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I did not try the Tilapia Testicles, Slim People.
I didn’t even try the Bloody Mary after it was finally presented to Brad Dude.
But I did want to try the patty melt. We ordered two from the bartender, and…
He told us the cook wouldn’t be there for an hour.
We waited in the cool, dark bar for the cook to show up. The jukebox was now playing early Bob Dylan.
Dollar bills were rustling in the breeze of the air conditioner as Bobby D was singing “Blowin’ in the Wind.”
And then Brad Dude started telling me his story as he sipped his Bloody Mary…
He started off as an electrician when he was a teenager. He eventually took over the small company and made it into something big.
Then Brad Dude sold it.
While he was in between engagements—as we say in show biz!—a friend asked him to build a spotlight for a fountain in the middle of a pond.
Brad Dude had never done anything like that before. But that didn’t stop him!
He needed a light bulb that could really project, so he took a bulb from a movie projector—the kind they use in theaters—and put it inside a Coors Light can.
It fit perfectly. He cut off the ends of the beer can and put in the electronics.
It worked perfectly. Lit up that fountain like Niagara Falls.
And then?
Brad Dude started getting calls to make more spotlights. He stopped using Coors Light cans...
And switched to Pabst Blue Ribbon. Thought it might be cheaper!
JFK. Just Effing Kidding!
He had aluminum housings made for the lamps. He started getting more and more requests.
One day he got a call from Disney. They asked if he could make lamps for…every Disney theme park in the world.
True story.
Brad’s lighting company skyrocketed. He eventually sold it. I know that sounds a bit fantastical, Slim People, but that’s Brad Dude’s story. And he’s sticking to it!
The cook finally arrived at the Ski Inn and soon after the bartender served us two patty melts, each cut in triangles. It was basically a hamburger in between a grilled cheese sandwich.
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