—I had breakfast at the table next to Willie Pep in the Franklin Hotel, Deadwood, SD-—
Well, it goes further than that. During a TV biology class, both Jack LaMotta and I were taking makeup tests. Anyway, in the middle of the test, Jack asks me for the scientific name for fish eggs. I didn’t know the answer but he kept pestering me so I just told him “caviar.” At that moment the instructor spotted me talking to Jack and called us both to the front of the auditorium where he ceremoniously tore up both our tests and sent us to the Dean’s office.