I’m a retired New York City high school English teacher with a background in book publishing, acting and stand-up comedy.

My high school gymnast days!

A movie lover, but the closest I’ve come to Hollywood is represented in these stills.

My mother and her Brooklyn fan club meeting with Jimmy Stewart after the film “It’s a Wonderful Life” and his W.W. II service.

1940s-70s Hollywood star Gig Young with his sister. Gig was my wife’s grandmother’s cousin. My wife and two sons are in possession of celebrity DNA. But not me.

Gig with his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” I was a finalist in a dialogue-only contest I based on his Oscar. Read it in Bartleby Snopes.