Andy Richter, who is best known for being Conan O’Brien’s sidekick, once worked with Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka for a Peak antifreeze back in the late 1980s. That was when Ditka was still coaching in Chicago and at the height of sunglass-wearing, cigar-smoking career. The latter piece of information is most important here.
On Wednesday night, Richter took to Twitter to tell a story about the time Ditka damn near set a car on fire because he had no concern over where he left his lit cigars.
@Mobute @Bro_Pair when I was a PA in Chicago I worked on a Peak antifreeze commercial…
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 6, 2014
@Mobute @Bro_Pair …& Ditka was in it, in studio in new rented Lincoln Continental, smoking huge cigar between takes…
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 6, 2014
@Mobute @Bro_Pair …We wrapped, Ditka left, and ten minutes later I noticed smoke rising out of the Lincoln, because…
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 6, 2014
@Mobute @Bro_Pair …when he was done HE JUST SET THE LIT CIGAR DOWN ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. A dinner plate-sized smoldering hole…
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 6, 2014
@Mobute @Bro_Pair …One of the most senselessly arrogant & aggressive things I've ever witnessed
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) November 6, 2014
If that story didn’t sound so Ditka, we probably wouldn’t believe it. Even with all the hooting and hollering Da Bears legend does now, he’s mild compared to the way he used to be. Tossing his cigar wherever the hell he wants sounds about right.
H/T Deadspin
