Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper's story is so bizarre. Since the age of 6, Alice Cooper dreamt of working the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland. Though he forged his age on the application he did end up fulfilling his dream of ride operator at Disney's Haunted Mansion ride in 1968. Cooper took the job seriously. So seriously in fact that they let him go after only a month on the job. Evidently, he was too involved with participating IN the attraction, dressing up, appearing from behind the dinner table, marching around with his little top hat and cane while and making ghoulish noises with his voice over the pa. So, Disney let him go. Depression set in, but after a month he reinvented himself as a musician and applied the silliness he learned at Haunted Mansion to his musical act. And it's obvious, you can still hear the schmaltzy Micky Mouse fluff of Disneyland in his voice and presentation. Fortunately, the supporting music here is decent enough to earn it two stars.

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