Remembering Bud Munster

• 47:01Tim's friend Bud Munster died—he was the father of Tim's friend Joe and a character known for partying, boating, and drug use.
• 47:34Bud's wife asked him to get a job; he responded "what am I gonna work like some loser."
• 48:09Bud's death was likely suicide; he texted his family "my life of service is over" before doing it.
• 48:56Bud's son replied "okay take care" to the suicide text, having no idea his father was serious because Bud used to threaten it all the time.
• 49:37Tim might cancel the show to fly down and do Bud's eulogy because Bud introduced him to places like Lisa's Lounge and The Helm.
• 50:03Without Bud's influence during Tim's decade of drug addiction and financial ruin, he would have gone to liberal arts school and become a fat activist or transitioned.
• 51:22Bud attended a murder trial with Tim every day when Tim was 25—the defendant stabbed the victim so many times the coroner stopped counting at 65.
• 52:43The court let Bud attend sentencing because they thought he was a family member of the victim.
• 53:41After the trial, Tim and Bud crashed Bud's boat into a bridge piling; bleeding, Bud told Tim "I'm trying to kill myself."
• 55:07Bud lived a wild life—he sold cocaine with George Young, hung out in Fort Lauderdale when it was full of quaaludes, and rarely had jobs.
• 55:45Tim likes people who don't work because there's something nice about finding someone home at 11am on a Tuesday ready to do something.
• 56:19Bud built a house in Georgia that looks insane—uneven, walls that don't make sense, literally like a maze built by someone on drugs.
• 57:00Tim wonders how his family escaped death while everyone else dies, then praises Cleveland despite its population dressing in Reynolds wrap and serving fake fish.
• 57:49Tim believes Cleveland's best days are ahead of it, and also believes that about Bud Munster.

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