00:00Hello, my name is Glenn Andreev. I'm Michael's, Mickey's brother. I apologize
00:07for not being able to be here in person. It would have been great to reconnect
00:13with family members today, especially today, and meet some of Mickey's
00:19friends. So this digital version of me will have to take my place. I remember
00:28as a teenager, I saw for the first time the classic Western film, My Darling
00:33Clementine, with Henry Fonda playing the sheriff. And in that film, Fonda looks so
00:42much like Mickey. And the resemblance wasn't just physical, it was
00:48characteristic. Both of them, they're people of authority who don't flaunt the
00:55authority. They're never overbearing. They are very calm, very gentle, and humorous,
01:04playful. I remember one story Mickey told, and he loved to tell stories. When him
01:11and his family were living in Lancaster, he stepped outside the house to have a
01:17cigarette. He's standing by the driveway, and he looks at the driveway next door, and
01:22there's an Amish buggy complete with the wagon and the horse parked there. And he's
01:29wondering what's going on. And it turns out that there are these Amish kids
01:33living nearby. They're friends with the kids that live at that house. So what they
01:39would do, they'd come over with the Amish buggy, change into like normal Martin
01:44Day clothing, and go out and party the night away with their friends.
01:49Another story I have about Mickey. A friend of mine and myself were supposed to meet him
01:55in a restaurant in Brooklyn over by 86th Street. So we get there and we have to put
02:03coins in the parking meter. This is the old-fashioned parking meters where you put
02:07the coins in and you have to turn the knob. And we go in and we start talking and
02:13having a good time. And I go and I put money back in the parking meter to replenish it.
02:21And I come back and I said, Mickey, you'd better put money in your parking meter or you might
02:27get a ticket. So he said, well, that's all right. So after a while he finally goes outside. And we're
02:35hoping he doesn't get a ticket. Comes back and he just, he's very calm and everything, very happy. And we
02:42say, God,
02:42thank goodness. And he pulls out of his jacket pocket a parking ticket. The type of thing
02:49Mickey liked to do. And like myself, Mickey has impatience for long lines in stores for the cashier.
03:05And whenever I kind of flinch when I see that, I think of Mickey. So you people must all have,
03:13so a lot of you people must have some wonderful Mickey stories. And you just saw the Grand Dane
03:21in theater walk by. And then there's his wonderful wife, Lorraine, a gracious lady of tremendous insight
03:33and humor. And they raised three wonderful kids. I still think of them as kids. Joanne, Roy, and Carl.
03:43And they themselves have raised terrific grandchildren. He and I, Mickey and I love to discuss
03:50politics on the phone. And we were both on the same page, same side of the fence politically. You know,
03:58the thing about right wing, left wing. And we would have a good time talking about
04:05world politics and making fun of the politicians. Now, I'm sure if we were on opposite sides of the
04:14political fence, we would still have a great time talking and having, you know, having a good time.
04:21So anyway, I'm going to miss you, Mickey. I love you, brother.
