TINY DANNY DEVITO A HERO? ….. WELL SORT OF

In 1984, on the set of “Romancing the Stone” in Mexico, Danny DeVito saved Michael Douglas after he was bitten by a snake

While Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito were on the set of “Romancing the stone in the rugged backcountry of Mexico, Douglas got bit by a snake. Tiny Danny immediately sprang into action to save his costar and close friend. He sucked the poison out of the wound.

During a recent episode of the CBS show “The Talk” he described the incident. After leading up to the part of where the snake bit Douglas, he said:

“I always heard the best thing to do is suck the poison out, right away, so I did. I grabbed his hand and I’m spitting all over the place, and I say, Boy, it’s a good thing this didn’t bit you on the balls man — you would be a dead man.”

Tiny Danny heard wrong! Snake bite experts and doctors say you should never suck out the poison because in doing so you are putting yourself at risk.

Since he was putting himself at risk by saving his buddy, you could call Tiny Danny a hero ….. well sort of. When he did what he thought he was supposed to do, he obviously was not aware that this was not what he was supposed to do.

If not a hero, at least Danny DeVito was one helluva stand-up guy!