Veteran Golden Globes producer reflects on favorite moments

LOS ANGELES » “Well, I don’t go back 75 years. Let’s make that clear,” says veteran TV producer Barry Adelman.

Adelman may not go back to the origins of the Golden Globe Awards, which turn 75 this year, but he has been associated with the show for almost three decades, and executive produced every ceremony since 2001.

As the show marks the milestone anniversary, Adelman shared some of his favorite Globes memories with The Associated Press. THE FIRST ENCOUNTER

Adelman remembers watching the Golden Globes on TV in his hometown of Chicago before coming out to Los Angeles to work in the entertainment business. But his first personal interaction with the show was actually by accident.

“I remember the first year I was in California. My aunt and my mother came to visit me, and I was taking them around to various places,” he said. “We wound up stopping at the Beverly Hilton, and we found a place to park. We walked into the lobby and the Golden Globes were going on! And we saw all these stars walking past us. And you know, as people from Chicago, like Middle Americans, who share the same dreams and aspirations of people all over the country, it’s a very exciting thing. And it’s still exciting even today. So, yeah, it’s a longterm relationship.”

The show is still held in the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom, and these days the hotel offers special packages for visitors wanting to see stars on Golden Globes weekend. THE EARLY DAYS

Adelman first came to the Golden Globes as a writer after working on some smaller shows for dick clark productions.

“It was exciting from the very beginning. I came in when we first came to NBC, which was, you know, that was the big year... I think that is the year that ‘Titanic’ won,” Adelman said. “And, you know, I think that was the year that Christine Lahti was locked in the bathroom — not locked there, but was in