Where Are They Now?----The Great Gazoo

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I can't post the whole thing but this is hilarious

http://www.insidejoke.tv/200111/gazoo.asp

Working on a weekly, animated TV show is exhausting, and coupled with the stress of simultaneously being loved and hated by millions, it can burn out even the most resilient of performers. After ABC aired the final episode of The Flintstones on April 1, 1966, The Great Gazoo took some much-needed time off. Living off his substantial Flintstones fortune, he traveled the world for years, living under the alias of "Gazoo the Great" to throw fans and foes alike off his trail. It didn't work.

Gazoo didn't feel at home until his travels took him to France, the only country in the world that truly appreciated his genius. His days there were spent having long conversations in cafes with the French intellectual elite. His nights took advantage of the country's open-minded acceptance of his sordid interracial relationships with human women.

Gazoo's comeback got a huge break when ratings for the critically-acclaimed All in the Family began to wane.

The network loved the idea, but reconsidered when the show's star, Carol O'Connor threatened to "stab myself in the eye with a fork if I ever have to share the stage with that no-talent piece of green trash."



"When The Great Gazoo has advice for you, you listen," said Ted Turner after Gazoo talked him into buying the rights to the MGM Studio film archives.

Sadly, two days later, he was found dead in his bathtub with third-degree burns on his lap. The cause of death in the coroner's report stated that "the deceased apparently spilled a steaming cup of espresso on his genitals and choked to death on a bite of croissant when he opened his mouth to scream." He would have been 426 years old this spring.

[sniffa]

1. that good