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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 12:22 AM
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Is anyone else watching Letterman with Dustin Hoffman?
I have been laughing so hard that I am crying.
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Greybnk48 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 12:23 AM
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1. I just tuned in and caught the Jose Ferrar story.
He's always so much fun.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 12:28 AM
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4. Earlier he was telling stories of his start in NYC. First he roomed with
Gene Hackman and then with Robert Duvall.
He and Duvall lived in a 6 floor walkup.

He said he was in the shower one morning with a girl who had slept over. Duvall comes home from his midnight to 8AM shift at the post office. He comes into the bathroom. Hoffman says "I'm busy in here, with a friend." Duvall proceeds to takeoff all his clothes and get into the shower with them. Sticks his and out to shake hands with the woman, and says "Hi, I'm Bob Duvall."
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Greybnk48 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 12:50 AM
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7. What a bunch of characters. I love all three of them.
I think Dustin Hoffman played himself in "Meet the Fockers" His character was so similar to how he normally behaves. Love, love, love him.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 01:27 AM
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10. That was a funny movie. I saw an interview and it turns out that way
back in the day, like when he was rooming with Duvall...Hoffman had dated Barbara Streisand's roommate. They have known each other forever.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 01:33 AM
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12. You are absolutely right...
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity_interviews/Meet+the+Fockers-4583.html


Q: Dustin, how was it to play yourself in a movie?

D: My kids saw some rushes and they said "Dad, this is the first time you're being dad the way you are at home."?
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 12:23 AM
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2. Well, shoot. What am I going to watch. Leno with Williams or Letterman with Hoffman?
Maybe I should just go to bed...
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 12:24 AM
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3. That is a tough choice.
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 12:37 AM
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5. Mrs. Robinson, what would your husband think if he walked in right now?
I saw the Graduate last night. But I don't get Letterman on my telebox.

Hoffman is pretty cool. He's nearly a dead ringer for me, by the way.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 12:48 AM
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6. Have you ever been stopped and asked for an autograph?
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 12:50 AM
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8. "Not right now."
:rofl:

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ellie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 02:06 PM
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15. "Who was that scumbag of a woman?"
Bwahahahaha! I didn't realize how funny he was. What great stories. I think Hoffman is going to be on Conan tonight. Yes, I don't get to bed at a reasonable hour.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 02:40 PM
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16. It's was double funny that Paul Schaeffer played "It's Beginning
to Look a lot like Christmas" after the Hoffman naughty story!

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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 12:59 AM
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9. Yup. Great segments with Hoffman ... he's a brilliant actor. Totally.
'The Graduate' was my "coming of age" film ... my era ... and it NAILED it. Absolutely brilliant film adaptation and Hoffman OWNS the part. His work in 'Tootsie" and 'Little Big Man' and a host of other amazing works just confirms he's one of the all-time GREATS.


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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 01:28 AM
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11. Absolutely. I recall readng that the temperamental actor he played in Tootsie was
pretty close to how Hoffman really was at the time.
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MarianJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 01:44 AM
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13. A Hoffman Story From My Uncle.
Back in the early 80s, my young cousin was being treated for cancer at Sloan-Kettering in NYC. My Uncle was taking the elevator and, since he was alone, let down his John Wayneish facade and started crying with his face in his hands. Someone else got on the elevator and put his arm around my uncle's shoulder and hugged him when they got oit in the lobby.

My uncle looked up and it was Dustin Hoffman. He wished my uncle well and went on his way.

BTW, my cousin made a full recovery.

PEACE!
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 01:48 PM
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14. Hoffman is truly a good man. He must have had someone there as well.
So glad your cousin recovered...

On the show tonight he mentioned that he and his wife started a camp for children with cancer back in the 80s.
It came up because they were discussing Paul Newman. Newman and Hoffman crossed paths when Newman asked Hoffman for advice about
setting up the Hole in the Wall Gang, Newman's camp for children with cancer.
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