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title: 'House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12) (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015440)'
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The Six Dumbest Decisions of My Life I'm talking here about seriously dumb decisions, not those minor regrets like that time in 1970 when Esquire magazine assigned me to fly to New Mexico where director Monte Hellman was filming Two-Lane Blacktop, about street-racing. Among the actors was a pair of musicians, James Taylor as a driver, and Dennis Wilson as a mechanic. They both agreed to be interviewed, besides screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer and others. During a conversation with Taylor about not laughing at jokes, he said, "My brother once told me a joke that made me laugh." "Wait, don' t tell me now," I said. "Let's save it for the interview." However, I was supposed to reveal behind the scenes of making the movie, but I learned that there were a couple of violations of law: A few members of the cast had been tripping on magic mushrooms; and a 17- year-old actress, Laurie Bird, who played "The Girl," had sex with two members of the crew. Nine years later she would commit suicide. Anyway, I decided not to write the article--I was a reporter, not a snitch--and never did get a chance to do any interviews. Nor did I ever hear the joke that James Taylor' s brother told him and made him laugh. I HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015440