676 - My Life in Yankee Stadium with Actor/Author Stewart J. Zully

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4.1 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Stewart J. Zully (My Life in Yankee Stadium: 40 Years as a Vendor and Other Tales of Growing Up Somewhat Sane in the Bronx, The Sopranos, Speed Kills, Vice) worked as a vendor selling beers and hotdogs for over 40 years and on one magical night, after they won a championship, he got to run the bases with the cops he worked with. Plus, if you want to be an actor, or you know anyone who wants to be an actor, Stewart gives invaluable advice!

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy.
0:09.2	Today on the show, actor and author Stuart J. Zully talks about running the bases at Yankee Stadium on one magical night.
0:18.1	I worked in Yankee Stadium for 40 years.
0:20.6	At that time, I had worked there for 25 years,
0:25.5	and never did I have an experience like this. This was the night that they won the championship.
0:31.9	That night, if your listeners remember, Wade Boggs got on a policeman's horse and rode around the field.
0:41.0	I mean, it was so celebratory. It was insane. It was, you know, New Year's Eve times 10.
0:47.7	And then here I was with a bunch of cops running around the field.
0:52.9	Today on the show, Stuart J. Zelley talks about his life as a vendor in Yankee Stadium for 40 years.
1:00.7	Stay close.
1:04.3	Hey, my name is Stuart J. Zelly, and you're listening to Story Worthy.
1:20.9	Okay. are listening to Story Worthy. Welcome to Storyworthy.
1:22.1	My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.
1:26.4	With you're a longtime fan of the show of over 10 and a half years coming up on 11 years in July, or you're a brand new listener. Welcome to Storyworthy. I hope you guys enjoyed the show last week with actress Molly Heckerling. What an interesting girl. She told a fabulous story. She told a great story, but more than just her story, we talked about her mom, Amy Heckerling, who, you know, she directed Fast Times at Ridgemont High. And she wrote Clueless. Among other things, and Molly Heckerling, her dad was Harold Ramos, who wrote Ghostbusters and starred in Ghostbusters.
2:05.9	And anyway, so Molly, what an interesting girl.
2:08.1	A tremendous amount of talent packaged up right there.
2:11.6	And she's now a comedian and just a great girl.
2:14.7	And so go back, you guys.
2:16.1	Listen to Molly Heckerling last week, but not today,
2:19.0	because today I'm talking to another really interesting person. He's an actor and a writer,
2:25.1	and his name is Stuart J. Zully. And Stuart, you have done a lot of acting. I have done a lot of acting. It's true. Somehow you sort of, you just keep showing up.
2:39.6	And once in a while they say, yeah, let's hire this guy. And the next thing you know,
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