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Does Tom Jones Have A Sense of Humor? You Bet. (This Post Is For Adults Only — You’ve Been Warned!)
Saturday, July 19th, 2008Jay Allen Sanford has a blog on the San Diego Weekly Reader, a newspaper he says is the weekly with the third-highest circulation in the country. He’s an interesting guy. You can check him out on his myspace page.
Last year he wrote about My Worst Celebrity Interviews Ever. It’s a great read, so we even forgive him for using the dreaded c-word (um, that’s “crooner”) about Tom (left, looking fabu in 1994). It’s very funny, so we’re posting this excerpt (you can read the entire piece by clicking on the link above). It clearly demonstrates that Sir Tom has a quick wit and a solid sense of humor. Of course, Courtney Love’s photo from 1992 is on the right.
“Worst interruption or distraction: Courtney Love’s cootchie [Civic Theater 12-12-94] - Backstage at [San Diego radio station] 91X’s Christmas concert, I was trying to have an earnest conversation with legendary crooner Tom Jones, but seated on a bench just opposite where we stood was Hole singer Courtney Love. Love kept lifting her short raggedy dress to her chin every time Jones looked in her direction, knees akimbo far more than was necessary for us to ascertain that she wasn’t wearing panties and that her hygiene routine apparently didn’t include razors or wax. Love winked at Jones with every flash but the Welsh sex symbol, to his credit, didn’t even acknowledge the dark and frightening pelvic forest she was trying to lure him toward. That is, until just as I was turning off my tape recorder to leave, whereupon he leaned over and whispered in my ear “On the bright side, I don’t have to worry about her throwing her undergarments at me!’”
Please, don’t get agitated. We warned you in the post headline. As a moderator on another forum said to TJ fans who objected to the content of a post, “don’t read it.”
July 19th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Hahaha — not everyone is a Sharon Stone
July 19th, 2008 at 5:50 am
You have to laugh silly girl putting it all out on show. A little mystery can get you further. Ha, ha, ha.
July 19th, 2008 at 7:05 am
I love TJ’s sense of humor!
July 19th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Kind of sad, too. But ,yeah, Courtney has never been known for subtlety.
July 19th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Yikes! She is an interesting person, eh? Good one, Sir Tom. And, please take the time to read Jay’s entire blog. It is a fascinating and interesting read!
July 19th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I can’t get the entire blog to appear but I loved this little piece!
July 19th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Great story!!! Laughed out loud!
July 19th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Tom’s humor had me laughing….what a guy!!!!;o))
July 21st, 2008 at 2:59 am
Pat! You’re right. There’s more than one way to skin a cat, if you know what I mean.
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:22 pm
You know I really am relieved that this approach didn’t get Tom’s attention. Can you imagine what his concerts would be like if it worked? The panties being flung thru the air are bad enough.
Denise L Atlanta
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Oh, my gosh! That is one of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time!!! Fabulous, Mr. Jones!! What a sense of humor!