 The Final Taxi is a podcast/blog that deals with the deaths of minor celebrities that have recently died. These are actors, musicians, inventors, writers or others in the entertainment field who have died and did not get the attention that they deserved. Primary Format :
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Blazing Saddles and Burnett Show Comic - Harvey Korman
Harvey Korman, the comic actor who won four Emmys for his work on ``The Carol Burnett Show'' and appeared in the movie ``Blazing Saddles,'' took his Final Taxi at age 81. Korman won the Emmy awards for his television comedy roles on ``The Carol Burnett Show,'' where he performed from 1967 to 1977 in a cast led by Burnett and including comedian Tim Conway. His film roles included playing Hedley La...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
5 Dead Musicians It's been a bad week for musical artists. The Final Taxi has made 5 trips this week with people with musical talent. 1.Paul Davis- American singer and songwriter who recorded such songs as "Cool Nights," "65 Love Affair," "Sweet Life," and "I Go Crazy." 2. Brian Davidson - Drummer and songwriter for the 60's band The Nice- the forerunner of Emerson Lake and Palmer. 3. Danny Federci - Keyboardist ...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Gygax, Dixon and Brunkert- All Final Taxi Riders Ola Brunkert was a former drummer for 1970s Swedish pop group ABBA. The group has not performed together since 1982, but continues to sell 3 million records a year. Ivan Dixon was an African American actor and television director, best known for his series role in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes. Gary Gygax was an American writer and game designer, best known for co-creating the pioneering role-p...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Beauty and a sexy voice- Suzanne Pleshette Suzanne Pleshette, the dark-haired, smoky-voiced actress who played Bob Newhart's sardonic and sexy wife, Emily Hartley, for six years on the 1970s sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show," has taken her final taxi at 70. A stage-trained New York actress, she made her movie debut in the 1958 Jerry Lewis comedy "The Geisha Boy." Ms. Pleshette appeared in such films as Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," "Nevada ...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Rock & Soul Hero or Villain? - Ike Turner Grammy-winning musician/composer and Rock and Roll pioneer Ike Turner took his Final Taxi at age 76. Ike Turner recorded the song "Rocket 88" which is considered by many historians to be the very first Rock and Roll song. Tuner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. Ike Turner and his ex-wife Tina Turner were one of the hottest musical acts of the 1960s and 70s. Turner's musica...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Phantom Character Actress - Jeanne Bates Jeanne Bates was best known as Nurse Wills on the 1950s medical series Ben Casey. She appeared on many TV shows over the years, including That 70's Show, Wings, The Young and the Restless, Dallas, Three's Company, Quincy, M.E., Charlie's Angels, The Rockford Files, Cannon, The Saint, Wonder Woman, Hawaii Five-O, The Twilight Zone, and many others. She also appeared in several movies such as Die H...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Evel Knievel Jumps The River Styx Alabama is the home of the best in college football and NASCAR’s Talladega Superspeedway, but nestled in the middle of the state is the Barber Motorsports Park and the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. The 144,000-square foot, four-story museum, which is just a few miles outside of Birmingham, includes the world’s largest collection of vintage and modern day motorcycles and the largest collectio...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Life Squeezed From Mr. Whipple - Dick Wilson The man who made the phrase “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin” famous, Dick Wilson, has taken his Final Taxi at 91. For more than 20 years Wilson appeared as Mr. Whipple in the television ads for Charmin. As a grocery store manager he would monitor the aisles and ask customers to refrain from picking up the paper product and squeezing it. Wilson also appeared on several episodes of “Hogan’s Heroe...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Torturer, Killer, Vampire - Gilles de Rays One of history's most bizarre, twisted and blood thirsty murderers, Gilles de Rays tortured, raped and killed almost 600 people, mostly children. He was a war hero, an adventurer, an aristocrat and a vampire, drinking the blood of his victims. His true story ends this years week of true horror on the Final Taxi. Happy Halloween!! * Halloween Theme by the band Leatherstrip www.myspace.com/leaether...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Vampire Of Croglin Grange A vampire visited the small village of Croglin Grange, according to the accounts documented by researcher and writer Augustus Hare. This is the story of the bloodsucker preying upon one victim and how it was found out. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Curse of the Green Eye Follow the curse of a mysterious gem that came from outer space and killed anyone who came in contact with it. This stone looked like an eye with a green iris. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Red Gnome of Detroit The Red Gnome is a creature that haunts Detroit — its appearance is said to presage terrible events for the city. The Gnome appears as a small child-like creature with red or black fur. It is also said to have blazing red eyes and rotten teeth. ** Special note: After recording this show- I found where the Red Gnome was seen in 1996 after a major car robbery. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Immortal or Time Traveler: Count of St. Germain The Count of St. Germain claims to have been around during the time of Jesus. He was active in the 1700's and was last seen in 1962. This true Halloween story comes for history books. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
True Vampires from the Phantom World Welcome to the 2nd Annual True Stories of Horror. I will podcast a true tale daily until Halloween. Today's story comes from the book "The Phantom World" by Augustine Calmet. ( I found it for sale on ebay for 500.00 ) This book has real accounts and reports of vampires. Listen to just one I pulled from it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
2nd Annual True Horror Stories-Daily- Oct 26 -31 Join The Final Taxi for the 2nd Annual True Stories of Horror - Podcast daily from Oct 26 till Oct 31. Just in time to get you in the Halloween spirit. Subscribe to the feed or check the website daily on Wildvoice.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Gone From Here To Eternity - Deborah Kerr Deborah Kerr , six time Oscar nominee and star of From Here To Eternity , has taken her Final Taxi at the age of 86. Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Scotland, she was signed by MGM in 1947 and went on to be a major star counting Robert Mitchum, David Niven, Stewart Granger and Spencer Tracy among her leading men. Her first Oscar nomination was for the 1949 film Edward, My Son . There followed n...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A Teenage Witch, Pussy Cats and A Guy Named Archie: Richard Goldwater's World Archie Comics president and co-publisher Richard Goldwater, 71, who, with his father John, created "Josie and the Pussycats," has taken his Final Taxi. He assisted co-publisher Michael Silberkleit with efforts to expand Archie's core characters into other mediums – including countless Archie, Sabrina and Josie animated TV series, a long-running live-action Sabrina series that has been seen in 34 ...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Goodnight, Miss Moneypenny! Lois Maxwell - the Canadian-born actress who most notably portrayed the quick-witted secretary to Bond's boss M, has taken her Final Taxi. From "Dr. No" (1962) to "A View to a Kill" (1985), Lois Maxwell played Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 James Bond films. Maxwell won the Golden Globe Award as Best Newcomer for her role in the 1947 Shirley Temple comedy That Hagen Girl.She also posed for a pho...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Alice Ghostley: Not A Regular Face In The Crowd Tony Award-winning actress Alice Ghostley, well-known to TV viewers for playing confused sidekicks on Bewitched and Designing Women took her Final Taxi at 81. From 1966 through 1972, she made regular appearances on the sitcom Bewitched as shy, bumbling witch Esmeralda From 1986 through 1993, Ghostley portrayed oddball neighbor Bernice Clifton on the hit series Designing Women . She earned an Emmy...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Match Game's Brett Somers has blanked. During the '70s, there was a cohort of actresses who were, at the time, best known as game show panelists. There was Kitty Carlisle Hart on To Tell the Truth , Jaye P. Morgan on The Gong Show , Patty Deutsch on Tattletales and my favorite, Brett Somers on The Match Game . As a child of the 70's I thought she was awesome. Unfortunately, Brett Somers has taken her Final Taxi. During Match Game's ru...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The sound of Jaws Percy Rodriguez did several voice overs, including the one for the trailer to Jaws. He was seen in TV in the 60's, 70's and 80's and will be well known by Star Trek fans. Charlotte Zucker was the mom of directors Jerry and David Zucker but was an actress herself, appearing in several of their films including "The Naked Gun" and in "Airplane" as the lipstick lady. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Freeze! It's Batman & a Beach Blanket This week the Final Taxi talks about Max Hodge who took an unknown comic villain and turn him into on of Batman's most remembered rouges, Mr. Freeze. Also we follow the life of Tony Caras who after working in horror films with Rodger Corman and made film history in the 60s with 'beach party' movies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A 'Pink Panther' Animator & 'Charles In Charge' Grandpa Warren Batchelder, animator of well over 200 Warner Bros. and Pink Panther cartoons. Though uncredited, he was an animator for the main titles of the 1963 feature film The Pink Panther -- which led to doing the cartoons. He was an animator for such TV series as Super President (1967), Here Comes the Grump (1969) and much more. For Marvel he was a sequence director for Transformers (1984) and G.I....Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Face Is Familar - Charles Lane Charles Lane , the prolific character actor whose name was little known but whose crotchety persona and roles in hundreds of films made him recognizable to generations of moviegoers took his Final Taxi at 102. Lane, whose career spanned more than 60 years, appeared in such film classics as "It‘s a Wonderful Life," "Arsenic and Old Lace" and "Primrose Path." He also had a recurring role as the sch...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Last Voyage of Sinbad's Kerwin Mathews Kerwin Mathews, who earned a niche in film history as the handsome hero who battled a Cyclops, a dragon and a sword-wielding skeleton in the 1958 fantasy classic "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad," has taken his Final Taxi. He was 81. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom - Stevens & McCorkle George McCorkle was a founding member of the Marshall Tucker Band and author of Southern rock anthem "Fire on the Mountain." Art Stevens was a Disney animator who worked on the 1940 classic "Fantasia" and later co-directed "The Fox and the Hound" and "The Rescuers." Among Stevens' credits as an animator are "Peter Pan," "101 Dalmatians," "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day," "Robin Hood," "Mary...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Real Magic- Mr Wizard was around long before Harry Potter Long before there was a Bill Nye – Science Guy or a Beakman teaching us about science there was Mr. Wizard. No we are not talking Harry Potter. Mr. Wizard was Don Herbert, who unlocked the wonders of science for youngsters of the 1950s and ’60s on television and then in the 80's on Nickelodeon . Mr. Wizard took his Final Taxi at the age of 89. Read my blog at: http://www.FinalTaxi.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The Rocky Horror Pod Show - Final Taxi Crossover I'm out of town this week so I'm playing a podcast I did for the Rocky Horror Pod Show - http://rockyhorrorpodshow.libsyn.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Charles Nelson Reilly has BLANKED Charles Nelson Reilly has taken his Final Taxi at age 76. He was famous for his oversized glasses and colourful suits during numerous TV appearances. Reilly directed five Broadway plays, appeared in the original productions of Bye Bye Birdie, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Hello, Dolly!, earned three Tony nominations, including one for directing the 1997 production of The Gi...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
You're Blacklisted - Bernard Gordon, Nicholas Worth, Dabbs Greer Taking their Final Taxi this week is the 'Hollywood Blacklisted" screenwriter, Bernard Gordon, also favorite B-movie actor Nicholas Worth and film and TV veteran Dabbs Greer. Read the daily Final Taxi at http://finaltaxi.wordpress.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Tarzan's Loincloth: Gordon Scott, Tom Poston, Jimmy Kimble, Bobby "Boris" Pickett Several rides on the Final Taxi this week, Gordon Scott- one of the men who played Tarzan, Bobby "Boris" Pickett - The man who made the song "Monster Mash" Jimmy Kimble- drummer for many bands including Iggy Pop, and TV and movie actor/ comedian Tom Poston Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
We're Gonna Turn It On... Jim Thurman Jim Thurman was an Emmy-award winning children’s television writer. He was one of a team of writers for Children’s Television Workshop and help create and write for “Sesame Street,” “The Electric Company,” “321 Contact.” He also wrote the cartoon series "Roger Ramjet" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Losing a Kitty and a Ho Kitty Carlisle Hart , the supremely elegant actress, singer, arts advocate and TV personality is remembered for her role as the romantic musical heroine of the 1935 Marx Brothers film "A Night at the Opera" and she sang in the 1948 U.S. premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera "The Rape of Lucretia." Her long run as a panelist on the game show "To Tell the Truth" made her a regular presence in the co...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
.....and so it goes........... In the book Slaughter House 5, " So it goes " is a phrase used every time a passage deals with death, dying or mortality. I felt it appropriate to use it this week as we have had so many to take that Final Taxi.... Kurt Vonnegut famed author, Johnny Hart, creator of the comic strip "BC" and "Wizard of Id" Marshall Rogers, comic book artist who help bring Batman from his 'camp' era, Roscoe Lee Bro...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
I Triple Dog Dare Ya-- Bob Clark "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out," "I Triple Dog Dare Ya!" "Fra- Jee- Lee; Must be from Italy." All these are phases we know and love because of Bob Clark. Bob Clark, the director of film classics 'Porky's and 'A Christmas Story', has taken his Final Taxi, alongside his 22-year old son Ariel. Clark, who was 67, specialised in horror films and thrillers. His other titles include the likes of 'Children S...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Goodbye to Johnny Depp- R.I.P One of Hollywood newest film icons has taken his Final Taxi. Johnny Depp will be remembered as Captain Jack Sparrow, a role that give him a Academy Award nomination. After his plane went down outside London I had to rush to put up this Final Taxi podcast. (since it is April 1st) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Larry Bud, Doom Patrol and Podcamp Calvert DeForest, the white-haired, bespectacled nebbish who gained cult status as the oddball Larry (Bud) Melman on David Letterman's late night television shows has taken his Final Taxi. Also famous comic book writer Arnold Drake who wrote comics for Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Batman and X-men and created the Doom Patrol and Deadman has also died. contact: FinalTaxi@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Is Boston Being Served? - Delp & Inman Bradley Delp was an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Boston. Actor JOHN INMAN, best known for his role as camp shop assistant Mr Humphries in the long-running BBC comedy Are You Being Served? took his Final Taxi. He was 71. Inman was one of the sitcom's most memorable cast members and his catchphrase "I'm free" became part of UK's popular culture. contact: FinalT...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
I Got It! I Got It! - Ron Carey Ron Carey had a recurring role on "Barney Miller" from 1976 to 1982 as Officer Carl Levitt, who yearned for a promotion to detective in the New York squad room run by Capt. Barney Miller (Hal Linden). Carey also appeared in several Mel Brooks movies, including Silent Movie," "High Anxiety" and "History of the World Part I." Check his last role at IFilm.com -- Food for Thought Please complete our ...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
...To Boldly Go.... Andrews & Bergere Tige Andrews and Lee Bergere were two actors who were in dozens of TV shows, but shared one show that they both were in. - Star Trek. Tige Andrews later went on to be in charge of The Mod Squad, while Lee Bergere went off to be the head of the house in Dynasty. contact: FinalTaxi@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Bong Soo Han has our gratitude! Korean martial arts master Bong Soo Han , who helped revolutionize Hollywood's understanding of martial arts by creating fight sequences for modern American films. He helped create the "Kung Fu" craze of the 1970s. Han, who held a 9th-degree black belt and the title of grand master in Hapkido, was discovered by Hollywood in 1969. Actor Tom Laughlin saw him perform and asked for help with his acti...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
California Grievin' - Denny Doherty Denny Doherty was a singer with the Mamas and Papas whose laid-back style exemplified the 1960s Californian dream. As the sweet tenor voice in the Mamas and the Papas, Doherty was an exemplar of the ambience of the 1960s in America, with a string of hits that included California Dreamin', Monday Monday and Dedicated to the One I Love. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Vacancy at 1313 Mockingbird LN- Yvonne De Carlo Hollywood actress Yvonne De Carlo, most famous for her role as Lily in the 1960s TV sitcom, The Munsters , has passed away at the age of 84. Her long career saw Yvonne in nearly 100 films, including The Ten Commandments, as well as acting on Broadway and making guest appearances on other TV shows. Picture: Yvonne De Carlo as a sexy slave girl Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
A Lost Western Star - Lois Hall Lois Hall 's first western role was in Jimmy Wakely's 1949 film Roaring Westward. This led to roles in films starring Charles Starrett, Whip Wilson and Johnny Mack Brown as well as television roles on "The Lone Ranger," "The Cisco Kid," "Range Rider," and others. She was recently in FlightPlan with Jodie Foster. A Lois Hall early press photo and a recent interview she did. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
James Brown is Dead! The godfather of soul, James Brown, died on Christmas in Atlanta. On the Friday before, the hardest working man in showbusiness participated in a Christmas toy giveaway; was hospitalized Saturday, the next day. He canceled a few midweek gigs, but by Sunday he was pushing his doctor to approve a Saturday night show in New Jersey and a New Year's Eve gig at B.B. King's club in New York City. James ...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
The King of Cartoons Exits - Stage Left! Viva the King of Cartoons! Joseph Barbera, one half of the famous duo, Hanna-Barbera, who filled the hearts of young and old alike with joy by their cartoon creations, has taken his Final Taxi. He was 95 years old. Barbera and his partner William Hanna, created cartoon characters such as The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, Space Ghost, Josie and the Pussycats, and Huckleberry Hou...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Everybody Loves Peter !! Actor Peter Boyle, who played the Monster in Mel Brooks' hilarious Young Frankenstein and most recently was Ray Romano's TV dad on Everybody Loves Raymond , has taken that Final Taxi at the age 71. - - Contact: FinalTaxi@gmail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Blue and Green - Veres & Nodell Taking this weeks Final Taxi is Mariska Veres, lead singer for the band Shocking Blue and Martin Nodell, creator of the original Green Lantern and also the Pillsbury Doughboy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Baby Huey - Sid Raymond Sid Raymond, noted character actor and comedian for over 70 years has taken his Final Taxi. He appeared on stage, in films and on television, most recently on the TV program "The OC" . Sid created the cartoon characters, 'Baby Huey' and "Katnip." For years he was the face and spokesperson for Schlitz Beer as the comical bartender. A picture of Sid Raymond as the Schlitz Beer bartender. Baby Huey ...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | |
