Been thinking about Manila. Here's a few more titbits ...
Mustn’t forget some of the folk that hung around Ermita. Shifty bunch. Some of us used to meet in a place called the Exotic Garden. Next door to Thriller. It was a restaurant popular with the bar owners so lots of colourful characters used to rendezvous there of an evening. You never knew who you might run into. When Oscar got into organizing porn conventions he’d take the restaurant over for a week or two. I actually met some very cultured people in Ermita. There was always a few Australian bank robbers and perhaps an axe-murderer or two passing through. Some of them decided to stay.
I was also lucky enough to meet the great thespian, Chuck Norris. He was screwing Filipinas and making thought-provoking movies about Vietnam at the time. Missing in Action was one. A German called Dieter was the bloke to see if you wanted a job as an extra. I went out on location once and helped them trash a helicopter. We got it cheap from the PR Airforce with lots of bits missing.
Mustn’t forget some of the folk that hung around Ermita. Shifty bunch. Some of us used to meet in a place called the Exotic Garden. Next door to Thriller. It was a restaurant popular with the bar owners so lots of colourful characters used to rendezvous there of an evening. You never knew who you might run into. When Oscar got into organizing porn conventions he’d take the restaurant over for a week or two. I actually met some very cultured people in Ermita. There was always a few Australian bank robbers and perhaps an axe-murderer or two passing through. Some of them decided to stay.
I was also lucky enough to meet the great thespian, Chuck Norris. He was screwing Filipinas and making thought-provoking movies about Vietnam at the time. Missing in Action was one. A German called Dieter was the bloke to see if you wanted a job as an extra. I went out on location once and helped them trash a helicopter. We got it cheap from the PR Airforce with lots of bits missing.
His brother Aaron
wasn’t really star material. He just didn’t have the same charisma and delivery
as Chuck so he looked after the business side.
Oh yes, those were the days all right. A laugh a minute. Another bloke who used to dine in the Exotic Garden was Tony Moynihan. What a card he was. He told everybody he had a seat in the House of Lords but I don’t think he spent much time passing bills. Passing bad checks was more like it. He never seemed to have any money. Even tried to flog me a Victoria Cross once. Said it belonged to his granddad. I think he had a box full of the bloody things. He also tried to flog Howard Marks an island in Luzon for growing pot.
I’ve noticed whoever it is writes the obituaries at The Telegraph enjoys a little chuckle now and then. I was skimming through it one day when I found this…"The 3rd Lord Moynihan, who has died in Manila, aged 55, provided, through his character and career, ample ammunition for critics of the hereditary principle."
Oh yes, those were the days all right. A laugh a minute. Another bloke who used to dine in the Exotic Garden was Tony Moynihan. What a card he was. He told everybody he had a seat in the House of Lords but I don’t think he spent much time passing bills. Passing bad checks was more like it. He never seemed to have any money. Even tried to flog me a Victoria Cross once. Said it belonged to his granddad. I think he had a box full of the bloody things. He also tried to flog Howard Marks an island in Luzon for growing pot.
I’ve noticed whoever it is writes the obituaries at The Telegraph enjoys a little chuckle now and then. I was skimming through it one day when I found this…"The 3rd Lord Moynihan, who has died in Manila, aged 55, provided, through his character and career, ample ammunition for critics of the hereditary principle."
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