Don McLean gets a MILLION BUCKS for throwing the PIE

"Who threw that pie?"

DON MCLEAN.

Why not? He's beating the drum about it, along with Christie's.

Don's 69. You can't take it with you, and you can't keep touring and singing in today's dwindling marketplace. It makes sense to prove, while you still can, that something you did is considered valuable and iconic.

The record is held by Bob Dylan. His lyrics for 'Like A Rolling Stone' sold for $2 million a year ago. Before that, John Lennon's "A Day in the Life" topped a million. As rock lyrics become legitimized as investments, we'll probably see huge prices for most anything. Somebody might get a few million for John's "She's So Heavy," even if those were almost the only words to that song.

The extra value here is that the winner will not only get a hefty amount of paper (16 pages) but a chance to study the words that Don crossed out, and the ones he substituted.

I haven't seen the manuscript but I've heard that aside from Buddy Holly, there was a tribute to Moe Howard. Something about, "Bye bye, hit your face with a pie..."

Wiseguy!