Tonsils Kids & LSD
News came down yesterday that my 6-year-old nephew needs his tonsils yanked out.
My sister and I were both spared this operation. And everytime I think about a tonsilectomy, I automatically associate that procedure with an episode of the sappy 1960's TV show Family Affair when Buffy had to have her tonsils out. She gets so much attention from people because of the operation that Jody, her red haired creepy brother, wants to have his out too. So they both go to the hospital together, get the procedure, stay in the same hospital room and eat ice cream. And I can't think of this show without thinking about the fate that met those child actors.
After the show, the chick who played Buffy died of a drug overdose. For some reason, I thought she got high on LSD and jumped off a building because she thought she could fly. But in fact, Anissa Jones died in her sleep at 18 years of age after a coke and angel dust binge at a party. Why do I associate all late 60's and early 70's teen drug over doses with LSD and jumping off buildings? Did anybody actually do this? Was it was Art Linkletter's daughter, he of forgotten 50's and 60's T.V. shows like House Party and Kids Say the Darndest Things. Linkletter's daughter Diane indeed jumped off a building. And it was widely reported (or rumored) that she had LSD in her system. But an autopsy later revealed she had no LSD in her system at the time of her death.
So while plenty of kids got high on LSD in the 60's and 70's, few of them actually jumped off buildings, at least among the celebrity children ranks. Whew.
My sister and I were both spared this operation. And everytime I think about a tonsilectomy, I automatically associate that procedure with an episode of the sappy 1960's TV show Family Affair when Buffy had to have her tonsils out. She gets so much attention from people because of the operation that Jody, her red haired creepy brother, wants to have his out too. So they both go to the hospital together, get the procedure, stay in the same hospital room and eat ice cream. And I can't think of this show without thinking about the fate that met those child actors.
After the show, the chick who played Buffy died of a drug overdose. For some reason, I thought she got high on LSD and jumped off a building because she thought she could fly. But in fact, Anissa Jones died in her sleep at 18 years of age after a coke and angel dust binge at a party. Why do I associate all late 60's and early 70's teen drug over doses with LSD and jumping off buildings? Did anybody actually do this? Was it was Art Linkletter's daughter, he of forgotten 50's and 60's T.V. shows like House Party and Kids Say the Darndest Things. Linkletter's daughter Diane indeed jumped off a building. And it was widely reported (or rumored) that she had LSD in her system. But an autopsy later revealed she had no LSD in her system at the time of her death.
So while plenty of kids got high on LSD in the 60's and 70's, few of them actually jumped off buildings, at least among the celebrity children ranks. Whew.
posted by john clarke at 7:09 AM
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