History Funny / TomPetty

* After his friend (and fellow [[Music/TheTravelingWilburys Traveling Wilbury]]) Music/GeorgeHarrison was injured and taken to hospital after a near-fatal encounter in 1999 with a LoonyFan who broke into Harrison's estate and stabbed Harrison repeatedly in bed, puncturing one lung and causing head injuries -- a situation that was thwarted by his wife Olivia smashing the intruder with a nearby poker and a lamp, Petty reportedly sent George a "get well soon" card with the note, "Aren't you glad you married a Mexican woman?"

* Apparently, he and BruceSpringsteen were billed at the 1979 ''No Nukes'' benefit concert against the use of nuclear energy in the wake of the Three Mile Island meltdown. Petty was told by his manager backstage that when Petty got onstage, the crowd would not be yelling "Boooo!!!" at him, but "Bruuuuuuuce!!!" for Springsteen. Petty would quip back to the manager, "Well, what's the difference?!"

* After his friend (and fellow [[Music/TheTravelingWilburys Traveling Wilbury]] Music/GeorgeHarrison was injured and taken to hospital after a near-fatal encounter in 1999 with a LoonyFan who broke into Harrison's estate and stabbed Harrison repeatedly in bed, puncturing one lung and causing head injuries--a situation that was thwarted by his wife Olivia smashing the intruder with a nearby poker and a lamp, Petty reportedly sent George a "get well soon" card with the note, "Aren't you glad you married a Mexican woman?"

* After his friend (and fellow [[TheTravelingWilburys Traveling Wilbury]] GeorgeHarrison was injured and taken to hospital after a near-fatal encounter in 1999 with a LoonyFan who broke into Harrison's estate and stabbed Harrison repeatedly in bed, puncturing one lung and causing head injuries--a situation that was thwarted by his wife Olivia smashing the intruder with a nearby poker and a lamp, Petty reportedly sent George a "get well soon" card with the note, "Aren't you glad you married a Mexican woman?"

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVpnxyATsEA Heartbreakers Beach Party .... YEAH!]]

* Tom's mock "breakdowns" during ... well, Breakdown.

* Apparently, he and BruceSpringsteen were billed at the 1979 ''No Nukes'' benefit concert against the use of nuclear energy in the wake of the Three Mile Island meltdown. Petty was told by his manager backstage that when Petty got onstage, the crowd would not be yelling "Boooo!!!" at him, but "Bruuuuuuuce!!!" for Springsteen. Petty would quip back to the manager, "Well, what's the difference?!"

* Apparently, he and BruceSpringsteen were billed at the 1979 ''No Nukes'' benefit concert against the use of nuclear energy in the wake of the ThreeMileIsland meltdown. Petty was told by his manager backstage that when Petty got onstage, the crowd would not be yelling "Boooo!!!" at him, but "Bruuuuuuuce!!!" for Springsteen. Petty would quip back to the manager, "Well, what's the difference?!"

* Apparently, he and BruceSpringsteen were billed at the 1979 ''No Nukes'' benefit concert for nuclear disarmament. Petty was told by his manager backstage that when Petty got onstage, the crowd would not be yelling "Boooo!!!" at him, but "Bruuuuuuuce!!!" for Springsteen. Petty would quip back to the manager, "Well, what's the difference?!"

--> [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNxfPAF1frM "You take everything I've got. You can have the car; you can have all my money, you can have all Benmont's money too!"]]

--> "You take everything I've got. You can have the car; you can have all my money, you can have all Benmont's money too!"

* Tom's mock "breakdowns" during Breakdown.

* Tom's "breakdowns" during Breakdown.

* Tom said, during a concert that was being broadcast on the radio, "If you're listening on the radio, none of us have any pants on." Also, on the 2001 tour, he at least once told concert audiences that he was [[BlatantLies "very tan and young."]]

* Tom said, during a concert that was being broadcast on the radio, "If you're listening on the radio, none of us have any pants on." Also, on the 2001 tour, he sometimes told concert audiences that he was [[BlatantLies "very tan and young."]]

* Tom said, during a concert that was being broadcast on the radio, "If you're listening on the radio, none of us have any pants on." He also sometimes tells concert audiences that he's [[BlatantLies "very tan and young."]]

* Tom said, during a concert that was being broadcast on the radio, "If you're listening on the radio, none of us have any pants on." He also sometimes tells concert audiences that he's very tan and young.

* Tom said, during a concert that was being broadcast on the radio, "If you're listening on the radio, none of us have any pants on." He also sometimes tells concert audiences that he's very tan and young,

* Tom said, during a concert that was being broadcast on the radio, "If you're listening on the radio, none of us have any pants on."

--> [[FreudWasRight Come again?]]

--> Ask me on January 2nd.

--> How will you and/or the Heartbreakers be celebrating the new millennium?

->-> How will you and/or the Heartbreakers be celebrating the new millennium?
->-> Ask me on January 2nd.

-> How will you and/or the Heartbreakers be celebrating the new millennium?
-> Ask me on January 2nd.

* These two Q&A's with Heartbreaker Benmont Tench: [[http://www.thepettyarchives.com/miscellany/interviews/1999-07-benmonttench/]] [[http://www.thepettyarchives.com/miscellany/interviews/2004-10-benmonttench/]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVpnxyATsEA Heartbreakers Beach Party .... YEAH!]]