THE LOST TESTAMENT OF SAM BUTERA: THE RISE & FALL OF ‘THE WILDEST SHOW IN VEGAS’ Burt Kearns·February 16, 2021Sax player and arranger Sam Butera was ‘Keith Richards to Louis Prima’s Mick Jagger’ once he joined the...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleHistoryInterviewsMusicians·6 Comments
FRED WILLARD WAS FOREVER YOUNG: AND REALLY REALLY OLD Burt Kearns·May 27, 2020For 60 years, Fred Willard made us laugh playing the same character, from early comedy club gigs with...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleR.I.P.·1 Comment
HOW SWEET TO BE NEIL INNES (RIP) Burt Kearns·March 5, 2020Neil Innes, one of the true gentlemen of rock & roll, died at the end of 2019. A...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsCool PeopleR.I.P.·0 Comments
THE QUEEN OF THE AIR MEETS THE HOMICIDAL YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE Burt Kearns·January 22, 2020Circus performers were, in some ways, the punk rockers of their day, and nobody was more punk than...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsCool PeopleCrimeHistory·1 Comment
THE DEATH OF COUNTRY DICK MONTANA & THE BALLAD OF DAN MCLAIN Burt Kearns·November 12, 2019Once described as ‘half Waylon and half Johnny Rotten,’ Dan McLain was a mortal drummer from San Diego...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleHistoryR.I.P.·1 Comment
THE TOP TEN MOST SHOCKING, BIZARRE, AND HISTORIC DEATHS OF ROCK & ROLL DRUMMERS ONSTAGE Burt Kearns·September 3, 2019One of the key jokes in Spinal Tap is the long line of drummers who met unfortunate ends,...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsMusiciansR.I.P.·1 Comment
THE MURDER OF ALFALFA Burt Kearns·August 27, 2019Carl ‘Alfalfa’ Switzer was the most popular star of the classic Our Gang comedies. But the facts of...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCrimeFilmHistoryTV·7 Comments
JERRY LEWIS, J.D. SALINGER & THE JEWISH HOLDEN CAULFIELD Burt Kearns·August 12, 2019There were once two men named Jerry: Salinger and Lewis. And one of them wrote a famous novel,...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksBurt KearnsFilmHistory·0 Comments
THE BALLAD OF CATHY WAYNE: KILLED ON STAGE IN THE VIETNAM WAR Burt Kearns·July 30, 2019The teenage pop star from Australia ignored the warnings and embarked on a tour of military bases in...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsHistory·4 Comments
‘WHERE’S THE BAG, MR. KARDASHIAN?’: OR, HOW I EXPOSED O.J. SIMPSON’S ACCOMPLICE AND SET THE STAGE FOR A TV EMPIRE Burt Kearns·July 3, 2019Four weeks after the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, a tabloid news producer made a...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCrimeHistoryTV·0 Comments
PRIDE TV: THE QUIET GAY HEROES OF SIXTIES SITCOMS Burt Kearns·June 28, 2019The faces of these three actors were familiar to Baby Boomers raised on TV situation comedies. Their private...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleHistoryTV·3 Comments
MU TUNC: THE DIRECTOR OF TURKEY’S FIRST PUNK MOVIE. OR, THE FALL OF EASTERN CIVILIZATION Burt Kearns·June 5, 2019Filmmaker Mu Tunc describes his film, Arada, as “Liquid Sky meets The Decline of Western Civilization,” which, of...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsFilmHistoryInterviewsNews·1 Comment
SHE SHOT ANDY WARHOLS: THE DIRTY LIFE & CRIMES OF DOROTHY PODBER Burt Kearns·May 20, 2019She called it ‘performance art’ when, in 1964, she casually strolled into Andy Warhol’s Factory, pulled out a...All Please Kill Me PostsBurt KearnsHistory·2 Comments
THE DEATH OF SGT. CARTER Burt Kearns·April 29, 2019Frank Sutton, who played the gruff sergeant foil to Jim Nabors’ country bumpkin Gomer Pyle, was a talented...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfBurt KearnsCool PeopleTV·12 Comments