Joey used to live in California



Which is interesting because…

Someone from California wrote a letter to the studio in 1946, except the letter was addressed to Henry, who’d been gone for at least 15 years by then.

The letter was sent on August 2, and it should’ve reached the studio within the next 3-5 days, around August 7.



In Chapter 14 of the novel Buddy says that it’s September, and that it’s been two weeks since Joey bought him the tuxido. That would be around August 21, two weeks after receiving the letter. It was also on that day that Joey mistakenly calls Buddy by Henry’s name and goes on a rant about how much he hates California.



Whatever was in that letter must have displeased him greatly.