"I read Tommy Tomorrow and, of course, lots of (other) comics.... Mostly DC comics--Batman and Superman. But I was also real keen on Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck...."
2 "What I enjoy most about Uncle Scrooge is that he is so American in his attitude.... That kind of greed attracts all young kids, because you want to have all this stuff!...
"I loved Disneyland. I wandered around, I'd go on the rides and bumper cars, the steamboats, the shooting galleries, the jungle rides. I was in heaven."1
School was less than heaven. "I was never very good in school, so I was never very enthusiastic about it.... I always wanted to learn something other than what I was being taught. I was bored."1
1960. Moved to a thirteen-acre ranch in Modesto. The reclusive teenager found refuge in rock 'n roll music. "For teenagers, the person closest to them is a fantasy character. That's the disc jockey. It's like younger kids who have make-believe friends. A lot of teenagers have a make-believe friend in a disc jockey, but he's much more real because he talks to them, he jokes around. Especially a really excellent disc jockey like Wolfman Jack.
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