And then they change what they tell you. On June 17, 1964, Casamo left her daughter with Hankin and traveled across the country with Hagen, Kesey, driver and doomed literary figure Neal Cassady, and several others in Further, Kesey's recently purchased converted school bus, which had bunks and a bathroom, and sported a colorful, psychedelic paint job. Shes there now? At a rehearsal or jam session I was playing at I remember Katrina was thereI was very good in those days and had already been to the Big Apple and recorded etcI was pretty good, if I do say so myselfbut unstable emotionallyor very over the top emotionallywhateverwe were playing a tune and it was completely wrong somehow and I yelled out and made some kind of commentand then realized what a fool I had made of myself and tears spurted from meand lo and behold who was there to comfort but Katrinashe said to me"thats alrightyour finedont worry etcone of the most beautiful women I had ever seen or met and she was suddenly aware of me and knew and heard me. Doctors? Whaaaaat? Cathy didnt speak a word the whole way back. It wasnt really custody papers. Youre not in the north no more and we do things different down here. I was never told what exactly the matter was with Cathy or why the police sent her here or why they held her incommunicado for 3 long days. 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. With an amphetamine-fuelled Neal Cassady at the wheel, the Pranksters set off for New York, leaving a trail of colourful chaos in their wake. "Dressed in combinations of fluorescent orange and green, the Pranksters acquired new names as their personalities developed. 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. More time flew by and then I got a phone call from a young woman who said she was Caitlin: Cathy Casamo's daughter. 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. The ride was very solemn. 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). No answer? Chuck Kesey * Brother Charlie She told me as flatly as she could that she was sorry but I couldnt see Cathy that day. There she met actor and comedian. Therefore his guilt drove him to try to at least help Alicia in some way, to make something right out of all the wrongs. One day outside of her apartment, Casamo met a group of hippies who called themselves the Merry Pranksters. - Larry Hankin, This story was cobbled together by Stephen Ehret pOoTer and Dr. Sandoz end up on stage with ALL the Merry Pranksters in a wild end of gig experience. "I was ready, but the shock was too much. 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. There was a free scale in Fairfax that she liked to use! (All three of us named Larry, which probably wouldnt help our cause with the authorities.) I know we were together from one summer to the next! That we knew you were here a day-and-a-half ago? After such wonderful customer service from Gavin, and great quality furniture, we did not hesitate in returning to them. I was just angry. July 5, 2011: The trial's jury deliberated for 10 hours and 40 minutes before reaching a verdict. There were rumors that Kathy Hilton, who has been a "friend" of the ladies since Season 11, had a breakdown during the vacation, and that she was subsequently feuding with Lisa Rinna, and with her own sister, Kyle Richards. Larry Hankin. 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. Everybody agreed that was a great idea. I forgot to click the shutter. Larry the Lawyer was loaded for bear: he had a writ. It was like a scene from Titicutt Follies, a documentary about a horrible little mental hospital in the small town of Titicutt, New York. Howd she get there?. So you better leave now right, son. A shrill laugh comes from the bus. Whaaaaat? To me, all The Merry Pranksters were just one big Person-of-Interest in Cathys disappearance. Pregnant with Caitlin, she set out on the classic road trip for the West Coast and the burgeoning literary and art scene in San Francisco accompanied by her boyfriend, Yale undergraduate Jim McGiffin. If you see Michael Aragon say hey for me. 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. No females in the holding cell at all. Jay, Thanks Jay, I came the next day at 2pm with a bouquet of flowers. "Fresh from the stunning success of 'Cuckoos Nest', Kesey bought the bus for $1,250 from Andre Hobson in Atherton, Calif., a sales engineer who had outfitted it with bunks, a bathroom and a kitchen to take his 11 kids on vacation Hassler turns, 35-millimeter camera in hand. Ken Kesey * Chief/Captain Flag/Swashbuckler Did she say anything? Cathryn Marie 'Stark Naked'. The basic story line was: Cathy was high on acid when they all went to sleep on McMurtrys living room floor around 2am and somewhere in the next hour or two Cathy went out for a walk. During her time at the office, she developed rapport with Jim Halpert, and despite his marital status, planned to seduce him. The Merry Pranksters' bus, shown here in Portland years after its famous cross-country trip, never failed to draw a crowd. They didnt have anyone by the name of Casamo, Cathy. No one by that description, either. We lived in a house in Fairfax on a steep hillcars had to park below. Gypsy was based on the early career of Gypsy Rose Lee, the most famous stripper in burlesque history. So, no. from various works by the writers listed below, We were Undesirable. I wanted to call the police. She simply said, Sir, if you dont calm down and stop making trouble, Ill have you committed right now. Obviously she doesnt want to do it, so thats it. John Riley: People Magazine March 22, 1976 It was the same on the flight back. 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. Pam goes on maternity leave in season 8. They didnt say why. 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. I wish I could have talked with her again. But shes never" She showered inside McMurtry's home, then walked out, took a blanket from the bus, wrapped it around her and wandered off. he asks Kesey. Thats resisting arrest: the county asylum for resisting arrest? Hey, Cathy. I called you twice yesterday! 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. Shes not going anywhere. Hes to be trusted. Once you go outside his green zone, you were in The South and we were hippies. Hospitals and psychiatrists across the country, carefully selected by the CIA, conducted these government-sanctioned and financed experiments on patients. Katrina and I had great times in that housethe sun came in and it was a beautiful spacewe ate such healthy meals and every day she would walk down the hill into townand weigh herselfha! I said Id be right there. But Kesey's bus trip reversed the historic direction of American movement. Jun 12, 2013 - Original Flower Child from the Ken Kesey Magic Bus, aka Stark Naked and Kathy Casano. Lee had become a superstar of the '30s and '40s thanks to columnists like Walter Winchell, who raved about her wit and intellectual . Any messages from anybody? Find Kathy Casamo movies, filmography, bio, co stars, photos, news and tweets. The Merry Pranksters were comrades and followers of American author Ken Kesey. I would like to use one of the pictures of you from your sitedo you have a preference? 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.". She ate $78 worth, a big meal for an airport restaurant in 1964. Publicity Listings There was the race riot they narrowly avoided sparking after accidentally descending on a segregated beach in New Orleans, too high to connect the strange looks they were getting with the fact that they . "The day they were ready to go, Ken Kesey recruited Cassady from a bookstore where he was working, Babbs recalls. Cathy would call regularly in the evening and speak to Katy and me. AUGUST 15 London - The Academy, Brixton. It was Stark Naked (later shortened to Stark), who, being temporarily of a disordered mind, mistook him for her little girl. 40 years ago, Cathy Krauseneck was found with an ax blade embedded deep in her forehead. Anyway, I have a website jaythomasjazz.com, Hi Stephen, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters lived communally at Kesey's homes in California and Oregon, and are noted for the sociological significance of a lengthy road trip they took in the summer of 1964, traveling across the United States in a psychedelic painted school bus called Furthur, organizing parties, and giving . The door closed and the yelling abruptly stopped. Larry M. calmed me down. I was picked up at the Houston airport by a group of Merry Pranksters in a borrowed car, and was filled in on everything that anybody knew. In the early 1960s, Neal Cassady showed up to meet the famous author and became the most celebrated member of Kesey's fledgling group, the Merry Pranksters. 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. Was it the cops, the arrest, the LSD, The asylum, the blood-taking, the exhaustion, the bus trip, all of it, some of it, which,? I just noticed that I don't remember her leaving or anybody mentioning her ever again. The boy is crying, ma'am. he says, dropping the curtain. Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2001 I started thinking of very dark, stupid things to do, knowing nothing I did could be stupider than this reality right now thats getting even stupider. Casey was found not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated . When Pam is preparing to go on maternity leave for the second time in The Office, Cathy is hired as a part-time replacement to fill her role. It was a legal document saying that Cathy Casamo was given into my custody and therefore it was my responsibility to have Cathy Casamo out of the State of Texas within 24 hours or wed both be arrested. George "Hardly Visible" Walker told me,"I never thought she was mad". Its a Living Organism Thing: I can, therefore I will. Right. Call back after 24 hours have passed, sir." Once the ladies touched down in Aspen for a group vacation, fans paid close . Weve got to get Cathy out of here. I just wanted to get her a message. Employee communication. Jun 12, 2013 - Original Flower Child from the Ken Kesey Magic Bus, aka Stark Naked and Kathy Casano. Alice in Wonderland is real or Im crazy or one of the pranksters slipped me some LSD. Mike Hagen * Mal Function She ate $78 worth, a big meal for an . Kathy Casamo. Whats that got to do with anything? When she asked me what I did and I used the word satire, she said, You dont like authority, do you? The Demise of "Cathy". She was dressed in the clothes we had brought her, her hair was combed, no shoes. A certain major character from season 1, and one of the main characters of the Tom Clancy novels about the character: Cathy Mueller (Abbie Cornish). A few days later this nice guy, who was Caitlins real father, came by the apartment and took Katy home. 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 counted Richard Benjamin, Paula . Polyethylene Film / PE Sheet He wasnt going to tell me. A story about the lazy, spoiled, rich Darwin and the poor hardworking Wallace, and evil Darwin's use of wealth and class to suppress the work of poor, uneducated Wallace. I was so pissed and confused - and pissed because I was pissed and confused that Im sure the first 24 hours were distorted. There was the segregated black beach in New Orleans at which they turned up and excitedly sprinted into the water, too high to connect the strange looks they . Dear Caitlin, "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. About a silent minute went by, the door opened, a very exhausted Cathy was drag-carried back to us, deposited back on the wooden bench, and the nurse said to Larrys Lawyer: Thank you. 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. She was very calm and serious. page, Stark Gets Off The Bus It was a gig. 2002 Larry McMurtry/NY Review of Books It was an amazing gift. "What do you mean?" Watch. All the time I knew her, I couldnt mention the police without Cathy going off on them. - Ken Kesey, "Cathy was one of 'The Ones'." 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. One of the last people Cathy Casamo was seen with, before Ken Kesey fed her drugs and abandoned her to a mental hospital, was Neal Cassady. Jane Burton * Generally Famished Deirdre English: NY Times December 9, 1990 "Hummmm," Larry murmurs, looking over the top of his glasses. Steve Lambrecht* Zonker Casamo - So good we went back for more! She graduated from Westfield High School in New Jersey. So I was no stranger to the problem of harassment. Theyve taken enough. I was savvy enough to be more than a little alarmed when he did not wake up when I shook himit was 911 and off to the ERyikes! And he hung up. Jim appears blissfully unaware of her flirting until she decides to make a . 2009 The Associated Press. So if I went, a cameras record might be a good thing to have. This smooth departure left me, my lawyer, and Stark's lovelorn boyfriend to extract Stark from the nervous hospital. That was quickly remedied, and down the road they went, Cassady spewing the speed-talking rap-babble that inspired Kerouacs writing style." After that I always had eyes for her. She was living alone over by Golden Gate Park. | She makes her first appearance in the pilot episode. We had some very idyllic times riding bikes and she took me out to a nude beach in Bolinas somewhere that we hiked into. 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. The top of the bus was made into a musical stage and when it detoured through some cities, the Pranksters blasted a combination of crude homemade music and running commentary to all the astonished onlookers." 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