Jean Abel

G. Clifford Prout ended up being Buck Henry, our friend, who was at that point in his career not only an actor but a writer.

What was the plan?

The plan was, basically, Alan put out a lot of print material that alluded to thousands of people showing up to picket.

And we were going to be the forerunners.

It was Alan, myself, and his doorman.

And since Alan had made such a big deal of the plan, some reporters showed up, too.

And people going by in the cars were, you know, pausing and asking for leaflets.

And it builds, it builds, it builds.

Even though there were only three of us, a few people joined in along the way just for the hell of it.

But it was just three of us.

But it made all the newspapers.

Eventually, IRS came looking for the taxes on that money.

Jean says the IRS wanted to see Sinna's books.

And he enjoyed the fracas one way or another.

He would solve all kinds of problems as they came up.

And I think he was—even when the IRS called him in for an audit, you know, he would be happy about it.

I don't know why.

I wouldn't be.

But he always felt challenged, and he liked the challenge.

To an IRS meeting, he would take—