Leif Garrett: Teen Idol to Jailed Drug Addict
For the second time in four years, former teen idol Leif Garrett has been arrested in a Los Angeles subway station for narcotics possession. Which leads to the obvious question: There’s a subway in L.A.?
Once the Hollywood epitome of the blond, blue-eyed, prepubescent surfer type, the former child star fell on hard times years ago and has only rarely gotten back on his feet. When he has, he’s usually mocking his own tale of woe, as when he sang the theme song to the David Spade comedy ‘Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.’
Born in Hollywood, the curly-haired Garrett kid was going on auditions by the time he was in kindergarten. He soon began landing high-profile parts, playing Buford Pusser’s son in all three ‘Walking Tall’ movies and Felix Unger’s son on ‘The Odd Couple’ TV series.
But… it wasn’t until his stint with Smoking Gun’s Worlds Dumbest, when I realized just how funny he really is. In fact, the entire panel of comedians are what make the show funny. How ironic, that Leif Garrett has become one of those Dumb Criminals.
[leif starts around the 2:40 mark]
Sandwiched around a short-lived band of his own, a prize-winning appearance on a celebrity episode of ‘Fear Factor’ and other has-been gigs, Garrett has been arrested several times in recent years for drug offenses. In 2006, he was sentenced to 90 days in prison.
His latest arrest, in early February 2010, occurred when police found black tar heroin hidden in his shoe.
source: Twisted Tales: Leif Garrett Falls From Adored Teen Idol to Jailed Drug Addict [spinner]
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