don arden: "i had to stop these overtures – and quickly. i contacted two well-muscled friends and hired two more equally huge toughs. and we went along to nail this impresario to his chair with fright. there was a large ornate ashtray on his desk. i picked it up and smashed it down with such force that the desk cracked – giving a good impression of a man wild with rage. my friends and i had carefully rehearsed our next move. i pretended to go berserk, lifted the impresario bodily from his chair, dragged him on to the balcony and held him so he was looking down to the pavement four floors below. i asked my friends if i should drop him or forgive him. in unison they shouted: 'drop him'. he went rigid with shock and i thought he might have a heart attack. immediately, i dragged him back into the room and warned him never to interfere with my groups again."