You know you're in for a good read when the story starts like this: "In 1969, when he was 14 years old, Jerry Levitan sauntered past a row of reporters lined outside John Lennon's Toronto hotel room, knocked on the door, and convinced his favorite Beatle to give him a short interview."
The interview was taped, the tape got turned into an online clip, and the clip – yes, that's it there, down below this paragraph – won an Emmy. The New York Observer has the full, amazing story.