Anyway, I was down to SF again, maybe 8 years ago, when Boogie, a guy named Jan Davis, wanted me to perform for an event after his wife died of brain cancerI found out that Despite this traumatic episode and being left behind, she remained friends with Kesey until her death and was to travel further in Further, the next time to Mexico. They carried orange juice laced with LSD, which was legal at the time. Like this video and subscribe for more content just like this!!! Neal Cassady * Speed Limit Tomorrow. Without assigning any blame, I'd like to point out that on the first public group tripping experiment ever, the code of staying together was abandoned in Houston with Stark Naked when things got really complicated. And then I heard she passed away. She was psychotic. Because they were so famous, of course I remember Larry McMurtrys and Ken Keseys names, but every other name and face is a blur. I just hope no one witnessed that exhibition outside. It was the same on the flight back. LSD, peyote and other hallucinogens were revelations to Kesey", "The 'trip' was a powerful metaphor linking an LSD-inspired interior journey to the historic American inclination to take to the road in search of another place. I forgot to click the shutter. She was living alone over by Golden Gate Park. When the nurse and I got off the elevator, all I could think of was the b/w movie, The Snake Pit, plus excerpts from One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest (yeah). When I first saw your mom I thought she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen! We were Undesirable. The lawyer said everythings ready but, since they were releasing Cathy to my custody, I had to go to the office to sign custody papers and then we can all leave. Kesey told Mike and a sound man to go with me and film it, and three other Pranksters jumped in the car and I just lost it. But shes never" "In 1959, Ken Kesey, a graduate student in creative writing at Stanford University, volunteered to take part in a government drug research program at Menlo Park Veterans Hospital that tested a variety of psychoactive drugs such as LSD, which was legal at the time, psilocybin, mescaline, and amphetamine IT-290. You need a house with a stone foundation and a kitchen table. Back at the house I told my crazy sad tale to Kesey who listened patiently. Whats wrong with her? Shes an adult. You understand me? May 19, 2013 - Original Flower Child from the Ken Kesey Magic Bus, aka Stark Naked and Kathy Casano. It was the same on the flight back. with Regis and Kathie Lee," but also for her acting career.Additionally, Gifford has an estimated net worth of $60 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, but fame and fortune aren't everything.While Gifford may have an impressive career, she has also experienced immeasurable hardships . July 5, 2011: The trial's jury deliberated for 10 hours and 40 minutes before reaching a verdict. There was a free scale in Fairfax that she liked to use! No more. She wanted to see Katy. There she met actor and comedian Larry Hankin. Authorities found her unresponsive and shot in the face, neck, and . Cathy didnt speak a word the whole way back. And after a week or so I got hold of her real father, who lived across the bay. Cathy would call regularly in the evening and speak to Katy and me. With competative pricing and really quick and convenient delivery you would be missing out if you looked or shopped anywhere else. The success starts internally, with the employees, and ends outside, with the customers. The head nurse said to the lawyer, Then shes not leaving. Lisa Rinna claimed Kathy Hilton threatened to "ruin" sister Kyle Richard's family after getting into an argument in Aspen, Colo. "We get in the sprinter van . The drama in Aspen continues. his wife calls. The Northwestern University drama major had been asked to become one of the group and star with Neal Cassady in the movie they were making chronicling the Prankster's "search for a kool place". three days. He asked me to meet Katy at her day-care school in Sausalito which was much nearer to me than where they lived at the time. Article continues below advertisement. Report abuse. Pam goes on maternity leave in season 8. continued on the Cathys disappeared and the police are laughing at me and Mike and making haircut jokes after every question we asked, til, out of nowhere, another officer walked over and said, She was here. We hung out for a few days, but we were both very different people by then and I was about to move to Los Angeles in another 2 weeks. Are you married to her or a blood relative? 40 years ago, Cathy Krauseneck was found with an ax blade embedded deep in her forehead. Help your character accomplish that objective. I was there to find Cathy. On the way through San Francisco, they stopped at actor Larry Hankins where they met "The Beauty Witch", Cathryn Casamo, later to be known as "Stark Naked". Shes there now? 5 days: no Cathy; no word, no trace. Years later, I heard that Cathy was living with a painter up in Northern California. from Spit in the Ocean #7, "The tremors struck Houston on a fine spring morning in 1964, when Ken called and said they were coming to see me; little did I know that the breeze of the future was about to blow through my quiet street. We had one time when my brother, who was a big crab boat fisherman, came and visitedJohn came and there was drinking and Holden decided he was going to get into it alsoI got up in the night and saw that Holden had puked. No. Female Pranksters included'Gretchen Fetchin' and 'Stark Naked'; their male equivalents included 'Mal Function' and 'Hardly Visible'; Kesey was 'Swashbuckler' and Lehmann-Haupt 'Dis-mount' on account of his habit of getting off the bus every time it stopped." So they hit the road without her. What about today? She told me I could talk to Cathy and see her the next day at 2pm. They didnt tell you we were looking for you? You cant talk to her right now. ", "The experiments at Stanford were part of a secret operation (MK-ULTRA) funded by the Central Intelligence Agency to determine the potential utility of hallucinogens as weapons in the Cold War. ", "With Neal Cassady at the wheel, they left La Honda in June 1964 and began their now legendary journey across the country, smoking marijuana, and dropping acid along the way. We had some very idyllic times riding bikes and she took me out to a nude beach in Bolinas somewhere that we hiked into. The next day I rode over the bridge to her school, her teacher met me and got Katy out of her play class and Katy and I spoke and hugged and said goodbye. Just get me out of here. Three days later I came back from rehearsal and a friend was there, babysitting Katy. Reply. I never saw her again. It started with a freelance journalist, Tom Nugent. While all this stuff was going on, another nurse asked me if I wanted to see Cathy, Upstairs. "The 'trip' was a powerful metaphor linking an LSD-inspired interior journey to the historic American inclination to take to the road in search of another place. So, I said, She said no. Furthur is a 1939 International Harvester school bus purchased by author Ken Kesey in 1964 to carry his "Merry Band of Pranksters" cross-country, filming their counterculture adventures as they went. What if the tables were turned and it was someone you couldnt talk to or see? Cathy froze in her tracks and said in a startlingly strong voice, No. He had made many phone calls and had arranged for us to get her out of there immediately. "In the morning the Pranksters - who would soon be advising America to tear up their schedules and embrace spontaneity and disorder - remembered that they had a schedule: Ken's book party for Sometimes a Great Notion was happening in New York in only a few days." was born in New Jersey on December 22, 1938 to Bill and Victoria Casamo. No. And he hung up. She was an expression of the innocent, pure spirit on the bus to me; the prototypical flower child. I soon coached Stark inside, where she rapidly took seven showers. (see photo gallery page "THE MAGIC BUS" and links for movie clips "Mud Puddle Satori 1 & 2). I always thought that it was like if you told Cathy a joke and she laughed, she not only got it; she got you. What does that mean? Easy Riders We lived in a house in Fairfax on a steep hillcars had to park below. Patrick "The Lama" Lundborg Larry walks to the curb and the bus door opens"Cathy shrieks, stepping out of the bus and out of her blanket. The ride was very solemn. According to McMurtry, "James, in diapers, had no objection to naked people, and the neighbors, most of them staid Republicans, took this event in stride; It was the Pranksters who were shocked". Dominick Cavallo Neal Cassady showed up at the last minute and displaced Roy Sebern as driver, as far as New York state. Weve got to get Cathy out of here. I was just there to get Cathy, and this acting rule kept going off in my head: Every scene has an objective for your character. Hospitals and psychiatrists across the country, carefully selected by the CIA, conducted these government-sanctioned and financed experiments on patients. Cathryn Marie 'Stark Naked' Casamo passed away on 12 Dec 1992 in Marin County, California, USA. After a rather large dose of acid and removing her clothes in the sweltering bus, she saw Larry McMurtry's little son playing in the yard, and rushed out of the bus "Stark Naked" to hold him . I asked him to describe her: it was Cathy. Also, he just looked at everyone, wouldn't evev say high, plinking one of the shop owners vintage Les Paul goldtops, being a general asshole. Touch device . Well done Casamo. "The wildly painted bus got stopped by the police, but with their short haircuts , the Pranksters were never arrested. Cathy had disappeared last night around 2am and they couldnt find her and the Pranksters were going to leave town the next day or two, so I better come down and look for her because nobodys going to be here in Houston. Yes. Living legend Neal Why? Why? I had rent. Cathy Areu prefers to keep her personal life hidden from the eyes of the media. Artist Roy Sebern painted the word Furthur on the destination placard as a kind of one-word poem and inspiration to keep going whenever the bus broke down. Howd she get there? Photographs by Ron Bevirt, Gene Anthony, Allen Ginsberg, Brian Lanker and Jeff Barnard That was quickly remedied, and down the road they went, Cassady spewing the speed-talking rap-babble that inspired Kerouacs writing style. 1999-2010 Gradesaver Because they were so famous, of course I remember Larry McMurtrys and Ken Keseys names, but every other name and face is a blur. I could feel my brain manufacturing its own LSD from running scenarios of dread; and I suspected everyone in that house. I cant see her today? I asked what was wrong with Cathy? When I met Cathy she was with David Watson a tall black singer who lives in Hawaii now. John says, head out the window. We talked about Cathy and Houston and where Cathy had been since then and I remember being awed by Caitlin all over again. Once on the journey, she became disheartened with a bunch of stoned guys admittedly running around trying to make a film with no apparent direction, in Kesey's own words, "embracing amateurism". More time flew by and then I got a phone call from a young woman who said she was Caitlin: Cathy Casamo's daughter. "I was ready, but the shock was too much. Just as the bus was constantly being repainted, somewhere along the line the Further sign was corrected." Dale Kesey * Highly Charged She took crayons and a coloring book everywhere and if she got bored, out came the crayons and pad. (and the original 13) editing by Cynthia Franco, There is a lot of misinformation out there these days, and it's abetted by the ease of dissemination on the Web. And then the phone calls got irregular and then one morning around 10am, I got a call from a male voice that said he was one of the Merry Pranksters calling from Houston, Texas and that they were all sleeping on the floor in Larry McMurtrys house. Doctors? I asked her if she got the notes and flowers Id sent. I was on methadone much of the time. The oldest of four children, beautiful, dark-featured Italian Cathryn Marie Casamo was born in New Jersey on December 22, 1938, to Sicilian union organizer Bill Casamo and his wife, Victoria. But what a them." At least he gave off an assumption of sanity. Casamo's antics led to her being briefly institutionalized, . I'm ok with itI'm not too worried after 25 yearsthe only people who remember are my old friends. It was amazing to see Caitlin after all those years. Today. George "Hardly Visible" Walker told me,"I never thought she was mad". calls the 'nervous hospital'. Not to worry, we got it under control." However, when she made the request, a . It was like a scene from Titicutt Follies, a documentary about a horrible little mental hospital in the small town of Titicutt, New York. Jim appears blissfully unaware of her flirting until she decides to make a . It was here that all the beautiful pictures of Cathy and Neal on the left were taken by Ron Bevirt. He was on the case and would keep me notified. I was just there to get Cathy, and this acting rule kept going off in my head: Every scene has an objective for your character. We brought a bag of clothes for Cathy. Although her daughter says that for decades, her mother was a drug-free vegetarian who loved exercise and health food, Casamo nevertheless was a victim of cancer, dying in the arms of her boyfriend, artist Stephen Ehret, at her Marin County home in Larkspur, California, on the morning of December 12, 1992. Theyve taken enough! The oldest of four children, beautiful, dark-featured Italian Cathryn Marie Casamo was born in New Jersey on December 22, 1938, to Sicilian union organizer Bill Casamo and his wife, Victoria. Also on the return journey, Cathy Casamo an actress who had joined the Pranksters shortly before their trip suffered a psychotic episode as a result of her LSD use. But even weirder is that season 2 doesn't even acknowledge that this character was ever on the show. Katy and he were moving far away and Katy wanted to say goodbye to me. Finally it just came to a head and they had to split. . She was an expression of the innocent, pure spirit on the bus to me; the prototypical flower child. The next day Larry McMurtry, and I drove back with his lawyer. That Id been here twice? Cathy Casamo * Beauty Witch/Stark Naked Cathy screamed as loud as she could as they dragged her down the hall and into a room. 2002 Larry McMurtry/NY Review of Books No. She just kind of disappeared. So if I went, a cameras record might be a good thing to have. Seriouslyanyway she rescued me in a very dark timeI was living over in the city and was lonely and depressed and a methedone addict. She graduated from Westfield High School in Westfield, New Jersey, and went on to major in Drama at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she . Quote: Cathryn Marie Casamo. Holden was a good little guynow he is probably 40 or sowow, how time goes by so quicklyI remember Caitlin was a beauty like her momsounds like they are happy and wellthat's good. James, in diapers, had no objection to naked people, and the neighbors, most of them staid Republicans, took this event in stride; It was the Pranksters who were shocked. paula sundsten merry prankster paula sundsten merry prankster. San Francisco will always have a place in my heart and Cathy was great. I was trying to be nice but she could feel my hostility through my answers to who I was and who Cathy was and why we were here and what Cathy did and what she was on and what was I on and on and on. And, as in all cultures throughout time: too much fun is a bust-able offense and we must have been having fun-right-up-to-the-edge because the police were always harassing our company or our theater or our director (and the whole city of San Francisco in general), because of our anti-war, anti-Nixon material and pro-pot references and use. Today. Jane Burton * Generally Famished Cathy was with him, staying on his houseboat. Ken Kesey * Chief/Captain Flag/Swashbuckler Lee had become a superstar of the '30s and '40s thanks to columnists like Walter Winchell, who raved about her wit and intellectual . You gave it to her? The company, with its final move, taught a lesson to all the businesses in the world. In the morning the Pranksters - who would soon be advising America to tear up their schedules and embrace spontaneity and disorder - remembered that they had a schedule: Ken's book party for Sometimes a Great Notion was happening in New York in only a few days.". "What is it, dear?" Touch device . After such wonderful customer service from Gavin, and great quality furniture, we did not hesitate in returning to them. Ken Babbs * Intrepid Traveler On Saturday morning, Peterson made an appearance on Radio 4's Today programme.They gave him a hurried four minutes at the end of the show. Sandy said, Well come back tomorrow. Do you know if shes on anything? "Hey!" 1998 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia I handed over the bouquet of roses and my long letter and asked the nurse to give them to Cathy. Did you get it, Hassler?" In regard to Cathy Casamo, aka "Stark Naked", most of the confusion began, I believe, with Tom Wolfe's popular second-hand version of the bus story in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and has been perpetuated in typical web fashion. Jun 12, 2013 - Original Flower Child from the Ken Kesey Magic Bus, aka Stark Naked and Kathy Casano. Dont do anything. I called and you said you had her and I could pick her up if I came here and I said Id be there in 20 minutes and you said okay. The Pranksters left her in Texas, and set off on the road without her, according to the account on her website. The bus featured prominently in Tom Wolfe's 1968 book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test but, due to the chaos of the trip and editing difficulties, footage of the journey was not released as a film . Back on 25th April 2017, Cathy appeared with her husband in the Paul and Dee Dee Sorvino Celebration of the new book titled Pinot, Pasta, & Parties at 200 East . She invited them up to her apartment and quickly became caught up in their circle. In that instant I was a Merry Prankster and I hated the pigs. I just wanted to let Cathy know that we knew where she was and were going to get her out. I hope Holden is fine. They wanted to discover what might happen to themselves and the country when the East experienced what had been uncovered in the West a hundred years after the Gold Rush: the liberating qualities of LSD. Hankin left Caitlyn with friends, flew to Houston, and found out that Casamo had been arrested, had bitten one of the officers, and with no ID, she had been sent temporarily to a mental health facility outside Houston. She didnt have any ID. I told Cathy shell be out in less than an hour, and I was taken back to the lobby. Conceived as a way of getting to New York for the publication party of Sometimes A Great Notion, Kesey's second novel, the trip required a worthy vehicle to transport the Merry Pranksters further. I was just angry. Kesey steps off the bus and he and Larry shake hands. I told her we have McMurtrys lawyer downstairs and hes getting her out right now. I remember getting out of the car at Larry McMutrys house and being filmed by the Merry Pranksters cameraman, Mike. CATHY WURZER: The killing of a Hmong man by police in St. Paul has fueled calls to fire the officers involved in for policing reform. "But thats only 3" The Cathy site is a very loving thingthanks for doing it. After that I always had eyes for her. actually, she could carry a tune really well and knew large amounts of what is considered the "Great American Songbook"she could sing all kinds of standardsI think with coaching she could have been a professional singer and that probably would have been really good for her. She ate $78 worth, a big meal for an . Shading oaks. (continued) -Stephen Ehret, In the summer of 1960, Cathy Casamo left Northwestern University after four years as a drama major, a few math credits short of a degree. Larry Hankin. Gypsy was based on the early career of Gypsy Rose Lee, the most famous stripper in burlesque history. I was a clown. No. All he said was, I know; I wrote a book about it. Touch. It was here that all the beautiful pictures of Cathy and Neal on the left were taken by Ron Bevirt. And they did. They were driving me insane with reasonableness and red tape. Shes not going anywhere. Once the ladies touched down in Aspen for a group vacation, fans paid close . Oh. I remember playing baseball with himhe was just a pupha. Ron Bevirt * Hassler I also know Michael AragonI used to play/sing at the No Name with Susan Pease as a duo called Susan & Stephen for 2 years circa 2000-2002we have many good live recordings. Hes to be trusted. Many individuals were unaware they were being given the drugs. Larry Ms lawyer called and says that hes getting responses and paperwork going. Yours, (The blanket she had been wearing around her shoulders was left behind in the bus.). Much of the hippie aesthetic that would dawn on the San Francisco scene in the mid sixties can be traced back to the Merry Pranksters who openly used psychoactive drugs, wore outrageous attire, performed bizarre acts of street theater, and engaged in peaceful confrontation with not only the laws of conformity, but with the mores of conventionality. She hadnt seen or talked to anyone outside of her custody or that building since she went for a walk that night.
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