CGW 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 CGF 1987 GfW 2006 2007 2008 Softline 1981 1982 1983 1984 Excerpts Articles Classic Ads Tales	Editorial relationships By David Wilson, CGW staff writer (1987-1991) "We used to joke about Johnny's editing being very ham-handed and that it was MORE so when he edited my reviews. Johnny would insist it was not. Once, he sent a copy of a review I had written to me with red marks all over the page and a note: "Bro, were you on drugs when you wrote this?" As I read the error-filled manuscript, I literally could not recall writing it. I called him on the phone and told him the answer was "yes." Before you jump to any wrong conclusions about me, I was on intense pain medication for almost a year and a half after breaking my elbow in a horseback crashing accident. I call it crashing rather than riding because that's what I did. Anyway, I rewrote the review and he was much more pleased. Another review I wrote was about French Resistance Fighters stealing a train (I believe the title was by Accolade and titled simply "The Train"). I went into the office (in Ahaheim) to play a game there on a machine I did not have. Russ asked Johnny, "Did you tell him yet?" Johnny said, "No, why don't you?" So Russ began to question me about what I was thinking when I wrote the first line of the review. It began with the phrase "Hitler's got a lot of people steamed." Of course, I was trying to tie in the anger of the French Resistance with the stealing of a steam-powered locomotive. I was so dense that they had to explain to me that some might see it as a mocking reference to the holocaust rather than a tie-in to what I was writing." Note: David Wilson is the brother of long-time CGW Editor Johnny Wilson
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