The War Pigs Made A Deal With Mr. Crowley: “I mean drugs fuck up everything up, you know.” A solid Ozzy quote from Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm. (A 2020 documentary about the Rockfield Studios.)
On August 19, shortly before it aired “An Ozzy Osbourne doc set to air on the BBC Monday night was pulled from the schedule at the request of his family.” Guys! We should totally overreact to the BBC pulling the Ozzy documentary. This comes after Colbert’s cancellation and ESPN pulling the Kaepernick doc. Clearly this is all President Trump. Duh! This isn’t the time to be rational. Or even to seek logical alternatives narratives. Right?!
Like all these things it turned out it wasn’t a big deal. (The internet is so often loud wrong about so much! Especially when the mad mob views things through a silly political kaleidoscope it escalates to irrationality so quickly.)
The BBC Ozzy doc titled Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home is now successfully streaming on Crave, if you wanna check that. It’s all fine…as expected.
It was filmed over three years with “unique and intimate access” to the whole Ozzy family. The one hour doc shows the Osbourne family’s return to the United Kingdom after many years living in the United States. And it was directed by Ruaridh Connellan and Chris Vila and Paula Wittig.
While over on Paramount+ Ozzy: No Escape From Now, directed by Tania Alexander is an account covering the last six years of his life. That includes making new music and preparing for his final concert. (It’s a full length 2 hour doc. The BBC one is more of a TV special.)
Before them on Labor Day 2020 Biography: The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne premiered on A&E (which seems a bit too classy for Ozzy.).
Directed by Greg Johnston this is a documentary on Black Sabbath’s Iron Man and his Crazy Train ride in this modern life.
Ozzy Osbourne died on July 22, 2025 and his funeral was live broadcast/streamed on July 30th.
Those are two 2025 docs, shot right up to the end…if you wanna say goodbye to Ozzy.
Ozzy’s passing was a dense and magical outpouring. And truly, it’s tied to Tipper Gore’s wretched legacy. Her pathetic attempt to dam the darkness ultimately damned her. For all of his obvious flaws and numerous sins, Ozzy was adored. The grief was real.
While even in death Tipper Gore will remain despicable. Her heinous family values war conscripted a vicious army and they rose up with one voice on the day that Ozzy Osbourne was buried.
Pop Culture is wonderful and freedom is fun; it’s worth defending from the fangs that consume so much and harm so much.
Today, grief Ozzy and celebrate all the cultural freedoms we enjoy. Take nothing for granted and be grateful. Celebrate a creative life, a flawed man who managed to live an extraordinary life.
Sammy Verdict: If It’s Trending, Put On A I’m With Stupid —> T-shirt Before Responding.
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Sammy Younan is the affable host of My Summer Lair podcast: think NPR’s Fresh Air meets Kevin Smith: interviews & impressions on Pop Culture.
