Dining high on the (chicken.J

When chosen years ago to do the unavailable Carl =einer's role with Mel Brooks on the still fondly recalled, impro=ised Ballantine Beer commercials of yesteryear...

( Letters to t=e agency: "What can we do? The commercials are great! But the b=er tastes like piss.") I insisted in our first improv session in my r=le as questioner that Mel, as "The 2500-Year Old Brewmaster" fin=lly actually taste the beer we were lauding. He did.

When I asked for his reaction, Mel exploded with, '=y tongue just threw a party for my mouth!"

T=at's what happened again yesterday with the coq au yin.

Incroyable!