Keith Moon is the subject of the Biography Channel’s “Final 24” series, to be premiered tonight, Wednesday 23rd, at 11pm EST (8pm PST) with a repeat performance four hours later. There’s (a little) more info here:

http://www.biography.com/final24/f24_episode_guide.jsp?episode=259771

Full disclosure: I took part in this show. I was nervous about doing so, as I’ve seen Keith’s life and death distorted on previous TV and radio shows, and I had particular concerns about the focus on the last 24 hours of his life. While being interviewed, I tried to back off the focus on Annette’s claim that Keith took cocaine the night he died; given that we only had her word to go on (not that she had any reason to make that up), and that it was not mentioned in the post-mortem, I really hope it doesn’t become the mainstay of the program. I will say that the director/producer was a major Who fan and a young one at that – in fact, he looked quite the mod. Anyway, I’ll tape it tonight and watch it tomorrow. Here’s hoping for the best.

PS: While I have everyone’s attention, I’m constantly asked about the Mike Myers/Keith Moon movie. I can sum it up in a few words: Yes, my book got optioned. No, I am not more closely involved than that. No, it is not yet in production. It is very much still just in development. I doubt if there will be any new news to report on it before the summer.

More on Keith Moon at iJamming! here.

Keith Moon did not look like this the day he died, sad to say.