Henry Zebrowski

Oh, really is.

Yeah.

LeVay also said that he took such a shining to Travolta that he did a satanic success ritual for John Tra during filming.

And sure enough, shortly after, Travolta did indeed book the role that would make him famous.

That's when he booked Vinnie Barbarino on Welcome Back, Cotter.

And that is why John Travolta is in the opening credits, because between the filming of the movie and the release of it, he got on Welcome Back, Cotter and was immediately famous.

Wow.

Happens all the time.

But while John Tra's encounter with Anton LaVey is one of those forgotten pieces of Hollywood trivia, the celebrity relationship that has become legendary over the decades is Anton's long friendship with the singer, actor, and entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.

I love him.

He's amazing.

Now, I always thought that Sammy Davis Jr.

's reputation as a Satanist was a joke, a passing fancy, overblown throughout the years, because it is objectively insane that a member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack was a devoted Satanist.

But while it is insane, it is also very true.

It does.

Was it public?

At times, yeah.

He would talk about it.

He wrote about it in his books.

Well, we're going to get to that here in a bit about Sinatra's opinions on it and how it may have affected Sammy Davis Jr.