[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Keith's Court Appearance



There is an interesting (and hilarious) story in the book
FULL MOON that describes the entire Prestwick incident
in detail. As told by P. Dougal Butler, Moonie's personal
assistant from 1967-77 (who, by the way, if anyone knows
anything about what might have happened to him, I
would appreciate it).

Apparently, as the story goes, The Who were stuck in
Prestwick due to poor weather conditions. Moon was very
drunk indeed. He and Dougal obtained various joke items
from a novelty shop (including toy guns with little flags
that popped out and said BANG). Moon was apparently
out of money, and quite bored whilst stuck at the airport.
He apparently commandeered a wheelchair, and proceeded
to race around the airport in it with a large cassette player
blasting Beach Boys music. Then Keith apparently decided
to obtain more alcohol, but had run both himself and
Dougal out of money. Dougal pleaded with Pete to help
him, but Pete would have none of it and insisted that
Keith was 100% Dougal's responsibility. Keith then went
into a kiosk shop and threatened a little old lady who was
the store-keeper with the toy gun earlier mentioned,
screaming "GIVE ME SOME MONEY!". She apparently
fainted, and Keith wandered away bored, not really
meaning to seriously rob the kiosk. Moments later, he
jumped out from behind a column with the toy gun, on the
pretense of surprising a passer-by, and had the misfortune
of the passer-by being a police officer. He was arrested, but
fairly quickly bailed out. A while later, upon return to the
airport, Keith was in no better of a mood from his
incarceration, and when momentarily detained at the
ticket counter, struck a computer terminal causing it to
crash to the floor. He was promptly arrested again, and
this time no bail out was possible. He eventually attempted
to pay his fine with Dougal's American Express card.

How much of this is true is anyone's guess. This is the
story, much abbreviated, from Dougal's book FULL
MOON.

Sam
88fingers@bigfoot.com