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Did you know Toni Basil was in...


...Easy Rider?

Yes, the singer of 'Mickey' was hanging out with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper 13 years before her mega-hit.

She's Mary in this clip. The other woman is Karen Black.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iamsdf-VSQI

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Whoop de doo Basil. What does it all mean?

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Oh Bucky, what a pity you don't understand.
You take me by the heart when you take me by the hand.

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Oh Fonda.... I thought you said something else.. Now i get it.
Thank you for being a friend, travel down the road and back again.

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She's a lot older than I thought. I always assumed she was real young when she sang 'Mickey.' Wow! Apparently not.

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Same here. She started her craft very young.

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She's like 80 years old and still dances. A force to be reckoned with.

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Toni looked great in "Easy Rider, but she was even more attractive in "Village of the Giants" from 1965. She was jaw-dropping in the pool party sequence but, unfortunately, I can't find a snippet of it. Here's a lesser scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb8kYPasoys

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I never realised she was almost 40 when she had that big hit with Mickey!
https://youtu.be/0aqLwHP4y6Q

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She sure didn't look it in the video.

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Before reading this I had always assumed she was in her twenties.

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I remember that song/video coming out. I thought she was hot as hell. I certainly never realised she was pushing 40 at the time. Fantastic.

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Yeah, I know. I saw "Easy Rider". Pretty much everybody did.

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