Mar 15
I had a fine conversation with Dan Coffey who played Missourian UFO contactee Buck Nelson in the 1970s in California. Originally from Missouri, Coffey read about Nelson in a St Louis newspaper and decided to use the idea of Buck Nelsonās Space Convention as a set of skits within a skit. His troupe, Duckās Breath Mystery Theater didnt make a lot of money during its 14 year run but NPR did use some of their material. Dan would go onto another project āMr Scienceā before returning to Iowa to teach. Another troupe member went on to become MTVās Randy of the Redwoods! I was showing him some of what I had written about Buck in my book Where Misfits Fit.
