Teddy Atlas
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And he did House Calls, by the way, till he was 80, and $3. I mean, it was better than McDonald's, you know what I mean? I mean, the deal. $3, and you got medicine, you got everything.
And, but he used to, right around the holidays, there was just certain things that I didn't understand, but I understood later, where we would just drive certain areas, and he just, all of a sudden, opened his door, and he would pick up these homeless, and, you know. Help him. I'm 10 years old. Yeah. You know, move over. Move over, you know. Mm-hmm.
And, but he used to, right around the holidays, there was just certain things that I didn't understand, but I understood later, where we would just drive certain areas, and he just, all of a sudden, opened his door, and he would pick up these homeless, and, you know. Help him. I'm 10 years old. Yeah. You know, move over. Move over, you know. Mm-hmm.
And, but he used to, right around the holidays, there was just certain things that I didn't understand, but I understood later, where we would just drive certain areas, and he just, all of a sudden, opened his door, and he would pick up these homeless, and, you know. Help him. I'm 10 years old. Yeah. You know, move over. Move over, you know. Mm-hmm.
A couple. Yeah, a couple. Yeah, whatever he can fit in. Three, four, you know, whatever it was. That's a big heart. And then he took him to the hospital, dropped him off. So, you know, I would ask questions after it was all over with. I'd say, Dad, they're sick. He goes, well, not in a way. Well, you put him in the hospital. So he said, yeah, and he tried to explain things to me.
A couple. Yeah, a couple. Yeah, whatever he can fit in. Three, four, you know, whatever it was. That's a big heart. And then he took him to the hospital, dropped him off. So, you know, I would ask questions after it was all over with. I'd say, Dad, they're sick. He goes, well, not in a way. Well, you put him in the hospital. So he said, yeah, and he tried to explain things to me.
A couple. Yeah, a couple. Yeah, whatever he can fit in. Three, four, you know, whatever it was. That's a big heart. And then he took him to the hospital, dropped him off. So, you know, I would ask questions after it was all over with. I'd say, Dad, they're sick. He goes, well, not in a way. Well, you put him in the hospital. So he said, yeah, and he tried to explain things to me.
He didn't talk much unless you asked him something. And that kind of works. And don't talk unless someone asks you something. And he explained to me that, he said, I said, well, why are you putting him in the hospital? And of course the sickness was the alcoholics, but why are you putting him? It wasn't an alcohol rehab. And it wasn't for the purpose to dry out. He wasn't trying to cure them.
He didn't talk much unless you asked him something. And that kind of works. And don't talk unless someone asks you something. And he explained to me that, he said, I said, well, why are you putting him in the hospital? And of course the sickness was the alcoholics, but why are you putting him? It wasn't an alcohol rehab. And it wasn't for the purpose to dry out. He wasn't trying to cure them.
He didn't talk much unless you asked him something. And that kind of works. And don't talk unless someone asks you something. And he explained to me that, he said, I said, well, why are you putting him in the hospital? And of course the sickness was the alcoholics, but why are you putting him? It wasn't an alcohol rehab. And it wasn't for the purpose to dry out. He wasn't trying to cure them.
Let's put that before we anointed him for sainthood by Teddy Atlas. So I was like, we finally get to the point. Why are you putting him in there? Well, because it's the holidays. All right, why you put them in there? Well, the holidays are good for certain people and bad for others. And it was always before the holidays. It was before Christmas or whatever. And New Year's, whatever.
Let's put that before we anointed him for sainthood by Teddy Atlas. So I was like, we finally get to the point. Why are you putting him in there? Well, because it's the holidays. All right, why you put them in there? Well, the holidays are good for certain people and bad for others. And it was always before the holidays. It was before Christmas or whatever. And New Year's, whatever.
Let's put that before we anointed him for sainthood by Teddy Atlas. So I was like, we finally get to the point. Why are you putting him in there? Well, because it's the holidays. All right, why you put them in there? Well, the holidays are good for certain people and bad for others. And it was always before the holidays. It was before Christmas or whatever. And New Year's, whatever.
And so I said, why? And he said, because they remind people, certain people, of what they don't have. that other people enjoy the holidays because of what they have. Family, you know, whatever. And it reminds them that mine is that. That's pretty profound. Yeah, and then... I don't remember because he didn't use the word suicide, but I got it.
And so I said, why? And he said, because they remind people, certain people, of what they don't have. that other people enjoy the holidays because of what they have. Family, you know, whatever. And it reminds them that mine is that. That's pretty profound. Yeah, and then... I don't remember because he didn't use the word suicide, but I got it.
And so I said, why? And he said, because they remind people, certain people, of what they don't have. that other people enjoy the holidays because of what they have. Family, you know, whatever. And it reminds them that mine is that. That's pretty profound. Yeah, and then... I don't remember because he didn't use the word suicide, but I got it.
He basically, I forget how he said it, but I just got it. I don't know how he got it. I don't know. But I just got it like, so they don't hurt themselves. That's what came across. In every way. I don't think he ever articulated, ever verbalized that, but yeah, they don't hurt themselves. And how does that work? Well, just basically, they're going to be around people. They're not going to be alone.
He basically, I forget how he said it, but I just got it. I don't know how he got it. I don't know. But I just got it like, so they don't hurt themselves. That's what came across. In every way. I don't think he ever articulated, ever verbalized that, but yeah, they don't hurt themselves. And how does that work? Well, just basically, they're going to be around people. They're not going to be alone.
He basically, I forget how he said it, but I just got it. I don't know how he got it. I don't know. But I just got it like, so they don't hurt themselves. That's what came across. In every way. I don't think he ever articulated, ever verbalized that, but yeah, they don't hurt themselves. And how does that work? Well, just basically, they're going to be around people. They're not going to be alone.
They're going to be around people. They're going to get fed. They're going to be warm. right? And it's going to be for three days, two, three days, whatever. And it's basically, it's, it's a bridge. So the funny thing is a 10 year old, I, I wanted to, I want to be connected to him. So I, I, I enlisted myself in the job when, when, when he used to drop them off, he would take them, get them in.