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Did Mama Cass really die by eating a ham sandwich? |
| May 1st, 2024 under Books. [ Comments: none ]
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If you asked someone how Mama Cass from the Mamas and Papas died, they would tell you she died choking on a ham sandwich. But is that how the 32-year-old met her fate in 1974?
Her daughter, Owen Elliot-Kugel, who was 7 at the time, wrote a memoir, and in My Mama Cass, she answers that question. Elliot-Kugel says she spoke to former Hollywood Reporter columnist Sue Cameron, who had called to check in on her mother on that dreadful day. She did, Cass’ manager, Alann Carr, picked up the phone. “He was crying and upset and he said, ‘There’s a half-eaten ham sandwich on the nightstand,’” recalls Cameron. In a panic, he told her, “You have to do this. Just say she died choking on the sandwich.”
Why would he lie? In the years leading up to her death, several other musicians like Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin passed away from drug overdoses, and he was trying to protect Mama Cass in one final act for his client.
That lie haunted her daughter when she was growing up. But she tells People, “I really believe they were protecting her legacy. And they were trying to protect me. And in a weird way, I’m grateful for that crazy story. As much as it caused me grief, and people made jokes, I now realize it kept her relevant and ready to shine again.”
Even though there were drugs in Cass’ system, the singer’s cause of death was a heart attack.
My Mama Cass will be available to pre-order on May 7th at Bookshop.org.
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Michael Richards comes out of hiding |
| May 1st, 2024 under Seinfeld. [ Comments: none ]
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In the ’90s, everyone loved Michael Richards as Kramer on Seinfeld. But then, in 2006, the comedian went on a racist rant during a set at the Laugh Factor.
Since then, he has rarely been seen. However, yesterday, he came up to support his old boss, Jerry Seinfeld, at the premiere of the latter’s movie Unfrosted, which debuts Friday on Netflix.
I can feel the frost coming through the photo because, to me, both men come off as cold individuals, unlike Jason Alexander, who played a prick on the sitcom but is a really nice guy in real life.
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Does the end of Back to the Future match up to the sequel? |
| May 1st, 2024 under Michael J Fox. [ Comments: none ]
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At the end of Back to the Future, Doc comes back to take Marty on another adventure. The sequel starts off with that scene. However, they reshot it, instead of using what they already had.
Someone from Rerun the 80s on Facebook wanted to know how well the two scenes matched up. So they got their VHS tapes, put them in the VCR, and played the two at the same starting point to see how close they were.
Did the director do a good job? Watch the video, and let me know. All I will say is that I was blown away like a leaf that was in the path of the DeLorean as it sped by to go time traveling!
Seriously, isn’t this like the coolest?
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SNL’s Beavis and Butt-Head make their red carpet debut at the Fall Guy premiere! |
| May 1st, 2024 under Ryan Gosling. [ Comments: none ]
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On April 13th, we got to meet Dean and Jeff, who look a lot like Beavis and Butt-Head, on Saturday Night Live.
The duo has gotten so much attention over the last few weeks that they were invited to the premiere of Fall Guy yesterday. And they were a hit!
Hopefully, this is the first of many public appearances for the premiere.
If I were Paramount, I would call Mike Judge, Ryan Gosling, and Mikey Day’s people ASAP and tell them we need a live-action Beavis and Butt-Head movie made with the latter two starring in the title roles.
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Today is May 1st, you know what that means! |
| May 1st, 2024 under Lance Bass. [ Comments: none ]
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Today is the unofficial *NSYNC day. All because Justin Timberlake can’t say the word me. Which is odd because it is always all about him.
Anyhoo. To honor May 1st, Lance Bass gave his husband, Michael Turchin, a personalized greeting card yesterday. It reads, “Roses are red. April is gray. But when you wake up tomorrow…” Then you see Bass with yellow string confetti on his head, like Timberlake’s curls, and lip syncs, “It gonna be May!”
I love that Bass can laugh about the mispronunciation! But then again, you can’t blame him because one day a year, we remember the band that he was in for eight years.
So Happy *NSYNC Day. What are you going to do to celebrate?
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