfgang Puck cater my daughter’s Baptism

64. Watched the Grand Prix in Monte Carlo from a Yacht

65. Cruised Alaska with inventor and telemarketer, Ron Popeil, as his guest

66. Attended George Harrison’s Concert For Bangladesh

67. Invited 50 friends to Monte Carlo for my 3-day 50th Birthday Party

68. Received a Bible from Charlene Tilton

69. Dined at Chasen’s with Ronald Reagan who sadly told me the same story about his belt buckle three times

70. Got married at Jim Nabor’s home in Bel Air

71. Put John Larroquette in his first dramatic television role

72. Celebrated Paul Sorvino’s birthday at his daughter Mira’s Malibu home

73. Was told by Carroll O’Connor that I was his inspiration for his Southern accent in the popular series In The Heat Of The Night

74. Helped straightened out Linda Blair’s head

75. Managed Drew Barrymore, Tori Spelling, and Shannen Doherty

76. Sipped tea at the Dorchester with Gone With The Wind legend Olivia de Havilland

77. Flew to Rome with Tim Matheson and Ann Jillian

78. Received the Entertainment Industry’s prestigious Vision Award

79. Partied at the Playboy Mansion and I’m not telling

80. Was on The Dating Game twice and never chosen

81. Howled at the moon with Tanya Tucker

82. Ate food prepared by the Iron Chefs

83. Won a bowling trophy with Kiss’s Gene Simmons

84. Was given a harmonica by John Popper of Blues Traveler

85. Played Baccarat with Kelly Hu

86. Swam in my pool with CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo

87. Raced Angie Harmon down Sunset Boulevard

88. Attended David Bowie and Iman’s Wedding in Florence , Italy

89. Honored by having a Fine Arts Center named after me

90. Had drinks at the Polo Lounge with Jack Lemon

91. Partied with Goldie Hawn at Caesar’s Palace

92. Purchased a Rodin, Renoir, and Picasso

93. Listed perennially in Who’s Who in the World

94. Met Sela Ward on the Spanish Steps in Rome and we went shopping

95. Caught a Marlin off Oahu and let it go

96. Awarded the Show Biz Lawyer of the Year Record by Capitol in 1971

97. Nominated for the Looking Good Style Award along with Warren Beatty, Tom Selleck, and Dan Rather

98. Auditioned over 1000 Sonny & Cher hopefuls

99. Auditioned over 2500 would-be redheads for Lucy

100. Proposed marriage to Kelly LeBlanc at the Grand Wailea in Maui

101. Was nicknamed The Man Who Broke Up The Beatles

102. Chatted several times with the awesome Muhammad Ali

103. Sat with Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne at the Four Seasons in Maui

104. Froze my ass off in Red Square

105. Had a week named after me

106. Voted Showman Of The Year in 1998 by the US TV Fan Association

107. Watched the Super Bowl with Eric Roberts, Scott Hamilton, and Leonard Nimoy

108. Begged Quincy Jones for the rights to do a movie on his life

109. Played pool with billiards legend, Minnesota Fats

110. Did 10 pushups in my office with Jack LaLanne

111. Stumbled upon Princes Diana and Prince Charles on a deserted beach in Sardinia

112. Lunched Ma Maison with Orson Wells

113. Went to the Inaugurations of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. Bush

114. Helped President Gerald Ford become a mule

115. Served as an Altar Boy at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church

116. Prayed that you would find this book inspirational and helpful

117. Learned to line dance with Sex and the City’s Kristin Davis and her friend Melanie Shatner-Gretsch

118. Discovered it was lonely in the middle

119. Watched José Eber cut Farrah Fawcett’s hair at Jay Bernstein’s home

120. Scored a par on the 18th hole of Pebble Beach

121. Played tennis with Rene Russo and Susie Coelho

122. Met the Prince of Saudi Arabia at the Hotel Cala di Volpe in Sardinia

123. Celebrated three of my birthdays partying at La Voile Rouge in St. Tropez

124. Had two women walk on my back at the Amanpuri in Phuket , Thailand

125. Fitness trained at home with Pete and Jake Steinfeld

126. Have read the Bible

127. Was a Judge on both Star Search and Miss Teen USA

128. Hid under a table with William Shatner at the MGM Grand Hotel when the shooting started after a Mike Tyson fight

129. Continue to wonder who really roots for you after your parents die

130. Flew the Concorde from New York to Paris in 3 hours
and 11 minutes

131. Heard Paul McCartney and Paul Simon sing a duet at the Adopt-A-Minefield Charity Dinner

132. Have been friends with ET’s Mary Hart for many years

133. Experienced 4 epiphanies in my life so far

134. Told Pete Townshend from The Who to read The New New Thing.

135. Sat in the Royal Enclosure at the Ascot races in England

136. Set sail on my wife’s birthday cruise with 60 guests, including Mira Sorvino

137. Had The Sopranos’ Steven Schirripa judge Italian food for me on Iron Chef USA

138. Ate caviar with Ruth Gordon in the Russian Tea Room

139. Met fellow southerner Reese Witherspoon at Rape Foundation Luncheon

140. Was ticketed on the way to Palm Springs doing 117 mph in a Corniche

141. Moved into the neighborhood with Hugh Hefner’s LA Playboy Mansion

142. Went nightclubbing with Sammy Davis Jr.

143. Sat with B. B. King in his bus while he played his guitar, Lucille

144. Touched by angel Roma Downey who inscribed her book to my daughter

145. Snow skied in Aspen with Agent 007, Pierce Brosnan, at Race

to Erase MS

146. Wrote in this book “all the things I have learned” from “all the things I have done.”

147. Have had one, great friend, Fred Alias, all my life

148. Shared a loving life with my sister, Janice, and brother, Marshall

149. Married Kelly LeBlanc at the Good Shepherd Church in Beverly Hills and partied with family and friends for three days at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas

150. Became a Multi-Millionaire along the way,

and

“I would trade any, if not all, of them for the one moment my little girl, Taylor, was born, and my beautiful wife, Kelly, and I cried together from joy.”

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