MikeJThom

That he once gave close friends of his Dustbusters for Christmas and thought it was a great gift.

It's a tie between The Sinatra Group and Bill Clinton at McDonalds, with Ronald Reagan Mastermind coming in a close second.

I thought the Google line was funny. Guess not. Who's this McClurg guy?

Performers in Chicago are given license to fail. They can try out new material and flop and make it better without fear of being scrutinized by industry folks--producers, directors, etc. It's generally about the work as opposed to where the work might take them.

Phil was a chilled out guy. Loved to surf, smoke dope, hang with pals, fly his plane, sail his boats. Leisure was every bit as important as career stuff. He didn't change much at all pre- and post-fame, according to friends. Although toward the end he became a bit more vocally ambitious about where he wanted to be professionally.