These days the rich and famous no longer worry about what the proper thing to do is; they worry about whether they’re noticed or not. That’s where Calvin’s inventiveness came into play. He would creatively plan and manage funerals. A little aircraft would fly over the cemetery where the mourners had gathered, and the casket would be dropped from the plane with a guided parachute. It was rather like dropping supplies from a plane to isolated hikers.
The first time it happened it created a gigantic splash. Not literally of course, but the film star being dropped became twice the film star he had been in life. It was front page news. Calvin’s funeral business was secure.
A second drop, this time the corpse of a wealthy businessman, was an equal success. And so was the third drop. It was the fourth drop that caused the biggest stir. A rich politician’s wife had passed away. It wasn’t exactly going to be a state funeral but the political widower, with an election coming up, wanted to ensure as much grief exposure as possible.
The aircraft flew overhead. The casket was dropped. The parachute didn’t open. The casket smashed on a few ancient gravestones. There was nothing inside but rocks.
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