I first laid eyes on the one and only Allee Willis at Gail Zappa's birthday party several years ago. There was NO missing her! Our mutual friend, Charles Phoenix invited me over to her fabulous home for a visit and I just fell in love with the ballsy broad who was larger than life! Soon after I returned to Allee's magical house to do a feature on her for a special 80's episode of Eye on L.A..
She gave me this video and it blew my mind! She told me about her famous parties, but seeing it in action was remarkable!
We just lost Allee on Christmas Eve 2019 and I attended her funeral with her dear friend, Toni Basil. After the services, Toni introduced me to her friend Buck Henry and his wife, Irene.
Irene said, "We know who you are. We love your show!" Buck said, "What show do we love?" She replied, "Eye on L.A." and Buck said, "Oh yeah. We love that show."
I almost cried.
Tonight, thinking of that exchange did make me cry as I heard the news that Buck passed away.
So I'm posting this video in honor of Allee and her friend Buck, who are now making the afterlife infinitely more interesting. #BaDeYa
