They Called Me NATURE BOY! Part 2

(They Called Me Nature Boy! Part 2)

Because my father was Mr. Wrigley's "Chief Engineer", Mom and Dad often hosted many of these notable people. Mom explained that there weren't many kids on the Island after the war, as many families had to leave to make a living, and so I was a bit of an "oddity" (I still am, unfortunately). When people came to the Island, in those days, they expected to see "natives", in the full sense of the word and were disappointed that everyone seemed, "normal", and looked and acted like they were on the Mainland. Consequently, the onus was placed on me, to happily "play" the role that many expected and being a "bit of a ham", (O. K., THE WHOLE HOG), I took the role without any complaints. My job then was to sit on celebrities' laps, or anyone else who wanted to pose with "Nature Boy" and, I in turn, became a "celebrity" of sorts on the Island. In other words, I was FORCED to live out every child's fantasy, to run around an Island paradise completely naked, and act "cute". Boy did this "duck" take to water!

In those days the tour buses used to go down the ocean front street, Crescent St, which has now been converted to a pedestrian walk way for quite some time. I soon realized that if I acted "out of the ordinary" (type casting I’m sure), in addition to being nude, I would get even MORE ATTENTION. I would sit under a tree, on the East side of the Pleasure Pier entrance, and eat sand!! Don't ask me why, as I really didn't like eating it, but I knew that if I did, the tour buses would always stop and point me out for the tourists with their cameras. I don't know if this strange behavior explained my kidney stone attacks for over 20 years, starting at age 20, but it certainly couldn't have helped my insides. Other than that, I simply did a lot of posing and exposing!!!

This "freedom" allowed me to get "close" to many movie stars of the time. In my next BLOG, I will tell two such stories and for those who can figure out who these celebrities were, I will give them some of my new DVDs. YES, IT IS CONTEST TIME AGAIN!

Keep watch for the stories and rules of the game and be ready to play:...

"GUESS WHO POSED WITH THE CUTE NUDE 'NATURE BOY'?"

I don't think the TV world is ready for a quiz show like this,……or maybe it is!

(See: They Called Me Nature Boy! Part 3)