Well, Thanksgiving is fast approaching again, so I thought
I’d take this opportunity to relate one of my first Thanksgivings in Hollywood.
My sister’s mother-in-law was a famous TV actress, and before she died, she
either had lots of former TV stars over to her home for Thanksgiving dinner, or
else we’d all go to one of her friends’ places. Well, on this occasion, we went
to an apartment on Wilshire (I think) belonging to another TV star from the 1970s
and ‘80s, and there at the party was someone I recognized: Betsy Palmer.
Well, I immediately recognized Betsy Palmer, but I couldn’t
quite remember why I knew her face so well. And when I met her, I said I knew
her from something, but I couldn’t quite place it. So she said: “I’m Jason’s
Mom from Friday the 13th.” And so I
said: “Oh, wow, you are!” And then I said: “Oh, please say it…” So she
made that face from near the end of the movie, and she said: “Kill her, Mommy,
kill her!” And we both laughed. And later, at the table, someone else said not
to let her have the carving knife, and I thought: “Wow, she probably gets this sort
of treatment everywhere she goes for doing Friday
the 13th.” And she did say that of all the movies and TV shows she made
(and she made a bunch), everyone always remembers her from Friday the 13th.
