Tales
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where our office was then, and they had
to carry me over the snow, which was
taller than I am.

“It was a white-out heading over
the bridge. You couldn’t see the rails,
and Tony just kept going. There was
no other traffic.”
Once they finally made it to the
Marriott, things got even crazier.

“We had to spend three days in the
hotel,” Farma laughed. “The governor
put a ban on the highways, so the six
guys in the crew were stuck there.

“The guests were already there. The
food was there, but some of the imper-
sonators never made it. They were
supposed to have a Rocky theme. I had
boxed in Philadelphia and had my
equipment with me. I put ’em on and
went out there as if I was Rocky.”
He and the rest of the team were
knockouts. “For three days we entertained the
troops,” said Daniels, who does a mean
Marilyn Monroe impersonation. “We
were changing costumes, and it was crazy.

“But we gave them a three-day party.”
Not to mention a story for the ages.

THE ‘POWER’ OF LOVE
On more than one occasion
the lights have gone out at
“Some of the
events planned by
impersonators Arrangements
never made it. They
Unlimited. But the
were supposed to have a
show must always
Rocky theme. I had boxed
go on.

in Philadelphia and had
“We had
a wedding at the Ritz-
my equipment with me.

Carlton one time
I put ’em on and went out
and the electricity
there as if I was Rocky.”
went off,” Brownstein
— TONY FARMA
said. “The photographer
MAE & COMPANY
EVENTS was locked in the elevator
with her crew for over an
hour, so we had to improvise.

“We were able to use our phones to
pass pictures to her while she was
telling us to what to do. It was terrible,
but we able to get the power back before
the formal pictures.

“Another time, we were having a
dinner at Davio’s, just down the block
from the Westin, when the power went
off. The Westin was wonderful. They
allowed us to use their foyer for dinner
and their concierge and other people
were the waiters. It went off seamlessly,
Inset bottom photo: Mae & Company held a
but it was a mess.”
three-day party during a blizzard that
It wasn’t as big of a mess, though, as
knocked out the rest of the city.

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