Snow Business

Gary Noftz worked for our distribution company in Pittsburgh. He was a very odd guy who carried around a blow-up Frosty The Snowman in a pack on his belt. If he ever saw a famous person, he’d blow it up and take a picture of them holding it. When I went to a cabin he had on an island in the middle of the Allegheny River, he had big books: Frosty & Me volumes one through six full of these pictures. Sandy Kofax, Robert DeNiro – Dolly had it between her boobs. I even talked Clive Davis into taking a picture with it for Gary. Tim DuBois and I were at a BMG convention, and Gary was there, so I was like, “Gary! I need Frosty!” He blew it up and we took the picture. It remains one of my favorite photos.