REFLECTIONS IN A CYCLOPS EYE, OR ALICE OFF THE ROAD

"I'm watching Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? right now," says Alice Cooper's voice on the telephone. "Bette Davis is taking the rat up. Remember the rat she gave her for dinner? What a treat!"

Alice is calling from Minneapolis to tell me some final thoughts about whatever happened to Baby Alice this past tour. But, as usual, the TV set in his hotel room is on and he's having trouble concentrating on the question at hand.

"Oh! There's the rat. Oh, she's laughing. Bette Davis, wow, is she great! I finally figured it out. Alice Cooper is Bette Davis in this movie."

Tell me about Vancouver? I interject, referring to his now famous accident, in an attempt to steer him back to the harsh rock "n" roll realities.

"Well, you know that giant toybox we use in the show. It collapsed on me, and pushed me back over the footlights. I tripped on the lights and just folded up and fell off the stage. I fell backwards seven feet and hit my head on the cement. I'll tell you the truth, I'm lucky, Bruno, I'm really lucky I didn't get killed."