Jimmie Walker says Freddie Prinze once tried to kill John Travolta - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

opus · 10-16-2020, 01:18 AM

A new documentary reveals a bizarre anecdote in which actor Freddie Prinze allegedly tried to kill John Travolta with a crossbow.

https://pagesix.com/2020/09/17/jimmi...john-travolta/

opus · 10-16-2020, 01:21 AM

The story involves 3 sitcoms, I guess (Good Times, Welcome Back Kotter, Chico and the Man) so instead of 3 separate posts I just put it here.

By the way, I’m watching the documentary Jimmy tells the story in, about The Comedy Store club in California. Pretty good.

Bonniegirl · 10-16-2020, 02:00 AM

OMG !!!

80sTrivia · 10-16-2020, 05:06 AM

Unusual story!!!

king of comedy · 10-16-2020, 07:30 AM

Wow! This is new to me. Shocking!

JustaViewer · 10-16-2020, 03:54 PM

Very hard to believe.
I have little respect for Walker.

IllinoisTVFan · 10-16-2020, 05:14 PM

Jimmie Walker is losing it, maybe he has dementia. Prinze is dead and Travolta still has a career so not sure what his deal is. A few months ago before Covid Walker was playing at a small comedy club not far from me, that's how hard he fell.

king of comedy · 10-16-2020, 05:26 PM

I saw Walker in New Jersey at Chiller Fest and he looked awful. Sad.

opus · 10-17-2020, 12:23 AM

Here’s a look at the police report filed about the incident

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JustaViewer · 10-18-2020, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by opus

Here’s a look at the police report filed about the incident

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And Freddie Prinze's name is where...?

Torgo · 10-18-2020, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by JustaViewer

And Freddie Prinze's name is where...?

Travolta didn't know who did it, it's in the article the OP posted.

“I’m sure to this day John Travolta was thinking, I wonder what happened in L.A. with those shots fired through my door. What was that about?” Walker added.

DJM77 · 10-18-2020, 12:12 PM

If Jimmie Walker was so against this then why would he go with Freddie to John Travolta's apartment?

Given the many stories of Freddie Prinze's serious drug problem and crazy behavior that I've heard and read, I'm inclined to believe that Jimmie's story is probably true.

dee2364 · 10-18-2020, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DJM77

If Jimmie Walker was so against this then why would he go with Freddie to John Travolta's apartment

To intervene in case he really tried to go through with it. I haven't seen the doc but from the article I'm getting the sense that this was a very spur of the moment thing, where one moment he might've rambled about killing Travolta and the next hopping into a car to go to his house.

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Originally Posted by DJM77

Given the many stories of Freddie Prinze's serious drug problem and crazy behavior that I've heard and read, I'm inclined to believe that Jimmie's story is probably true.

Yes. I remembered reading somewhere that he was unstable and would fool around with guns in the weeks before he killed himself. According to FindaDeath.com, his wife had successfully filed a restraining order filed against him.

And why would anyone need to bring up Freddie Prinze Sr.'s name to create a story? We all know and love him but he's also become a bit obscure these days. Why not Robin Williams, if he wanted to make something up?

dee2364 · 10-18-2020, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JustaViewer

And Freddie Prinze's name is where...?

I don't understand the skepticism. JJ Walker came out of the blue claiming that Freddie Prinze tried to kill Travolta with a crossbow. No one until Walker's revelation this year ever referred to an incident with Travolta involving arrows. Not even Travolta has ever mentioned it. What that means is that this entire event was never, ever made public at the time and was only known to the LAPD, Travolta himself and the culprit who did it.

If JJ Walker is lying, how is there a police report about the incident filed from October 1976 that only came to light this year and just happens to match his story? It's not like Walker heard of this incident through the rumor mill and saw the police report years ago and then made everything up afterward. It was clearly tracked by investigators after he talked about it.

BTW, I'm assuming that it was stuff like this that set Prinze off:

opus · 10-18-2020, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dee2364

I haven't seen the doc

Just so I don’t mislead anyone, the documentary is a 5 hour history of The Comedy Store. The story here takes up 2 or 3 minutes airtime at most.

10-16-2020, 01:18 AM	#1
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10-16-2020, 01:21 AM	#2
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,282	The story involves 3 sitcoms, I guess (Good Times, Welcome Back Kotter, Chico and the Man) so instead of 3 separate posts I just put it here. By the way, I’m watching the documentary Jimmy tells the story in, about The Comedy Store club in California. Pretty good.

10-16-2020, 02:00 AM	#3
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,602	OMG !!!

10-16-2020, 07:30 AM	#5
king of comedy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 31, 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,140	Wow! This is new to me. Shocking!

10-16-2020, 03:54 PM	#6
JustaViewer Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 14, 2015 Posts: 64	Very hard to believe. I have little respect for Walker.

10-16-2020, 05:14 PM	#7
IllinoisTVFan Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 22, 2011 Location: South of Chicago Posts: 4,072	Jimmie Walker is losing it, maybe he has dementia. Prinze is dead and Travolta still has a career so not sure what his deal is. A few months ago before Covid Walker was playing at a small comedy club not far from me, that's how hard he fell.

10-16-2020, 05:26 PM	#8
king of comedy Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 31, 2012 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,140	I saw Walker in New Jersey at Chiller Fest and he looked awful. Sad.

10-17-2020, 12:23 AM	#9
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,282	Here’s a look at the police report filed about the incident