The Life and Times of SNL Cast Member Charles Rocket | FULL PODCAST EPISODE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-56R94z_hBg
You may not know the name Charles Rocket, but you've probably seen him before in movies like Dumb and Dumber and Hocus Pocus. He was also once a cast member of Saturday Night Live during the disastrous season of 1980-81.
On October 7, 2005, Rocket was found dead with two self-inflicted stab wounds to the throat. What drove him to do it?
D.I.E. POD Ep. 20
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
2:19 Pop Culture Flash: October 7, 2005
13:15 Early Life: Large Christian Scientist Family
23:31 Charlie Rocket Comes Alive: Art Rock and Alt News
38:24 SNL: The next Bill Murray/Chevy Chase?
51:41 SNL Downfall: The F Bomb Controversy
1:08:24 TV and Film Career: 80s and 90s
1:23:02 Later Career and Tragic Downward Spiral share