lee”.)
Fabian
The singer-actor is said to have dropped out of a role in Rick’s faux Second World War movie “The 14 Fists
of McCluskey” after breaking his shoulder on the set of the TV western “The Virginian”. In fact, Fabian
made guest appearances on three episodes of “The Virginian” between 1963 and 1966.
The FBI
This TV crime drama, which ran from 1965 to 1974, comes up several times. George Spahn – the owner of
the ranch where the Manson family lives – enjoys watching it. With Cliff, Rick watches himself inserted as a
guest on the real 1965 episode “All the Streets Are Silent”.
Steve McQueen in ‘The Great Escape’ (United
Artists)Wojciech Frykowski and Abigail Folger
The Polish actor and the coffee-empire heiress (played by Costa Ronin and Samantha Robinson) were house
guests at Cielo Drive and were killed along with Tate.
Hobo Kelly
The kids’ show that ran on KCOP in Los Angeles during the 1960s and 1970s is seen on a bus-bench ad.
The Golden Stallion
A poster for the 1949 Roy Rogers western hangs on Rick’s wall.
Robert Goulet
The crooner is seen singing “MacArthur Park” on TV.
The Green Hornet
This 1966-67 TV series, co-starring Bruce Lee (Mike Moh), figures into a flashback to the time Cliff
sabotaged his career. The stuntman gets into a fight with the martial-arts master on the set and damages a
car owned by the wife of a fictional stunt coordinator (Kurt Russell).
Heaven Sent
The Helena Rubinstein perfume is touted in a radio ad. Other audio spots include a promo for the 1969 big-
screen adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s sci-fi novel The Illustrated Man.
Dennis Hopper
The hippie Easy Rider star and director comes up when Tex Watson (Austin Butler) and his fellow Manson
family members show up on Cielo Drive. A drunken Rick derisively compares Tex to Hopper.
Hullabaloo
The 1965-66 TV dance show is recreated in a clip of Rick dancing with a group of young women to the 1956