Things You Didn’t Know About Jim Morrison

Larrylambert
3 min readJul 4, 2023

Some great songs, but a tumultuous life.

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My initial impression of Jim Morrison was that he was the poster child for the “sex, drugs, and rock and roll” mantra. I do like some of his music. Plus, the old movie, ‘Eddie and the Cruisers reminded me of Morrison’s story. Of course, I may have been the only one to have seen that movie.

There was a sequel to “Eddie and the Cruisers”, called ‘Eddie lives. But , like Elvis, it’s hard for fans to accept that music legends die. It seems like I have gotten off topic here.

Anyway, here are some things you might not have known about Jim Morrison and the Doors.

1: When Jim was in college he made two movies, ‘First Love’, and ‘Obscura’.

I believe the second title is a typo. I believe the real name is ‘Obscure.”

2: While he was in college, Morrison reportedly would sketch really vile stuff.

I would have had zero interest in writing gags for him.

3: Morrison’s IQ was reported to be 146.

While Morrison may have been a genius, he wasn’t stable.

4: One of Morrison’s nicknames was…

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Larrylambert

You probably don't know my name, but have likely seen my work. I've written for numerous syndicated cartoon strips and my gags have appeared in national pubs.