News · moment 6 of 22
The Blimp Origin Story and Art Garfunkel Connection
from Lou Balls · #7
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
2 minNews
They detail how young Lou Pearlman fell in love with blimps after seeing a Goodyear blimp, started an aviation business that literally crashed on its maiden voyage, and learn his cousin was Art Garfunkel who inspired his failed pop star dreams.
- 8:36Tim describes how the blimp entrepreneur saw a blimp one day and decided he loved them, changing his life.
- 8:57The blimp guy originally wanted to be a pop star because his first cousin—his father's sister's son—is Art Garfunkel.
- 9:18Tim acknowledges "The Sound of Silence" as a great song while making a joke about Garfunkel being "allegedly" a pedophile.
- 9:40Art Garfunkel stated the blimp guy couldn't become a pop star because he was too pudgy and soft.
- 10:02Tim relates to the story personally, saying he also wanted to be an actor but was too budget and soft, and now Lou Pearlman is a much more successful version of him.
- 10:21Tim jokes about his ceiling being a Travel Channel show where he walks around asking people "Hey, you got a meatball?"
- 10:33The blimp guy built an empire while Tim remained on stages making people laugh, and the listener suggests it's the perfect empire for Tim.
- 10:49Tim defends certain things as understandable and suggests love has no real age.