ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU about Eddie Kirlin. He's always in the middle of all this shit. Mummers, movies, politics, casinos, Frogs, dirty tricks "Sagretti style", patriotism, South Philadelphia, not being another bum from the neighborhood. Ed Kirlin is the real deal who seeks to be dealer. Because that's where the cards are.

Ed Kirlin has written a book called "The Littlest Mummer" wonderfully illustrated by Tara Vargas. It's for sale somewhere. I told him I'd give him a plug or he'd kill me.