He was Dr. Fred Bell, he and I were both good with women and two different types so we liked to hit the bars together.
One day I made the mistake of riding with him to one of his lectures where I learned about his book telling of his space alien friend from planet something or other, in the car I made the assumption he didn’t truly believe it, and the friendship was broken.
My wife would sometimes listen to the Art Bell show because of the entertaining stories; the more far out the more she enjoyed them. Mel’s Everlasting Hole was a classic. Just hilarious.