Tiger King ... holy eff

Our daughter called from Brooklyn, where she’s holed up, to ask my wife and me if we knew him as a kid. I went out to the barn to find my ‘78 Garden City High School yearbook, figuring that he might be in there because he’s about three years younger than me. No picture there. By the time I walked back into the house, our daughter had said that Joseph Allen Schreibvogel moved from Garden when he was 13. Schreibvogel is a fairly common name in that area.

Because I now live in Oklahoma and used to work for a paper that covered the state, I’ve had more than my fill of Joe Exotic tales, so I don’t have much desire to watch the series. But, who knows, I seem to have a lot of time on my hands and nowhere to go.

 

His family moved to Wyoming for a bit and knowing people from the area it showed up on social media this weekend that he went to Laramie High School at least for a while.

 

Class of 86 here. I know other members of the family but not him.

 

If we can have Halloween celebrations this year, expect a lot of Joe Exotic costumes.

 

People are beginning to discover Joe Exotic’s YouTube stash. And by people I mean me. A whole second level of Holy Fuck.

 

You're right about the woman who lost her arm. I had forgotten about her.
Her desire to return ASAP to that place speaks to the bizarre allure of that world. It also explains why people are willing to work for next to nothing with nearly no time off.

 

The Wal-Mart gun department clerk-turned-campaign manager-turned **spoiler** witnesser was a decent, thoughtful guy.

 

The guy with no legs was cool.

 

Fuck the bitch Carol Baskin.

That is all.

 

This reads like a tweet from The Iron Sheik I love it.

 

Wife and I just finished it. I didn't think there was much else to convince me Idiocracy was real but ... damn.

Also, odds Old Tony has seen this? Gay Oklahoma Libertarian who tried to off a hippie ... I'm at 50-50

 

"After show" episode now up, which consists of Joel McHale doing interviews with some of the participants. As you'd expect with him, it's partly legit, and partly him taking the piss out of people. Worth checking out if you're looking for something to watch.