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Introducing Lou Pearlman: Boy Band Svengali
from Lou Balls · #7
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
2 minNews
They introduce the topic of Lou Pearlman's death, cataloging his stable of boy bands (Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, LFO, C-note, Innosense, US5) and his ownership of the Chippendales franchise, plus jokes about Tim's resemblance to Pearlman.
- 6:26Lou Pearlman died from a heart infection at 62, though foul play isn't completely ruled out.
- 6:50Tim's favorite was LFO, the less successful band that started to fall off.
- 7:14As things got bad, Pearlman just started putting everybody in—US 5, UK 5, Europop bands.
- 7:36Pearlman acquired the Chippendales dancers franchise, which were already shady before him.
- 7:51Tim's grandfather also recently passed away; he was a pool shark who produced boy bands—he was a boy.
- 8:16Lou Pearlman looks a lot like Tim, who jokes his rap name would be Young Pearlman.
- 8:28Lou Pearlman was raised in Queens, Flushing.
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