The meeting took place on the bayside patio of his home in Newport Beach, California.
The story that brought about the interview doesn't matter now, all these years later, but Wayne was as nice as could be to a couple of long-haired youngsters from Arizona.
But the other day I was surfing through the t.v. channels and came across a promo for "Christmas with the Duke".
All day and all night on the AMC channel there will be non-stop movies starring John Wayne.
Well I had to alert my friend, Timmer, who was the videographer with me on that day long ago.
He responded by sending me a picture of a picture that I took showing him with Wayne.
That's a blow-up of the picture that Tim has on the wall in his house.
Like I said, a couple of long-haired kids in the 70's.
The hair is much shorter and sparser now, the waistlines have expanded and John Wayne passed away not long after honoring us with that interview.
But I doubt if either one of us will ever forget that day.
And who knows, maybe we'll have to take a look at AMC tomorrow and see some of that shootin' and fightin' and lovin'.
Christmas with the Duke!
Yee-haw!
