Men: An Explanation. Kings

Tom and Tim talk a lot about KINGS, starting with King Richard at the local medieval faire, and moving throughout the eons to include the previous King of Morocco and then Charles I, Elizabeth II, Saddam Hussein and more. Finishing with a bunch from Al Pacino’s autobiography, including seeing / meeting Brando early in his career, and then Pacino’s several performances of Richard III. Enjoy! Timestamps for ye that scrub.1:00 intro1:30 King Richard’s Faire, King Richard buying a cookie6:40 A******s who ruin King Richard’s world8:20 Human systems and King Richard making this world mostly great8:45 Belief in our leader9:30 Tom seeing the King of Morocco13:00 Tim on the beheading of Charles I15:00 Tim on the Orkney bus on the subject of the Queen’s trinkets18:00 The deaths of presidents etc 19:20 Sadam Hussein’s spider hole22:00 Napoleon banished23:00 Cults and Trump26:00 Dr. Who27:15 Al Pacino’s autobiography29:00 Wandering New York, reciting Shakespeare30:00 Al “wants to go home” to before he was famous31:15: The Godfather, And Brando giving a pep talk, while eating saucy chicken in the hospital bed33:45 Nothing happens to Michael Corleone until 35:00 Tom on Walter Murch and the editing and inclusion of the elevated subway36:40 Marlon Brando hated acting37:20 Frank Serpico38:50 Tom hating Scarface memorabilia 39:30 Drug runners and little empires40:40 Tim only seeing the end of Scarface multiple times on fast forward because it was at the beginning before another movie on a VHS tape 43:00 Scarface’s death, an opera, etc44:45 Anti-movies that wind up as pro-movies47:00 It’s cool to be powerful48:20 The forces in the Godfather represented in The Wire49:40 A car accident in Pittsburgh, the fridges all empty and the food thrown away54:30 Tim’s Reading Corner. Tim reads from Al Pacino’s autobiography about playing King Richard III and “Looking for Richard” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tomhart.substack.com