1. On my 1st day of school in the 1st grade, I had to chase the bus driver down - Where were you in '62. See the video by clicking here!

2. At one time I owned a flower shop in Moore, Ok & a rose vending business in Oklahoma, Texas & Arizona.

3. I went to a Elvis concert in Norman, OK on March 25 1977. After the concert, my friend Larry & I punk'd everyone on the CB radio into thinking we were actually Elvis & a radio DJ out to meet fans & we caused hysteria on the highway heading to the hotel where we knew Elvis was staying at. I impersonated the Radio DJ "Mike Monday" & Larry was an Elvis impersonator.

4. I'm related to Jim Reeves, Red Foley & Debbie Boone.

5. I owned a brand new 1974 green Ford Pinto Runabout with 4 on the floor baby! :)

6. I was a manager for Fry's Food Store in Tucson, AZ.

7. Palo Verde High School in Tucson - I was infatuated with...Jennifer Moran with her cute tennis outfit & her little orange Opal. :)

8. I'm one of the executive producers of two Horror Movies on the IMDB.com

9. I was roommates in the mid 80's with a local Tucson C/W singer John E. Mann. Life was a party then!

10. I knew Toby Keith years before he became famous, when he was just a house band at Chastains in Oklahoma City.

11. I booked cast members from "The High Chaparral" TV series for the 1st ever Cast Reunion at Old Tucson Movie Studios back in the 90's.

12. I booked & promoted Celebrities for a Breast Cancer benefit in Buena Park, CA on 1/13/07. Mickey Rooney & many other big names attended. See Details!

13. I am actor Paul Le Mat's Official Web master for Facebook, Myspace & PaulLeMat.com as well as a close friend for many years.

14. I married Brenda in Las Vegas in 1997 at the "Little White Chapel". We're still a happy couple. Famous people that married at the "Little White Chapel" include Britney Spears, Michael Jordan, Mickey Rooney (not just once but twice), Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow, the Dixie Chick’s Natalie Maines, and more.

15. In the 80's, I knew the Bonanno Family in Tucson, but I'm not a rat! :)

16. When the Murrah Federal Building was bombed in Oklahoma City, I was so close that I felt the earth shake.

17. 1995 Oklahoma City - I was on the local news - upset over a McVeigh ad that was placed in a magazine that I subscribed too. See the video by clicking here!

18. I miss my dad very much. Lost him to cancer in 2003.

19. On May 3rd 1999 an F5 tornado, the biggest one on record, destroyed the home that sat on 150 acres I once lived in on the corner of 12th & Sante Fe in Moore, Oklahoma. This twister also destroyed my brothers house that was 1/2 mile away. See a video of this twister here!

20. I'm addicted to Facebook, Myspace & some Twitter.

21. I sang with our High School Choir for a performance at the Disneyland Hotel Ballroom. When the Greyhound bus stopped at a roadside diner, I played Jukebox songs "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies & "Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road" by Loudon Wainwright.

22. I met Michael Landon at a Celebrity Tennis Classic in Tucson around 1983, he told me to quit smoking, which I did years later.

23. I ate a grasshopper on the school bus once to freak girls out. Guess I could have been on "Fear Factor".

24. I had a bad bicycle accident as a kid which dislocated my elbow, & had two surgeries. Had to quit little league football & I still have back problems to this day.

25. I was a spoiled child & didn't deserve anything for Christmas. I almost poked my sisters eye out with a toy gun - see the video at 1:40 here!

25b. Bonus - I sent a video to Dick Clark's Bloopers on meteorologist Gary England from Oklahoma City, which was accepted & got national air play! See the video by clicking here!



1. Once in the 90's at a 4th Of July, I held a family reunion at my parents home in Lexington Oklahoma.  I hired parachute jumpers, a DJ, a Karaoke Machine & booked Kristy McIntyre to sing for us. I also shot thousands of dollars worth of class B fireworks (the big stuff).     Hell daddy, it's only money! :)

2. In the mid 90's I was president of Maureen Flaherty's Fan Club when    she was in the acting/modeling biz.

3. In the late 60's I shot my sister with a BB gun from a long distance & hit her in the chest. It was an accident & I thought it was unloaded. Man did I get in trouble & deservingly so. She is fine.

4. In the late 90's I could put out a candle flame by shooting it out with a blowgun dart from long distance.

5. In the 70's I was a fan of the "Walking Tall" movies. In the mid 90's I became good friends with Dawn Lyn who starred at Buford Pusser's daughter (Dwana Pusser) in 3 of the  movies. She & her husband John now live in Germany & we're still friends. Recently I became friends with the actual Dwana Pusser.

6. I've been told by many that I make the "Worlds Best" venison burgers. Maybe I should let Chef Ramsey try them out!

7. In 1977 I was at Old Tucson Movie Studios while a movie was being filmed there called "Go West, Young Girl" starring Karen Valentine. She was leaving her trailer to go to the set & I asked her for an autograph which she was happy to do.
       
8. Once while on vacation from Noble, Oklahoma to Galveston, TX during one the summer with the "Penners", I fell a sleep on Stewart Beach on day one & woke up looking like a red lobster.

9. My wife & I took Bo Hopkins & Candy Clark to Pinnacle Peak Steak House in Tucson for a nice juicy dinner after we booked them for a private signing in Tucson, on 7/9/2000. He signed the Ertl Limited Edition      American Graffiti 51 Mercury Coupe 1:18 scale & she signed the 58 Impala Ertl American Muscle cars for the very 1st time ever!

10. In early 2000, I booked Paul Le Mat to sign the American Graffiti 32 Ford Deuce Coupe Ertl American Muscle 1:18 Diecast for the first time ever....& on 4/1/02 I booked him to sign the Franklin Mint 32 Ford Deuce Coupes for the first time ever.

11. I enjoyed playing drums back in the early 70's as a hobby. I drove my parents & the neighbors crazy.

12. I met Evel Knievel In January of 1972 at Jim Click Ford in Tucson, prior to his successful jump at the Tucson Dragway.

13. I was at Arizona Stadium in Tucson on Saturday night on Aug. 27, 1977 front & center to see Fleetwood Mac, Kenny Loggins, Marshall Tucker Band, along with local band Arizona. Tickets were $8 to $10 & benefited the American Heart Association.

14. I've lived in Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Missouri & Oklahoma

15. I own a pair of Linda Cristal's pants that she wore as her character Victoria Cannon on the late 60's TV Show "The High Chaparral". She also signed them for me.

16. In the 80's I took a road trip with local Tucson singer John E. Mann & a few friends from Tucson to Nashville, TN. We rented an RV which broke down in Oklahoma. We then rented a Van to take us to Nashville & then a small car from Nashville back to Tucson. On the  way back to Tucson, my friend Andy Anderson snored so loudly with his mouth wide open....I stuck a boiled egg in his mouth to shut him      up & then smashed his jaw shut. Egg flew out everywhere & we all laughed so hard that we almost wrecked & we had to pull over to contain ourselves.

17. In the 70's I watched actor James Caan steer wrestle at the Tucson Rodeo. I filmed him with an 8mm camera while in action.

18. I hated green peas as a kid. Love them now. I used to hide them under my plate when no one was looking. When mom picked up the plate a perfect circle of green peas would appear on the table. I was a bad magician as a kid.

19. I booked Jamie-Lynn Sigler in Phoenix Arizona on 6/28/01 to do a  private signing. She played Meadow Soprano in the HBO hit "The Sopranos".

20. My wife & I were in the audience of the last three Nashville Now shows that ran 10 years & was filmed in San Antonio, TX at Fiesta Texas in '93. We were up close & lucky enough to have met everyone including Ralph Emery, Steve Hall and all of the musicians that were scheduled. We went to his book signing prior to the show & standing in line before us was Tommy Lee Jones incognito. We didn't know this until Ralph told us after the signing, as he didn't want to be noticed.

21. I was named Rocky after one my dads favorite MLB players, Rocky Colavito.        

22. In early 2009 I witnessed a late night bad motorcycle accident on 1-15 in Las Vegas near Southpoint Casino. It was a hit a run. Instead of giving chase to the hit & run driver, I called 911 & blocked the wreckage & the victim with my vehicle so he couldn't be ran over by oncoming traffic. Not sure if he survived or not.

23. On a road trip In February of '86 I was stranded in Tucamcari, NM at the Holiday Inn during a blizzard snow storm. The highway was shut down & no one could leave for 2 or 3 days.

24. I have fond memories of visiting my grandparents, eating dinner with them and watching Gunsmoke on TV.

25. I used to broadcast specials in the 80's over the PA system at grocery stores in Tucson & Phoenix, because management thought I had a great announcer voice & the ladies loved it. I could have been another Michael Buffer!

25b. Bonus - My life so far has been a very interesting one. There are so many other things, but I'll write a book someday.....so stay tuned!


                                                 .................Rocky Whitehead