This story was supposed to have come out of British Columbia this past summer. It goes like this. "The other night a friend of ours passed a forlorn stranger who was struggling to change a tire on a big Cadillac in the driving rain. Our friend pulled over, as it was a lonely stretch of road, and insisted on lending a hand, despite the strangers protests that he'd get drenched. A week later a truck arrived at our friends home and the men unloaded a large color television set, a gift from the roadside stranger. The accompanying note read ‘I appreciate your helping me change that tire’. Sincerely, Perry Como.” A real nice story, and as I say it was supposed to have happened in B. C. The story has been checked out with Perry’s press agent. "Good Lord, has that story cropped up again?" He groaned. “For the past six years Perry has been reported changing tires in almost every state of the union and most Canadian provinces — mostly in places he's never visited. One columnist even printed it.” In other words there was no truth in the color TV story. However, isn't it a great tribute to this fine gentleman and wonderful entertainer that people WANT to believe it? This is the way myths are born. The encouraging part of it all is that here at last is a false rumor that does somebody credit.
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