Two In The Think Tank - 232 - The Eccentricities of Howard Hughes

Episode Date: April 1, 2020

Howard Hughes was the richest man of his day, and also possibly the most eccentric. He spent the first half of his life making billions of dollars, producing films, setting aviation world records and dating half of Hollywood. But for the last two decades of his life he was rarely seen by anyone, becoming a recluse with an obsession with germs.Buy tickets to our four live steamed podcasts (12pm Melbourne time April 11, 18, 25 and May 2). Or buy a discounted season pass:https://sospresents.com/collections/upcoming-live-streamsOur website: dogoonpod.comSupport the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPod Submit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/Submit-a-Topic Twitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [e-mail] out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasREFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:Howard Hughes - The Man & The Madness (1999):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ea5gIYfRH4http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553204_2/Howard_Hughes.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Howard-Hugheshttps://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/history/houston-legends/article/Eccentric-businessman-and-aviator-Howard-Hughes-8328501.phphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes#Deathhttps://www.biography.com/business-figure/howard-hughes

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Oh. How are you, Matt? three, great. Good thanks. Oh. How are you Matt? I'm pretty good thanks, you know, not letting the old COVID get me down. But if I'm being honest, it's been a bit of a bummer. On Friday, there was a tiger in Mexico that was born in a zoo there. And it was actually named it COVID-warnicky. Well it's so cute you look at it they have literally named it COVID. No. They named it COVID. Why? For the cutest little creature in the world

what were they thinking? They at tigers have a pretty decent lifespan don't they? Like that'll live. That's gone for decades that thing. And it all will forget COVID-19, hopefully. And it's just going to sound like a beautiful name. Yeah, that's right. It's not that bad I suppose. It's like all those kids who got named ISIS before that happened and they were like we better change their names now but I don't think they need to. They'd be down, they'll always be ISIS. They changed their name to COVID. How unlucky are we well it's great that we still able to podcast together and we're still going to

put out the episodes every week but sadly the moment we're not able to do live shows and we had a whole bunch coming up this year yeah it's kind of going to be our year yeah it was all nearly booked in it was going to be our year. Yeah, oh, it was all nearly booked in. I was going to be our biggest year of live shows. My biggest year of stand up touring as well. And that has all been fucked up by a little arse-old target named COVID. The frickin' Mexican target.

Which as far as I know now started a big thing. We were so close to booking in the US too. We had a promoter slash slash producer, we had venues locked in, dates, pens out in, and a lawyer working towards getting a visa. We were about a week off hitting a fire on the application, which means a lot of money would have been spent. Thankfully we didn't, because you wouldn't get that back. And right now there's little to zero chance of getting a visa

And obviously not very safe to travel the world and Australians have been locked down in our country actually can't leave But um that was gonna happen in October and we also were gonna hopefully book in a trip to New Zealand Yeah, first from New Zealand was getting really close. We were looking at Locking in a venue there as well, and we're also gonna get back to Brisbane, Sydney. We're obviously doing the Melbourne Comedy Festival and yeah, that, well, I think I forget about till we talk about it.

It's a real bummer, if I mention this, just covered. This COVID asshole. We should be four shows in to the Comedy Festival and we would have done one podcast. We would have done four of us all those shows by now. Yeah. So that's fun. So, but...

As far as I know though, I'm still doing Adam Bro. My stand-up show, but I have a funny feeling that I have no idea, but that can't. That can't, surely. I think officially it's still on. Like he's saying it's happening, but really, I don't know. Yeah. But I mean, Comedy Festival said that for a long time too?

Yeah, yeah. And we were all going, can I man? It's not gonna happen. And also the Olympics have said that for a long time. And now they're like, all right, all right, we admit it, it's not happening. Yeah. But there is good news.

They've risked it was the Olympics. And also, instead of doing these big live tours, which we will hopefully get back to next year, hopefully the world gets over this and we can all resume our normal lives and we can come and visit you in your home cities. But we have decided to try a new thing with the help of our good friends at Stupid Old Studios.

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We may not put them all out. So if you want to see them all, and also we'll probably do some sort of interactive section at the end of the show as well, which also won't go out in the long way. Bit of a chat. So yeah, tickets are available. So it's 12 p.m. I believe on Saturday after's Melvin Australian time on the East Coast of Australia anyway, and which equals to be about Friday night in the U.S. Yes, and as you go further east in Europe, I think the later it gets on Friday night.

It might be quite late in the UK, but we're going to leave it up for about 24 hours afterwards. So even if you don't want to watch it live in the actual moment, you can go to bed and wake up and the link will be there. Yes. Ticket holders will be able to save for 24 hours. So that's cool. Yeah. So get involved.

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side by side, David sitting in his ivory tower chair, tower chair, that's what he calls his throne. Jess, what are you- You're gonna be sitting here. Probably the bathroom, let's go the best reception. I hadn't thought about that. I could do it from the bath. I would love that. The water starts very bubbly and as it dissipates, we lose fuel as speed. Can we get some pixels?

Anyway, we should get into the show, but I'm really excited about it. I'm so glad that Stubord Older been able to help us out to do that. We should also say that our good friend, Josh Earl, who hosts one of our favorite podcasts, also on Planet Broadcasting, don't you know who I am? He's also doing two of the Saturdays. And I'm definitely going to be watching his stuff because I love it. And Tickets are on the same website, the Stubordold website in the description. So, yeah, I think it's sospresents.com. I think, but yeah, if you go to that and I think there's semi-plans in the description. So yeah, I think it's sos presents.com.

I think, but yeah, if you go to that and I think there's, there's semi-plans in the works to get other things going, including some stand-up specials, they've recorded in the past, but never released, and if you're other bits and pieces. So yeah, so if you're, if you're missing out on live comedy, that might be one of the cool places you can go to to get your fix.

It might also be worth mentioning too that a stupid old are going to be launching their own Patreon very soon. It's either out now or it's coming very soon. And you know, the people that I mean make this podcast very possible and produce amazing content for themselves as well. So, you know, if you love gaming, gaming game and you love, I don't know, Australian comedy. And, you know, get around it. Yeah, for sure. They are fantastic people. And including that is our very unmatched duo.

That's right. I'm blushing, you guys. You think we're great people. We think you're great people. I think Kevin's great. Yeah, okay. No, I understand. There's six of us involved.

Yep. Five out of six ain't bad, man. Yeah, pretty good old. I reckon five out of six of you are fantastic. I'll thank you. And I'm not naming names. Okay. But you got beef with Alcetrumbly Bertram?

Absolutely not. No, I love him. No, Andy's an angel. Oh, back betrayed us. No, one of my closest friends. Oh, okay. Well I'm assuming you must be able to win him on wristmen. Nope.

Love him to pay some shots. I'm starting to feel a little. You. No, love him to face a shot I'm starting to feel a little You get a lot of miscounted here Anyway, we should get on with the show all right, this one works is Jess is the best at explaining it. I really am may I? Yes So one of the three of us does a report about a topic usually suggested by a listener and they present that topic to the other two, are being the two of the three of us. Fantastic, two thirds of you.

Two thirds of us, I don't know what it is. I am in the third that do know what it is. So I'm going to ask you that question to get us onto topic and that is one of my all-time favorite Simpsons quads is, hop in the Spruce Goose, I said, Hop in. And that is a parody of which eccentric billion- Yeah, aviator. It is the aviator. His name is Leonardo DiCaprio.

Uh, I forget what he said. His first name is Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes just looks a max that Mac got this so strongly. It was the- On a cell-amazed Mac gets out of bed most days. So I've gone hard. The only reason I know things from culture. Well, I'm using broadly, yeah.

It's an eccentric billionaire. Yeah, I know them from the Simpsons. I wouldn't have got that reference at all as a kid, but I did see the aviator. I wouldn't have got that reference at all as a kid, but I Did see the aviator and the only thing I can really remember is that it was really hard on them making the pop rivets flat And then there was like a montage where they'd keep coming back this flat. No, I want them to be smooth and they'd come back and go like this No, dammit So making myself at that point? Yeah, come on Leo.

Well, he actually did do a lot of stuff like that, making his own stuff. Oh yeah, you're gonna talk about it. Well, I know the name, but I could not have told place how to use in history. So I know nothing. Fantastic. Well, let me just tell you, it's a crazy story.

Awesome, I love crazy stories. And the aviator is a great film. It's a month's course, as you picture. And that sort of documents sort of the first sort of 2, 3rd dish of his life. I also like the May and Jess section. Yeah, but then you're going to do the Dave 3rd. The Dave 3rd, and that is when things get at their most crazy.

That's when he becomes Mr. Burns. Yeah. And it has a bit of that. Does that look like a casino episode? Yeah. Where March gets a little ridiculous. There's a bit of that. Is that the casino episode? Yeah. Where March gets a little ridiculous. I call him Gambler.

So Patreon's voted on three people who lived eccentric lives, so put up three. Can you tell us who lost? I don't know. One of them Don Bradman. Slightly loonier. I don't want to, I one of them Don Bradman. Slightly loonier. I don't want to, I would like to do them future. One of them was an artist and the other one was someone who inherited a lot of money. Okay.

That's how I'd like to get wealthy. Well, let me just tell you that this guy is probably both of those combined. Wow. Great. Bit of an artist, bit of a man who inherited a lot of money. But I think they voted for the most eccentric of the three. So I think they chose well. Well done, Peter.

I wanted to do this topic for ages because I used to just be well into reading Wikipedia. And this was one of my favorite articles was about this guy, because he had so many strange things happen in his life. Great. So I'd put it up because I wanted three eccentric people. And then I was like, I checked the hat and only one person has vaguely suggested it and that is

Steve from Adelaide-ish Who said we should do more topics about casino heists and then listed a few and one of them vaguely mentioned how it used because As you're about to discover he bought a casino, which is why is parody of But I'm so... You know, Steve, why does Steve not want to give his location away? What's he been doing? Adelaide Ish. Hmm.

And then in the topic or the section where you ask what your Twitter handle is, you see a certain hashtag, don't have Twitter. Thank you for letting us know. I know, I added that a long time ago. That's absolutely useless information for us. Yeah. I should take that part out of the hat form. Oh, that's all good. But thanks to Steve for kind of, he's from Adelaide Edition.

He kind of suggested Ish, this topic. Okay. Great Ish. All right. So Howard, robot, Hughes, Jr. Yes. He is eccentric. And I love a junior.

He certainly is a junior. He was born in Houston, Texas on Christmas Eve, 1905. Oh, that sucks. Christmas birthdays. Yeah, you wanna spread the joy. Yeah, and then you never get the attention that you need for a birthday. No, people are like,

shut up, I'm baking a cake. Yeah, I'm stressed. Grandma's coming tomorrow. Oh. Have a birthday, whatever. You know, shot, I'm on bacon of cake. Yeah, I'm stressed. Grandma's coming tomorrow. Oh, I'm with them, whatever. You know, it's a nightmare. Clean out the attic, what? How huge you was the only child. I thought you fumbled on something there.

That's fantastic. Happy, you. Well, I hadn't written it down, so I just sort of had to try and work it out. And I'm happy with my how he'd you. He was the only child of Alene Stone Garno and Howard Rabad Hughes Senior. Fantastic. His father, how he was a send was an inventor and businessman from Missouri who found great success

by founding the Hughes Tool company and for patenting a rotary rock drill bit nicknamed the rock eater. Oh, I'm num num num num num. You remember? I'm a rock eater, make it jump rock, make it jump rock, make it jump rock. Oh, day long. Well, it did. And I really good battery life.

We should talk to them about an ad campaign. Yes. A place to go. Yeah. Great. In one form or another. It completely revolutionized oil well drilling, penetrating hard rock with 10 times the speed of any form a bit. So every company needed one.

Every company, no matter what I did, I can't. The needed one. Every ambulance had one. Just in case. You're a good salesman. You're on the other one. Now there's never been a better time to bother. You are good.

Well every oil company needed one and oil was really taking off. So this made Howard Hughes senior a very, very wealthy man. Fantastic. His father was frequently away on business, away on business. So young Howard was raised mostly by his mother, Alene, who was a socialite who had a paralyzing fear of germs and illnesses, particularly polio, something that she imparted onto her son and would affect him throughout his life. And I mean the fear not polio, just the way that came out. But a specific fear of polio. Because well, to be fair back then,

if you got it, it was pretty bad news. Yeah. And a lot of people would get it. Right. What is polio? This is not for me. This is for listeners who might not know. It affects your legs.

OK. Eventually, I think you become wheelchair-bound. All right. Yeah. Often for life. Yeah, OK. So if you got it, yeah, and it was very common before people were notculated against that kind of stuff.

So you can see why you would be cautious about with your child, but I think she was very much talked about germs to the point that he thought about germs all the time himself. Yeah. Yeah, right. Come on, Elaine. Knock it off. That's good stuff. According to the Houston Chronicle, Alene kept Hughes close, refusing to allow him to roam with neighborhood children.

If Hughes grew even the slightest bit sick, multiple physicians were summoned to the family's home to examine the young boy. So he became very, very afraid of germs and illness. Real hypercontract. Real hypercontract. I am a bit. But he made me feel like it's okay. This definitely stages. I think I'm too relaxed.

Really? I think so. I feel any pain and I think I'm going to die. No. Why do I feel a pain in my back? I don't think I've got a sore back. I think cancer every time. I can go between the two.

But yeah, you know, there's the serotype men that go to doctors. I'm up if I'm like, I'm not sure about this, I'll go to a doctor. Good. But I, yeah, which is like it just feels feels like they put your mind at ease. The most part you're like, they're like, yeah, you'll be right or whatever. And sometimes they're like, oh, I'm glad you came here. You were about to die. That was the time that I had a bullet hole in my chest. I was bleeding. And he thought it looked.

I like just. If I've got an appointment, I'll pop in. Did you start with an apology? This is probably nothing. Sorry, don't waste your time. I did. No, no, this is worth saying, I suppose. I did start with an apology at the JPR recently

because I had to go in just for a prescription for migraine drugs and COVID-19 is happening and I walked in like I'm so sorry to bother you. Just some admin. How are you? I checked in on her, which I think more people should do. Can you take a temperature? Of course. She was fine. Good to hear it. You go. I said just keep up your fluids. Yeah. You know, you? Of course. She was fine. Good to hear it. You got it. I said, just keep up your fluids. You know? You'll be right. And she said, thank you so much.

I was so worried. So, you know, here I want to know. Doctors make the worst patients. I'm saying that. Patients make the worst doctors. You doing that right? I'm a doctor. According to the BBC, his father in an attempt to balance her Molly Codling, as they put it, packed him off to a string of boarding schools by passing their academic requirements

by writing colossal checks. Oh, yeah, just take my boy. Not big amounts, but just a lot of checks. Novels, he checks. I think you'll find this is more than enough. So this is for $10. Yeah, but that check, that's huge. That's a huge check.

So. Denime me that. You can't. But for the most part, he was lived in an isolated world of his own. And some say this paved the road for a success, but he was a very intelligent and inventive young lad. He's on his own, he's got a, you know, I got friends. Yeah, do things for himself.

And at just 11 years old, Hughes built the first wireless radio set in all of Houston. Can you believe that? No one else had one, and he built one at 11. That's where NASA is. Probably not yet, but still. Did he just Google how to build it? I would have YouTube it for sure.

Yeah, yeah, for sure. But you start by Googling it. So there's instructions. And then you read the instructions while watching a video. Google how to build it? I would have YouTube it for sure. Yeah, yeah for sure. Be start by Googling it so there's instructions and then you read the instructions while watching a video and any pasta. Of course, that you also made from a YouTube video. How to buy pasta. Go to supermarket. Uh-huh.

Okay, let's rewind. How do I, how does one go to? Okay, I need another video. I'm going to go on Dixbury.com super market. So you built this at 11 years old and you used to talk to ships captains in the Gulf of Mexico. Probably being like this is a secure line. I'm a little boy. How are you?

My dad could bore you. A year later he designed a built and motorized bicycle. Basically a motorbike. At the age of 14 he took his first flying lesson and he fell in love with the relatively new mode of transport. Yeah, he's a rich kid. Yeah. Flying lessons at 14. Daddy!

Oh yeah. He's top man. Now that would be extravagant, but when I'm guessing he was flying the one plane, the World Shared. Yeah. Daddy. Daddy. Daddy, I want to have a go. Call up Charles Lindbergh and make him drop it off.

All right. Tragedy first struck the family. When in 1922 at the age of just 16, Howard's mother died from complications from an ectopic pregnancy. So she was just 39 years old. OK, he was 16. Oh, yes, he was 16. Yeah, she was very young. And remember she was always

Fiat medical stuff. Yeah, she was proven right then. Yeah, without final words, they're told So how was father took him out of school and moved him to California where he took further flying lessons and fell in love with a glitz and glamour of Hollywood him to California where he took further flying lessons and fell in love with a glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Tinsletown. You loved it. Who doesn't? These two things as well as fear of germs would go on to define the man, Hollywood, aviation, germs.

Got it. They're the big three in this life. Fair enough. Now, he used any father and then moved back to Houston where the junior of the two started university before tragedy again struck the family. Howard Hughes senior died of a heart attack in 1924, leaving only child Howard Hughes an orphan at the age of 18. Oh my God.

This also meant he inherited the majority of his father's multi-million dollar company. Howard received a 75% stake, but because he was under 21 he was considered a minor and wasn't allowed to make any decisions. So on his 19th birthday he went to... Can fly a plane. Yeah. Can't make decisions though. What a... That's a funny dichotomy isn't it?

Yeah. So on his... You can fly, you can make... But don't make any decisions up there. Oh well I... Can I land it? Well, that's not up to you mate. You'll have to stay up there till you turn 21 and then you can learn

On his 19th birthday he went to court and had himself declared to be an emancipated minor Meaning he could take control of his life and the family business He also bought out his relatives who had inherited the other 25% stake in the business Meaning the 19 year old was now fully in charge far, that seems like a bad idea. Well, actually, he's quite intelligent, I think you myself have been 19. Yeah, and that wouldn't have ended well. But he's naturally intelligent, but he's not, he hasn't done a lot of schooling on universities. He's sort of done a bit here, a bit there, but he's just a very naturally clever and interested guy. He taught himself a lot of things. So the Howard Hughes tool company, which is the company paid Hughes and annual salary of

$50,000, which is equivalent of $750,000 today. That's pretty good money. That's pretty good. I reckon you could live pretty comfortably on that. Yeah, if you got that in your life of work. You can become even more comfortable if you have that to spend. But then also get your money's worth by charging all major expenses such as planes, automobiles and even houses

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Which these days is three quarters of a billion US profit. Whoa. Farass. Does that companies do that today? Very rarely. It was one of the biggest companies today might maybe. Yeah. Would like Apple at their peak maybe?

I don't know. Yeah, I think Google is like a trillion dollar company. Well, don't even know what that means. I don't know how many zeroes is. But basically, he's given the family business to this other genius and said, take care of that. I'm going to Hollywood. And while he's, so now he's just got money for life, rolling in the background. And he's not even 20 years old yet.

Is that a recipe for success or disaster, do you think? Disaster. Yeah, that sounds like it. That'd be very few people would do well with that, I think. It's just, it's crazy money. Yeah, I'd hate that. There's got to be like a period of failure and normal life before you get to that. Yes.

And appreciate it and to, for it to not fuck you up, I would have thought. But no. And that's why I've been preparing my love for multi-million. For wealth, yes. I'm preparing for wealth, yes. I think I'm almost ready. Anyone wants to benefit me? That could be the name of our new podcast, Benefact Me, and it's just us begging for benefactors

to give us millions. Please. Please millions. Yeah, I'll take nothing less. Yeah, you're patronizing us. And while we wait, we say facts. Millions, please. Three million would be good.

Three million. And we get a mill age. Every $3 million will give you one fact. I think that's right. But it would be a really good fact. Yeah. So he's moved to Hollywood, and he has a lot of ambitions. This is what Howard Hughes said when he moved to Hollywood

I intend to be the greatest golfer in the world the finest film producer in the world the greatest pilot in the world and the richest man in the world I said that at 19. It's pretty interesting because I've been watching Tiger King and One of the people in that she says I believe One of the people in that, she says, I believe that people should only have one thing they're good at, which I thought was quite sad. That was quite a bleak outlook on the world. They're like, I make a really good spaghetti, and that's all I... Oh, so I imagine you, your thing is spaghetti.

Damn it. Yeah, damn it. You only got one thing that you do. Which I watched the whole series, I can't remember. Carol says that in like the first episode. Oh, right. And she obviously, she's talking about, you know, saving big cats.

But so she's like, this is like, you only have one thing. Which I was like, oh, I don't know if that's, I agree with that. But this guy going, I'm going to be the greatest at four or five thing. Yes We said greatest golfer finest film producer greatest pilot and richest man in the world which four things sounds a little bit crazy But he did most of those things right there is a difference between being good at something and being the greatest in the world too Yeah

So there's a big difference between what carols that look. I think somewhere in between is true. Yeah. You know? I want to be the greatest in the world at one thing and good at... Oh, I don't want to be the greatest in the world at anything. That's a lot of pressure. I just want to survive. I just want to be the greatest in the world at making spaghetti or whatever you said.

Well, I keep working because I've had your spaghetti. And it's pretty great. Yeah, it's pretty great. It's not the best of it. It's not how mommy used to make it. It's still pretty good though. Well I am actually one eight Swiss Italian so. Sixteenth Mac. Come on get them. That's right. I know you're a lot better than you. Oh so yeah that sounds crazy. He did do most of these things except golf which he later gave up. All right but the other stuff that's definitely on the table at the stage. Fire at. How good a golf did he get? He got good. He got other stuff, that's definitely on the table at the stage. Fireass!

How good a golf did he get? He got good. He got very good. He'd often play with a lot of the famous pros of the day. Greg Norman? Yes. He gave Greg his nickname the shark. Really?

Because he used to cheat. You bloody shark. Greg, you are a fucking shark. Sharks, obviously notorious for cheating at poker. Yeah, absolutely. They can only cheat forwards. But they never they can't stop cheating. No once they start they can't get back. So the very young and very wealthy Howard Hughes moved to Hollywood where his uncle Rupert Hughes was an Oscar nominated screenwriter and novelist. His father's brother. And Howard wasn't alone at this time, he just married his first wife, Ella Rice.

It also came from a very wealthy family from Texas. They moved into the ambassador hotel in L.A. which would be the first of many hotels that Howard lived in throughout the rest of his life. He rarely lived in a home. It was nearly always hotels. Yeah, right. I don't mind saying in hotels, but I don't know if I'd want to live in one. I love a breakfast buffet, as long as I've got one. I love a buffet. But I mean, if you're living there, and you're living in like a penthouse,

you're not going to the breakfast buffet. But surely you're enjoying some of the other perks. Certainly not if you're a gemma phobel like this guy. Yeah, he's not touching there. This burn for the baked beans. But I am. I'm looking at that spoon guy. Yeah, he's not touching there. This burns for the baked beans. But I am. Oh yeah. I'm licking that spoon, which is why he's not touching it.

I keep people off that spoon, for me. During this time, you also learned to fly a waco error plane and put his money to use producing and funding his first film, which was called Swell Hogan. Swell Hogan. Predictions, what do you think? Good or bad? Wow, swell.

So good. Yeah, swell is a great word. I'm, because I've never heard of it, I'm going to say really good. I'm saying good. It was a dismal flop. Ah! Costing double what he used to anticipate it, he reportedly watched it back and decided that no one should ever see the film.

It was not bad. He's a perfectionist and I liked that about him. But it was invaluable to him as he had demanded to be on set to see how the film was made at every stage and edited and stuff like that. So he became, it became sort of a film bootcamp for him. He knew what not to do next time. Every step of the way. Everything that's directed did. I'm not doing that. Despite the flop, he was embraced by Hollywood Hollywood. Ah, flops are funny. It is funny.

Despite his flop. Despite flopping the chop. Well, you know. He was arrested. Now he was embraced by Hollywood High Society, but behind his back they're referred to him as quote, the sucker with the money. Oh, right. They did not respect him at this stage.

But he kept investing and his next two films were hits. The second was 1927's two Arabian Nights. What? Which sounds like a porno. Yes. And it won the first Academy Award for Best Director of a Comedy Picture. Rahat.

Wow. Two Arabian Nights. You know, at least think about two best director awards. Okay. Well, I was the first ever Academy Awards. Two Arabian Nights. You know, at least think about two best director awards. Okay. Well, I was the best ever Academy Awards. He just filmed one one. Well, I think about two.

Because there's best drama and best comedy director. Yeah. At this point in his life, how it stopped wearing a watch and recognizing day and night. Yes. And I recognize you. Dark Sky. What is it?

What is it? This is the morning. So I want to turn the light on. Turn off the morning. So I want to turn the light on Turn off the dark That's he actually come in that phrase hey, so that that makes sense to me Well, they should go back to that best director for comedy and yeah, great. Yeah, cuz best comedy film never has a shot in that category anymore It's just because they don't I mean yeah, I don't know, it's interesting, but it feels like they're very different skills and both equally difficult.

Although I've heard some say, and I kind of agree that it's, you can, a comedian can act in drama, but often drama actors can't do comedies. Comedy is the hardest skill. Which is exactly what comedians would say. Yeah. But I do agree.

Think of the big, how many, I guess there are examples both ways, but you think of big comedy actors who you'd never guess could do a well in drama, like Jim Carey, Adam Sandler. These absolute sort of almost joky goofball actors. Robin Williams. Who do amazing, very true.

Straight drama, right? Yeah, yeah. And there wouldn't be anywhere near as many examples going the other way, I don't think. Maybe Robert De Niro, he's done, I mean his comedy's, I haven't been, but he's funny. Michael Cain was he, he sort of started drama and he's quite funny. There's probably, probably some examples. I think Steve Martin's probably another one who could do drama, okay?

Can you see it? Yeah. But yeah, I reckon I, I was the first time I heard that. I thought the same thing. I'm like, oh, that sounds like self-serving comedian talk, but I think there's something in it. But is it also a lot of the time

that these dramatic actors don't really, are they interested in doing comedy? Uh, yeah, maybe that's a point. But I do think it is a harder skill. Yeah. Yeah, I've done, yeah, I can definitely see... I can't do both. Even in theatre.

Or I've even, I've put done like sketches and stuff for filmed sketches and stuff working with serious actors who are doing comedy and you can see them struggle. But that's just, that's down to the individual. But I think it is a harder thing to do. But yeah, they're sort of like, and they're working with comedians and it's like, you've got no fucking chance here. That's not true, I shall shut up.

No, no, canceling. No, no. No, I'm in shy. Were you in and sketched with Meryl Streep? Yeah. She can be funny. Yeah, she's funny. Yeah, she's right.

She's good. She could do anything. Damn, you know, Meryl, what did you play Jessica Lovedora on The Simpsons? She played a child on The Simpsonson and was probably one of the best guest stars I've ever had. Oh my god, that was Meryl? Jessica loved your year, Bart's Crash, that's Meryl Streep.

What are you mean? How could she so good at being a child? What do you mean? She could do anything. Helen Meryl's another one, she's funny. She can be funny. All right, maybe there is as many it can do both ways. I also think of the director play such a huge role.

You know, you see every great actor's had horrible movies, and I think that's mainly down to the direction and editing, right? I make them look good or bad. I think a lot of it is the... Anyway, this is really heading on actors here. No, I just, I'm sort of backing up up for there when they have adflops or whatever. Oh, yeah, right, yeah. I don't really think it's on them. Well, Hughes has moved on from the flop to success and this is where he stops wearing a watch.

He just started working incessantly. Sometimes he would work for up to 40 hours straight, only breaking to eat a can of beans or a bacon and avocado sandwich. You're listing it like I got it. This guy is taking a break for some beans. That's why I put that in. Yeah.

That helped us. Love that engine. Love that engine. But I could ever work for 40 hours straight. But I don't even work 40 hours a week. I don't reckon I do it for nightly. You don't. Sure.

You do 20 hours a week. Well, what? What do I do? You work on week. What, what do I do? You work on yourself. Yeah, I do work on myself. That's 24-7. Let me tell you. Even in my dreams, I'm like, all right.

Now, let's reflect on today. Hey Dave, you know you said, so you stopped wearing a wristwatch after the flop. Did you know that one of the most famous dictrix is the wristwatch? So maybe did he flop the chop on the, do the wristwatch? And then somehow that, yeah. And he's not wearing a watch on his chop. Oh, he got a tattoo. Yeah, and that's why I didn't respect that enough because even a cock watch is right

quite today. You just point to him and say it's always five o'clock somewhere. Even a cocked, that's so close to some real good. Even a cocked watch is correct twice a day. I want to tweet that later. Yeah, okay. If everyone listening, go back to last week and like that tweet, I'm going to tweet it right now.

See, that doesn't make sense though without a picture. Okay, let me take a quick. No, no, I've had a break. I've had a think about this. How would he use Producers Most and Bishops Film Hell's Angels in 1930? A film that he also chose to direct himself. Well, he chose to do that after he fired three other

directors who weren't achieving his vision. Oh wow, yeah, he sounds like a real cook. So it was a World War I aviation film with a lot of flying involved. Is that where the term Hells Angels came from? I'm actually not sure, no. I imagine that predates the Bucky gang. Yeah, 1930.

Yeah, I would reckon. Yeah, interesting. The film... It's a great term, Hells Angels. It is a fantastic term. And the film used upwards of 50 aircraft, nearly half actual world war one aeroplanes, and he used hired every single pilot in Hollywood to fly the aerial sequences and pilot the camera planes. Wow.

The lead stunt pilot, Paul Mance, considered the final scene in which an aircraft had to make a steep pull out after a mission too dangerous and reported that his pilots wouldn't be able to do them and over safely. He said we're not doing it. Can't do it. Determine to show the stunt pilots working on the film how they should be doing it. And at the same time what a hot shot pilot he was. How would he use took off to do the scene by himself. No. It required him to pilot an actual World War I aeroplane, an aeroplane that would be a challenge for any new pilot. So, no. And he got the best stuntman in the country saying it's too dangerous. He's like, I'll do it. So he's took off, but as

Mance predicted, he failed to pull out, crashed, and was seriously injured with the skull fracture. Fortunately, he survived and recovered, leading the crew to joke, quote, at least he hasn't heard his check writing arm. So he was just a lot of money for a lot of people. But three other pilots did crash and die whilst making the film, which went millions of dollars over budget.

In a time when most films didn't even cost one million dollars to make. Wow. He just kept throwing money at this thing. It was shot without sound at first, it was a silent picture. But it took so long to make the film by the time it was done. Hughes discovered that the talkies were all the rage. So people started talking in movies. So we had to reshoot the whole thing with sound.

Oh my God. The lead actress, Norwegian Greta Nissen, who was in the Salon Era, one of the biggest stars in the world, but she had a Norwegian voice rather than American one. So she was recast by Hughes, who replaced her with an unknown actor, Harleen Carpenter, who rebranded as Jean Harlow. Oh wow. One of the most successful actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Despite dying at 2016 and that. No, I didn't know that. She's on the 26th club. Yeah, 26th club. The film was a huge box office success, but despite this, it did not recoup its costs. So it was a hit and it still didn't make an uping. Because it had two budgets.

Yeah, I think it ended up costing $4 million at the time. At the time. At the time, which is tens and tens of dollars. So it'll indie flick these days. Yeah. Alright. So we're still considered a hit because people loved it and lots of people saw it. It did make Harlow the original platinum blonde bombshell, a huge star, and gave Howard Hughes the reputation that he'd been looking for. He was no longer just the wealthy boy from Texas. He was now a real Hollywood player. To be mad because you made a good film. It was around this time that his first wife Ella filed for divorce. After she moved back to Houston,

and whilst she was back in Houston, he had dated many of Hollywood's most famous leading ladies. So it's little surprise that she divorced him. He reportedly dated some of the most famous women of the year. He dated Billy Dove, Betty Davis, Ava Gardner, Catherine Hepburn, Heady Lamar, Ginger Rogers, Janet Lee, Rita Hayworth, and many, many more. That's a who's who, right?

Naked old do comedy or drama. They were the best. But yeah, isn't that. And Ginger Rogers could do what Freda Sair was doing backwards. She's telling you what. This. What was he doing? That's what people say. Rogers could do what Fred Astaire was doing backwards. Oh, she's totally what this What was he doing that's what

Said why Because everyone talks about how Fred was such an amazing dancer and everyone goes well yeah, Jen just doing it backwards Well, there's the experts She's dancing. All right. I'm with you now. I'm with you now Yeah, but it's good that I had to explain it. Are you trying to do the alphabet backwards too? I think there's seven. Is that in there somewhere? No. Round it up.

Hashtag. Yes, hashtag is in there, obviously. So you dated a lot of very, very, very famous women. That's only a very short list. But he was written, powerful and handsome by many accounts. But also, remember. Dave, you're allowed to say it was handsome. Why did you have to put that on a word?

Well, to me, he looks a little bit creepy too, you know, but I've only seen, there's only still photos. Any photo of someone back in the day, I'm always like, eh. That's what I mean, it's hard to say, but he is. You can look him up, people. But at the time, people thought he was a babe. Yeah, he was considered very, very attractive. To me, he looks a little bit like us. Oh, he was a babe. Yeah, he was considered very very attractive to me He looks a little bit like yeah, yeah

Do you know I just look a little bit creepy like Patrick Bateman or serial killer. Yeah, those eyes are a bit dead Ergonnie's got a bit of a Yeah, like he's well, dude. He's not for the generic Every photo is looks like they Got him Seconds after he thought they would take him to the photo. Is there any smiling photos that can really change the face? Did you see us? I did not see a smiling photo.

No, that one I showed you was the smiling face. Is it a pretty serious man? Okay. But my sentence was, he was rich, powerful and handsome by many accounts. Yes. But also by many accounts, a terrible person when it came to women. Great. He would sign, a young hopeful beautiful women to exclusive binding contracts Give them a free place to live only for them to never hear from him again or for him to sell their contract

To a bidding studio. What do you mean? He'd give them somebody to live? Yeah, he'd be like come to Hollywood. I make you a star put him up and then he'd never hear from him again Or he'd sell their contract for more money to another oh shit Sort of not do very well. Often, it was implied in a documentary that I made that he slept with. Did you say a documentary you made? Yeah, it is. That's how I alleged things.

I'm like, well, I made the documentary, but you did the documentary that I made. It is, yeah, every recording back. The documentary I made. So the podcast I'm recording is implying Yeah, he's that he was sleeping with lots of women and sort of using his his importance when Billy Duff He was very famous broke out with him He reportedly took all the furniture that he'd bought it packed it into a truck and then set the truck on fire It's someone this is it. Oh, no say he was had a flare for the dramatic and by many accounts didn't seem to be treating people very well.

And he was also a great promoter of his work. In 1932 he produced a film called Scarface based on the life of El Capone. Whoa, right. Into 32. Yeah, but it's not the same film as the Scarface, but yeah. It was full of violence and shocked to the senses and Hughes used the controversy to turn the film into an audience hit. Wow. So they tried to stop him from releasing it and he actually turned that into publicity.

They tried to stop us. Yeah, but we did it anyway. Wow. He would do the same thing in 1943 when producing the outlaw about Billy the Kid. The film featured a new star by the name of Jane Russell, who played a love interest who wore highly provocative clothing. Hughes became obsessed, and this is what you were talking about, Matt. He had an eye for detail when it came to certain things and only wanted a certain way. Fanatical. What sounds like that was the same

with his filmmaking. He became obsessed with showing off Jane Russell's breasts in a certain way. Okay. He kept sending the costume back, sending the costume back. And it got to the point where he designed a new bra using his engineering background. So that her breasts would pop in a certain way. Apparently they should not pop. Well, as a breast owner, they shouldn't pop at any point. You got a, you got a, you got gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta but Mr. Platex, he wasn't. Now, the film was very controversial because of this, because he was basically showing off her boobs a lot.

Right. And the senses didn't like that again. And in a certain way, he said, yeah, he just kept saying, no, that's not right. That's not right. It's almost like shave those sideburns. I said, shave the, they keep coming out with a top slightly different him going, no, you're right. Are you listening? And they're like, I don't know what you want.

And then he designs this weird bra. So he was very specific. And it's basically a top with the boob area cut out. That's what I want to see. Just, you want to see the nipples. Yeah. But again, this film was a huge hit because there were all these controversial articles written about how she was nude and lots of scenes and stuff

like that. So we loved Hollywood and we loved training women badly but his other love was aviation and he was desperate to get more experience. So he took up a job under the name of Charles Howard. What do you mean? Now we oh my god. Okay. So we went under cover for $250 a month as an assistant for American Airlines just so we could learn more about airplanes. Wow. He went under cover. Two months later he quit and he and Glenn Oedderkirk formed the Hughes Aircraft Company. Oh my god. I've got enough experience. I'm going to make my own airlines. Two months later he made his own airline. Ah, that's amazing.

So yeah, so we basically, I wonder if that's even legal to go in and kind of steal info like that? Is it, or... It's undercover boss, you know. He was undercover boss for another company. That's why. Undercover Future Boss. And at the end of the take of his mustache,

you go, it was I all along. Am I who, Joey? Sorry along. I'm a big director. Sorry. Okay. Has anyone ever heard of it? I actually don't see many films. Sorry. Sorry.

Ah, sorry. Do you want me to bring someone else in over there, Rickon? That's okay. It's okay. Thank you, though. Thanks for your time. It's Howard Hughes. It's Howard Hughes. Okay. Howard, it's Howard Hughes.

Okay, of course it is, mate. You got all your money. I'm one of the richest man in the country, sure you are, mate. Okay, I'll see ya. We'll send that $250 in the mail. I don't need it. Sure you don't, mate.

All right, mate. So he formed the Hughes aircraft company. The aim was to build the world's fastest air racer, which he called the H1. Howard would Hughes design and built the plane himself? So this was what you were talking about. Stop it. With the rivets being so specific. On September 13th, 1935, Hughes flying the H1 set the land plane air speed record.

No. Land, wait, whoa, okay, let me get mad around this. Land plane air speed. So, like that down. Like that, as opposed to mad around this. Land, plane, air speed. Write that down. That's as opposed to a sea plane. Okay. Which apparently the time could go faster. Oh.

So yeah, it was taking off from land. It was measured at 352 miles an hour or 566 K an hour. This was the last time in history that the world air speed record was set in an aircraft built by a private individual. Wow. So he built

it himself and then set a world record which is crazy. In 1937 he set a new transcontinental airspeed record by flying nonstop from Los Angeles to Newark in seven hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. So the fastest time to fly from one end of the US to the other, he broke that world record. And then the next year, 1930, he set sacked on the record time for the fastest flight around the world. He took off from New York, dipping his wings over then girlfriend Catherine Hepburn's house. No. How she was in the aviator as well, Kate Blanchett. You're only a person to everyone in Oscar for playing another Oscar winner. Oh wow that's a great fair three million dollars please. Yes. Oh yay we've got a missing box. So yeah she's featured heavily in that film.

I'm gonna buy Skittles. Hey Manny. Just a little pack. You're not ready for wealth. I don't want to go over boy. Gold Skittles please. This is how rich that he was. Apparently he never carried money and often would be out and he'd have to ask to borrow money because he just never thought about money. And then people would ask for cash and he'd think, oh yeah, cash. Like he just didn't have it because usually to have like assistance and things to get things for him. So he'd have to be like, sorry, can you spot me 50 bucks? You're the richest man I'll ever meet. Yeah, that's wild.

No, I don't have a spare 50. Yeah, sorry, I don't have money. And other time someone said, so he apparently used to drive a pretty shit car. Didn't have a radio or air conditioning or things like that at the time. Did they have those things at the time? We'd have radio, I don't know about air conditioning,

but it wasn't like a top model. Didn't even have like electric windows. We'd have radio, I don't know about it. It wasn't like a top on it. Didn't even have electric windows. Didn't have the house here in Cleveland. Yeah, didn't even have Bluetooth. So just imagine a Toyota camera if you will, which we have been shooting on this podcast. Not shooting on. Just be.

These driving a Toyota camera in one of these are a huge step up for me. I want to make that clear. If the good people at Toyota Camry are listening. One of these like managers or something said to him, why don't you drive a Rolls Royce and he said to him, said, do you want, why do I need to? Who have I got to impress? On the top dog.

I don't give a shit about anything. People know how rich I am. It doesn't matter. But yeah, I love the idea of not carrying money and then you are so rich but still having to borrow money. So so stupid. Anyway, so he took off on the trip around the world. I wasn't smooth sailing. He nearly flew into a mountain range in Siberia that someone had apparently forgot to put on the map. He was busy tipping his wings to another hot bird. Oh shit. Dips me wings. But until I 14th, 1938, he returned to New York just 91 hours after setting off, meaning

he'd beaten the old world record by four days. I mean, he wasn't like, there was another pilot and they did tag-teaming or whatever. Well, this is a guy that works for 40 hours at a time. I reckon he just did it all. No, there was like a, there was a co-pilot and I believe a navigator on board. And they had to stop 17 times to refuel. Yeah, they stopped, I think it was at least six times, yeah. But yeah, he beat the old record by four days.

You got to stop, you know, six times. Well, that's something like halving the time almost, not, but it's taking a big chunk off. Wow. Wow. It's better than half, yeah. why do I know nothing about this guy? 91 hours and he took four days. He took 96 hours off Wow Which is that's what crazy so he built his own plane set the fastest speed record Then he built the record got the record for one side of the country to the other now

He's got the record for around around the around the world Previously he'd really been only known for his wealth and relationships So his girlfriend's were usually more famous than he was But now he was celebrated as an American hero receiving multiple parades in his honor Like the olden days was such a funny time. Can you imagine now someone does something fast or like flies a plane? Would you know about it? No, he wouldn't Would you go to a know about it? No, you wouldn't. Would you go parade about it? No, what do you get parades for these days? I have a grand final. Yeah, well, all right. That's culture, though. But that's the only parade I can think. Mimba? Is there a parade?

Yeah, the Mimba parade. King and Queen wasn't... Yes. I think, yeah. Maybe he's a multi-millionaire we know. There's even a saying. Yeah, I mean, it's the king of moomba. Yeah, surely that comes with a big old check. Yeah, huge fan. For multiple million dollars. And I'll just novelty check like a lot of money we may.

Yes. But on a novelty check also. Yeah. Best of both worlds. The following year, how would he use Combine? His love of aviation with business when he bought a share of Transworld Airlines, TWA. Eventually, he acquired 78% of its stock, so he just bought an airline. Holy shit.

He conceived the original design for a Lockheed Constellation, which is a 40 passenger Transcontinental airliner with a range of 3,500 miles of 5,600 K that could fly easily from one side of the USA to the other with 40 passengers on board Which at the time wasn't a very common thing so that was a huge success for it transward airlines did they have Stewards serving snacks There was something that's much more glamorous affair back in that. People would wear suits and things like that to go to. People would dress up. Yeah. I think I picture people wearing suits just day to day.

But I see people fairly dressed up on plane sometimes and I'm so perplexed by it. I don't have long haul flights. How dressed up do you mean? I've seen women in high heels and men in suits and stuff. I'm watching lost and a few of them. I'm like, you were wearing that on a plane? Like one woman's just in like a wholetonic dress. I'm like, oh, you'd be so cold on the plane wearing that.

Yeah, maybe she was going straight to the opera at the other end of the room. Yeah, that's true. I mean, you do you, but I'm always in trackies. Like, you gotta be comfy. You know, what are you doing? Dave always wears tailored jeans. There's no, I don't know,

I don't know what attracts you, pants and public, I'm afraid. Well, not stoop. That's why I matinee a way more comfortable on our long haul flights. That's true. Although Dave's little legs don't hit the floor, so. Yeah, that's true.

Where's that more comfortable in other ways? He can lie down. I trust him for another one. He just, he just curls up in a little ball like a cat. I don't even the floor so yeah he can lie down he just he just curls up in a little ball like a cat I don't even decline to lie down I lean forward he's got a smaller chair you got a boost to seat back there sometimes I put him in my pocket yeah and it gets real snug yeah it's so cute when you put him in there and he's just all snuggled like what there is but we have lost him a couple of times that's true It's people are always surprised when I see photos

that you're like the same hot as me and Jess. Like, hey, you really make them mad the same smaller, but I fully picture to be small. I part for what I'm standing next to you. I picture you to be pocket size. I picture you like living in a little can of beans. Hello. An empty can or a full can of beans.

A full. Oh thank goodness, so there's still beans to eat. Yeah. But there's room to break. Yeah. Best of both of us. Yeah, that's the best of both. Would you live in bean, Steve?

I could, I could. Okay. If you want an update on this, talk, watch, tweet, five likes. Okay. What was the wording that you went for? Well, this is the thing. I didn't really put any time out.

I said, even a cock watch is right twice a day. And then I like realize that people, that doesn't make a lot of sense. Like what's a cock watch people are doing? So I replied to myself and said, for this one, imagine a cock with a tattoo of a watch on it. And that's also got five likes. That's good stuff. Good, good, good.

It's good when the explainer gets more, or the same, I possibly more like this. I think later on I might need to add a little more info, one more round. It's so hard to tweet in podcasts at the same time. But I make it work. Yeah, somehow I still came up with a P-body award winning tweet. That's a little prediction, but obviously with COVID, tweet quality has dipped and I reckon I'm up for a P-body this year. Which I don't know what it is, but it sounds cool. P-body, it's fun to say. Yeah, it was funny.

All right, jury World War II, how it used focused, focused, turned to military aircraft and he began designing planes, many of which were under government contracts. Okay. The first he designed, but not under one of these contracts, was a bomber called the Hughes D2. Of course. It had to be abandoned after lightning hit the hanger

that it was stored in and everything burnt down. That is unlucky. Not a good start. Ooh. Another one that didn't go so well was the amphibian aircraft, Sikorski S43, which he was piloted, but crashed. Again, he walked away from the crash, only with a large gash on his head,

but two other employees weren't so lucky and were killed. Oh no! Holy shit. But probably he's most famous if he's four plane crashes in his lifetime. Jesus Christ. Four. Oh, no spoilers, unless did any of them take him out?

No. Survived all four. Wow. But probably he is most famous. And this one is in the aviator. It occurred on July 7th, 1946, when test flying the US Army Force, reconnaissance aircraft, the XF-11, and he was flying it above Los Angeles. He used to have been flying for an hour

twice as long as the agreed half hour test when an oil leak began to affect the right hand propeller. It began to pull sharply to the right and rapidly lose altitude. Hughes could have parachuted out but he elected to see if he could solve the problem manually. So he got out on the wing with a screwdriver in his mouth. Get out there and get out a bit a bit of gum. He could not solve the problem manually so he aimed to perform an emergency landing on the Los Angeles Country Golf Club. Sadly he didn't quite make it and landed it and landed at about 300 meters short of the golf club clipping. Clip Hello Factory. He clips three houses, one of which was destroyed when it caught fire.

Oh my God. Hugh sustained significant injuries in the crash. This is the worst crash you ever had. He, which included a crushed collarbone, multiple cracked ribs, a crushed chest with a collapsed left lung. His heart was shifted to the right side of the chest cavity. Wait what? Did you know that was possible? Yeah usually when it happens you die. His heart gets moved though. His heart got moved to the other side. Can you just sketch over a bit please?

He had numerous third degree burns as well so he was burnt a lot. He was very injured and most people thought he was gonna die. Do burns get worse the higher the lower than a... Hi, third's bad. How much how many layers of... Normal sports rules. Skinns burnt through. Yeah, three of which had to go forals. Three, three's real bad. But I've heard it hurts less because by that say just burnt through the nerve. Which is...

Oh that's alright then. But I mean it's harder to recover from though, so best of both worlds. Yeah. It's quite, it doesn't recover well and you'd need skin grafts and stuff like that. And you've been paying for the rest of your life? Potentially, but not immediately. Right. That's probably in 1930s.

I must say, that's what I've heard. I'm certainly no Burns expert, but he was very very injured expected. I missed a Burns. Yeah, I love him. That's for his. He was very injured expected to die But he got to hospital and a whilst recovering which he did recover he noticed how uncomfortable his hospital bed was. Oh my God. So he used his time to invent what we know as the modern day hospital bed Got a screwdriver in his mouth crawled out onto the wing You know how when you're in hospital now That can be raised and lowered in different sections. Yeah, they didn't used to be able to do that

He invented that he came up with these plans and sent them to his assistant and said can you change this? He put hot and cold water that would help with his burns in the in the hospital bed. Yeah So basically he invented them what we know as a modern day hospital. So in the end, it was good, for the greater good that he went down that day. That's amazing. And it gave you a surprise. I feel like that is often the way you need rich and important and powerful people to have a problem for it to filter down, to pit the unpowerful plebs like, you know,

the average people who suffer from something, they need someone from up top to care about it enough to do something about it. Far out, that is wild Dave. It's absolutely crazy. That's a good thing that came from the crash of the bad thing was he began taking codine painkillers, valium and many other drugs at this time

Many of which he would be dependent on for the rest of his life. Oh, Dean. Right. How do you take your codine? Only for migraines, but do you take pills? Yeah great. He liked to inject it I can And I got more and more as his luff, because he had a lot, he was in pain for a little bit. If you go to the chemist together, they ask you four million questions. Because it is, it's like very addictive. They would ask him one question, which was, is your name

how to use? And he'd say yes, and they'd just give him all you want. Especially back in this day. Yeah, maybe this is before. Oh, I mean, they probably knew that it wasn't great, but I'm saying that. I'm saying that never went into mass production. But that's one thing that just has been another plane. He's that you could be in an accident that serious and I'm unslated and be like, all right, I'm going to try again.

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You're right. Yeah, me not all have a song about him. Here come the Hercules. Here come the Samarines. Well that's a great impression if you don't know me not all. Yeah, it's very good. Also, submarines, dumb. They all sold them. Yes, they had Hercules, Peter. But you lost me at Submarine. So the Spruce Goose, which was the nickname for it, was conceived as a giant flying boat for use during World War II.

Do you think that's done? A giant. A summer reverse Submarine. A flying boat. Yeah, yeah, I think that's done. It's basically a big sea plane. Yeah, a flying boat. But it was referred to as a flying boat.

The US government contracted Hughes' company to design a build on aircraft that's capable of transporting 700 troops or a load of 60 tons across the Atlantic, because this is during World War II. Because of the lack of metal during wartime, Hughes proposed that the boat be built completely out of wood. Yes. That sounds good. It's big, aluminium's hard to get hand on. Illuminum, if you're from overseas,

say you'd like to use old growth forests. Big, heavy timber. Real heavy, beautiful. We'll polish it up. We'll oil it. Oh my god, it looks stunning. It's treated pond. Yeah, yes.

And you have to power it with coal. Big open first. Well, could go wrong. Have a big supply of petrol just in case it goes right. I had to turn down to be a bit of a nightmare to build because he had to get people to carve and plane back and test each bit of mine back, which much more than aluminium. So everything had to be tested way more, because wood is not as consistent as a piece of metal. So that did test everything.

And it had to be giant to achieve its brief of carrying 700 troops. It was the largest air craft ever built with a wing span of 97.5 m. It was the largest. I find boat, thanks man. Sorry. It was the largest aircraft ever built with a wingspan of 97 and a half meters. So if it can spare a comparison, you imagine a 747, that has a wingspan of 67 meters. Yes, and this was how much? 97.

Right. So it's one and a half times. Surely it just ran it up to 100. Yeah. It's basically a hundred meters of wing. Yeah, I'm imagining a 100 meters on a track. And it was the biggest plane ever built until the Strada launch was flown last year. Right. Which is, did you see this at the time?

The Titanic in the sky. It's the, and the Strada launch is one where they, it's used to launch stuff into space. It's actually got two cockpits. Right. And they're connected by a wing in the middle. Anyway, they look amazing. Is that the Richard Branson thing or something else? It's one of those type companies. Right. They're competing for that. But the H4 Hercules, it was absolutely massive. It wasn't without its doubters and critics. It was nicknamed the Spruce Goose by the media, a name that Hughes reportedly detested. That is despite the playing being mostly made out of birch

rather than Spruce Ward. Right. But they just called it the spruce goose. He hated that name. Because it was wrong. That's why I wasn't. Yeah, he's like, well, I don't care if you hate it. Just don't call it. Yeah. Call it the birch bastard or something. Spruce. I'm not using spruce. There were lots of delays on the plane and the war finished before it could be completed. So both these planes, the XF-11 and the Hercules were accused of being failures and waste of money. In 1947, Hughes was called to testify before a US Senate committee investigating whether he had misused millions of dollars in government funds on the project. That spent $22 million, fortunate at the time, and only two prototypes of the XF-11 were ever produced,

one crashed, and the Hercules hadn't even been flown yet. So they were like, what have you done with our government money? It really? It sounds a lot like Australian government manufactured submarines. Remember we've spent so much money on them, and they've just never been used?

Yeah. I forget about that, and remember some time, like, we're so dumb. What are we doing? Because submarines are dumb. Right. Yeah, I figured about that and remember some time like we are so dumb Because submarines are dumb right. Yes. It's actually powerful lobbyist. She's destroyed the submarine industry. I think they're dumb They're so funny. I'm alright. I might be misremembering that but we put billions in and then I think they were like the technology was Superse before they were finished and they had heaps of problems anyway I think that rings a bell. I think they're still making them These are an adelaide they're making yeah, I think I asked something. I think it's

By the time they're they're finished. They will be superseded. Maybe that's it. Right. So it's I think there were ones before these that maybe had And and they the cost is literally in the billions for that so that's crazy. Anyway, important for us to have submarines. Yes. So the hearings are good by sea, man. So best to protect our sea of which we are good. Yes. You've got to protect that good. I reckon if we were smart, we would have built huge wooden flying boats.

Yes. If we were smart. If we were smart or not. Well, you said lucky country, if we were smart. If we were smart or not. Well, you said lucky country, not the smart. Yeah, it was cloned up in camera, I don't know, bloody heads from their bum. Is that a saying? Yeah, I reckon.

Imagine approaching the microphone with the wrong hand. Ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Thanks for coming in at 8. Ha ha ha. I'll leave in the wrong end of the microphone. That's a lot of it. There you go. Ha ha ha. Thanks for coming in at 8. I'll leave in the wrong end of the microphone. You might not have picked that up, but I said something real funny.

Unless you did pick it up and then... Well, Dave probably added it. Because what I actually said was very funny. So he's been called before the Senate Committee hearing to explain what happened to the money. At the hearings, he said of the spruce goose, quote, not that he called it that, I put the sweat of my life into this thing. I have my reputation rolled up in it. And I have stated several times that if it's a failure, I'll probably leave this country

and never come back. And I mean it. Where are you going to go? The heroist to Canada and then just looks at America through the window. A powerful telescope. Yeah, that he admits he could see through walls. The hearings were widely publicized. So despite being a billionaire, Hughes was widely seen as the underdog. Yeah, right.

He was pretty popular. He knew actions spoke louder than words. So when there was a break in the hearing, he flew to California to continue testing with the Hercules. With members of the press on board, and he was himself at the helm, in November 1947, the plane finally took off. seven seconds. Oh no. Three more seconds. It flew. Thank you. It flew just 70 feet or 25 meters above the water before landing one mile later. So it just took off like just. But I mean it landed in water. That's what it's meant to do. Yeah. It's a boat. It's the beauty of it. You're like, yeah, it's what we wanted. It's a boat, but if it's really bumpy on the water, that day we can just hover above it. Yeah, we'll hover it for a little bit. For a bit. And then we'll come back down and then we'll hover again.

And it'll look like we're sort of don't know what we're doing but that's exactly what we're meant to be doing. So it's a bouncy boat. Just trust me on this one. Everyone's going to be flying bouncy boats soon. Yeah. You just watch. I'm ahead of the curve here.

You're the idiot. Yeah. No one's there. He's talking to stuffed animal. He's not to stuff, dynamal, press of all. He's not wearing pants. He's got never wore pants. So a flu for less than 30 seconds, and that was the only time that the plane ever flew.

Cool. But it didn't matter. Hughes had proved that the plane could technically fly. So the hearings lost steam, and after that Hughes was seen as vindicated. I love winning on a technicality. Because they were saying this thing never flew and he went, yes, it did.

And they had to be like, all right, dammit. This hearing's over. Love that. But 27 seconds. Yeah, a bit of wind caught underneath it. We were lucky with that gust of wind. Oh, man. Oh, shit.

That saved me a lot of money. Well, he later spent millions and millions and dollars over the years keeping the plane in a specially built center that kept the wood, you know, hydrate and stuff like that. That's what you want for your plane to need to be in a special place. But inevitably we're going, he also spent millions of dollars getting Owen Brewster, the senator who was seen as the instigator of the hearings, basically get unelected. Oh, so he's. He wanted campaign. Senator who was seen as the instigator of the hearings basically get unelected

He spent whatever it cost to get someone else elected over him It was very rare for an incumbent senator to lose their own seat in the primary So he wasn't even nominated in the next election because he used it spent so much money on his opponent Right, so he ruined that that other guy's career. Far from out. Yeah. Sick. Yeah. Yeah. Isn't that why? Because that sucks. Yeah, really sucks. He wasn't like, I'm not going to lie to you. He wasn't a great guy. I don't know about this politician, but that does feel like when your democracy is not too strong when one guy can just spend money and change results. He basically saw no problem that he couldn't throw money at or sort of his attitude. Which we can't relate to here with the Clive Palmer claiming his billion spent bought the

election for the government. Of course he claims though. Yeah. Clive's got an episode in this show for sure. But people that don't know, I mean, he spent some, we episode in this show for sure. For people that don't know, I mean he spent some, we'll save this for a possible future. We should, we should. But he spent a lot of time and money with plans to build Titanic 2.

It was an dinosaur park. The dinosaur park, yeah. He bought his way into our parliament as a senator and never really rocked up. But when he did, he drove in in Rolls in and rolls roises and sports cars and stuff. He, once, made a compendium, I think it was a 1600 page thing of all the things he'd ever said in Parliament, had it bound, had like three or four thousand copies made and sent to every other politician and journalist

in the country. Why? Just to show that he could. So he spent like hundreds of thousands of dollars on this project, only for people to just throw it in the bin What a jerk In I did allegedly I like you if you're listening Three million dollars, please

Three million dollars and we'll stop Trash talking here. I'll take it. Hey when I said that you built Titanic to I meant I'm like what a legend What a cool idea what a cool great idea. Because the first one was so good. Yeah. So we want another one, please. Just don't change anything. Oh, Dona's all park. Yes, please. I love Jurassic Park. If they could not kill me, that would be ace, but...

I love Titanic. Can we make them clever girls a little less clever? In 1948, Hughes bought a controlling interest in RKO Pictures Corporation. Hughes was staunchly anti-communist and after he acquired the corporation, production was shut down for six months during which time, investigations were conducted on each employee as far as their political learnings were concerned. If he suspected that someone was communist, he fired them or scrapped their films What? Oh, yeah, there was a whole period in Hollywood where a lot of people got blacklisted for yeah black I think oh, yeah, was this Macaotheism yeah, that's that era. What movie is about that?

Billy Madison. Yes Billy Madison covers this very topic. Yeah. Condition you better. Yeah. It was an allegory. Yeah. It's like the animal farm of Adam Sandler films. Veronica Vaughn, she was sort of like the Trotsky. And then you've got the bus driver played by Chris Farley. He was more of your whoever McCarthy is. And then when he said, the act Veronica Vaughn is one fine piece of ace. That was sort of some sort of comment on the thing.

Yeah. We've written a thesis on it. Yeah, but we don't want to release it yet because it's pretty damning. It's very damning and quite sexy. It is very sexy. It's a really sexy thing. Does it mean sealed? Yeah, it does.

There's a silk section in the middle where every question that Jess got right, I took off a piece of clothing. She didn't get any right, but you know, it alludes to possible nipples. Yeah. Wow. Do you know how it used to sign bra? Everyone's got nipples below their shirt, if you know what I mean. Really? So I feel like I'm losing it.

If you know what I mean. Some of us have more than one, have you know what I mean? Oh. Some. Is this our sealed section? Just too hot to put out now. So you started firing people just because you thought they might be communist. You became the first sole owner of a major Hollywood studio since the silent film era,

but you sold the shares in 1953. The following year, you bought the whole company company back only to sell it again in 1954 What's he doing he remained chairman of the board of archive until 1957 when he left the film industry for good So Hollywood was behind it from this point on He married actress Jean Peters in 1957 the two had an earlier relationship and They just sort of rekindled their love at the time he apparently kept asking it a marium and finally they got together in 1957, but this is where his behavior starts to take a bit of a wild turn. This is the final third. Right. Yeah, you're blaming her Absolutely

Just go in. No, I just I absolutely feel sorry for this. Oh no around this time in the late 1950s He went into complete seclusion. Great. Which we're kind of doing now. Yeah, honestly, he would be thriving in the current environment. I'm mostly, I'm doing a lot better than I thought I would, to be honest.

He would often wash his hands until they bled. That's how much he hated germs. So in this current era of us washing our hands with, he would laugh at the 22nd rule and say, I'll raise that to 200 seconds. He's like, oh, you. You're singing happy birthday while you do it. I'm bleeding.

Yeah, but I'm reading Warren P. Swarth's washing my hands. And then I start again. He had developed obsessive compulsive disorder over the years and had become obsessed with germs. In one of the few times he lived in a home rather than a hotel member, so he lives in hotels. He bought a modest house, but installed air purifiers intended

for shopping centers to ensure the air was clean. Okay, lots of. But then in the 50s, he began to be surrounded by aides, and rather than go out. I thought he would hate of that. Not that aides are a germ, but you know, it's still some sort of sickness, isn't it?

I'm not a scientist. I think AIDS is bad. I believe AIDS is bad. AIDS with an... He got on early, though, too, because I don't even think it was around yet. No, it wasn't. He was... Early adopter.

He was worried. Now, he began to be surrounded by these AIDS and rather than go out, they would do things for him. So he was always inside, they would do his bidding. In 1958, he was told his aide that he wanted to screen some movies at a film studio near his home. He didn't leave the dark studio for four months.

What? He ate only... His pupils would be so dilated, all the opposite of that. Maybe a real little. Yeah. This is the start of the Mr. Burns. Big, right?

No. Yeah. This is the start of the Mr. Burns era stuff. Right? No. Yeah. This is the start of the Mr. Burns, era stuff. So he's gone in a big beard looking like Moses. He ate only chocolate bars and chicken and drank only milk. OK, how did he do that? And was surrounded by dozens of clean Xboxes that he continuously stacked and rearranged.

He wrote detailed memos to his aides giving them explicit instructions, neither to look at him nor speak to him unless spoken to. He would ask one of them what the time was. And him nor speak to him unless spoken to. He would ask one of them what the time was and when they began to speak he would shush them and demand to be silently shown their watch. So someone would be like, oh, it's cock watch? Mr Hughes hits 330 and he'd be like, show me the cock watch. You drop your drawers, he'd thank you and you'd leave. Okay. Well, as he says, thank you. Yeah. Plotness of costume.

No, it's home of monster. One of the notes that he had made survived, and this is what it said, it is equally important to me that nobody ever opens any door or any opening to any room, cabin or closet or anything used to store any of my things, even for 1,000 of an inch, for 1,000 of a second. I don't want the possibility of dust or insects or anything of that nature entering. More instructions.

Dust and insects in the same category. Yeah, I love that. I love that small thing. Dust insects or any kind of bullshit like that. I think like that. Or any sort of combination of the two like dust mites, which I believe to be dust come to life. David explain to me what a clause it is. to be like dust mites, which I believe to be dust come to life.

David explain to me what a closet is. How do you say that? Closet. Closet. Closet. Mate. This is Birmingham. Oh my God.

That's still angering me. What was the word? What was the word? Debut. Yeah. I said debut. Instead of debut. Instead of debut. They lost their minds.

It's amazing that they collectively lost their minds. Yeah, yeah. In the lack of my defense, I don't think anyone says closet except for me. So that is what you normally say closet. I don't think I'd ever say it. It's a very American thing, right? A closet, yeah.

Yeah, we could say cupboard. I'd say cupboard. Or wardrobe. I'd say cupboard, or wardrobe. I'd say my walk-in robe. Of course you would. I'd say my walk-in pantry. I'd say my walk-in closet. My food closet.

Fod closet. So, the takeaway there is that he had extreme instructions. Other things you'd say, you used six to eight tissues to turn the knob on the bathroom door. Oh, seven. No, seven's a last. Yeah, that's fine. Then use eight new tissues to open the bathroom cabinet

and remove an unused bar of soap. Clean your hands with the soap. Use at least 15 tissues to open the door to the cabinet containing the hearing aid. Remove the sealed envelope containing the hearing aid with two hands. Use another 15 tissues in both hands. Did he buy stock-in tissues?

He... he's lost it. He often sat naked in the cinema watching film after film. Oh my god, the dream! Never bathing! He's hair, beard and nails grew very long, didn't have any of it. I don't know that. But the naked... It's a little bit of a's a beautiful and also not wash. Yeah, and to be nude all the time. It is. And also to be with so many different sexual partners. Oh, he's still there still.

Has he still done that? Well, no, by this day, he is a bit of a lot of adult. Yeah, yeah. But throughout his career, he's got his car. He's got his car. He was always worried about germs though. It's trivial. He's whole life car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, car, his car, car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car, his car No one can touch me. Do it through the closet door. He would also reportedly we enter jars and keep the jars. Yeah see there's there's some inconsistencies here. I want everything clean and

tidy. I don't want any germs getting near my pistols. Pritious pistols. He left the cinema and then moved into a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel where he also rented rooms for his aides, his wife and numerous girlfriends. Actually, he was still sitting at the moment at the stage. He would sit naked in his bedroom with a pink hotel napkin placed over his genitals and watch films for hours at a time. He can put it on underwear. You don't have to put a napkin over your bits.

Well, one of the people things, it's hard to know because he obviously never did interviews about this kind of thing. But one of the arguments is that he would inject himself with code-in for pain and possibly stayed naked because clothes he found would hurt his skin because it had horrible burns and things like that. So possibly, just stayed naked, didn't like bathing because he was in tremendous parts for us.

Oh, yes. That'll add up all of a sudden. Yeah. Pissing in jars still doesn't? Yeah. No. But yeah, a good point with that. Yeah.

Well, I was at a pink napkin. Is that where the term, pink fits came from? I assume so, yes. Yeah. He coined a lot of terms. Yeah, right. It's an interesting, but I think there's got to be a point where it doesn't matter how much money you have.

Why do people let very rich people get away with weird or inappropriate behavior? Like he's just taken over a cinema for several months and he's living there and people are presumably bringing him chicken and milk. So they're bringing him, so I will say one of the reasons people think he married Jean Peters. His second wife was that they were very close and had dated in the past. But one of the reasons people think he married there was some speculate that he was worried that his aides were about to get him committed to a mental asylum. But if you married you have to get this at the time. The spouse had to agree to it. But if he was unmarried anyone could just commit him. But if he was married to Jane he could say to her don't let them

commit me. So that sort of suggests that he was still with it. Yeah, pretty sharp. Yeah. Oh, at least very paranoid. Oh, yeah, that's true. Actually, he was pretty paranoid. Yeah. Because as soon as his AIDS sent him off, they also lose their jobs.

Yeah. And if they're still working those jobs, you're assuming they want the job. And that became a bit of a vicious cycle, is that they became yes men that would do no matter. So no one would actually give him help because he was so rich that even these aides were getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. So it's a very lucrative job as like you say you don't want to lose your income. So you're like, oh I'll go along with this wacky shit, I won't talk to him.

Some people like one of the aides since done interviews and like one of his jobs was if Howard felt lonely he'd go into the hotel room in which is completely dark all the windows are tape shut sit in a chair he wasn't allowed to talk to Howard but Howard would just talk to him and that was his job he'd sit there for hours how would talk to him and then he'd leave. So he wouldn't even respond to that? No it wasn't allowed to respond he just wanted to talk to him. I'd just go ahead and talk to a podcast in. Yeah no worries.

So and that was one of the things that people would ask these strange requests and they're like well he's the man with the money we got to keep this dream going baby. Yeah, no worries. So and that was one of the things that people would ask the strange request and they're like, well, he's the man with the money. We've got to keep this dream going, baby. Yeah, right. I mean, if you don't want the other person to answer, just talk, just talk out loud. There doesn't have to be someone there. Talk to a mirror. No, he wasn't well. But money was never a problem for Howard. In 1966, he sold his shares in Transworld Airlines for more than 66 see of the Saints won the VFL Promo Ships. How does this year kick coming up? I don't know. God damn it. Stop like you should have just changed that. In 67 also admit 60. Missy. See sold his shares in Transworld Airlines for more than $500 million. Holy yeah. Which is in the billions today. Wow. he never wanted for any of them very clean heads. Yeah everything he touched pretty much turned a gold

But it's still he had you could say he's got the modest touch You would tell that to him and he asked to watch his hands yes Later that year this is a 1960 something He's moved Later that year, this is a 1960 something, the Hughes moved via train to Las Vegas and set up residents with his team of aids on the top floor of the desert in Casino Hotel. He lived in the penthouse, taped the window shut and only a small inner circle of people were ever allowed to see him. Wow! circle of people were ever allowed to see him. Wow.

The desert in group frustrated with Hughes staying there for months, because he was taking up all the rooms usually occupied by the high rollers that would gamble in the casino. Right, of course. He's paying the big fees, but he's not a gambler. They're losing money. Hughes refused to leave and they threatened to kick him out. They were like, we're going to send security up

if you don't leave tomorrow and we're going to remove you from the building. So Hughes came up with a compromise. He would buy the entire hotel, which he did. And they said, thank you very much. He wrote them a big fact check and they made a lot of money. What? He just bought the hotel. How old is he at this point?

So he's born in 2012 this is the late 60s. It was born in 1905, so he's 60 years old, in the 60s. Wow. That's wild, so yeah, so you can just throw money at any problem. Any problem. You want to kick me out? I'll buy this hotel. I'll buy this hotel. Name your price.

And they were like, sweet. At the time the hotel had a golf course that hosted the PGA Tournament of Champions. And that brought in all the big names, Jack Nicholson, all these kind of people, and thousands of guests would come to watch. It was very lucrative for the hotel, very profitable event, it had been going for over 10 years. Big event on the golf calendar, but Hughes thought that the guests would bring in too many germs. so he just canceled the tournament. He said another hotel can do it, I don't care. Yeah. And his advisors were like, dude, that's just cost us lots of money here, so I don't care.

I don't care. That's something I got. I don't want people coming in. But then Hughes discovered a way to write off tax through the casino through gambling losses. And from this point on on he began buying up multiple Casinos and vacant land across Las Vegas. He bought castaways, new frontier, the landmark hotel and casino and the Sands casino. So he just started buying because they're great investments. Whoa. He reportedly was kept awake at night by the Silver Slipers trademark Silver Slipper.

They're refused to turn it off. So he bought the casino. What is that? That's like a light. Yeah, like a light-up. Like a light-up. Right. Like, you know, neon sign basically. He said, he rang him and said, can you turn it off?

And they said, no. So he said, okay, I'm buying the casino. And then he moved the, the slipper. He moved it. He moved it. He moved it. He moved it. He hotels he couldn't just move his bed a bit.

How's he taped up the window? Yeah. He was like, no, I don't like it. Get rid of it. He moved it. The hotel he couldn't just move his bed a bit. How's it he taped up the window? Yeah. He was like, no, I don't like it. Get rid of it. Just knowing it's there is enough. That's insane. So you just moved the slipper. Yeah.

At the time Las Vegas was... He should have just turned it off after a certain point, you know? 10 o'clock at 10's off. And he doesn't respect Narada. At the time Las Vegas was seen as being run by the Mafia and Hughes, and this is actually written on Encyclopedia Britannica, is linked with changing the city's image through his development. So before that, it was run by the mob, but he bought all the hotels and developed a lot

of stuff, and then it became more of a go-to destination and like, yeah, family and stuff could go there. Yeah, right. But before then, it was- Yeah, the real family destination that is today. It was got a lot of like theme parks and sort of shows and things like that. Yeah, when I was eight and we stayed at Circus Circus.

Me too. I stayed at the Hilton. Ah, okay. Which at the time had a Star Trek ride. Ah, sick. Which was very fun. Did someone died for that to happen? Did you tell us that, Richard? Yeah, that was, All your family trips was...

That was my mother's grade uncle. My my grade uncle, my mom's uncle, yeah. So unlike how it used, your parents didn't invest into huge money-making companies. They just poured it all in good memories with their families, yuck. Yeah. Oh, and we saw it, and I would never do this today,

but we saw Sikfried and Roy the magic tiger show Yeah, ended in tragedy one of when one of them attacked was attacked by one of the white tigers, but yeah That's a crazy thing that we did Looking back on that anyway, so he he actually changed the image of of Las Vegas many people say amazing He also love watching movies and he bought a local TV station and told them what movies they should play it's not fantastic Programmed it it is reported that if he fell asleep during one he would call up the station and ask them to start it again No I'm like say no

Other people at home would be like, And they'd say, no. The other people at home would be what you're going. No. I thought I saw this bit. The lion's roaring again. What's going on? He could surely, he could be like, I was up to around this point. Yeah. I saw this happen, go back to that.

Fast forward, fast forward, fast forward, stop. No. R, rewind. Marty just got in the delorean for the first time. That's so funny and kind of cute. Startled again. From the top, I fell asleep. As we be, go to sleep then. How would?

Go to sleep. No? Startled again. He was began surrounding himself by what have been termed by some as the Mormon Mafia, as a member of the group where members themselves of the Latter-day Saints movement. Something Hughes himself wasn't. He wasn't a Mormon but a lot of his key advisors in this time were high-out members of the Mormon Church. The group of aides and assistants, as I

said, were essentially yes men to the eccentric billionaire, bowing to his every whim, no matter what he asked for. Hughes once became fond of aides and assistants, as I said, were essentially yes men to the eccentric billionaire bowing to his every whim, no matter what he asked for. Hughes once became fond of a Baskin Robbins banana nut ice cream. Oh yeah, talks to me. So he's aides, sought to secure a bulk shipment for him. I only discovered that Baskin Robbins had discontinued the flavor. So he bought Baskin Robbins? Well, not quite. I wish I could tell you that.

They put in a request for the smallest amount the company could provide for a special order, which was 350 gallons or 1300 liters of ice cream, and they had it shipped to his hotel in Las Vegas. A few days later, the order arrived. He was announced that he was tired of banana nut and only wanted French vanilla ice cream. Oh my god. The desert didn't end up distributing free banana nut ice cream to casino customers for the rest of the year We had too much

Tell the real banana nut nut story. I Hate that I Don't I like bananas with a banana flavored things. I like bananas. I like nuts. I like banana nuts Except pinnacle. Yeah, I think it could be really good. I like banana ice cream I don't know how big a nut. Is it peanut butter? Yeah, I like banana nuts. That's like it could be really good. I like banana ice cream, maybe. Barney banana, popsicles. Yum yum. Yum yum.

I guess we'll never know, because I just continued it. That's so funny. And then he goes from banana nut to French vanilla. Surely that's, you've got to love that Dave. You love plain foods. I love ice cream, I really love it. Yeah, fair enough. So much.

I have something after this. The last time I had it was when we had an ice cream date, Dave. You haven't had it since then? Over a year, maybe two years. Maybe, maybe. Maybe. Maybe. No, I went, you were talking about Adelaide. Yeah, I can't remember. Wait, Adelaide?

You're like a perth. Perth! That wasn't that long ago. Yeah, that was a long time ago. Oh, right, yes, we were quite drunk at the time. I can ask, Graeme. That was a great time that was. Yeah, I heard you coming, because I was back to be a part of it. I was drunk.

Oh, baby, this ice cream is amazing. Keep it down in there. It's me and a whole lot of banana, not Emma, right? Dave is banana, nothing in that waffle cone. I don't even want to clarify now. Yeah, let's leave it. Leave it to everyone's imagination. There's no imagination left. Anyway.

All right, we're nearly there for Howard Hughes. In 1970, his wife, Gene Peters, filed for divorce after not having seen her husband in over three years. That's fair, I reckon. Gene Peters is a great name. Great name. Did she, I don't know her work. She was a famous Hollywood actress at the time. Yeah, right. She's a wild story. And she got a bit Elimony payout. She just got paid a certain amount for the rest of her life and then went on to marry another man. So hopefully she was a bit happier. Another man, eh?

In fact, so she hadn't seen him in three years. In fact, no one had really seen how it used for years. So people started to speculate that he was in fact dead, and that people were pretending he was alive to keep control of his assets. Ah. That makes sense potentially. In 1972, author Clifford Irving claimed that he had co-written an autobiography with Howard Hughes. This was a lie, but Hughes was such a recluse that he didn't come out and say that the letters Irving had released reportedly signed by Hughes or in fact fake. Wow. It was enough to get Irving hundreds of thousands of dollars in an advance from a book publisher.

Oh! So big big money. That's a sweet scam. Eventually to prove that he was alive and that Irving was lying, how would Hughes agree to a press conference over telephone with reporters who he had known from years earlier, and could therefore verify that they were talking to the real Hughes. Right, yeah.

So they recognized his voice, but also... What's your favorite color? They actually did ask him questions about stuff like that to verify that it was not so on doing an impression of him. Wow. Irving, the author was convicted for fraud and spent a year and a half in jail. Oh, I'm not the best scam after all. Well, he later wrote a bestselling book about this called The Hokes and that was made into a Richard Gear film in 2006. What? Pretty woman. Yeah, it was a look at, it was a rewrite.

But the bones of it are there. In his last years, how would he use in his crew mood from pen house to pen house all around the world? But no one ever saw him. They would sort of ship him in at night, go straight to the room, blacked out curtains, no one was allowed to say him. But sadly, all good things must come to an end. And years of injecting code-in and never leaving a bed, sure do take its toll.

On April 5th, 1976, Hughes lay unconscious and probably dying. And his personal doctor was called, but instead of treating him, the doctor spent two hours shredding documents. Oh no! Oh my god! Apparently many documents were shredded by his entourage that day. It's not clear if they were protecting him or themselves or both. Oh, geez. Four hours after the doctor.

You've got to be very mad. Dad, he's in a bad way. The doctor comes in. Because I had his briefcase, briefcase, has inside of it a shredder. He puts on gloves, he's such a shredder scum. I need four CCs, that's that. He's shredding. Four hours after a doctor was called, how did he use his put on a plane back to Houston, his home town? Flying or floating? He was flying. Perhaps fittingly for the once great aviator, he died as the plane was landing in Houston. How'd he use his was 70 years old?

He was apparently so unrecognizable that his fingerprints were required to identify the body. His nails, bed and hair were all long. Despite being six foot four tall, he only weighed 90 pounds or 41 kilos. Oh, yeah. It was not much left. Geez, he wasn't eating too much of that French vanilla. Chicken and milk and chocolate. Yeah, geez, that's so, that is tiny. Yeah. he was male nourished and covered in bed source because he hadn't really left bed in years X-ray X-rays X-rays X-rays revealed five broken off hypodermic needles in his arms and it snapped off

So he was very unhealthy and his kidneys which they put it down to kidney failure were apparently Basically nonexistent while the time he died. Whoa put it down to Kidney Failure. We're apparently basically nonexistent while the time he died. Wow. He was buried next to his parents all those years later. Oh, shit, yeah, because they died when he was so young. Wow. So what happened to his money? He was worth $2.5 billion when he died, which is $11 billion today, and it was the richest man in America at the time. No kids, so. No kids. Yeah. No wife then. Yeah, she two divorced wives. And yeah, it was one of the richest men in the world and the richest in America.

Approximately three weeks after Hugh's death, a handwritten will was found on the desk of an official of the Church of the Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is called the Mormon Wheel, people have referred to it as, which gave 1.5 billion to various charitable organizations, including 600 million to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, nearly half a billion dollars to the upper management in Hughes companies and to his AIDS.

So they got a lot of the cut. $150 million to his first cousin, William Limus, and $150 million split equally between his two ex-wives, Ella, Rice, and Gene Peters. That's cool. Probably strangers of all, $150 million was supposedly in doubt to a gas station owner named Melvin Duma, who claimed that he had once discovered a man lying

abandoned on Route 95 outside Las Vegas. Not knowing where he was. Doomar says that the man asked for a ride to Vegas, and after dropping him off at the San Hotel, Doomar said that the man told him that his name was Howard Hughes. Doomar claimed that days after Hughes' death, a quote mysterious man, appeared at the gas station, leaving an envelope containing the wheel on his desk. Unsure of the wheel was genuine, unsure what to do, do more left the wheel at the Latter-day Saints Church office. Immediately people began to question the legitimacy of this wheel. And for a few reasons. The wheel

left money to his two ex-wives, LRIS and Gene Peters, even though both women had LRMS that barred claims on Hughes' estate. So they actually had no claim. Hughes had often said he wouldn't be giving any money to his aides, and this will said that they got millions of dollars each. The will also was filled with misspellings, including the misspelling of the name of Hughes' cousin. It also called Hughes' famous flying boat the H44 Hercules, the Spruce Goose, a nickname

that Hughes had always hated and would never use. Why would that have even needed to be in the will? It said I would like to donate my Spruce Goose to a museum. Yeah, okay. Yeah, that's all the other ones. I'm like, he could have had a change of heart about his ex-wives and his aides, but yeah, that does seem very strange that he would have called it a Spruce Goose. So it was, of course, found to be a fake. Wow, that's real smart by that guy

Yeah, if it just these little details He used to died without a valid will and most of the money went to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which he had founded Which he put money into but a lot of people have laid a command said that that was probably just a tax write-off but in the in the years since they've had millions and millions of dollars and have done actual good medical research. And most of it went to his distant relatives. According to the Wall Street Journal, around a thousand people have been fitted from the state, including 200 of used distant relatives. After liquefying many of his assets, they collectively were awarded one and a half billion dollars. Whoa.

That's all make of all of them rich. Yeah. So even if they all got an equal share, which you wouldn't over a thousand people, that average is out to be one and a half million dollars each in the 70s. Holy shit. Imagine being a different relative. You don't even know you're related to this guy and you just get a million bucks. And that's sort of loosely what the movie King Ralph was based on.

Yeah. And that is the end of my report. That's how Matt ends it. It's a great report. Well, Donde, what a world story. I knew nothing. Yeah, I wanted to talk about it for a while because he was so eccentric. I must say, after researching, watching a couple documentaries and stuff like that, he was

like some of the stuff he did is absolutely crazy in eccentric, but then I was also disappointed to find out that he didn't seem like a very nice man. Yeah, that is a bit disappointing. He wanted him to be a bit of a cook. Yeah, well-meaning. Accentric but fun? Yeah, yeah. Because that's the stuff.

That's the stuff. When I first discovered this on Wiki all those years ago, I'd read about him locking himself into cinema and only eating chicken for four months. I'd be like, that's really funny, but he was psychologically affected and also, before that, just pretty rich and didn't treat people very kindly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, like someone who got rich when they were 19. Totally. It was born rich anyway. And parents had died and, like obviously, a lot of, rough. Yeah, it's sort of of a lot of things overcome there. Yeah, absolutely. It's difficult Well fantastic report and as always for the first time listeners you won't know but long-term listeners will know that always finish

The report by tying it back to the film king Ralph Don't you apologize Dave? He said that and I was a bit I don't even know the film King Ralph to be honest. John Goodman is American. The whole British monarchy is reunited for a big photo. The photo cables go through water and So, the photo cables go through water and electrocutes and kills the whole British monarchy. So, that's pretty fun. The throne goes to the distant relative who is an American man played by John Goodman called Ralph, and he becomes King Ralph. I love it. Yeah. That's just so crazy it might work.

Yeah, it's pretty great. I saw it at the cinemas. It's one of the first films I ever saw at the movies. Real, real good time. Alright, that brings us to everyone's favorite segment of the show, which is the fact-quotal question segment. I think the jingle goes something like this, yeah? Fact-quotal question thing. And the way this works is, if you support us at patreon.com slash do go on pod There's a bunch of different levels you get different rewards on this one is if you get on board the Sydney Sharnberg Rest in Peace deluxe Memorial Edition level and this one gets you a bunch of things including Two bonus episodes a month, which is also included on the DB Cooper and above levels

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Very fun. That's right. But on the Sydney Sharnberg's Luxembourg level, you get to give us a factor quote or a question. You also get to give yourself a title. And I'm going to go through two of those right now. The first is the gentleman Odie Matthews who's given himself the title of CEO of Not Knowing

what a CEO does. And he's asked the question, oh this is interesting, I don't read this until I read him, which makes sense if you think about it, but we were talking about this before. He says, you mentioned an North America tour coming hopefully soon. Oh, so sorry. I think you wrote this before COVID hit that scampy little tiger. Was that on this episode? Okay, great. So he writes, you mentioned an North American tour coming hopefully soon. Yeah, October. So I was curious, an all the American tour can we hopefully soon yeah October? So I was curious is there any American restaurants you've heard about that you're excited to try oh Dave This is right up your alley. Well, I must say I was very lucky to go to LA for a week in November last year And I was stoked to try in an out burger. Oh, yeah, that's people love that was very good

They did a pop-up in an out burger in Melbourne last year. And there was like people queueing up around the block. I'm like, you guys are maniac. Do you remember people doing that when Krispy Kreme opened here? People lining up around the blocks coming out with multiple 24 packs of donuts. I'm like, you don't need that.

I never get it. I never understand. Even like people do that when a new gaming console or phone comes out. Yeah. There'll be no line for this tomorrow. Yeah, I never understand it. I never understand. Even like people do that when a new gaming console or phone comes there. There'll be no line for this tomorrow. Yeah, I never understand that. I'm going to be first or I've got to get 48 donuts. Why? Are you having 48 friends over? Not anymore. Yeah. Yeah. I must say I was I loved trying to get burger. I had tacos. Is that the square one? I was just in a drawing in that burger. I had tacos. Is that the square one? I was just doing a podcast where people were talking

about American burgers and one of them comes in squares. It wasn't this one. This was just like, I got a double beef patty. There's only three options for burgers, I believe. I don't know what the veggie option was if they had one. To be honest, but yeah, and he had fries and it was like a diner dinosaur thing, which was really cool, and then you get a world's biggest soft drink container. Of course.

And you get to fill it up. It's a fucking tub. Yeah, right. But I also tried Tucker Bell for the first time, which we've just recently opened up one in Australia. Oh, how was it? Yeah, I loved it. Cheesy Gordata Crunch, I'm all about him. Was it, how does it compare to taco bills? It's sort of, it's more like takeaway stuff. Right. Like fast foodie on the go. But it was very cheap and very, very yummy, yeah. Yeah.

I don't know if I have an answer for this one. No, I don't think I do. I'm supposed to be going to Hawaii in August. That's probably not gonna happen. Yeah, I'll be in Edinburgh. We'll maybe going to Hawaii in August. That's probably not going to happen. Yeah, I'll be in Edinburgh. We'll maybe go to the airport together. Yeah, like we swear, I'll give you a lift. I was going to Africa.

I forget all these, I'm going to see Faes No More coming up in Adelaide. That's probably not happening. That's not going to happen. Emmett. Oh well, it's all for the greater good. That's right, that's right. Of course. We all stay home and shut down now.

Hopefully next year we'll be all. And I'm not getting to have holidays is very low down on a list of problems. It's a problem. This is not gonna age well. If things get real bad. Totally. Oh come on, man, come on, man.

Yes, we aren't really complaining that much. No, that's a thing, too. And that's what I've been saying to people like when they do go, oh, I've had to cancel this or that. I'm like, you're allowed to be disappointed by that. Of course you are. You're a human being. Nobody could see this coming.

You're allowed to go, well, that sucks, but you don't go, ah! The world is an idiot, because of me! You don't like fuck you, but you're allowed to still be a bit disappointed by it. I haven't heard anyone doing that second one. And people would go like that. God, you've anyone doing that second one. Have people been doing that? Got you.

Really ignored my social media. Yeah, David's been. Oh, go, get a pie. I can't get a pie. I wish Odie hasn't suggested any himself, but he does finish the question by saying, maybe some you've heard a terrible, and that makes you also excited to try them.

Do you heard of any terrible ones? What are there some of the other ones? Where these is different there? I hope. I hope I'm in. Oh, I pray that's real bad. I like pancakes. Yeah, I had the pancakes at home today.

Did you? Me too, actually. What the fuck? Crapes. You guys did not tell me. I could have made pancakes. You should have made pancakes. Oh, you're described in. Always tell me what you're having for breakey

Sorry, it was the first time in months of mr. I knew something was off message Morning Jess. Yeah, I hope I've heard is real pretty average yep What else is there I You know there's the what's what's the hungry jacks called again? Burger King. Burger King. Which in a lot of ways is the original hungry jacks.

I like that's true. I do like to try McDonald's in different places. Oh yeah. Just see if it's different. Bit of fun. I just, I'm so excited to go and hopefully we are allowed to leave Australia again one day. One day. And yeah, we'll be asking for tips,

so if you have any. What about little seizes? I'm just going through the list. I'll have garden. I've heard of that. What about all of garden? I've got the Johns. I don't know.

All of garden. All of garden's like a big chain Italian restaurant. I saw someone tweet about it somewhere recently saying, it's basically like fine Italian food if you don't have any better options, but most of you're in New York, there's going to be better bummer pop Italian restaurants with its cheaper and better on every street. That's what someone said in their tweet. Wow, they were so...

I think I read that somewhere. I've heard of Arbys. Arbys have heard of that. What's the big one in Canada? It's a man's name. Yeah, I'm sick. They talk about it. Ed parties. Something like that. It's not it. I'm just gonna tell you something like that. They talk about it and how am I your mother? And now I can remember. It's not pop eyes, but that sounds good. But it's like a god it's it's no make coffee I think and it's the most Canadian thing fuck probably moose go there to eat parties no I'm just going to do a list here

sorry I've had a quiz nose in Iceland that they they they've got Taco Bell they don't have I think they don't have McDonald's in Iceland but they did have KFC Taco Bell and quiz nose, which is like, like, toasted, rappy sort of stuff. I look forward to Americans laughing at us, mispronouncing their things. Sorry, it's quiz nose. Sorry, quiz nose. Sorry, quiz nose. Could you, as an American listening, laughing at us, what could you name for an Australian establishment? Thank you, Mark. If you name for an Australian establishment? Vegema.

If you name La Pocateta, I will give you... La la la la la Pocateta, la la la Pocateta. Now that's crap Italian food. Someone was telling me... Smorgies? There's an Aussie comic who had a bit about Lapecata that they were looking for They'd been touring their show and realizing that Lapecata is really a Victorian thing So they were really looking forward to the Melbourne comedy festival So they're Lapecata gear could work and obviously then yeah, that's so good

Good on you Odie. Thanks. I you can't show question, Ody. Tim Hortons. Tim Hortons. Well done, thank you. And great question. Yeah, but yeah, feel free on the Twitter's and social media's, Americans and Canadians. Hit us up with your hot tips on all social media's. Yeah, but I actually love that.

I really do go on pod, especially leading up to, hopefully our 2021 two of fingers crossed. It's the year. Although is the curse, should we stop trying? Yeah, let's try. Well, we try again and some other even bigger disaster happens. Yeah. We promise we didn't cause this.

We'll try one more time. If another disaster happens, we'll pull our heads in. We're not making any promises. Like when we can, when we've locked something in, we'll let you know, you know? All right. So, here is the second one of the fact-quater question. It's from Suraj Paris. Suraj.

Who is such a legend? What answer are you? He's given himself the title, Officer in Charge, of primates, beanie, stock monitoring, and subsequent disappointment. He's tried to buy him off me a few times in person. When I've, I think, my, this might sound crazy, but I think in England and in Australia,

but that might be wrong. I might be misremembering that. But he just bought four recently online. Yes. For the last few, how many heads does he have? Oh, he's a four-headed beast. Oh, okay, cool, well, good to say cozy. So, very good title.

Thank you, Sriraj. And he's given us a quote in the form of a letter here. Hi, all. I came across this line while catching up on my reading. Oh, you love this, Dave. Here we go. You love reading, you fucking reading. Oh, you love this Dave. Here we go. You love reading you fucking virgin. Hey, stop reading books and try to read a woman. It's body language sometimes.

It seemed like an intro to the inevitable stage adaption of do-go-on. Oh, I love that. Yes, inevitable. Obviously off-broadway. Oh, I love that. That is an idea. Yes, inevitable. Obviously, off Broadway. Quote, I pray you indulge me for a space. For I'm going to set out on a speech which may have some duration,

but whose theme may be gleaned from its opening phrase. That's great. That's from Boston Marriage by David Mammoth. We do talk for a long time. David Mammott, yes. It also features this line, quote, and we must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. I love you. I love you, David Mammott. What a guy. I'm surprised he's able to find our two

lines without swearing through your arms. All all right what's one of his famous works I've heard that I Glenn Gary Glenn Ross all right Glenn Gary Glenn Glenn a bc always b come uh finishes by saying keep up the great work thank you Saraj thank you already couple of fantastic absolutely questions as I say you can get involved in that if you go to Absolutely. Pay attention. As I say, you can get involved in that if you go to what am I talking about? patreon.com-sash-do-go-on-pod. I mean, all these links that we're talking about are being shown.

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There's so many in that There's thousands But we also love to thank a few more of our Patreons great Patreons supporters And just when we comes up with a little game to play here. Jess. What are you reckon this week? We're gonna name the four things They're the best at oh fantastic. Okay, well, so Hughes had golf Aviation yeah, phil cinema and well money

It was good a money. Well, he was good a money money. He machine. It was kind of outrageous So we're gonna give them the four things there the greatest step Okay, do you mind if I kick this off? I love that from Ontario and Canada. I'd love to thank Tommy Brennan Good on your Tommy Brennan What is he the best that Tommy Tommy makes anything to tomato sauce? Drinking what you go around the circle and say one each. Yeah, come back around. Oh, we're doing three for each.

Okay. Yeah, maybe three. Three makes it. That way we can do it. Yeah, right. So Tommy Brennan is best at Matt. To Mato source drinking. Oh, okay.

He can drink like in a race. He can drink the most liters of the talent of tomato sauce. Well, similar theme in terms of beverages, he actually makes the best Tommy's Margarita as voted on by the Margarita board. Oh, wow. And what was Tommy's Margarita again? It's just a type of Margarita, man.

Whoa. That's cool. And he's pretty fucking cool. He's also really, really good at surfing. He's like the Kelly Slater of surfing. Wow. Wow. That's one of the best All thank you so much Tommy. Tell me. You're true. These people are all triple threat all of them I'm a big fan of the name Tommy. I'm out for it. I love an adult who goes Tommy. Yeah, my brother goes Tom

What a need. You don't want to give him Tommy. I give him Tommy. Hey Tommy boy. Oh, boy. I'd also love to thank from Clinton Township in M.I. USA. Is that Missouri? Minnesota or Michigan. It's so hard isn't it so many. It's like that Gary going a bit Michigan Michigan. I'd love to thank Richard Cameron not the first not the second No, but the third oh my god holy shit is Richard Cameron that said that's dick the turd He did it and he's good at three things. Oh wow Richard you would be sick of that one But uh an apologies just what's he the great set rock climbing world that's a cool thing Wow, he's also really good at making furniture from wood wow

Carpentry look at the chair then I looked at a picture of his rock. Okay, so you got rock wood I'll do the third most important element. He can tie Jello snakes into a long line, the longest line. Wow! Jello, rock, wood. Yep, they're the big three. That's why the big three. The big three little pigs built a house over there. The big three for Rick cam three. Rick cam three, thank you very much. Can I thank some people as well? Yes. Please. I would love to thank from, what's, oh, California. I was like, what's CA? What is USA stand for?

You dumb shit. I would love to thank Jacob, Isaac, Pastranos. Oh my God. You sound delicious. Yeah. I am hungry. Jacob. All right, Matt, what's Jacob good at?

He can make the best coffee foam art in the world. Oh, see, he'll do like personalized portraits. Yeah, he could do anything. Oh, wow. It's amazing. I love that. I worked as a barista for a couple of years, and the best I could do was like a wiggle. Wiggle, like the stinky Jeff.

Yeah, which one? Yeah, I did a wiggle. No further questions. You may have said, that's not impressive, but drawing a human wiggle is pretty great No further questions Dave what's he good at? He's really good at ballroom dancing. Yes, like Like really good like the best in the world good. Yeah, that's real. That's great Did it do other kinds of dancing or just strictly ballroom? Well, yeah, oh

Did it do other kinds of dancing or just strictly ballroom? Well, yeah. Oh, no. Oh, strictly ballroom. You know how ballroom dancing is kind of lame until you're incredibly good at it. And then it's impressive. But lady offered to that, it's like, oh my god, this is so lame. But then when you're very, very good, it's like, wow, that's amazing. Yeah, let's list all out.

Most famous ballroom dancers, you know, Paul McEario. I'm not. You're doing it. Now you do one. Sonja Kruger. Oh, is she. She's in that film. Oh, is she. Yes.

Wow. It's actually a really good film. It is actually. Is that bassist first? That's bassist first and only. You might have been. Oh, that's his only good one. Yeah, wow.

Now, I thought Australia was fantastic. I've never seen it. Australia or Strictly Ballroom. I've never seen either of those. I have seen Romeo and Juliet and the one where Leonardo DiCaprio pretends to be rich or is rich. The great Gatsby. Yeah. I actually haven't seen the great Gatsby. I can't really. I don't think I have either. But not a big fan. Maybe I should try watching the film because I could not get through the book of the Gatsby. Anyway, we're talking about... I told you all about Gatsby.

I know, I know, it's all I need. It was on Bookcheat, we did it. Jacob, he's great at- So we've got coffee art, golden dancing and- And remote control, repair. What? Whoa, that's like the best of the world. Like the TVs or any sort of cars or anything. Any remote control.

Wow. And like everyone else will try and they'll go, I can't, we have to send it to't we just get a new universal one he says don't worry about it he just like you know when you take the thing out of a game and you just blow on it he just does that and it just works wow the magic breath is crazy is crazy magic breath yeah great and finally I would also like to thank from Adelaide, Australia.

We'd love to thank Bianca and Robbie. Wow. I think that's... I think that's Robbie. That's Robbie. Robbie. Bianca and Robbie, thank you so much for your dual support over an Adelaide. You sure that's not a surname? And Robbie? Maybe.

Definitely good bit. Thank you so much. Bianca and Robbie. Well, do we think of something that they could do together? They're a power couple. We shouldn't have already been bored of dancing. Damn it. Damn it. All right.

The duo things. Okay. Seeing Jouettes. Yes. Damn, I was gonna say something like that. They made Huey Lewis and whoever he was with in that film look like bullshit. Two man rowing.

Wow, that's a good one too. Two-man canoe rowing. They're very good at rowing, but only then. Did I nail it or? Absolutely now. It's actually two-person canoeing. Women can canoe too. I don't believe that's true.

As a woman. Well, as a feminist, I can canoe. I've canoe too. I don't believe that's true. As a woman. Well, as a fan of canoe. I've canoeed all of sure. Oh, you're not canoeed. I've seen you can do some of the finest canoeedling I've seen. Yeah, I'm one of the best canoodles ever, but sadly these people on this list cannot match my level of canoodle. Well, one thing they are great at, Jacob and Roby. Sorry, that's not right. It's Bianca and Roby. So sorry, my eyes are so good today. Bianca and Roby. Sorry, that's not right, is it? It's Bianca and Roby. So sorry, my eyes are so good today.

Bianca and Roby, they are also fantastic. They share this with how it is. They are fantastic film directors. They are the Australian co-enbrothers. Right, yeah, yeah. But whatever relationship they are to each other. Yeah, that. Probably not brothers.

Probably not, but we don't know. But maybe. Maybe. Bianca and Roby, you two are the're two of the best at being the best. Yeah. Together. Congrats on that. Huge.

We appreciate that a lot. Huge win. Day, bring it home. I would like to thank all the way from Miami, Florida. I've placed I'd love to visit. You know, lots of art deco in Miami. You'd love to see that. You love art deco.

You've got to go with the beach. Yeah. Was it it? I literally just, I watched the first episode of Golden Girls today. Yeah. Because I've been watching so much. It was Blanche horny. The color of Blanche is always so horny.

The first episode, she's getting hitched to a guy she's just met. Oh yeah. Blanche, classic Blanche. I don't really know much about that, but it sounds fantastic. Yeah, I'd never watched it before and then I'd just been watching so much serious stuff that I felt very sad and I was like, oh, I need to watch something light I imagine that's perfect. It's great. I loved it. Look at me. I'm fine. I know. Yeah What's a be Arthur's in it be Arthur

She's a mom in that show is actually younger than yes She's a younger she's a younger actor in makeup and Betty White's old in it already and it's from the 80s Betty White's the oldest in it. Yeah right. She doesn't look it, she looks amazing. Oh yeah. She still does, anyway. I would like to think from Miami Florida, Grant Vittesnik.

Oh yeah. Grant Vittesnik, fantastic name there. Don't often see a V, a Z and a K in a name. He's done it. That's, if your word, if your name was an acceptable scrabble answer. Oh man. You destroy it. That's that's if you're word if your name was an acceptable scrabble answer. Oh man Did destroy it every time? Got any grant and grant is fantastic at

He's really good at he invented this new thing and it's also the best at it because the other one has ever done it jumping out of a plane whoa with crushed up chalk in different colors and he then he sort of he blows eyes and then from below it looks like Monet painted the sky wow that's it's amazing yeah that's a lot of chalk yeah it's chalk good for the environment look all right here we go we're all, we've all got to make sure that he passes. Woke Jess ruining the art party again. Ha ha ha.

Art party. Ha ha ha. That's an impressive thing, absolutely. Yeah, and the best at it. Because he's the only one I can do it, so pretty cool. So pretty impressive. Jess? Equally impressive is, he's the best at solving Rubik's cubes.

Whoa. That is cool. Equally impressive. Well, equally impressive is also the best at solving Rubik's cubes. Whoa. That is cool. Equally impressive. Well, equally impressive is also the best at eating pickles in a short amount of time. Oh! He wins pickle eating competitions all the time. I'm into that.

I love pickles. I love pickles. Pickles make any burger better. Couldn't agree more. Pickle in a route, Dave. Pickle in a route. I mean, not a pickle. Yeah.

On a burger, so get me in that burger with a pickle. I bet, listen to it. Have. Not a burger, so get me an in-out burger with a pickle. I've been listening to James A. Castor's podcast where they eat an imaginary meal. Oh yes, it's very good. Him an Ed Gamble. There's one point he'll yell at the guest. What does he say? Puppet Dums or Bread? Puppet Dums or Bread.

Is that a question in England? Puppet Dums or Bread? Puppet Dums or Bread? Like, because they're building their best meal. What's the content room? What's it called? Pupp? How's this reading about it today? Yeah, it's like perfect restaurant. No, it's very good. But yeah, that's a question. You have to get a... Ed Gamble, did you say that? Yeah, Ed Gamble. So a drink, a starter, a main course, and a dessert. Your favorite meal. But then one of the questions is always, Puppet

Arms or Bread? Off menu. Off menu. Like that's a common question in the UK, Papa Dom's or Bread. You never get a lot of stuff. I'll just put them in here. Still or sparkling. Yeah. It's a classic question. Yeah, that's fine. I'm happy with that.

Although I haven't been to a restaurant as fine enough to have their question asked for a lot of time. Yeah. But then on the podcast, they always take it like, oh, I used to be a Papa Dom Z-Tab, but now I'm overbred, like it's so common for them. Yeah. Ronning Chang tore it apart. That was the episode I was doing recently.

He's like, oh, you're a great Western, all this Western questions. That's great. All right, fantastic from Grant. And finally, I'd like to thank from Boros in Sweden Hopefully we have not done that to today I would like to think oh how do we pronounce this name because this this next entry was in the golden had a couple of weeks ago Johannes

Oh I can find that your harness. Oh, I think is what Matt said last time. Yeah, the oh Worth the weight. I'm sure you just Just to confirm it as well probably your harness the Just to confirm it as well probably Johannes the first letter in my last name the O with the dots is pronounced like the U in the word burn Yes, who will yeah, we did it. We did it. Good on you Well Johannes

Thank you and your H And Johannes is fantastic at shredding guitar solos. Minopoli. Wow that's a good skill. Like nationally ranked. Wow. Internationally ranked at Monopoly. Geez, he would be unpopular with his siblings and other. No because he's so good he can actually get the game done quickly. Oh, that is good. So he's putting people out there in his room. Yeah, yeah.

He's a merciless person. Like many of them have ever played it till the end. No. One time, and we were, my brother was in his 20s, and I was in my late teens, and he, we were playing with his, now wife and my best friend, and we were getting so heated my brother slammed at shut and said, come on, we're gonna get an ice cream. And we all went down to the shop, good ice cream.

That's a good result. That is a good result. It was very smart of him, great diffusion. Fantastic. And Johannes Uwell, final skill is of course creating sculptures out of creating sculptures out of yogurt Where that is? Yogurt sculpture isn't yogurt. No, yogurt. Okay. Very good. Wow The other kind of yoke which I call sloppy yogurt Unfrozen yogurt as I call it yuck Wow

Yeah, does he wait till it's off? No, it's just straight from the packet. He can make it do things. That's amazing. That is amazing. Well done, Johannes. And he's not putting any toothpicks already. He's not making a sculpture and then pouring yogurt over it.

That's not happening. I could not be more impressed. Now there's no structures involved. He's just, he's just, he's just,'s no structures involved. He's just amazing. Slopper on top. Slopper on top. Slopper on it. Slopper on it. Slopper on it.

Chopper on it. All right. Well, that is very incredible. Do you know what I just realized? This episode is coming out on April the 1st. No joke. No fooling. Fooled.

No joke. We got, yeah yeah everything Dave said was wrong. Oh this kind of existed. Now let's start the real report. Pranked. Well that does bring us to the end of the episode. Almost. One thing which I've just remembered and that is of course people that have been supporting this show for three years continuously without dropping off and on the bonus episode level, not on the shout out level, which what is that called? Is it called the ass prod maybe? Yes, that sounds right. That does sound right. On the five buck level. The five buckaroo, if you've done that for three years continuously, we will add your name to the golden holes of the triptitch club. Only the one inductee this week.

Oh, Bob, do you have a drink or or or derv for them tonight? It's a tomato themed night. So we're having bloody marries. Yes. And Bruce Gerta. Oh. You would hate yourself if you were someone else So we're having bloody marries and brusqueta. Oh! You would hate yourself if you were someone else listening to you. You say, you can...

Yeah. M'agrita. Amosqueta. M'agrita. Can we have the Spanish and ricotta? Fuck you. I've been tripped up by brusqueta before and prashada. One of them's like thin meat and one of them's bread with sauce on it.

Is that right? Yeah. But I could not tell you where it was. We'll see H. Gun to my head couldn't tell you where it's. C.H. in Italian is cur. And just C by itself is a chur sound. Yeah.

So it's very confusing. Right. And every time I pronounce brisketta properly at a restaurant and they say the bruschetta, yes, I'm like I fucking I'm right here. I'm right here. I'm right here. I'm correct me to my face But the only inductee this week is from that great state MI. What was it again? Michigan? Michigan From Lincoln Park. Whoa shout out to those who are one step closer to the edge. I'd love to thank Philip, bourgeois. Philip, bourgeois.

We've got all the right names, of course. Enjoy, tomato night, as well as everyone else who's already been inducted, which there's tens of you in there already. So that... We've got a team every night. It's all feeling a little bit more bourgeois since you've joined. It's so good to have you in there Phil, or Phil, sorry.

Fabulous Phil. I don't want to assume that you're comfortable with Phil. You might be a lip. Yeah, you might be a lipy-meat. Oh, a bit lippy Phil. Well, our bans is a friendly but first warning, right? It will not be a second. First and final, mate. Welcome in, Phillip. So good to have you in. Everyone else who's already in the Trippditch Club. Of course, you'll know if you are because you'll be on the special page on our website, which Dave has been all your names up.

We're going to read to the entire website just for this shitty page or a shitty page. Come on. This is this is the Glittery page, meaning glittery glittery on the velvet rope Yeah, this is quite glitter all Okay, I have to go to bed. Yes. Well, we should wrap up then Well, thank you so much for joining us Get in touch do go on pod.com. There's links, there's merchandise, there's Patreon, there's an email, there you can contact us, there's also at do go on pod on all the social medias,

you'll find us, we'll say hi. Yes, it would be a pleasure to see you out there on the worldwide web. Absolutely, we gotta say, that's all I call it, you call it the internet. Is that what the WWW's? Well, that's what, that's the little one that I've come up with, but I think that's the actual thing, but've come up with. A bit of fun.

It helps me remember WWE. Yeah right. Is it for WWE's? Is it two WWE's? And as I always stop I say world wide web and then I type it. Yeah great. But how many users is it's eight use oh my god Our HTTP of course is hot to Marley to Marley potatoes Marley to Marley potato I like it. I'll never forget it anyway That's definitely where we should end as we lose our tiny little minds. As my, I can see my fingernails growing before my eyes. Let's all get in the spruce goose and get out of here. Thanks so much for joining us, everybody. And until next week, I'll say thank you and goodbye.

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