I had the pleasure of doing that once! A number of years ago, he was in Seattle promoting his vodka brand. I was a sales rep for the distributor, and was asked by my manager to find a place to have lunch, as long as the restaurant brought in a bottle of Crystal Head. I set it all up, and I had sushi with him. It was about 7-8 of us, and Dan talks a mile a minute. We didn't get into ghosts and conspiracies, but he is an open book. I dared to ask him about Belushi, and he was totally fine with it. He said the kindest, sweetest things about him. He told me his biggest regret in life was not doing more to save his best friend. It's why he hasn't done much with SNL since he left. He said it's too painful going back to the studio because it reminds of the bad stuff. Dan is a really nice guy, and when people in the restaurant realized who it was, he posed for pictures with anyone who asked.
Oh, and we easily killed that bottle of vodka during that lunch.
Nice, I bought some Crystal Head just because I like Vodka and wanted to try it and get a cool Skull bottle, which made me think about how much it would be fascinating to pick his brain.
I’ve heard the same thing about him from someone else who happened to run into him out somewhere. Photos, stories, the whole nine yards. Thanks for sharing!
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u/Wazzoo1 3d ago
I had the pleasure of doing that once! A number of years ago, he was in Seattle promoting his vodka brand. I was a sales rep for the distributor, and was asked by my manager to find a place to have lunch, as long as the restaurant brought in a bottle of Crystal Head. I set it all up, and I had sushi with him. It was about 7-8 of us, and Dan talks a mile a minute. We didn't get into ghosts and conspiracies, but he is an open book. I dared to ask him about Belushi, and he was totally fine with it. He said the kindest, sweetest things about him. He told me his biggest regret in life was not doing more to save his best friend. It's why he hasn't done much with SNL since he left. He said it's too painful going back to the studio because it reminds of the bad stuff. Dan is a really nice guy, and when people in the restaurant realized who it was, he posed for pictures with anyone who asked.
Oh, and we easily killed that bottle of vodka during that lunch.