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It's Pharaoh without makeup. But after mom cuts the hair, you wet it and set it. While it dries at shadow, liner, lashes, blusher, and lipstick. It's far as glamour center with styling it and 32-piece makeup kit. You can either make up on yourself or on it.

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I just took a shower with ferrofaucet.

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Shampoo Joe. He just took a shower with feral faucet shampoo. And his hair smells clean and fresh, and it has great body.

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Great body.

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And showering.

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And best of all, you can say you've showered with ferrofostic.

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I am here, as usual, with I am the co-host of Good Morning Charlie, a Chris Berryman. And this is a very special episode which reminds me of Blossom every single time. Because Blossom and all those sitcoms that have a very special episode. What are we doing today, Colby?

SPEAKER_00 2:24

I'm so glad you just said Blossom. So last night I watched the TV movie Death of the Cheerleader. And like the very first scene is the main character and her best friend. And her best friend has the like flipped up bucket hat with the flower on it. So she also just watched Blossom, was like, I want to look like that.

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I was worried you were going to tell me something had happened to Joey Lawrence, and I was not prepared for that information.

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We are here to do our deep dive of Fair Faucet, which we are calling the Townsend Agency's personnel file of Jill Monroe slash Fair Faucet.

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Jill, thanks for everything. You're an angel. Yeah, that's what they tell me.

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This is our first cast member breakdown. This is all because of our Patreon members who made this suggestion. You can look forward to other Towns and Agency personnel file episodes as we progress. Before we start, Colby, last week, I don't want to belabor this. I don't want to bore our listeners. Bless their hearts. But your pumpkins had taken a turn. Mr. Penbroke has unfortunately taken a turn for the worse. Will you give us an update while I just have a little sippy of this wine I just got?

SPEAKER_00 3:50

There is no update on the larger pumpkins. My miniature pumpkin that I just pollinated did not make it.

SPEAKER_01 4:03

That sounds filthy. What do you mean you just pollinated your mini pumpkin? Is that a euphemism? This is a family show. I'm not gonna hit that checkbox for explicit.

SPEAKER_00 4:14

I so of course there's a female bud and there is a male bud. Or flower, rather. Uh so for the large pumpkins, I do think that some of them were pollinated by bees. Uh, but for this miniature pumpkin, I plucked the male flower and um pollinated the um what is it? Is it the stamen uh of the uh female flower?

SPEAKER_01 4:41

A I'm going to pass right out. B, it's either the pistol or the stamen. I remember. It might be the pistol.

SPEAKER_00 4:48

I think you're right. And the male is the stamen.

SPEAKER_01 4:52

I'm I'm getting nauseous. I'm getting completely nauseous. Oh god. Oh, and a rare instance of editing something funny into the podcast, Colby did reproduction, re-reproduction.

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Reproduction!

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I had to look it up. I didn't know what that was.

SPEAKER_00 5:10

You didn't?

SPEAKER_01 5:10

Oh, I love I have seen Grease to exactly 1.0 times in the theater when it came out because I was a grown-ass adult.

SPEAKER_00 5:21

He's so old. I will watch anything with Michelle Pfeiffer in it. Just she's all I need.

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Did you ever post the pictures of your big pumpkins all swaddled like the baby Jesus, like I've asked you to do? One with a picture of the autobiography of Theodore Bakel.

SPEAKER_00 5:38

That has not happened yet.

SPEAKER_01 5:40

You've been busy, you've been out of town. I would like to make a request. Will you do a swaddle the one you put on your Instagram and maybe a picture of the whole plant? And then if you could throw up a diagram from biology about stamens and pistols.

SPEAKER_00 5:58

And how pumpkins pump.

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Uh, stop. Oh god. Oh god, I'm nauseous. Well, thank you for asking how I am. Everyone, here's an update. We're now on the second plague. I had little teen pigs. The rabbits are everywhere. Everywhere. I open my door, I open the garage door. It's the Broadway cast of Watership Down. Bunnies everywhere. They are up in plants. They don't. I know we've talked about it, but I have to mention it again. I'm so frustrated. I'm not rich, first of all. And so when I buy an outdoor plant, it's an investment. I'm going to try to winter it because I'm a poor. And they have been all up in my braided hibiscus. I saved last year. They're just breaking off branches. They are getting in the pots I have on the ground that you would think they wouldn't be inclined to jump up in and just kicking dirt out. Bunnies running loose, out of control. Oh, oh, oh, the third plague is here. A raccoon broke into my, you know, when you when you live in the city, you have those big trash bins with the flippity flop lid. Raccoons.

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Lames.

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Raccoons have broken into this thick plastic garbage can. Little teen pigs, bunnies, watership down, raccoons. And it's hot. So let's just do this, Colby, shall we?

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Yes, let's get into our personnel file.

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She was the pinup girl whose poster once graced so many teenagers' walls. She was one of Charlie's angels, with the cascading hair and that dazzling smile. And in recent years, Farah Fawcett also became a symbol of the will to survive.

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Well, I'm not trying to kiss and tell, but I've been seen with Farah.

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I just took a shower with Farah Faucett. The People's Choice Awards congratulates Farah Faucet major.

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You're a hit, aren't you, Pharaoh?

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Yeah, I think so.

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Aren't you excited? That show is a smash.

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Magical. She had stardust on her. An original. No one looks like her, sounds like her.

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Thanks for everything. You're an angel. Yeah, that's what they tell me.

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I'm excited to talk about Mary Farah Lenny Fawcett. A lot of this hit home with me. The parts we're gonna do later in the episode because I remember it all. What I don't remember is 1947, because in spite of what Colby says, I wasn't born then. But Farah was. February 2nd in Corpus Christi, Texas. She had an older sister. There were just the two of them, a stay-at-home mother, and her father. There we go. And her father was an oil field contractor. What does an oil field contractor do? I don't know. I'm not a sorcerer. Her early education was in Catholic school, which made me think of that episode with Hans when he had the Catholic medallion and he went across the street to mass and she found him dead in the confession booth, surrounded by clown dolls. I mean, if I had a nickel. She was voted most beautiful, as was I, in all four years of high school. She attended the University of Texas. She was gonna major in microbiology and then switched her major to art. We're gonna come back to this again and again. She never graduated because she was eventually convinced to move to LA, but she maintained a lifelong connection with the University of Texas. When she passed, she left more than 100 pieces of her own art, as well as the vast majority of her personal art collection to them, to the university's museum. But more on that at the end of the pod. Now her name, Mary Farah Lenny Fawcett. Farah was spelled F-E-R-R-A-H. When she moved to LA, she changed the spelling slightly different. She arrived there at age 21 in 1968. My birthing year. Can we give it up for my birthing year?

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Happy birthday to you.

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Congrats.

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That just happens to coincide with when Farah hit LA and the world changed forever. Is it a coincidence? Is it a coincidence? Yet another way, Farah and I, where does she end and I begin? She signed on quickly with Screen Gems, if you remember that production company. She was in a lot of commercials, and we've played a couple of them already. There are some we we haven't played. One of her early commercials was for Ultra Bright. It gets your teeth their whitest. Do you remember that slogan? No, because you're 12.

SPEAKER_00 11:29

Correct.

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He looked at me like I had the head of a pumpkin baby yet again. She had guest spots on things we've mentioned quite a bit. The Flying Nun, I Dream of Genie, The Partridge Family, Marcus Wellby MD, which I I look at the reruns of and get all my medical advice from that. And Harry O. She had a recurring role on Harry O. And we referenced this, I believe, in our first podcast as the reason ABC wanted to steer the name away from Harry's Angels to Charlie's Angels.

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Correct.

SPEAKER_01 12:03

Wasn't that our very first podcast?

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I believe that it was.

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And we were talking about Kate Jackson and how she was one of the driving forces.

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And damn if she wants to say that I dream of Jeannie might have been her first TV appearance ever.

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She met Lee Majors shortly after her move to LA. They married at the Hotel Bel Air in July 1973. I was born in July. Yet again.

SPEAKER_00 12:32

I cannot believe there's a July and another year. Just mysteries upon mysteries.

SPEAKER_01 12:39

How dare you speak to me that way? She was 26 years old. The $6 million man premiered later that year and it catapulted Lee Majors to superstardom. Although, if you're an old like me, you saw reruns and syndication of Big Valley. And he was in that looking fine. She had four guest spots in episodes of the $6 million man playing three different characters. Her final guest appearance aired on September 26th, 1976. One week after the official premiere of Charlie's Angels.

SPEAKER_00 13:21

She's all over that TV.

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Oh, it only it 1976 is not only our nation's bicentennial, it was also the year she just blew up everywhere. She had a supporting role in Logan's Run, which is where I remember first seeing her. Why did someone take me to Logan's Run when I was seven years old? Because it was the 70s, asbestos and hairdryers.

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Because they wanted to teach you what will happen eventually with capitalism.

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Then with a long sigh, she's back.

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All I know is I turned 30 and I did not levitate towards some sort of giant ceiling fan in an abandoned mall. I felt very thankful. I hope everyone right now is picturing that scene in their head. Alright, before we take a break and turn it over to Colby, uh this, this, Colby, I learned so much. We're gonna talk about the poster. What poster? The poster. It still has the status of the best selling poster in history.

SPEAKER_02 14:30

You know the one.

SPEAKER_01 14:31

Red bic red bathing suit. Colby, this is a serious question. Also, I've talked a lot and my mouth is dry, and I need wine, and as I'm established, it's a hot, hot heat. And for all I know, the rabbits are right behind me. I grew up in an era of you got posters of celebrities and you plastered your wall. Did you have that growing up when you were a Ouija in your gayly?

SPEAKER_00 14:59

As a matter of fact, uh, so they weren't for me, they weren't specific to celebrities. For you. I could have, I suppose, I did have a poster of the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Uh, but most of my posters I got from uh video rental stores, uh like video warehouse, uh, and they were of movies. I remember very specifically having Cruel Intentions, Urban Legend, I wanna say, I know what you did last summer. Um, so yes, I I had posters on my wall.

SPEAKER_01 15:42

Are are you gonna tell us what some of them were? Did you have any single-person celebrity posters?

SPEAKER_00 15:48

No, I did not have any single-person celebrity posters. Well, I did.

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I had, oh, I can't believe I'm telling everyone this. I had a bunch of Garfield posters, some Peanuts posters, Whitney Houston, Madonna. It was her true blue album cover, the Pointer Sisters, Tina Turner. I'm thinking, why are you wheezing with laughter?

SPEAKER_00 16:12

Why are you wheezing with the rainbow exploded all over this room?

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The signs were all there. Let's talk about that poster, shall we, as Colby and I finish going down the mid lane. That famous poster actually preceded her mega fame on the show. Picture it. America. March 1976, our nation's bicentennial, the Charlie's Angels pilot movie airs. That spring, she's approached about doing a poster because dudes were already clipping out her picks from magazines and ads and things. A company approached her. She wanted to pick her own photographer. She really had a lot of leverage that early on. I don't know how, but she picked the photographer Bruce McBroom. That spring she posed for those poster photos. She did all her own hair and makeup. She put some lemon juice in her hair leading up to the chute to give herself highlights. I used to do that as well when I was little, and now I pay a lot, a lot, a lot of money to get them put in.

SPEAKER_00 17:19

To get son in.

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Wait, this is all natural. It was her own swimsuit, and the serape was from the photographer's car. She selected, I think, six, but I could be wrong, of her favorites from about 40 roles of film. That summer, she achieved that status of the best-selling poster in history. Then in September 1976, we had the official Charlie's Angels premiere. Kate Jackson once said, and I'm paraphrasing when addressing the poster, that it was perfect timing for that to explode between the Made for TV movie/slash pilot and the premiere. Just set them up to have the instant success they did.

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Now, I just watched the biography of Fara Fawcett. I'm sorry, the documentary of Farah Fawcett done by Biography. Uh they talk a little bit about, of course, the poster image, uh, how popular it was, but the day of supposedly she had just finished a um tennis practice. The photographer showed up, uh, gave her a lot of uh instructions that she says, um I didn't know how to do any of that, so I just knew what I could do, and they liked it or they didn't. We know how that turned out. Um she and you're right, she did her own hair makeup. She checked herself in the the glass of the sliding door that led out to the tennis court, uh, and they threw this um together, and you know, history was made. This is a Barbie doll. This is a Funko pop. There I remember very clearly there is a that 70s show episode um featuring this poster. Uh so of course that 70s show does a lot of highlights of the cultural impacts from the 70s, and this uh was absolutely one of them.

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We're gonna reference that poster later on in the episode. But let's before we give it to Colby to take the reins of Charlie's Angels and then what she did post-Charlie's Angels, let's take a quick break. And you know what? I suspect we'll probably hear a Ferra Fawcett commercial.

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I met him at a party. I was having Du Bonnet on the rocks, and he called me a little old lady.

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Little old lady passing by. Dubenay with soda and a twist. Some guys still think it's a drink for little old ladies.

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What he used to know about women. You get stuff in your hat.

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Dubonet. Cocktail time or any time you and your little old lady get together.

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Mother always told me, sit up straight, eat all your vegetables, and stay out of small foreign cars. But Joey, mother never told me about ultra bright.

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We'll tell you, ultra bright has more whitener than any leading toothpaste. Yet it's as safely gentle for teeth as the leading children's fluoride.

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Mother had a feeling I might give you a feeling. So Mother never told me about ultra bright.

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Another thing I will say about this documentary done by Biography, you can actually go watch it on YouTube if you would like to. Uh, Jacqueline Smith is interviewed. Um, she, of course, has a lot of really lovely things to say about Farah and about their friendship. And uh Jacqueline actually recounts having met Farah for the first time, and it is during a Max Factor commercial uh that involves whomever the ladies in the commercial are uh being in a pool. And apparently this was not done in summer. Uh, so they both have to, of course, get in the water, and then the moment they get out of the water, throw like blankets and towels around them and go sit in a little tent so that they can get warm. Uh, but she talks about just how kind Farah was, how Farah was interested in what Jacqueline had to say and was a good communicator. Uh, and this was actually a couple Years before uh Charlie's Angels would actually debut. So it's nice that there is a little moment that has nothing to do with the show, uh, where we're given like a little bit of insight to uh Farah and who she is as a person and how that uh really played into how it is that she became such a star. Charlie's Angels, as we know, becomes the number one hit TV show uh for a time, and the Farah Craze begins. Uh, shout out to Alan Edwards, who styled this haircut on Farah, that of course is now synonymous with the Farah name, uh, that every young woman asked for in the 70s. So much so that there were Farah look-alike contests uh and girls lined up with newly dyed hair that had just been blown out. In 1977, she won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Performer in a new TV program. Farah is also nominated for Best Actress in a TV series for Charlie's Angels. We know, unfortunately, that's uh Farah leaves after season one. Spelling Goldberg files a lawsuit, uh, essentially due to Farah uh being under contract and trying to break that. Uh, the result of the settlement, as it were, uh are the guest appearances that we get in seasons three and four. I really think that in both of those seasons, Farah's guests appearance are some of the best episodes in those seasons. The Mother Angel, maybe not so much. It is an enjoyable episode, uh, but the episode with her fiance is a really great episode. And then the episode where she is abducted uh and the angels go try to find her, I think is a really wonderful episode. I'm really glad that what we do get is really well done. And of course, um, Cheryl said that even though she took her place when they met each other and had to work together, that Farah was extremely professional. There was never any awkwardness. Uh, it's really lovely to keep hearing um that Farah is just a nice person to be around. During this time, Farah has somewhat of a rocky career. She does not do a whole lot, she does a few movies. Um, Somebody Killed Her Husband, a movie named Sunburn, and Saturn III, which, if you'll remind me, is with Kirk Douglas.

SPEAKER_01 25:14

What was it again?

SPEAKER_00 25:16

Saturn III. Maybe movie. Yeah. Um, Sunburn and Saturn III are both flops, unfortunately. But it does not stay this way for Farah. Uh, as well as having a difficult home life during this time, she and Lee Majors divorce, uh, and she very quickly meets Ryan O'Neill. Farah goes on to perform in the stage play extremities. Uh, critics really raved uh for this play and her performance in it. Uh, because of the popularity of it, they would go on to do a TV movie in 1986 of this play, uh, of which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Now, I just watched Extremities, and while I was watching it, there is a clip in the film. Uh, in her bedroom, you see some of Farah Fawcett's actual sculpture work. Really? Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_01 26:23

Wow. I did find out just now. Saturn III is available to watch as of the recording of this podcast on the Roku channel, Tubi, and Amazon Prime, if anyone wants to go check that out. And it is with Kirk Douglas.

SPEAKER_00 26:42

The Roku channel is free.

SPEAKER_01 26:44

Well, I don't have a Roku. I don't know how a Roku does.

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Look it up. Maybe it's on YouTube. Now, two years before Extremities in 1984, she is in a film called The Burning Bed, which is based on the life of Francine Hughes. This movie is about Francine under duress choosing to kill her abusive husband. Now, the reason that I'm mentioning that, The Burning Bed is one of, at the time, it is the highest-rated TV movie for NBC. This is a rewarding moment for Farrah Fawcett critically, uh, as well as for the movie socially. But now the movie The Burning Bed aired October 8th, uh, like I said, 1984, during the National Domestic Violence Awareness Week. This week would become the month of awareness in 1987. But officially, Congress in 1987 would declare October National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Uh, the Burning Bed helped to create a lot more discussion around domestic violence. It was influential in helping to pass laws related to domestic violence, uh, assisted by Farah Fawcett herself meeting with elected officials and representatives to talk about this topic, uh, which ultimately, thankfully, led to the passing of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994. Farah, unfortunately, uh would also become a victim of domestic violence. Uh, she would have tumultuous relationships uh with Ryan O'Neill. They were together for 15 years. Uh, the two chose to separate in the late 90s. Um, there are many interviews with both she and Ryan O'Neill, uh, where there are very pointed questions that are asked uh in regards to their relationship being of a violent nature. Uh maybe because of this, maybe not, but her career seemed to parallel her life and that Farah would choose roles that had characters going through uh extreme events uh or were highly emotional characters. Something that I was extremely interested to learn about Farah. Uh, after two years of work and collaboration in November of 2002 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Farah and artist Keith Edward debuted an exhibit of sculpture, uh, which would later become a show at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh in 2003.

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While her career was up and down related to her movies, roles she took, there were also several plays in which she starred. She's known for her battle with cancer, a battle she lost. On September 22nd, 2006, exactly 30 years to the day after Charlie's Angels had its premiere as a weekly series, it was diagnosed with anal cancer. It's very rare, and it wasn't talked about. It was very taboo, and that is so ridiculous. And yet that's how it was, and she decided to go public to combat the stigma. She had aggressive chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and it was announced in February 2007. On her 60th birthday, she was cancer free. I very much remember that. Months later, though, her cancer returned. It had spread to her liver. She had a stage four diagnosis. She decided to undergo traditional and experimental treatments in Germany. And in 2009, years of struggling and fighting, it seemed like there was no way to deny this was terminal. Vera's story was a production documenting this health journey. It began in 2006 with her diagnosis and went all the way through until shortly before her death. She co-produced it with her friend Alanna Stewart. The name Alana Stewart may sound familiar to listeners because she herself was an actress and model. She had guest appearances on the Pod Faves we mentioned. She was married to George Hamilton for three years, then married to Rod Stewart, which I remember. She even reunited with her ex-husband George Hamilton for a short-lived syndicated talk show. And we're going to circle around to the foundation Farah started. Alana is the president and CEO. But back to the documentary Farrah story. The documentary aired just a few weeks before her death. I watched it. It was a do not miss event on NBC. It was awful to watch. Her roller coaster of emotions. Her being so positive about what was going to happen with some of her experimental treatments. Her taking to the bed in the home she shared with Ryan at the time. She had a son with Ryan O'Neal named Redmond. And Redmond had been confined to a psychiatric hospital since being deemed unfit to be tried for attempted murder and a lot of other charges. We won't get into all of that. Ryan trying to talk to the authorities and pull in every favor they possibly could so Redmond could come and sit by her. And it was finally allowed. He was supervised during this visit. He was in handcuffs and shackles. It aired on NBC, and NBC later put it on their cable stations, MSNBC Bravo, and Oxygen, and she was posthumously honored with her fourth Emmy nomination as the producer. She died the morning of June 25th, 2009, at age 62, just two years after she'd been declared cancer free. She was buried at the Westwood Village Memorial Park in LA next to Rodney Dangerfield. It was quickly overshadowed by the death of Michael Jackson. Hours later, there was lots of information out there, everyone, about how all of these specials had been planned. I remember ones with Barbara Walters, another one with Larry King. They had planned immediate tributes to Farah. And then as soon as Michael Jackson passed, everything that Networks had planned sort of got divided in half, half Farah and then half late breaking updates, because the death of Michael Jackson was a huge surprise. She did not leave anything in her estate to Ryan O'Neill because most of her money was left in a trust for their son. She wanted to ensure he had access to quality health care and treatment for the rest of his life. Redmond has many diagnoses. And as mentioned earlier, I mentioned it, Colby mentioned it. She had a lot of artwork, art she'd produced, as well as a huge art collection. And she left the vast majority to the University of Texas. But missing on her list was an Andy Warhol piece he did of her. I'm going to talk about that here in a little bit. Ryan O'Neill had kept it, claiming it was a gift. And the University of Texas said, oh no, she better don't. And this led to a lawsuit, and an LA court eventually ruled this Warhol, and there were two of them. The University of Texas has one, but she had in the paperwork bequeathed both of them to the university. But an LA court eventually ruled the war hall belonged to Ryan. At the time of the court case, the piece was valued at around $12 million. Colby, guess what Ryan O'Neal turned around and did.

SPEAKER_00 35:26

I'm going to assume he donated it so that everyone could enjoy it.

SPEAKER_01 35:34

You know, that would be wonderful. Or maybe, or maybe used it as a fundraiser for the foundation she'd already set up, which I'll call it.

SPEAKER_00 35:43

That would be an even lovelier thought.

SPEAKER_01 35:46

Yep. No, he turned around a while later and tried to sell it for $18 million.

SPEAKER_00 35:52

Did he sell it?

SPEAKER_01 35:54

I do not know the answer to that because I was so enraged by that point. I had to stop.

SPEAKER_00 36:01

Well, you know, he he died in 2023. Uh he is buried next to her. And um a lot of people are under the impression that he should not have been because she.

SPEAKER_01 37:13

Some say because that was his nature, others say it was because of the short-lived reality series they had, which I learned all about doing research for this as well because I didn't have cable for a long time.

SPEAKER_00 37:31

Uh, when he was diagnosed with leukemia, they, you know, rekindled their relationship. Uh, and that plus her sister's death in 2001, her mother's death in 2005, her diagnosis. I mean, it's a really short time span with a lot of um, you know, a lot of huge life occurrences happening. Um, so it's really hard to um sort of speculate on what their relationship may or may not have been.

SPEAKER_01 38:06

You mentioned her sister past. Um Farah's documentary was dedicated to her sister, Diane. And her sister passed away in Houston, Texas at the age of 62. And she died of lung cancer. We've talked about the Farah Fawcett Foundation earlier in the pod. It was started by Farah herself in 2007 before her death in 2009. And the foundation focuses both then and now on three very broad areas. Number one, funding cutting-edge research, especially for HPV-related cancers. Two, helping patients financially while they undergo treatment, and three, education and prevention with an emphasis on HPV awareness and cancer screening. Now, why HPV, you may be wondering. Well, remember, Ferrah died from an initial diagnosis of anal cancer that then spread, and the vast majority of anal cancers are caused by persistent infection with HPV. Because HPV is also linked to many cancers of the cervix, throat, vulva, vagina, penis, and even head and neck cancers, which I did not know. The foundation broadened its mission beyond anal cancer to support research, and that they do. We all know 2026 this year is the 50th anniversary of Charlie's Angels. As we've discovered in this breakdown, it's also the 50th anniversary of her famous poster. Her foundation tied together these two momentous events. A big fundraiser was held in Palm Beach. The actual red swimsuit was on display. We're going to talk about where it was in just a minute, but it was on loan. And Jacqueline Smith was in attendance.

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Now, the vaccine for HPV came out in 2006. Uh, originally uh for girls age 9 to 26, uh, just a few years later in 2009, uh, it would be approved for boys age 9 to 26. The CDC actually estimates that more than 80% of people have a form of HPV. Seeing that it is um so highly linked to cancer, it is wonderful that now that there is a vaccine for HPV. And while we're talking about cancer, unfortunately, uh there are several angels that have battled cancer. Uh, Kate Jackson would battle breast cancer in 1987 while filming Scarecrow and Mrs. King. Jacqueline Smith also battled breast cancer in 2002, as did Cheryl Ladd in 2023.

SPEAKER_01 40:55

I have a couple of things to say about taking care of yourself before we wrap up. The CDC recently expanded the age, I think it was 2018, for the HPV vaccine up to age 45. I phrased that poorly, but I think everyone got the gist of what I was saying. When Kate, Jaclyn, and Cheryl, I remember when Kate Jackson, well, I'm getting ahead of myself. They all attribute their success to prevention, to knowing your body, to listening to your body, and talking with your healthcare professional, and particularly women, historically speaking, are nervous about speaking up and taking a stand when it comes to their own bodies.

SPEAKER_00 41:43

Well, we also got to get healthcare providers to listen to them when they say, hey, I don't feel right.

SPEAKER_01 41:50

Exactly. And most of the healthcare providers, I'm so glad what I'm about to say is changing, were male. They don't know. And it's it's so often attributed to other things. I want everyone listening to this to pay attention to your body. You know your body better than anyone else. Draw a line in that sand and stand up for yourself when it comes to how you're feeling and your health care provider. Speaking of women not being listened to, I remember when Kate got her first diagnosis of breast cancer in 1987. She did again in 1989, and they had to pause filming on Scarecrow and Mrs. King. And it almost cost the her the whole series.

SPEAKER_00 42:39

Also, yeah, about for that.

SPEAKER_01 42:42

It's it's insane. What women in television and film had to go through. I I recall stories about Shelly Long on Cheers just wanting to breastfeed or have a place to do that. I was thinking about that and countless examples of where women tried to stand up for themselves on the set of a film or the set of a television series or in a play, and they were ignored and they were denied. I hope it's getting better. Vera made a difference by being vocal because of her celebrity. Kate, Jacqueline, and most recently Cheryl, who just revealed that during the Paley Fest event, they're making a difference, and I hope everyone will look for ways they can make a difference. As we conclude this week's episode and deep dive into the towns and agency personnel files, here's some great things about Farah Fawcett beyond the incredible work she's done through the foundation. We alluded to this earlier during the foundation's fundraiser. That red swimsuit was in the Smithsonian. It's back there now. She had a 2011 limited edition Barbie. She had a Funko Pop. Andy Warhol. Painted her twice. We've discussed that. She and Lee Majors, everyone get ready. Everyone sit down. Everyone, if you're driving your car, pull over. She and Lee Majors, when they were together, inspired the songwriter Jim Weatherly to write Midnight Train to Georgia. Can you believe that?

SPEAKER_00 44:20

Where was she going? Like Kentucky?

SPEAKER_01 44:23

Here's what had happened. What had happened was Jim was really better friends with Lee. He called Lee up. Farah answered the phone. Lee wasn't available or wasn't there. They started talking about her plans and what she had going on, and she was gonna go travel to visit someone. And Jim switched the sexes and wrote Midnight Train to Georgia. I know we mentioned a few pods back, Tom Selleck played himself in an episode of I'm not gonna sing Muppet Babies. Well, she was she was a voice on Johnny Bravo. She sure was. Mm-hmm. She also appeared in, and I'm just gonna rattle off these three shows, and then Colby's gonna take us out. She appeared on the Captain and Teneal show tw- No, she appeared once in 1976. Colby, what was 1976?

SPEAKER_00 45:20

It was the year that Charlie's Angels debuted.

SPEAKER_01 45:23

The soundbite I just played says otherwise.

SPEAKER_09 45:25

Do you ever get serious when I'm being shot at? Never.

SPEAKER_01 45:30

She and Lee Majors were on that horrible Brady Bunch variety hour in 1977. And she appeared on the Sonny and Cher show, say that 10 times fast, twice. Both in 1977.

SPEAKER_00 46:01

Clothing, clothing accessories, luggage, jewelry, and watches.

SPEAKER_08 46:07

I guess I just got no hand for business.

SPEAKER_01 46:10

May I interrupt for just a moment? Colby's gonna put up a lot of great pics, everybody, and one of them is gonna be my Farah collection. And I have, first of all, you pronounced it incorrectly, Colby. It's beauty tools.

SPEAKER_08 46:22

That's funny. I've never heard of a George Glass at R Skew.

SPEAKER_01 46:26

I have a beauty tool of Farah's. It is an intact asbestos riddled hair dryer and styling tool set. So look for that. Um if I'm wearing a mask in the photo, you'll know why. Back to you, Colby.

SPEAKER_00 46:42

Era was nominated for three primetime Emmys as well as Golden Globes for Charlie's Angels, The Burning Bed, Small Sacrifices, The Guardian, Poor Little Rich Girl, The Barbara Hutton Story, Extremities, and Nazi Hunter, the Beat Clarksfield Story. She was also awarded a star on the Walk of Fame in 1995. Jacqueline Smith was rewarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1989.

SPEAKER_01 47:16

Was she rewarded that?

SPEAKER_00 47:19

I think you're rewarded. Oh, I think you're awarded. Let me redo that.

SPEAKER_01 47:23

No, you're just it's Bobtail World all over again.

SPEAKER_00 47:27

I'm also gonna post some pictures of some of her art, art of her, uh, and of course, products related to uh to Farah. Uh, and that brings us to the end of our deep dive and our personnel file of Farah Fawcett. Thank you everyone for joining us.

SPEAKER_01 47:45

And we have some behind-the-scenes looks at non-angels, but employees of the Townsend agencies such as David Doyle, John Forsyth. We're gonna do a little bit of talking about Aaron Spelling and Nolan Miller, who did the costumes. Please know this is not meant to be all-inclusive. Early on in the pod, we talked about Farah and her experiences with the Playboy. This is just scratching the surface. As Colby said, thank you for joining us for this very special episode of Good Morning, Charlie. Be sure to follow us on our socials as well as Patreon. It's free to join. And Colby's going to be working overtime to get a lot of fun picks, including pics of our personal collection, on Patreon. If you happen to have a really fun, unique Farah collectible, shoot us a picture of that. DM us. We'd love to see it. You can slide into our DMs.

SPEAKER_00 48:46

Please send us uh your Farah products uh or any trivia that you have on Farah that you think is fun to know. We would definitely appreciate it.

SPEAKER_08 48:56

Oh no, it was an allergy. I'm allergic to working in potato feel.

SPEAKER_01 49:01

Post your favorite Farah memory on our socials, and we may read a few on future pods. On behalf of Colby Smith and me, Chris Berryman. Thank you for joining us for Good Morning, Charlie. And we will be here next week, and we hope you will too. Bye, Angels.

SPEAKER_10 49:20

Bye, Angels.

SPEAKER_00 49:28

That successfully wraps up another mission. Good morning, Charlie is produced by Chris Berryman and me, Colby Smith. Editing provided by George Clatt. Be sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts, and click subscribe so you never miss a call from Charlie. Drop a review while you're there, because we love hearing from our angels in the field. Want more undercover fun? Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for extras, and see even more top secret content on our Patreon. A special thank you to Laurel and Kevin, our Charlie's Inner Circle subscribers. Don't hang up that phone, Angels, because we will be back.

SPEAKER_08 50:09

This is feral faucet shampoo without the label. Because what's in the bottle is more important to you than what's on it. Faberger created the shampoo and put in things that I believe in, like vitamins, minerals, protein, and herbs. It's an extra rich shampoo and it really does leave your hair clean, fresh smelling, lots of body and shine. I hope you try it. What's in the bottle?

SPEAKER_03 50:34

Ferro Fawcett Shampoo and Cream Rinse Conditioner by Faberge.

SPEAKER_08 50:39

What do you get when you press on a can of Noxema?

SPEAKER_06 50:43

Break, Balsa, Comfort. You get. You get.

SPEAKER_08 50:56

The closer you shave, the more you need the comfort of Noxema. Wow, mine, medicated menthol, and regular.

SPEAKER_06 51:04

Great, bulsa, comfort, it's not Xima.