Stretch the Limo Driver

  • Stand Your Parking Space!

    Guest blog: "We were outside Selena Gomez's Malibu birthday party; I took out my gun — well, that persuaded the punk to leave so I could park my limo"

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  • ‘Luck,’ the Show Yanked by HBO, May Have Been a Mercy Killing

    Guest Blog: HBO may have given its pricey but little-viewed series “Luck” a secret send-off. Or were they just horsing around?

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  • A No Child Left Behind Act for Pink-Slipped Parents

    Laid off in Hollywood? Why not take school to the kids — in style!

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  • Limos v. Escalades: Can’t We All Live Together?

    Thanksgiving is the perfect time to establish some ground rules on the streets of Hollywood

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  • King Solomon at the Wheel

    Why do people ask the limo driver to make the tough calls?

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  • Isn’t Everyone Entitled to Arrive at Court in a Limo?

    Lindsay Lohan tries to get to court on time, but it has to be in a regular car, she says

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  • Thank God for the Republicans

    All those trips to Club Voyeur helped me through economic crisis

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  • ‘My Dad Helped Polanski Escape’

    The famous movie director got out of my dad’s limo and said, “I’ll be right back.” He lied.

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  • Stretch, Obama and the Miracle of Beverly Hills

    I was parked at the Beverly Hilton with a couple dozen other limos when the dispatcher signaled me to roll because my client was ready. I thought it a little strange that I was the only driver told to rev up. But you don’t have time to think when you’re working a big event. You…

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  • The Five Rules of Limo Success

    I’m always asked, "Is driving a limo a good way to make it in Hollywood?" My answer is, "Absolutely." Many successful actors and producers start in the behind-the-wheel part of the business before branching out. But if you want to save yourself a little heartache, you’ll follow these five rules:    1. Don’t pull up to…

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  • Rapunzel’s Unlikely Detour

    Ideally, you want your client, whenever he or she is going out in public, to emerge from your limo (1) clothed and/or (2) waving to their fans. That seems like a simple job. It’s not. It’s more like docking the space shuttle. One slip-up and it’s all over. Of all the parts of the craft…

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  • Post-Oscar Blues

    When word came that they’d found Buddy Mueller’s body in his limo at the bottom of Lake Hollywood, every driver felt punched in the gut. Nobody needs reminding that we’re steering through some tough times in America. Post-Oscar week, business fizzled, not because the celebrities left town, but because the bankers from Northern Trust did.…

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  • A Driver’s Oscar Countdown

    D-Day minus five and counting. And just like Barack Obama has to be ready to steer America to safety, I have to take over the wheel and keep the Oscars from heading south. By one week out I’m running up to 10K a day, plus an hour with the free weights. Trust me, when an…

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  • The Stretch Chronicles: Confessions of a Grammy Limo Driver

    I was flat on my back late at night out in the garage when I heard my father’s footstep on the cement. I knew the sound. He’d been left with a limp from all those years riding a brake as a limo driver. All those awards ceremonies and all those drop-off and pick-up lines: Golden…

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