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Calvin Kirby

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2021

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Not Quite The Grapes of Wrath!

Weekly Contest #285

(Semi-autobiographical with some liberties taken to fill in blanks and name changes)    I remember my dad telling me his stories of moving to California during the 1930's seeking the American dream. He told me these stories after we watched the 1940 movie "The Grapes of Wrath." Since my dad is gone now, I am trying to relate what he told me.   John Steinbeck's character, Tom Joad, while somewhat like my dad, was a much more tragic figure. The great novel "The Grapes of Wrath" always touched my heart, because of ...

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Holy Cow! It’s Really You!

Weekly Contest #249

Holy Cow! It’s Really You!By Cal KirbyIt is a beautiful sunny day, and my wife is out of town with her friends, so I am walking to my favorite BBQ restaurant on Main Street to have lunch. I wasn’t paying much attention when I rounded the corner of the building. Bam! I am flat on my butt, with this familiar face with blue eyes staring down at me.“Holy cow! It’s really you!”“I am so sorry, sir. I really, truly am sorry.” He kept apologizing to me.“Oh, my butt feels like I got kicked by a mule, but that is ok, I’ll survive. At 82 years old, I ...

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Prompts and Circumstances

Weekly Contest #227

“Prompts and Circumstances!”                                                                        By Cal Kirby 1.   “Mommy, look out the window, it snowed last night. Maybe I ...

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Best Friends - O Yeah

Weekly Contest #207

Best Friends – O Yeah!By Cal Kirby(This is based on a true story, with some liberties taken to make the author seem more involved with the famous people)As I finished wiping the chicken salad off Goldie Hawn’s face and saying my lines, “Are you alright, is everything alright?” Norman Jewison, the director, yelled, “Cut!!!”I was really excited, as this was the first time I actually had lines in the many movies I had been in.It was in 1982 and it all started with me getting a phone call from my agent from Central Casting, saying “Cal can you b...

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Among the Stars!

Weekly Contest #144

Among the Stars! By Cal Kirby I was a kind of nervous when I asked Jack Warden if I could take a photo of him. He said, “Sure.” And then I was a nervous wreck when I asked Al Pacino the same thing and he also agreed. Wow, two stars right there and I was among them! Back in 1979 when I was working part-time in film, TV and on stage, I got a call from my agent, at my regular day-time job, and was asked if I could work for five days in a movie as a stand-in for Jack Warden? I immediately said yes and then asked for particulars. Dagmar said, in...

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