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A Family of Hucksters: Tin Men, Con Artists, and His Dad's Photocopier Hustle
from The Pilot! · #15
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2 minTim explains his love of con-artist movies like Tin Men, traces his family's lineage of salesmen (his dad sold photocopiers and wine, his grandfather ran a construction company), and frames the baby boomer generation as reckless hucksters.
- 4:20Tim's favorite character in The Wizard of Oz is the wizard himself, a complete huckster.
- 4:35Con artists and scam artists are underrepresented in movies and should be exalted more.
- 4:52Tin Men, starring Danny DeVito and Richard Dreyfus as aluminum siding salesmen, is one of Tim's favorite films.
- 5:07Tim's father was a huge fan of Tin Men and also sold photocopiers as a hustle.
- 5:31Baby boomers made great music and had great drugs, but you didn't want to leave them in charge of anything.
con artistsTin MenThe Wizard of OzDanny DeVitoRichard Dreyfus