We were just sort of sitting there, waiting for someone to come up with Idea of where to start this. On our first day of editing, I remember Tim and I sitting with our editor, Brian Crouch, still with no idea of how or where to begin. All we had was a title: “Memories of a Millennium”, and a bunch of disconnected film footage that we had collected, hoping we’d find a way to use it. But I, of course, had even less of an idea of what to do.Īnd so we began, scriptless. A great concept! The only problem was, he had no idea of what he wanted to say, or how to say it. Tim’s idea was to do a film celebrating the evolution of the automobile from the beginning to the end of the 20th century. So it required something more “diverting and engaging” than the usual form of entertainment. It was 1999 and the end of the Millenium. TC holding helmet and PV wearing helmet, at MPG Track Day at Willow Springsīut as a year end banquet this one needed to be different. I had already planned to get a clearer shot of the two, once the kid got out of the way!īut Tim wasn’t looking at either Jack or Vasek, because after a long pause, he shouted out in surprise, “That kid is me!!!” Jack was in John Edgars’ 550 Porsche Spyder, waiting on the starting grid, in anticipation of the 1500cc modified race that was about to start.īut in this shot there also happened to be a shirtless teenage kid, who apparently wanted to get as close to Jack and the 550 as he could. It was a shot I’d taken of my friend, Jack McAfee and Vasek Polak, his mechanic. It was taken in 1958, at the annual Cal Club Labor Day races at the Santa Barbara Airport in Goleta. Since both of us had the foresight to bring along large selections of photos from our personal collections, we were able to back up those memories with a visual history.īut one of mine I can never forget because of Tim’s reaction to it. That naturally included many of the people we knew. We had been sharing some of our fondest memories from the various sports car events that we’d been involved in, back in the day. I have one particularly strong memory that remains from our meeting that day. With so much to share, lunch turned out to be quite an extended event. (But I had no idea of the magnitude at the time, and only learned how broad it actually was after his passing). And then we got into show biz, since I was still in it, knowing, of course, that Tim had been in it as well. Our meeting place was Jerry’s Deli in Sherman Oaks, where we immediately found we had a lot in common.įirst we started swapping auto racing stories, since we’d both been involved in the west coast sports car racing scene many years earlier. It was sometime back in the late 80’s, or early 90’s. That way you can still have the full picture of this incredible guy.Ī mutual friend was responsible for getting the two of us together, thinking it was a good idea for the two of us to meet. The link is included at the end of my tribute. So,I’ve left his earlier career to Mike Barns full story, in his March 4th, 2022 Obit to Tim, in the Hollywood Reporter. He just simply walked away from it one day to pursue his many other talents.īut that’s all before we met. A career that began at age 12, and lasted into his early 20’s. I’ll touch on some later, but this tribute is dedicated to the Tim Considine I knew and worked with.īy the time I met him, he had already left his very successful career as a child actor. He literally had two completed careers, one after the other, with a number of side lines along the way. Tim was a fascinating guy, with a multifaceted history. that our long term friendship evolved, and lasted right until the end. It was from the fondly remembered experiences that follow. But what made it even sadder, we both thought the hiatus was finally over, and had been talking about our next lunch. Nevertheless it really came as a shock because we just had lunch together, after a long hiatus. Tim Considine, my long time friend and film making partner, passed away on March 3, 2022. Roberta Shore, Tim Considine, and Annette Funicello
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