Tom Junod

Because he liked my face.

A $25 discount.

Well, we find our mythology...

At hand, whatever's closest at hand, we, you know, especially if you're of the storytelling bent, whatever's at hand, you sort of turn into your mythology.

And that was definitely the case with my dad.

Yeah.

But I think that my dad was definitely like, not like the big fish kind of guy.

Like there's that whole, that book and that movie, you know, big fish.

There's an element of truth in a lot of it.

And especially about his sexual escapades.

Yes.

There, I think that that's where he was not bullshitting.

Probably worse than... No, I mean, much worse.

And it's a much bigger burden on a son to have like that be the thing, like the secret thing is the place where you can vouch for your father's magnificence or whatever.

I mean, that's just like, that'll mess you up.

Yeah.

But I think that he didn't lie about like that.

Yes.

And so like the Gabor sisters thing, it's I mean, it sounds like vintage sort of big fish style stuff, but I don't think so.

That's right.