Big Bopper's casket a macabre marketable on e-bay [J.P.Richardson]

Beaumont Enterprise ^ | 12-27-08 | RON FRANSCELL

[freekitty]

Paging Wacko Jacko(Michael Jackson)....

[RightOnline]

How low can one go...............

[bannie]

What a sad commentary about the son.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Aw, baby, that's a what I don't like !

[LibFreeOrDie]

The Big Bopper “Chantilly Lace:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TcC_ni0ojo

[lowbridge]

Even though it was Dad's resting place for 48 years, it's also a unique opportunity to learn more about the early years of rock 'n' roll."

How can one learn about the early days of rock n roll from a used, but empty coffin?

[mplsconservative]

In a word, creepy.

[AZLiberty]

There must be a “specialty hotel” somewhere that could made some use of this.

[Pravious]

“Richardson, who also wrote the George Jones hit, “White Lightning,” was toying with an idea he had for a new kind of jukebox that would play short films of musicians playing their hits. He called them “music videos.””

Not exactly new, since such a thing had been around since the ‘40’s. These were called “soundies” and played 16mm films of musicians performing their hits.

[cubreporter]

Sick. Shame on him.

[therut]

Hotel California???

[Reddy]

Um, wouldn’t the casket be slightly... soiled.. after a decomposing body lie in it for so many years??

I know he was well preserved, but.......

[deport]

Um, wouldn’t the casket be slightly... soiled.. after a decomposing body lie in it for so many years??

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You’d think so.... But its has been on public display at a museum according to the article so it must not be too offensive.

[ReneeLynn]

You can’t get that at Costco.

Maybe Burger King should buy it? ‘Home of the Bopper’.

[onedoug]

Ping

[fieldmarshaldj]

*shudders*

[Grizzled Bear]

Richardson, who also wrote the George Jones hit, "White Lightning," was toying with an idea he had for a new kind of jukebox that would play short films of musicians playing their hits. He called them "music videos."

Wow! Maybe video really did kill the radio star!

[Shadowstrike]

May The Big Bopper haunt his son.

This is disgusting.

[Political Junkie Too]

I wonder what King Tut's family would say about his coffin being dug up and paraded around the world for all to see?

-PJ