Call Me Lucky Page #3

with my hand,

which was a bone

with meat on it.

My name's Barry Crimmins

and I'm from Skaneateles,

f***ing New York.

- Barry's childhood.

Take 1 A&B count, mark.

- Okay, this is my

childhood home. 27 Sta...

- Barry, turn over the other shoulder...

- Okay.

- This is...

- It's this one, right'?

- It's this one.

- It's the brown one'?

- We've got the wrong

house framed up.

Are you f***ing kidding me'?

- Well, this is my

childhood home.

27 State Street.

Centrally located in

Skaneateles, New York.

Skaneateles is an Indian

word that means

"beautiful lake

surrounded by fascists. "

It's spelled

S- K-A-N-E-A-T-E-L-E-S.

And when you can do that

you're in the second grade.

It's changed over the years.

A lot of the fascists have died.

New people have moved in.

- My father was the only

Democrat in the damn town.

That's the truth.

- You know,

while we only have one

24 hour Christmas

ornaments shop,

but there's, you know,

15 or 16 others

and they have a Dickens

festival at Christmas,

even though most of

the people in town

that I grew up in would

have rooted for Scrooge.

I come to my high

school reunion.

I went to my 20th

high school reunion

because I was on TV and stuff

quite a bit around then.

But then a couple of the boys

pulled me aside and they said

"Grimmer.

We gotta give you a chance

to clear your name. "

And I go, "About what?"

"We heard when you

were over in Boston

you done an AIDS benefit.

Now this isn't true, is it?"

"Yeah, I've done dozens

of AIDS benefits. "

"Well, you're not a

queer, are you?"

I'm whatever threatens you.

I'm a Communist

with AIDS and I bite.

He hated school...

but he was a genius

in my mind.

- You know, and he

was probably smarter

then any of the

teachers in there.

What's your rules of work?

- My rules of work are simple.

A to Z gravity.

In other words,

the worst first.

And in my case...

childhood was the worst.

- He was born in Kingston,

New York,

which was the first

capital of New York.

On July 3rd so he was

almost a firecracker but...

On the 3rd of July

in Skaneateles

they have flares that they

plant around the lake.

And Barry for years thought

it was for his birthday

because it was the 3rd of July.

That was kind of fun.

I didn't have to put

too much out on his cake.

This is my brother,

my only brother

and my biggest brother.

He's big, yes.

Everything was funny to Barry.

I mean, the news

was funny to Barry.

- Oh, he had a great

relationship with his father.

His father was very humorous.

And he'd say to me.

"I had some good jokes

to give him.

Barry didn't want them. "

My mother,

we'd be leaning in and,

you know, lecturing

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