vivian stanshall

listening again to the bonzo dog band's recordings, i'm reminded of how much my humor (including stupid things i say all the time to this very day) was influenced by them back when i was 13-14 (around the same time i discovered the stooges). just found this documentary on their resident genius-lunatic vivian stanshall, which the bbc broadcast on the occasion of his death in a fire in 1995. like lots of creative 'n' funny people, viv was a deeply troubled and unhappy man, with lotsa unresolved issues with his father. fascinating.