Tim Patterson

The biggest secret in the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all has finally been revealed to the world.

The biggest secret in the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all has finally been revealed to the world.

What's going on, Marge? How you doing? Thank you.

What's going on, Marge? How you doing? Thank you.

We met back in the early 70s. I was living on one side of town in Mount Vernon, New York. And it was the south side of town. That was kind of where, you know, it was the ghetto housing projects like. And Sean lived on the north side of town. And that was the suburbs. You know, that was where everybody really wanted to be. So I remember the school I was in. It was a bad school.

We met back in the early 70s. I was living on one side of town in Mount Vernon, New York. And it was the south side of town. That was kind of where, you know, it was the ghetto housing projects like. And Sean lived on the north side of town. And that was the suburbs. You know, that was where everybody really wanted to be. So I remember the school I was in. It was a bad school.

You know, kids were bad. And I used to come home, beat up some time. Or I used to have a letter coming home from the principal giving to my mother. I couldn't go to school for the next few days, you know. So it was starting to become something my mom really didn't want me to be in.

You know, kids were bad. And I used to come home, beat up some time. Or I used to have a letter coming home from the principal giving to my mother. I couldn't go to school for the next few days, you know. So it was starting to become something my mom really didn't want me to be in.

And her and my dad got together and they figured out how to get us out of the south side and move us to the north side. But in the interim of that, you know, we would check out a lot of apartments, stuff my mom really didn't like. But then it was this one house that we drove up to and it was on the north side of town. I can remember like yesterday, brand new house.

And her and my dad got together and they figured out how to get us out of the south side and move us to the north side. But in the interim of that, you know, we would check out a lot of apartments, stuff my mom really didn't like. But then it was this one house that we drove up to and it was on the north side of town. I can remember like yesterday, brand new house.

Trees, birds, you know, not used to what you're seeing on the south side. And we end up stopping in front of the house. And I was surprised that this is where we were going. And this lady comes out. The lady's just like gorgeous. I thought it was Diana Ross.

Trees, birds, you know, not used to what you're seeing on the south side. And we end up stopping in front of the house. And I was surprised that this is where we were going. And this lady comes out. The lady's just like gorgeous. I thought it was Diana Ross.

Hmm.

Hmm.

happened to be Sean's mom. She comes out, she greets us, brings us in the house, starts showing us around, and I'm just blown away because the house is brand new. We walked into it, and it had a paint, a fresh paint smell. It had a new smell. It didn't have what we're used to walking into in the apartments on the south side.

happened to be Sean's mom. She comes out, she greets us, brings us in the house, starts showing us around, and I'm just blown away because the house is brand new. We walked into it, and it had a paint, a fresh paint smell. It had a new smell. It didn't have what we're used to walking into in the apartments on the south side.

You walk into a building on the south side, you're gonna get something foul that you smell. It's just something that sticks with you. It's not gonna be cute. too clean. But at this house, it smelled new, and I was not used to that.

You walk into a building on the south side, you're gonna get something foul that you smell. It's just something that sticks with you. It's not gonna be cute. too clean. But at this house, it smelled new, and I was not used to that.

This was 1972, so that would make me five years old. So anyway, my parents and Sean's mom, they're walking around, and I'm kind of just hanging out, checking out the outside and stuff. And Sean's mom, she recognizes that and says, well, hold on, let me go get Sean. And I had no idea there was a kid involved. She said, let me go get Sean.

This was 1972, so that would make me five years old. So anyway, my parents and Sean's mom, they're walking around, and I'm kind of just hanging out, checking out the outside and stuff. And Sean's mom, she recognizes that and says, well, hold on, let me go get Sean. And I had no idea there was a kid involved. She said, let me go get Sean.