Little Joy is the name of the bar on Sunset where I sold the Dock Ellis story to a producer from KPCC, LA NPR affiliate. I call it Little Bear in this live stream. Little Bear is a children’s show from two decades ago, and not even a good one.
Dock Ellis threw his fabled no-hitter in 1970. The tale burbled on the underground for decades. In 2008, the world learned to celebrate his feat. First came the public radio version that I made with Neille Ilel. Easily my greatest driveway moment. About a year and a half later, the animated version of my story came out and Dock got hella popular.
Dock had been dead for a year when the doc short hit. The resurrection of his memory is no good for my God complex.
In this Sojourn, I tell the whole Dock Ellis acid no-hitter yarn, from my first familiarity with the the concept through to Sarah Silverman’s live on-Fox acid advocacy and the development of of No-No: A Dockumentary. Due to pettiness, I also make time to dunk on the producers who marginalized me after their flick hit.
No Mas cut me out of this follow-up piece of shit, and it shows.
Ha ha, motherfuckers.
Anyhoo, enjoy. I’d say more, but I have a film to write and a roof to keep overhead.
Essentially, this enterprise is journalistic busking. Tipping is acceptable and even encouraged.
Stay strong, Los Angeles. We are in this together.
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