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Tom Hanks, John Hinckley, and the Neil Bush Dinner Coincidence
from Gash Digital · #56
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4 minThey joke about what they'd even talk to Tom Hanks about, then pivot into the John Hinckley assassination attempt on Reagan and the bizarre coincidence that Neil Bush had a dinner scheduled with the Hinckley family that same night.
- 26:50Tim explains he can't do material about Hollywood pedophilia because he's trying to get auditions and TV work.
- 27:28Comparison: Tim is like Lee Harvey Oswald if he were fat and smart—the outsider hero people need.
- 27:47Tim brings up John Hinckley Jr., who shot Reagan because he was obsessed with Jodie Foster.
- 28:29The Hinckley family was friends with the Bush family, and Neil Bush was supposed to have dinner the night of the Reagan assassination attempt.
- 28:55Tim marvels at the astronomical odds of that coincidence—more likely to have sex with a penguin while receiving a hand job from God.
- 29:23Guest asks whether Tim is in control of his wild riffs or if he's speaking in code, possibly revealing end-times information like a prophet.
- 30:13Tim imagines the Hinkley family calling to reschedule the canceled dinner with Neil Bush while apologizing that their son shot the president.
John Hinckley Jr.Ronald ReaganNeil BushBush familyJames BakerJodie Foster