Jerry Weintraub Interview

[cameron]

[QUOTE=jak;187782]

Personally I would call wanting to know the details of Weintraub's phone calls obsessing.That's just me.Once you nail it down then what?Call the Times?The guy probably just doesnt remember exactly.If you need those details then god's speed finding out and I mean that sincerely.

I don't need the attention. Nope, just to know for myself and a few others. There's enough lies out here ; would just like the truth for once. I mean that sincerely .

[jak]

[QUOTE=cameron;187800]

I don't need the attention. Nope, just to know for myself and a few others. There's enough lies out here ; would just like the truth for once. I mean that sincerely .

Just let Weintraub know you dont want any of his hollywood double talk and that you mean business when you get hold of him.Good luck.

[Getlo]

Plus, Memphis didn't have 911 in 1977 ,

We've been over this. "911" is now common vernacular for an emergency call. Don't read too much into stuff that simply isn't there - that's how wild conspiracies and rumours gain momentum.

And it would've been obvious to anyone there at the time that Elvis had already died.

As for the TV journalist knowing before Weintraub ... not even an issue. TV and radio stations have people monitoring emergency frequencies all the time, and it's not uncommon for journalists to be on the scene and in full knowledge of an event before many other parties. It's entirely plausible that, when the original call went out, someone said it was a "42 year old male" and someone else made an assumption that it was Elvis.

Why these ridiculous theories about the timeline of Elvis' death are still around today is beyond me.

[SweetCaroline]

I took time to read the article tonight, Jen. Thank you so much for posting it. You really post some interesting things for us to read. I really, really enjoyed enjoyed the article. I started to cry with Jerry W. talking about finding out Elvis was gone. That sort of thing still gets to me pretty easily even 30 years later. I guess it always takes me back to that sad day for my own self and for all that loved Elvis The first part of the article where he talks about gathering up that million dollars was a hoot..

[cameron]

We've been over this. "911" is now common vernacular for an emergency call. Don't read too much into stuff that simply isn't there - that's how wild conspiracies and rumours gain momentum.

And it would've been obvious to anyone there at the time that Elvis had already died.

As for the TV journalist knowing before Weintraub ... not even an issue. TV and radio stations have people monitoring emergency frequencies all the time, and it's not uncommon for journalists to be on the scene and in full knowledge of an event before many other parties. It's entirely plausible that, when the original call went out, someone said it was a "42 year old male" and someone else made an assumption that it was Elvis.

Why these ridiculous theories about the timeline of Elvis' death are still around today is beyond me.

Behave yourself, son. I'm not going to spread any rumors .
The ones that write all the BS does it for the gullible.
I'd just like to get one person out of the many others to pin the story down.
It IS stuff like this that starts the rumor mill.
{In my opinion, JW is full of it}

You weren't there. I'm just going to the source and trying for a straight answer .
I don't like pat answers from the media.

[rocknroll]

Behave yourself, son. I'm not going to spread any rumors .
The ones that write all the BS does it for the gullible.
I'd just like to get one person out of the many others to pin the story down.
It IS stuff like this that starts the rumor mill.
{In my opinion, JW is full of it}

You weren't there. I'm just going to the source and trying for a straight answer .
I don't like pat answers from the media.

Are you a journalist?

[cameron]

Are you a journalist?

No, just a researcher on Elvis . Facts and myths.
There a few here that do write columes though .

[rocknroll]

No, just a researcher on Elvis . Facts and myths.
There a few here that do write columes though .

Then if I was JW I wouldn't give you the time of day....no offense.

Stick to researching things people actually care about.

[Johnny]

"Is there anything I can do for you?" You know, is there anything you want or anything I can do on the dates, and he said to me, "Look, I'm very, very easy. I like to have six Coca-Colas when I get to the building. I don't need a dressing room. You can have one there if you want it. You can put a curtain up. I don't care. I'm coming dressed. And I want all the seats full".

I thought he only requested a full sized mirror and water bottles (at least that's what I've read here on this forum); even though I think that he brought "Mountain Valley Spring Water" with him; granted I've gotta find some credible source in some good book about what he requested for a show, if anything ...and the request for Coke bottles doesn't seem to ring true, as he preferred Pepsi.

My relationships with the artists that I've worked with including Elvis, including Frank Sinatra, including Bob Dylan, including John Denver, Neil Diamond, Led Zeppelin, the Carpenters, etcetera, etcetera, and the president of the United States George Bush and the current president George W. Bush and all the senators and congress, and everybody I've known in the world and I've known everybody. Those are all private relationships and some day I'll write about all this

Good thing he knows the definition of private ...perhaps I should have put this icon instead

[cameron]

Then if I was JW I wouldn't give you the time of day....no offense.

Stick to researching things people actually care about.

Thanks, but I and a few others happen to care about the "truth".
It's very hard to find in Elvis World.

[jak]

Weintraub is a true mover and shaker if you will.He's a "wheel".I'm guessing he couldnt care less about the exact details concerning that day.Im sure he has other more pressing things to deal with.Just in case you want to see him in action he makes a cameo in Ocean's 11.He's sitting at a table talking to someone if memory serves me right.
Jak

[cameron]

Weintraub is a true mover and shaker if you will.He's a "wheel".I'm guessing he couldnt care less about the exact details concerning that day.Im sure he has other more pressing things to deal with.Just in case you want to see him in action he makes a cameo in Ocean's 11.He's sitting at a table talking to someone if memory serves me right.
Jak

I have seen him and some of his movies.
You're right, he probably doesn't care, but I do.