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You may not know the name (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rocket) Charles Rocket (https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/sgu4wf/charles_rocket_thoughts/), but you've probably seen him before in movies like Dumb and Dumber and Hocus Pocus. He was also once (https://uproxx.com/tv/worst-snl-seasons/) a cast member (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTOdR4i3vkE) of Saturday Night Live (https://www.hollywoodinsider.com/saturday-night-live-rise/) during the (https://www.onesnladay.com/reviews/season-6-1980-81/) disastrous (https://youtu.be/hmj1Q91tIUo) season (https://www.avclub.com/how-bad-can-it-be-case-file-23-saturday-night-live-s-1798233191) of 1980-81 (https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/saturday-night-live-1980-81-do-you-remember-it.347628/).

On October 7, 2005, Rocket was found dead (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/29489972-charles-rocket-why-do-you-think-the-snl-alum-killed-himself-in-2005-) with two self-inflicted stab wounds to the throat. What drove him (https://www.datalounge.com/thread/29489972-charles-rocket-why-do-you-think-the-snl-alum-killed-himself-in-2005-) 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 (https://bronwynjoan.com/blog/2011/08/02/snl-up-close-1980-81): The next Bill Murray/Chevy Chase?
51:41 SNL (https://snltranscripts.jt.org/80/1980.phtml) Downfall (https://bronwynjoan.com/blog/2012/08/10/final-thoughts-on-snl-season-6-1980-81): The F Bomb (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cyl1gTVw8Q) Controversy (https://ultimateclassicrock.com/charles-rocket-saturday-night-live/)
1:08:24 TV and Film Career: 80s and 90s
1:23:02 Later Career and Tragic Downward Spiral