Tom Junod

Meaning he was about 5'10".

He was Big Lou.

But he was also known for seducing women.

So he was selling handbags and he was...

But his sex appeal was the thing that not only made him the celebrity that he wanted to be, but also made him money.

I mean, my father was an extremely successful handbag salesman.

And I think that his earnings topped out

in the early 70s or the mid-70s at around $250,000 a year.

Which in the mid, for 1974, that was big money.

Huge money.

Right, exactly.

I mean, I think that he was promiscuous.

I think that he was a, you know, if he was a philanderer, he was a driven philanderer.

He's married to your mom.

He's married to my mom from as long as he was...

alive, you know, in my world.

I was born to a marriage that stayed together until both of my parents passed away.

He's described, you know, often in the press about the book as a philanderer.

And I guess that's the right word, but it seems almost too mild for what he was.

The thing about my dad was he presented himself in a very forthrightly sexual way.