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Steve Bing's Hollywood Career and Conspiracy Riffing
from #243 - Best of Patreon Vol. 2 | The Tim Dillon Show · #243
4 min
Tim and Ben discuss Steve Bing's screenwriting credits (Kangaroo Jack, Con Air, Rules Don't Apply), his Rat Pack-style Hollywood friendships, and joke about lazy QAnon-style conspiracy connections, including a jab about Tom Hanks and pedophile rumors.
- Tim explains how lazy modern conspiracy theories are: just make a vague connection and people start nodding along, superchat money rolls in.
- Steve Bing produced 'The Rules Don't Apply,' a Howard Hughes biopic directed by Warren Beatty that flopped.
- Warren Beatty's social circle in the 1980s included James Caan, Rob Lowe, Bill Clinton, Mick Jagger, and Ron Burkle, who allegedly ran a private plane called Air F*** One.
- Bing was close friends with Tom Hanks and invested $100 million in Polar Express.
- Tim won't accuse people of serious crimes without evidence, even though nothing would surprise him after investigating child trafficking cases with Nick Bryant.
- Conspiracy believers only care about 'saving children' as a way to attack the other side politically.
- Tim jokes that child rescue from tunnels is just cover for deregulating energy markets for Exxon.
- Tim says he wants to go heavy into Roblox tomorrow, prompting Ben to joke that no amount of money is ever enough for him.
Warren BeattySteve BingThe Rules Don't ApplyNick BryantTom HanksWho Took JohnnyPolar ExpressIsaac Kappy