Table of Contents
Prologue xi
Chapter 1 Kansas 1
Chapter 2 Colorado Bound 7
Chapter 3 Horror, Holidays, and Hormones 17
Chapter 4 The Virgin Groupie 32
Chapter 5 Life-A-Go-Go 38
Chapter 6 Are You Experienced? 51
Chapter 7 Fear and Lack of Clothing in Las Vegas 58
Chapter 8 Vive Les Girls (It's Showtime!) 65
Chapter 9 Through the Looking Glass 79
Chapter 10 All Shook Up 85
Chapter 11 It's Not Unusual 92
Chapter 12 Rome If You Want To 102
Chapter 13 Arrivederci, Roma 115
Chapter 14 LA Woman 118
Chapter 15 You'll Never Work in This Town Again 135
Chapter 16 Mama's Boys 143
Chapter 17 Do You Believe in Magic? 156
Chapter 18 The Groundlings 161
Chapter 19 A Hollywood Horror Story 168
Chapter 20 Boobs 'n' Beer 194
Chapter 21 Mistress of the Dark 203
Chapter 22 Saturday Night Dead 214
Chapter 23 Hey Swami 217
Chapter 24 Briarcliff Manor or Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? 221
Chapter 25 Livin' in a Haunted House 226
Chapter 26 The Pigeon from Hell 232
Chapter 27 The Elvira Show 237
Chapter 28 Lite a Flame 240
Chapter 29 Hello, Goodbye 244
Chapter 30 Baby Love 248
Chapter 31 Elvira's Haunted Hills 253
Chapter 32 The Hardest Part 261
Chapter 33 Just Like Starting Over 267
Chapter 34 Ch-Ch-Changes 271
Chapter 35 Both Sides Now 275
Epilogue 279
Acknowledgments 283