bruce has an X?

We had discussed "X ing" here quite a few times. This is the only photo of any Family man besides Charlie who did the painful deed. Though Bruce's looks more like a swastika. That may be one of the things Bruce and Brenda did in the sewers to pass time. Carve up each others foreheads.

Steve Grogan

thanks to a friend of the blog for the info

Don't Make Waves

Don’t Make Waves (Alexander Mackendrick, 1967) was a Tony Curtis comedic vehicle in which Sharon Tate debuted in the part of Malibu, a beautiful blonde bunny who rescues a New York tourist from drowning and sucks him into the swingin’, farcical Southern California beach scene, complete with over-inflated egos, nouveau riche developers, mudslides, meditation, and Muscle Beach.

FROM A NICE SITE ABOUT

SHARON

http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/category/sharon-tates-actual-life-awareness-month-2/

Thanks to Hellz Bellz for the link

Maybe Mr. Hendrickson is Right?

Some time ago, Robert Hendrickson engaged us all in a conversation about how his book "Death To Pigs" might someday be made into a stage production. Some of us thought he was nuts, some of us could see how it just might come to pass. Interesting that playwrights all over the country are picking up on this idea. We have all heard about "Assassins," the play by Stephen Sondheim which "uses the premise of a murderous carnival game to produce a revue-style portrayal of men and women who attempted (successfully or otherwise) to assassinate Presidents of the United States."

Two additional plays you may not know about are currently being produced: one in Dallas, and another in LA:

Mean.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2012/01/a_musical_comedy_about_charles.php
"In the show, the three (Squeaky, Charlie and Tex) meet for the first time in a dive bar in Twentynine Palms, California. Joining them are a western singer and two messengers from God." Ummm.... it's a good thing that Patty doesn't care to see this one because it's a helluva long way from Ballarat.

This one sounds pretty good though:

California Dreamin'.
www.facebook.com/events/195017383930665/

A "meticulously researched narrative by Jill Charlotte Thomas, focuses on a friendship between Charles Manson and coffee heiress, and Manson Family murder victim, Abigail Folger. Official accounts of the incident deny any such relationship, which suggests a calculated cover-up in order to shield Abigail’s reputation after her death."

Patty has always thought that there was a lot more to the story there...

Harold Ramis' Manson Movie that Never Was

From http://splitsider.com/2012/01/the-lost-projects-of-harold-ramis/

Laser Orgy Girls (unproduced, in development late ’70s)
Writer
After Matty Simmons and Ivan Reitman passed on Freshman Year, Harold Ramis began writing a script called Laser Orgy Girls with Lampoon writer, editor, and co-founder Doug Kenney. The script, which followed a teenaged Charles Manson's adventures as a suburban high school student who meets some extraterrestrials in the desert, was well-liked by Matty Simmons, Ivan Reitman, and John Landis, the eventual director of Animal House; but it was a little too bold and brash to be unleashed on the American public at that time. Here's Ramis on Laser Orgy Girls:

“Our story concerned Charles Manson in high school, a strangely seductive, demented loner living in the white bread world of a typical Midwestern suburb, corrupting the local youth and forming a depraved cult of flying saucer worshipping teenage zombies. We called it Laser Orgy Girls. The marketing slogan for the popular American Graffiti had been ‘Where were you in ’62?’ Ours was ‘Where was he in ’63?’ To Matty and Ivan’s credit, they actually liked it, but after a moment’s reflection suggested we go back to the idea of doing a college movie.”
As mentioned earlier, John Landis was a particularly big fan of the script, speaking its praises recently in a 2010 interview:

“Their first script was about Charles Manson in high school and, actually, it was really fucking good. There was a great opening gag in which you start out outside San Quentin. The camera goes in through the window, through the walls, through the chicken wire, down into the deepest bowels of the prison. There's Manson in a straitjacket, padded cell, swastika carved in his forehead, and he looks up and says, 'Is it hot in here, or am I crazy?'”

After Harold Ramis and the National Lampoon folks realized there was no way they were going to get the Manson movie made, Ramis and Doug Kenney teamed up with Lampoon writer Chris Miller. The trio combined their sensibilities to write Animal House, which would become the highest-grossing comedy ever at the time of its release.

Calling All Charlie Lookalikes

Do you look like Charlie? Are you okay with working for "deferred payment?" Then Patty may have a tip for you:

https://www.cazt.com/auditions/details/?id=4487

"Charles Manson Look Alike, 60 To 80 Years Old For A Psychological SAG Short Film.
PAID: deferred Role: Charles Manson Role Type: Lead Gender: Male Age: 60-80 Ethnicities: Caucasian, Hispanic

Lead / Male / Caucasian, Hispanic, Ethnically Ambiguous / 60 - 80 years Description: MALE 60s/80s CHARLES MANSON LOOK ALIKE. We need a man that looks like Charles Manson as he looks today. Please google him to see how he looks like. His height is 5'2", so anyone between 5'0" and 5'6", slim build, gray hair and gray beard. The talent need to be great with emotions, especially showing terror. Great with improv and great at taking directions.

Project: Charlie Is My Darlin (Submissions) Project Type: Short Film

Amazing psychological thriller, everything happening in one night, in one room."

Vegetarians Are Evil

http://www.vegetariansareevil.com/killers.html

This Day in Manson History

Jan 25, 1971:
Manson and followers convicted

In Los Angeles, cult leader Charles Manson is convicted, along with followers Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten, and Patricia Krenwinkle, of the brutal 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others.

In 1967, Manson, a lifetime criminal, was released from a federal penitentiary in Washington State and traveled to San Francisco, where he attracted a following among rebellious young women with troubled emotional lives. Manson established a cult based on his concept of "Helter Skelter"--an apocalyptic philosophy predicting that out of an imminent racial war in America would emerge five ruling angels: Manson, who would take on the role of Jesus Christ, and the four members of the Beatles. Manson convinced his followers that it would be necessary to murder celebrities in order to attract attention to the cult, and in 1969 they targeted Sharon Tate, a marginally successful actress who was married to Roman Polanski, a film director.

On the night of August 9, 1969, with detailed instructions from Manson, four of his followers drove up to Cielo Drive above Beverly Hills and burst into Polanski and Tate's home. (Polanski was not home and friends were staying with the pregnant Tate.) During the next few hours, they engaged in a murderous rampage that left five dead, including a very pregnant Sharon Tate, three of her friends, and an 18-year-old man who was visiting the caretaker of the estate. The next night, Manson followers murdered Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in their home in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles; this time, Manson went along to make sure the killings were carried out correctly. The cases went unsolved for over a year before the Los Angeles Police Department discovered the Manson connection. Various members of his cult confessed, and Manson and five others were indicted on charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

In January 1972, Manson and three others were found guilty, and on March 29 all four were sentenced to death. The trial of another defendant, Charles "Tex" Watson, was delayed by extradition proceedings, but he was likewise found guilty and sentenced to death. In 1972, the California Supreme Court abolished the death penalty in California, and Manson and his followers' death sentences were reduced to life imprisonment.

history.com

Is it just me?

Or am I the only one who thinks Mary Brunner and Ryan Stiles bear a very strong resemblance???

court photos

Cappy, Clem and Mary

Do they have some kind of bugs?

They all seem to be scratching something.

I will do the best I can

L-R~ some guy?, Ruth, Clem, maybe Mary in back, another guy?,
Gypsy and I think Bo Rosenberg

Hey Charlie man, good to see you