THOSE WERE THE DAYS

Could you guys please write something to piss Sean Penn off? Sunday letters have really gotten boring lately. They were much more entertaining when an outraged Penn was a regular contributor.

LOU DeCOSTA

Sherman Oaks

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In 1986, actor-director Penn wrote to defend fellow “Brat Packers” Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy, and again to propose (facetiously) that Calendar’s writers should appear as actors in The Times’ spots in movie theaters.