Interview · moment 25 of 29
Dad's 'Luck Car' and Finding Poetry in Hard Times
from Ladies Who Lunch w/ Chelcie Lynn and Libbie Higgins | The Tim Dillon Show #311 · #311
3 min
Guest
Libby recalls her father's car nicknamed the 'luck car' and pretending to drive it as a kid; Tim reflects on the poetic nature of making the best of difficult childhoods.
- Tim recalls sitting in his dad's white car with a black stripe for hours, pretending to drive and shifting the gears.
- Guest's father has passed away; Tim says it would have been nice for him to see his son doing well.
- There's something deeply poetic about making the best of a non-optimal situation, even though looking back on hard times carries pain.
- Tim acknowledges the reality was probably horrible, but you had laughs and fun making the best of it—that's what life really is.
- Guest points out kids didn't have a choice where they went; Tim segues into a joke about being molested by his brother.