A highly enjoyable look at the life & times of Toots Shor, the Falstaffian saloon keeper whose eponymous NYC bar was the watering hole for a who's who of comics, athletes, mobsters and politicians from the 1940s through the 1960s. Shor, never one to shy away from publicity, mingled with everyone from Jackie Gleason to Frank Costello to Richard Nixon. He had his name in one or more newspaper columns virtually every day. Directed by his granddaughter Kristi Jacobson, TOOTS is not just a loving portrait of Shor, but a sometimes melancholy film, relying on audio recordings made by Shor toward the end of his life (he didn't exactly end up on top). Nevertheless, it's insightful, fun and very entertaining. Yogi Berra, Frank Gifford & Pete Hamill are among the talking heads interviewed.
Review of Toots
