Mel Gibson
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441 appearances
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4 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 3 Mar
Mel Gibson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And Costa Rica, it's actually a cool place because it never had a culture of death like a lot of the Central American countries did. They have a culture of death, you know. Even Mexico, I mean, they used to, you know, tear people's hearts out. Aztecs. All that sort of stuff. Aztecs were like the Romans. The Mayans were like the Greeks. But they all sort of dabbled in some stuff.
Costa Rica always had a policy where they was like the Switzerland of Central America. They emphasize education and health and everybody's literate. And it's kind of interesting in that way. But it deals with its own little troubles.
Yeah, there can be.
Yeah, one has to be forewarned, forearmed, all that, you know. So I have a nice place down there.
Yeah, I worked in Mexico a couple of times. I was down there and it was... It was in Barracruz. And apparently, you know, people were rolling heads into bars and stuff like that, you know, rival gangs and stuff. And they said, I'd go for a walk, you know. And they'd say, you're crazy going for a walk. You'll get kidnapped. I said, I'm not going to get kidnapped. I'm the guy that pays.
You're going to get kidnapped. And I'm not going to pay your ransom. I never felt insecure in that way. And, you know, if something's going to happen, it's going to happen. Yeah. You know, if your number's up. I know I used to watch guys who do what I do for a living and they'd have a phalanx of bodyguards around them, you know, and like for security and stuff.
And I used to have that stuff for a little while, but it doesn't make any difference. You're going to be okay. Or not.
Yeah. I got in a dodgy situation one night, and I acted crazy.
Yeah. What happened? If you act crazy, everybody leaves you alone. Especially if you are a little crazy. You know? You're in a stress mode, so you actually get angry. If I feel like I'm threatened, I get angry. which is what happens, and then you get really in people's faces, and they think, this guy's crazy.
But all the old cultures thought that, like when there were people traveling across the Great Plains to go west, you know, if you acted nuts, they'd leave you alone, because they didn't want your evil spirits.
Nothing. They left me alone.
Oh, man, I was in a bad neighborhood. It was when I first got into L.A., I was to go to dinner with Costa Gavras. He was a Greek director. I went the wrong way. And it was before they had, you know, phones with like, you know, all that stuff. The Thomas guide. It was the Thomas guide. Anyway, I wasn't guided well by Thomas. I ended up in the wrong place. And then my muffler fell off.
And I was driving a Mercedes, you know, pretty nice sporty car, you know. And I thought, oh, and I had the wife in the car and
pulled into a side street the sun was going down and as i got out of the car i thought i got to fix this muffler i can't just drag it people started coming from houses and they came up to me and and i saw them coming in the rear view mirror and uh i jumped out of the car and got in their face and i said what the do you want because i thought i felt threatened right and um
And the guy said, man, I'm just looking for some money. You got any money? So I was being mugged. And it was like, I thought, I'll think about it when I'm fucking finished. I opened the trunk. And this is the weird part, Joe. I will never quite understand this. I opened the trunk to see what I could find to help me put the muffler back on.
And sitting there, the only two things in the back of the trunk was a pair of wire cutters and a coat hanger. It's exactly what I needed, and I don't know why it was there. That's weird, isn't it? That's very weird.
Yep. I cut a piece of wire, wired the muffler up. The whole time, more guys are coming. Jesus Christ. And they're standing behind me, and I'm feeling like, oh. And anyway, I get up. I finish the muffler, slam, and I'm acting mad and crazy the whole time. And I think, this guy's nuts. And I get back to the car, and my wife gives me a handful of cash. And I thought, what's this?
She says, it's just wives of ones. Give it to them. So I threw it and drove off. But it was like, it was looking hairy for a minute. And you never know. What year was this? Oh, my God. Back in the 90s.
Zero. Zip. Zip. And in 2019, I think Newsom said, you know, I'm going to take care of the forest and maintain the forest and do all that kind of stuff. He didn't do anything.
It's all funny. And then I think all our tax dollars probably went for Gavin's hair gel. I don't know, but it's like, you know, it's sad. It's like the place is just on fire.
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