Casamo & Associates is committed to providing the best court reporting services, video depositions, videoconferencing technology, and litigation support the industry has to offer. She ate $78 worth, a big meal for an airport restaurant in 1964. I was the one seeking custody of Cathy, so the receptionist told Sandy to wait in the lobby while I was taken to see the head nurse (Kesey: head nurse? I just wanted to let Cathy know that we knew where she was and were going to get her out. ", "The day they were ready to go, Ken Kesey recruited Cassady from a bookstore where he was working, Babbs recalls. "What a shot! But this was turning into an interrogation. The boy is crying, ma'am. He had Authority in every pocket. Patrick "The Lama" Lundborg Plus: The three days were legally up. I know we were together from one summer to the next! The bus got stuck in an Arizona river." "See anything yet?" To that point virtually every moment of the trip had been filmed, but there was Stark, wearing not a stitch, and the Pranksters were not camera-ready. Did you get it, Hassler?" 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. The head nurse said to the lawyer, Then shes not leaving. Official Sites, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Ill be right there. I was led to the office. Actress Melanie Hill confirmed she was leaving the . Despite a reported Cathy Jean net worth or revenue of around $30 million, the brand couldn't survive millions of angry customers and employees. 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. 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 Actually, Kesey was sympathetic about my state of mind but there was nothing he could do, really. 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. three days. They were young, they were beautiful, they were fresh, and they were friendly. They can keep you here for 3 days, I cant stop them, and I cant go through this again for you. I came the next day at 2pm with a bouquet of flowers. Cathryn Marie 'Stark Naked' Casamo passed away on 12 Dec 1992 in Marin County, California, USA. Cathy's Appearance/Disappearance (She later told me they just threw her on the bed, put a pillow over her face, held her down and took the blood). Dont do anything. Comment. I slept at a nearby motel and early in the morning went over to Larrys house and starting making phone calls to police stations and hospitals again, and Larrys Lawyer called in to say he had no new info. kp. Theyve taken enough! Youll have to wait 24 hours before we can take a missing persons call. She didnt know why because the doctors hadnt told her why. This smooth departure left me, my lawyer, and Stark's lovelorn boyfriend to extract Stark from the nervous hospital. Obviously she doesnt want to do it, so thats it. Stephen, Hi Stephen, Casamo - So good we went back for more! That was quickly remedied, and down the road they went, Cassady spewing the speed-talking rap-babble that inspired Kerouacs writing style." In Texas, she became further disillusioned and missed her daughter deeply. The website is a revelation. 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. I was just angry. LSD, legal at the time, was dispensed in orange juice. In the night, despite my vigilance, Stark slipped away, having no idea what city or state she was in. 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 . Oregonian LSD, peyote and other hallucinogens were revelations to Kesey" "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. To me, all The Merry Pranksters were just one big Person-of-Interest in Cathys disappearance. "What is it, dear?" The Captain opened the slatted blind that was blocking out the bright Texas sun and pointed to the city of Houston outside. Everybody agreed that was a great idea. Help your character accomplish that objective. I was there to find Cathy. Larry the Lawyer was loaded for bear: he had a writ. The company, with its final move, taught a lesson to all the businesses in the world. The Cathy site is a very loving thingthanks for doing it. A K A C A T H R Y N C A S A M O "The Beauty Witch" "Stark Naked" (December 22, 1938 - December 12, 1992) photo by Jeffrey Blankfort 2009. Photographs by Ron Bevirt, Gene Anthony, Allen Ginsberg, Brian Lanker and Jeff Barnard Shed been gone for at least 36 hours -- obviously busted by the police in the middle of the night for a good reason or no reason at all. Because they were so famous, of course I remember Larry McMurtrys and Ken Keseys names, but every other name and face is a blur. 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. She graduated from Westfield High School in New Jersey. Why? He was making phone calls to everyone he knew plus the morgue. John Babbs * Sometimes Missing It was the same on the flight back. As she munched she slowly regained a measure of her sanity, enough of it that when her boyfriend straggled up, the picture of woe, she meekly took his hand and got on the plane. Explore. They carried orange juice laced with LSD, which was legal at the time. And then I heard she passed away. But even weirder is that season 2 doesn't even acknowledge that this character was ever on the show. Ken Babbs * Intrepid Traveler He lived and in a house with a solid foundation that didnt go anywhere. Even Kesey was not above suspicion. He stands poised, his son in his arms. his wife calls. 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. "Make yourselves at home," Larry tells everyone, and the Pranksters troop inside, escorting Cathy. 1999-2002 pooterland.com Now, we just told you where she is. The boyfriend was screamed at and driven off. Someones missing, someone you really care about, and nobody will tell you anything. Cathalene "Cathy" Pacheco, a 42-year-old mother of five from Hawaii, was fatally shot inside her van in January 2002. How long has she been missing? "The wildly painted bus got stopped by the police, but with their short haircuts , the Pranksters were never arrested. Okay, its 24 hours. Nobody there by that description, no reports of anybody by that description were picked up. I spoke to him on the phone. Kathy Casano is the common misspelling of Cathy Casamo So if you are looking for her go to. The nurse that interviewed me the day before came out to the lobby. "The day they were ready to go, Ken Kesey recruited Cassady from a bookstore where he was working, Babbs recalls. But even weirder is that season 2 doesn't even acknowledge that this character was ever on the show. I went down to play at the No Name bar a few years ago with Michael Aragon and heard about your mom's passing at that time. I never saw her again. Larry the Lawyer said, as nicely and as calmly as he could, Cathy, let them take the blood and we can all go home. "Hummmm," Larry murmurs, looking over the top of his glasses. She wanted to talk to me about her mom and about Cathys disappearance in Houston for 3 days. 8 months ago. Polyethylene Film / PE Sheet You mean she was angry? Hassler turns, 35-millimeter camera in hand. Strung out is all. Howd she get there? Wolf is determined to make this a David vs Goliath story. "With the commercial success of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Kesey bought property in La Honda and moved his wife and children and assorted Merry Pranksters to the mountains outside of San Francisco.". 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. Still at the club, Erika was receiving play-by . I said Id be right there. Katy and he were moving far away and Katy wanted to say goodbye to me. Find Cathy. I remember she could be very Sicilian in her likes and dislikeswe lived briefly with Chuck Sher and his wifeKatrina just hated Abby. They didnt say why. 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). Hes to be trusted. and seeing on the news, the southern police didnt take kindly to Hippys with Cameras and I didnt want any bumps on this particular road. I wish I could have talked with her again. Its a Living Organism Thing: I can, therefore I will. I told Cathy shell be out in less than an hour, and I was taken back to the lobby. 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 . 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. 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. Back at the house I told my crazy sad tale to Kesey who listened patiently. I didnt believe anything anyone told me. 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! 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. In the airport, with several hours to wait, I asked her if she was hungry and she said she might eat a grilled cheese sandwich. They could have quizzed him on almost anything and got . Larry M. let me use his phone. She was a free spirit and loved all kinds of musicit could be African, Jazz or Country and Westernwhatever Larry McMurtry was the only voice I allowed myself to listen to. I called, searched, asked: Gone. The door closed and the yelling abruptly stopped. After that I always had eyes for her. Thats it. (and the original 13) On the back was a warning: 'Weird Load'. Cathryn Marie 'Stark Naked' Casamo. Casamo. I'm ok with itI'm not too worried after 25 yearsthe only people who remember are my old friends. a female voice calls from the kitchen. Molly Campbell He needed closure I think - be careful what you wish for and all that - getting Kathy back was a poisoned chalice - nothing was ever the same again, and he wasn't truly happy. She was psychotic. Kesey steps off the bus and he and Larry shake hands. Again. There was a free scale in Fairfax that she liked to use! Cathy Simms Was Written Off With No Conclusion. She subsequently spaced out, went for a walk with the now famous blanket around her shoulders, and was picked up by the cops who didn't have a clue what was happening. Whats wrong with her? Were going there tomorrow and picking her up. We were concerned. 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. And there she was in a grey hospital smock sitting on the edge of a bare army cot, bare feet on an old, linoleum-covered floor, a metal grate over a pebbled-glass window so you couldnt see out of it. They just took her over to the county asylum. I was with your mom for a while in the late 70's. -- by Ken Babbs, from the book, On The Bus. I was a clown. Howd she get there?. Why? Jun 12, 2013 - Original Flower Child from the Ken Kesey Magic Bus, aka Stark Naked and Kathy Casano. Who knew what Stark would do when she finished taking showers? They're pretty straight folks around here, you know." I didnt drink, smoke, or eat anything anyone at Larry Ms house gave me for the first day. I had an attitude. He said he didnt think Cathy was able to take care of Katy so I said Id take care of Caitlin til we can get in touch with her real father and/or Cathys parents. She just looked at me, waiting for a wrong twitch. 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. And we werent welltolerated. The success starts internally, with the employees, and ends outside, with the customers. Babbs says, "Straight is as straight does. 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. A very few minutes later there it came, the bus whose motto was FURTHER, and whose occupants probably indulged in a bit of drugs, sex, and rock-and-roll, as well as almost continuous movie-making and a good deal of rubbernecking as they sped across America. Right. Later pOoTer and Dr. Sandoz meet Ken Kesey and Babbs in an alley behind Brixton Academy, shake hands with Ken and get some stuff signed by Kesey himself!!! 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". No. ", "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. Are you married to her or a blood relative? That last little bit of blood taking had walloped her bad. How is she? Create and promote branded videos, host live events and webinars, and more. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. "I hope so. This was a different road. 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. It was the same on the flight back. - Larry Hankin, This story was cobbled together by Stephen Ehret Shes not going anywhere. Today. Many individuals were unaware they were being given the drugs. Dont test me. Im going with you. Any contact? It wasnt until much later that he found out he had misspelled it. Due to the heat and humidity and influenced by LSD, Casamo had removed her clothes and emerged from the bus nude, embracing McMurtry's toddler son because she missed her daughter so much. Larry Hankin, Ron Bevirt, George Walker, Mike Hagen and Ken Babbs A lot. 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