Destination:
Denver via Bozeman, Montana
(But Bozeman, Montana is no "Tuxedo Junction!")
FanFaire: Before
we leave The Ellie, could you tell us the story about your tuxedo?
It was announced just before the concert began that your tuxedo
made it to Denver, but just barely!
< HEPPNER: Oh, I did some coaching in NY and
so then I came to Denver on Friday night. And my luggage did
not arrive. We took in the luggage, that piece of paper- whatever
you call that - and they scanned it into the computer, and they
said: "Oh, that's going to Bozeman, Montana!."
I said, "What's it going to Bozeman, Montana for?"
"Do you live near there? Did you tell them to send it to
Bozeman, Montana?"
"No, I didn't tell them to send it to Bozeman, Montana."
And so I said, "If it just came in, it must still be in the
airport. Can you send somebody, you know, radio somebody and make
them bring it?"
Oh no, they wouldn't do that. I have no idea why they retagged
it Bozeman, Montana. So I phoned in the morning and sort of tried
to push them to get this thing and they said maybe it'll be in
by noon. But they kept accusing me of maybe having changed the
location and I kept saying "No, this is where I want it."
And anyway, so it arrived 20 minutes or half an hour before the
show, fortunately. What we did was we had rented an alternate.
But it's not easy to find something for a big guy out there in
Denver I must say.... I guess I should carry it on the plane,
but I'm never that smart. And I prefer to be in the cabin with
less luggage than more.
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