Did anyone catch the CNN "John Lennon" docu last night?

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 12/5/10 at 11:55am

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[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/5/10 at 12:29pm

I watched. As expected, it was so sad, and brought back a lot of memories of that night. I had never heard the story about that odd fan/friend, who evidently hung around the Dakota so much that she became friends with the family. Very strange. Also it was infuriating/sad to hear that Chapman had meet the nanny and Sean earlier that day, and had shaken hands with Sean and called him cute. That really made me sick.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 12/5/10 at 2:12pm

Yes, I totally agree - the woman who was interviewed creeped me out a bit. I wonder about her entire background and motivation to do this interview? At the time, I lived on CPW/89th St, and remember so vividly on that night, watching Kojak at 11pm, the "breaking report" coming on about 11-11:30, calling my best friend, waking him up.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/5/10 at 8:12pm

Wow, you weren't that far away. Did you go down there the next day, or for the gathering in the park?
I was in LA, and watching Monday Night Football (along with so many millions back then) when Howard Cosell broke the news. I remember thinking how odd it was that most of America heard the news from him, since he wasn't someone you associated with John or the Beatles or rock and roll, and it seemed somehow wrong that he was the one to make the announcement.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 12/5/10 at 8:53pm

No I did not go down there. I always hated crowds, and "vigils". Just not my thing./// However, John Lennon was never really bothered just walking around town, like most NY "famous" people.

Reminds me of the pre-internet NY.

This is before Gawker, social networks, cell phones, etc. People used to leave people alone. ha! Celebrity sightings were a normal part of everyday life - subway, restaurants, buses, walking, movies, etc. The term "stagedooring" wasn't even invented yet, I don't think...the only guys who stagedoored were strange, middle aged unkempt guys w/ dirty backpacks filled w/8 x 10 (ancient) glossies of every "famous" person one could ever run into...and would stand in the theater alleys for hours. They would enlessly ask anyone who walked past them: "Are you famous, are you famous?"

Oy!

[wexy]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 10:00am

I found out from Howard Cosell as well and my friend Howie who was the biggest Beatle fan I knew called me right away.
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[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:32pm

My mom found out while watching Monday Night Football with my dad in their home in Long Island. I wasn't around then but she told me how devastating it was.

I didn't watch the CNN documentary, but the one on BBC America called "Imagine". It made me tear up a bit.

Also it was infuriating/sad to hear that Chapman had meet the nanny and Sean earlier that day, and had shaken hands with Sean and called him cute. That really made me sick.

That is sick. People like Chapman make me angry. People who have the audacity to rip away someone when they were just starting to get everything back on track don't ever deserve to see the light of day, and I'm happy he's staying in jail. I'm happy he'll never get out. If I had it my way, I'd have him electrocuted or stuck with a needle but I know that the pain he would feel wouldn't even begin to scratch the surface of the pain felt by the millions of fans and by all those who knew John personally.