Actor Todd Bridges Met Eddie Nash In Jail
Just like John Holmes at one point, they were housed in the “High Profile” section of the jail, so they were well taken care of and no other inmates could mess with them. This book looks pretty good, I just don’t know how full of shit Todd Bridges is. With a story like his though, he’s bound to drop some names. I like the part about Lyle Menendez’s wig. Classic, I had heard about that before, including how at their parents funeral, Lyle delayed the service for like an hour, so a wig guy could come make the necessary adjustments to that squirrel on his head.
The “Johnnie” at the beginning is Johnnie Cochran. But of course.
An excerpt from “Killing Willis: From Different Strokes to the Mean Streets” or something like that.
dreamweaverjenn 11:58 am on February 24, 2014 Permalink |
The Night Stalker always has and always will scare the shit out of me. I can’t even look at pictures of that asshole. It’s like looking at the devil.
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Bonnie Brae 6:49 am on February 28, 2014 Permalink |
Yeah – that clown is in Disneyland now. But while he was alive and on the loose, I was scared out of my mind.
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jimmy---chicago 1:08 pm on February 23, 2014 Permalink |
I believe bridges it’s not that crazy of a story being that if they were all in the same cell block sure they would see each other and bridges would be fucked with considering the pecking order criminals there.
First we have ramirez murderer.Second the menendez bros : murdered parents. Third the nash arson, murder,drugs etc Todd Bridges child hood star got busted for guns and drugs.
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John 8:13 am on February 24, 2014 Permalink |
In the high profile section of the jail, Todd says that the guys had 2 hours a day to get out of their cells, walk around, shower, use the payphone and watch TV in a sitting room. With only rabbit ears, they watched Soul Train on Saturday mornings to see the girls dancing, and they watched tabloid shows on weekdays and daytime news shows….but, it was annoying he says when one of their own cases came on, it would just piss off the person in question (himself, Nash, whomever). I don’t know if Ramirez go those same privileges, he doesn’t really say.
He said that he spent a month in solitary for something or other offense in there. It was the hardest time because you are in a 4′ x 7′ cell with contact to the world. Your food is baked into balls to eat and you get a few apples a day. Bridges said that he hates apples to this day. In solitary, your mind takes over though and you find ways to entertain yourself. For him, he would re-enact scenes from TV shows and make up his own TV shows in his head, etc. Sucks to be in there.
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Bobby 5:34 am on February 22, 2014 Permalink |
“We didn’t have much in common”!! Day-amn, I woulda had a million questions for ol’ Nash!
I’m with Bonnie.. would love to hear the rest of that Richard Ramirez story. Man, just as it was getting interesting! 😉
A while back I read that James Franco optioned the rights to the biography “The Night Stalker” and was gonna play Ramirez in a film adaptation of the book. Wonder whatever happened with that?
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John 7:22 am on February 22, 2014 Permalink |
He just goes on to say how shocked he was at Ramirez’s crimes, “raping and killing little old ladies. He goes on to say “Ramirez used to come by my cell and shake my door really hard, and say “I’m coming to get you, Bridges!”. After getting the death penalty sentence/gas chamber, Bridges says that Ramirez came back to the cell block with a distraught look on his face. Bridges puffed out his cheeks and yelled “Hey Richard, get ready! How long can you hold your breath?!” “Fuck you Bridges”, said Ramirez.
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John 7:25 am on February 22, 2014 Permalink |
In the early 90s, there was a good docu-drama made about the Night Stalker. Look it up, but if not on DVD, it probably won’t be on TV ever again. The networks would rather just play Shawshank or Good Fellas for the 800th time, LOL.
Don’t forget… Bridges was also a basehead. So… take these stories with a grain of salt, however, I don’t doubt what he said about Nash. They were in jail at the same time in the late 80s.
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criticextraordinaire 10:08 am on February 23, 2014 Permalink
I can see Todd in the pokey with Eddie Nash and The Night Stalker. They hound him mercilessly… “Come on Todd, say it. We really want to hear you SAY IT”.
Todd finally succumbs to the taunting and exclaims “What ‘chu talkin’ about, Willis?” 😀
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John 7:35 am on February 22, 2014 Permalink |
Bridges also mentions the crap food in jail, just like Holmes stated they were still serving “Shit on a shingle” (gravy and meat poured over toast or bread). In the joint, they have to feed a lot of people, so they make up these large amounts of homogenous stuff like that or soup or crummy beef stew. It’s always cold by the time you get it. Bologna and fake cheese sandwiches. The “county cheese” that won’t melt, no matter what you do to it.
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Bonnie Brae 11:14 am on February 21, 2014 Permalink |
Walked people to their cars with what???? Baseball bats? Flashlights? I must know.
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John 11:33 am on February 21, 2014 Permalink |
Guns!!
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John 11:37 am on February 21, 2014 Permalink |
I think both Menendez boys are now married. When Scott Michaels wrote to them while they were awaiting trial, he asked how much an autograph would cost (he wanted to put it in his Dearly Departed Museum). They replied “The Menendez brothers are not for sale!”
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Bobby 5:38 am on February 22, 2014 Permalink
The Menendez brothers are the perfect definition of ‘Yuppie Scum’.
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