Casamo & Associates is committed to providing the best court reporting services, video depositions, videoconferencing technology, and litigation support the industry has to offer. www.cathryncasamo.com . 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. She has no I.D., no shoes, and she bit the arresting officer. I came the next day at 2pm with a bouquet of flowers. 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 . with the following color code for their words: I'm ok with itI'm not too worried after 25 yearsthe only people who remember are my old friends. No blood. She came out of it a bit when she saw Katy, but it took a while. Tomorrow. 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. 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. The series also renewed the investigations into the murders of two women, Sister Cathy Cesnik and Joyce Malecki. LSD, legal at the time, was dispensed in orange juice. Reply. Larry the Lawyer was loaded for bear: he had a writ. Coreless Stretch Film; Pre-Stretch Film; Hand Roll; Machine Roll; Jumbo Roll; Industrial Plastic Division. Probably & simply it was because she was wandering around still on acid in a Texas suburb at 2am, and female in the 60s wearing a blanket with no I.D., and a northern accent, and an attitude, and didnt remember which house she came from. She said, No. He had made many phone calls and had arranged for us to get her out of there immediately. Ken Babbs * Intrepid Traveler However, in her confessional, Kathy brushed off Lisa's account of that night and apologized if she hurt her. They carried orange juice laced with LSD, which was legal at the time. I told her we have McMurtrys lawyer downstairs and hes getting her out right now. And we werent welltolerated. 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! She wanted to see Katy. Cathy would call regularly in the evening and speak to Katy and me. Shes only been missing 21 hours. "At La Honda, Keseys home in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco, they installed a sound system, a generator on the back and went wild with the paint. Help your character accomplish that objective. I was there to find Cathy. Shes in a holding cell. And then I heard she passed away. We have her. It was like a scene from Titicutt Follies, a documentary about a horrible little mental hospital in the small town of Titicutt, New York. He stands poised, his son in his arms. !Follow me on Twitter--- @ChrisMackTalksAdd me on Xbox--- Im A Nerd lolz He had Authority in every pocket. Shes an adult. 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. Its hard to define in laymans terms. 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. I remember, later that eve, during the last dinner at Larrys house, there was a lot of food and wine and whatever, but Cathy just sat on the back porch and petted Larrys Dog. Stretch Film Division. Cathy froze in her tracks and said in a startlingly strong voice, No. . I was a clown. From my conversations with Cathy and with Ron "Hassler" Bevirt, her state would be more correctly described as extremely high, and it is my intention to correct the record (as well as the persistent misspelling of her nameseen everywhere as Kathy Casano). I just hope no one witnessed that exhibition outside. 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. 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? Just as the bus was constantly being repainted, somewhere along the line the Further sign was corrected." I handed over the bouquet of roses and my long letter and asked the nurse to give them to Cathy. (She later told me they just threw her on the bed, put a pillow over her face, held her down and took the blood). At least he gave off an assumption of sanity. Any messages from anybody? So the nurse said to two nearby very muscular male nurses whod obviously been bred for this job, We need to take one more blood sample before she leaves. The boy is crying, ma'am. The case recently made headlines when her husband, James . "Make yourselves at home," Larry tells everyone, and the Pranksters troop inside, escorting Cathy. Cathy is then introduced in the episode "Pam's Replacement" to be her temporary . 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. It wasnt until much later that he found out he had misspelled it. As explained in Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood's 2011 documentary "Magic Trip," which recounts the Merry Pranksters' journey to the 1964 World Fair in New York City using original footage filmed by the Pranksters themselves, Kesey saw the journey as a means to "open things up" in American society.In this case, the word "trip" certainly serves a double meaning: Kesey supplied his cohort with . The company, with its final move, taught a lesson to all the businesses in the world. Paint peeled off large swatches of the wall; no discernable colors anywhere. 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. 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. Someones missing, someone you really care about, and nobody will tell you anything. It was that hard to grok. 40 years ago, Cathy Krauseneck was found with an ax blade embedded deep in her forehead. Report abuse. May 19, 2013 - Original Flower Child from the Ken Kesey Magic Bus, aka Stark Naked and Kathy Casano. a female voice calls from the kitchen. Hospitals and psychiatrists across the country, carefully selected by the CIA, conducted these government-sanctioned and financed experiments on patients. We can legally keep you here for Yours, The Pranksters, at this stage only on the road a few days, were extremely appealing. "They called from Flatonia, so it should be a few minutes yet," Larry McMurtry says. Aug 3, 2014. I figured a houseboat is familiar for Cathy so thats a cool thing. 3 people found this helpful. More than one? I spoke to him on the phone. Cathy Simms was Pam Halpert's replacement on 'The Office'. Larry M. let me use his phone. '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. Official Sites, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. She was a free spirit and loved all kinds of musicit could be African, Jazz or Country and Westernwhatever - IMDb Mini Biography By: What?! Whaaaat?! They can keep you here for 3 days, I cant stop them, and I cant go through this again for you. Steve Lambrecht* Zonker What about today? Three days later I came back from rehearsal and a friend was there, babysitting Katy. On the back was a warning: 'Weird Load'. We did, and we left. 2002 Larry McMurtry/NY Review of Books Not to worry, we got it under control." I cant see her today? No reported sightings by her friends. She was very calm and serious. his wife calls. Are you married to her or a blood relative? Respectable homes. Pam goes on maternity leave in season 8. I told Cathy shell be out in less than an hour, and I was taken back to the lobby. - Ken Kesey, "Cathy was one of 'The Ones'." To me, all The Merry Pranksters were just one big Person-of-Interest in Cathys disappearance. Several years later, after she and Jim broke up, Cathy and Caitlin moved back over the bridge to North Beach where they lived with actor Larry Hankin. I was driving myself insane trying to reach the level of humanity these people were function at - or on. 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. Oh yeah. "What do you mean?" I resumed taking Caitlin with me pretty much everywhere, mainly because I liked her company and Caitlin seemed up for it. Gypsy was based on the early career of Gypsy Rose Lee, the most famous stripper in burlesque history. The ride was very solemn. 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. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. 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. It was a gig. She didnt have any ID. She graduated from Westfield High School in Westfield, New Jersey, and went on to major in Drama at Northwestern . calls the 'nervous hospital'. Into thin air. The only hope was Larry McMurtrys lawyer. Shuffling slowly. "It stopped in Houston for a visit with author Larry McMurtry, who was with Kesey at the Wallace Stegner writing seminar at Stanford University when he wrote 'Coockoos Nest' in the early 1960s." I asked her if she got the notes and flowers Id sent. I flipped out. Everybody agreed that was a great idea. 1999-2010 Gradesaver However, in summer 1960, she dropped out a few math credits short of a degree and moved to California. According to Casamo's wishes, Caitlyn and Ehret took her ashes out to Limantour Spit Trail in Marin and scattered them to the winds. She bit the arresting officer. 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. A shrill laugh comes from the bus. Okay, its 24 hours. Nobody there by that description, no reports of anybody by that description were picked up. I was led to the office. Explore. 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. Cathy a drama student from Northwestern University and ingnue was convinced to go on the trip and star with Neal Cassady in the movie they were making. You mean she was angry? 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". (see photo gallery page "THE MAGIC BUS" and links for movie clips "Mud Puddle Satori 1 & 2) I didnt believe anything anyone told me. I was with your mom for a while in the late 70's. "I don't feel like she left because of what I shared with her in Aspen," she . But shes never" Anyway, I have a website jaythomasjazz.com, Hi Stephen, he asks Kesey. 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. I signed the paper and Cathy and I walked out to the lobby where Larry and Larry were waiting. 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. (continued) "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." "I hope so. He lived and in a house with a solid foundation that didnt go anywhere. "The wildly painted bus got stopped by the police, but with their short haircuts , the Pranksters were never arrested. 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. We live together significant other. "The wildly painted bus got stopped by the police, but with their short haircuts , the Pranksters were never arrested. It kept getting crazier and I just kept getting angrier. So you better leave now right, son. Was it even bi-pedal? 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. Thats resisting arrest: the county asylum for resisting arrest? Cathy screamed as loud as she could as they dragged her down the hall and into a room. Paula Sundsten * Gretchen Fetchin Call back after 24 hours have passed, sir." 5 days: no Cathy; no word, no trace. Cassady - who had inspired both On The Road and Allen Ginsberg's beautiful poem The Green Automobile - was at the wheel. You cant talk to her right now. Katy and I hung out for a couple of more days to me it was a Mutt & Jeff act: we were a well-oiled team by now. Oregonian Many individuals were unaware they were being given the drugs. Then I got a call from Mike saying Cathy was gone again. They could have quizzed him on almost anything and got . "It's indescribable. Cathy is young and energetic, a bit of a different character from the usual employees still working in Scranton. The Merry Pranksters' bus, shown here in Portland years after its famous cross-country trip, never failed to draw a crowd. Born in New Jersey, USA on 22 Dec 1938 to William Ernst Caccamo. San Francisco will always have a place in my heart and Cathy was great. 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. Yeah, I know). . Ron Bevirt * Hassler Coronation Street aired a surprise exit on Friday night, as Cathy Matthews departed the street following her split from partner Brian Packham. Did you get it, Hassler?" I was glad to see the Keseys but also nervous. I wrote a quick note to Cathy, leaned on the word Caitlin, and asked the nurse to give it to Cathy. (and the original 13) My note yesterday. Kathy was filling in for Pam while she was on maternity leave, and then she still worked there for a while once Pam returned (somewhere in Season 8 I think?). Can I see her? Inside, Ken Kesey and McMurtry rapped out what they knew about Cathys Disappearance. Why were you arresting her in the first place? They wouldnt tell me anything else over the phone. She never came back. One in five was mumbling, one in ten babbling. She leaned down and again whispered in my ear, Get me out. Really. She used to take me on bike rides and we ate really healthy food and I had many good timeswe would go out to Bolinas and swim at a lake that we had to hike into. kp. I didnt see Cathy again until many years later when I ran into her in New York City with her then musician boyfriend, and then about 2 years after that, I ran into her back in North Beach in San Francisco. What! She shadows Pam for the first time in season 8, episode 7 "Pam's Replacement" and . What happened between then and now? 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.". Dear Caitlin, The boyfriend was screamed at and driven off. Theyd been calling hospitals and police stations all day and there was no one fitting her description anywhere in Houston. Quote: Cathryn Marie Casamo. 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