![]() Oh, and Alice's father was NOT Captain Kangeroo!! That was another gossip column rumour from the 70s. Not known why this happened except that Gates got married on an island in Hawaii, and Alice was in Maui at the time. Here's an obscure one but worth mentioning:ī"ill Gates' Wedding - Although this was reported in the media (USA Today, etc.) It was not true. But no, there never was anything resembling a gross-out contest. There were people who were terribly disappointed that I never ate shit on-stage. ![]() The rumor was that I went so far as to eat shit on-stage. Playboy.some of your antics from the Mothers of Invention days like the famed gross-out contest.įrank Zappa: "There never was a gross-out contest. Playboy One of the more colorful legends maintains Zappa and Alice Cooper had a gross-out contest on-stage After Cooper allegedly squashed some live baby chicks, Zappa supposedly picked up a plastic spoon and ate a plate of steaming feces. Of course there was never any 'Gross Out' contest.įrom a Frank Zappa Interview in Playboy Magazine: The names mentioned have varied over the years, but it's often Frank Zappa and Alice Cooper. This is an oldie but a goodie going back to the very early 70s if not before. Again it was a joke, and no one with any intelligence thought it was anything more then a publicity campaign, but of course some media sources still reported it as if it was serious. There was even a website for the campaign. Ban on taking selfies, except on a designated National Selfie Day.Ban on talking during movies in movie theatres.Cupholders required for every airplane seat.The promotional campagn of course centered around the 'A Troubled Man For A Troubled Time' catchphrase, and even put him up for election in the UK, dispite there being no election at the time! This time Alice even put out a list of things he would do if elected. In 2016 Alice reissued 'Elected' in time for the presidential election in the USA. This was in RIP magazine, probably 1986 or 1987, in the bit they devoted to random news bits. "No, he never actually campaigned, but he had a lot of fun toying with the idea, suggesting that people vote for him as a write-in candidate and giving wise ass, but good reasons why they should. He said, "In Arizona we had three governors in a row thrown out of office and people asked me why I didn't run for office. Meanwhile, Alice tells me that there's absolutely no truth to the rumour that he intends to get involved in Politics in his home state of Arizona. However for now we'll leave this as untrue, as at the time most people were saying it, it hadn't yet thappened.Īlice never ran for Governor! He mentioned it *as a joke* in some interview ("A Troubled MAn For A Troubled Time") and it all got out of hand with the mainstream press mentioning it frequently over the subsequent years. He certainly played golf with future president Donald Trump at least once at a charity event. Alice has appeared at probably over 100 celebrity golf tournaments in the last 2 years so it's actually quite likely he HAS now played with an ex-president or vice president. Now when Brian said that it was likely true, however since a lot has happend and it may not strictly speaking be true any more. "The funny one is that when someone slags Alice for golfing, it is almost always about him golfing with a President or a Vice President. When talking about Alice's golf obssession it's often stated that he used to play with Presidents, or vice-presidents. This next one is often repeated to this day. It was equally untrue of course, but at least these two looked vaguely similar. For him it was the suggestion he was Josh Saviano, who played the part of Paul Pfeffier in 'The Wonder Years'. Interestingly Marilyn Manson had almost the exact same rumour circulating about him in the 90s/200s. Alice even took to wearing a t-shirt saying "No, I am not Eddie Haskell". Haskell was a character, played by actor Ken Osmond, in a show called 'Leave It To Beaver'. It was regurgitated endlessly in the mid to late seventies newspaper letters columns when the press would take any opportunity to run an Alice Cooper related story. This is a very American one, as no one outside the US would know who Eddie Haskell was. Of course Alice has never done either of these things, but these are genuine quotes from US newspapers.Īlice Cooper Is Eddie Haskell from the 'Leave it to Beaver' TV show. The Following Are Untrue! "Didn't he blow up sheep on stage?" or "She would never go to one of his shows because he slaughtered cows on stage." ![]() Here's some of the lesser known rumours that were passed off as true, however bizarre or rediculous, and the truth behind them. Over the years, especially in the 1970s, many runours were circulated regarding Alice and what he may or may not have done or been involved in.
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