Originally published at: When Ringo Starr and The Monkees pitched pizza together (video) | Boing Boing
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It ain’t easy being cheesy
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The food was impossible for me because I’m allergic to so many different things. I took two suitcases with me, one of clothes and the other full of Heinz beans (there’s a plug for you). Then one morning the guys who were dealing with the food said, ‘Would you like some eggs?’ And I said, ‘Oh yeah, sure,’ and the next morning they said it again. I thought, ‘Oh yeah, great – things are looking up.’
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Kind of amazing that he seems so healthy now. And his longevity.
“ At the age of six, Starkey developed appendicitis. Following a routine appendectomy he contracted peritonitis, causing him to fall into a coma that lasted days.[16] His recovery spanned twelve months, which he spent away from his family at Liverpool’s Myrtle Street children’s hospital.[17] Upon his discharge in May 1948, his mother allowed him to stay at home, causing him to miss school.[18] At age eight, he remained illiterate, with a poor grasp of mathematics.[18] His lack of education contributed to a feeling of alienation at school, which resulted in his regularly playing truant at Sefton Park.[19] After several years of twice-weekly tutoring from his surrogate sister and neighbour, Marie Maguire Crawford, Starkey had nearly caught up to his peers academically, but in 1953, he contracted tuberculosis and was admitted to a sanatorium, where he remained for two years.”
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Oh.
When I heard “pitched” I thought it was like Keith Moon trashing a hotel room, and they tossed it at a bunch of squares who gave them guff about their long hippy hair.
But then I remembered, “it’s the Monkees we’re talking about here.”
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Why would Nesmith be there? The closing gag wouldn’t have worked with all four members present.
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Of course.
They were just too busy playin’
To throw any pizza around.
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