1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: This is an I Heart original picture this. You're a 2 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: resident of Hailey, Idaho, population of five thousand. Small town 3 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: life is treating you well, but sometimes you don't want 4 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: another quiet night. Sometimes you want to get loud. You 5 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: want to see some live music. There are a couple 6 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: of late night hangouts, like the Red Elephant Saloon, and 7 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:35,520 Speaker 1: some of them have live bands, mostly local talent, nothing 8 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: wrong with that. They sound good. For bigger names, you've 9 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: got to head to catch them. Or Sun Valley, the 10 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,840 Speaker 1: big ski resort destination about fifteen miles outside of town. 11 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:52,519 Speaker 1: Hailey isn't necessarily the best place to turn the volume up, 12 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: but in June things change all of a sudden. You 13 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: can go see George Clinton, B. B. King, Bo Diddley 14 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: legends of blues and rock and funk on stage in 15 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: front of maybe a hundred other people in a small, 16 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: intimate setting. They jam and play late into the night 17 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 1: and into the wee hours of the morning. Haley has 18 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: never seen anything like it. Like most of the development 19 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 1: happening around this time, this is the work of Haley 20 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:39,479 Speaker 1: resident and movie star Bruce Willett. He's turning the volume up, 21 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: way up. He bought which was just a seedy little 22 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: dive of a bar in Haley. That's Steve Kerns, then 23 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: the mayor of Haley, and he bought it and completely 24 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: remodeled it. What he didn't just remodey towards Pargolan down 25 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: and built the whole new building with an entertainment lounge upstairs. 26 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: And they brought in some quite a few naturally known 27 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 1: acts to play them in with a first class restaurant 28 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: downstairs as well. And that was a big deal for 29 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: Haley to have that sort thing happening. Of all the 30 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: Bruce Willis projects on Haley's main street. The mint is 31 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: the crown jewel, the pst Resistance. It costs millions and 32 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,560 Speaker 1: it's fitting. Willis, after all, worked in a bar for 33 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: years before making it in Hollywood. Now he owns one. 34 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: It's a concentrated dose of Willis's urban New York lifestyle 35 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: injected directly into the veins of small town Haley, and 36 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: that mixture will soon prove to be combustible. This one 37 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: time cowboy bar would soon be the site of an 38 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: old school wild West showdown for I Heart Radio. This 39 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: is Haleywood. I'm your host, Danish Schwartz, and this is 40 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: episode four mint condition. The mint was easily Willis's most 41 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: ambitious project to date in Haley, since going on a 42 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 1: real estate buying spree under the veil of an umbrella corporation, 43 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: the Xnay Investment Trust. He purchased the ailing property for 44 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: two hundred thousand dollars from its owner, a man named 45 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: Wally Young, and set about reimagining it with the cat 46 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: out of the bag. Willis and his employees at Valley Entertainment, 47 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: which looked after his business interests in Haley, didn't deny 48 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 1: newspaper reports Willis was spending millions of dollars to take 49 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: the Rundown Dive Bar into a new era, one that 50 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: would showcase his love of music, with live act and 51 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 1: lots of Bruce Willis jamming with his own band, the Accelerators. 52 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: But if this was going to work, Willis needed a 53 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: little help managing the details, someone he could trust, and 54 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: Joe McAllister, Willis's friend and business associate, knew just the guy. 55 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:17,279 Speaker 1: So Joe was actually doing some work on Bruce's house 56 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: on seventy Street in Central Park West when I really 57 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: started to get connected with Bruce. That's Rick Oliver, who 58 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 1: would go on to become heavily involved with the men. 59 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: I was Pedal corporate security for Paulo Ralph Lauren in 60 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: New York for close to ten years. Bluddy of mine 61 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: was one of his top designers, Kenny Thomas, but he 62 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: wanted to get some of that product out to celebrities, 63 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: and I said, well, you know, I can probably give 64 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: Bruce Willis into some of these clothes. He goes great, 65 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 1: you know, and I made it happen. Um, Bruce, Uh, 66 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: you know, he liked the thought. He you know, he 67 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: loved the clothes, and he said, you know, hey, who's 68 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: this Rick guy? I want to meet him. Uh. And 69 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: that's what a connection was made. I met him a 70 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: planet Hollywood. Uh. Mid nineties. Willis liked Rick, and Rick 71 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 1: liked Willis. A little later on, Willis even gave Rick's 72 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,239 Speaker 1: friends a big surprise, Bruce do me a bachelor party 73 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: after I got married, and he actually barking it for me. 74 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: That's a good story to say. I had Bruce Barchen 75 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: for me. You know, Willis told him what he was 76 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: planning in Haley. And while you might expect Rick to 77 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: be excited about the opportunity to get into the burgeoning 78 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: Bruce Willis Industry. Rick was noncommittal. Joe invited me, I 79 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: don't know, probably twenty times, and I was like, you 80 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: know what, I'm not I'm not into this. You know, 81 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: I didn't know much about Idaho. The only thing I 82 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: know about Idaho was you know, skinheads and potatoes, right, 83 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 1: which happened that then? That wasn't the truth, right, It 84 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: was just just my perception, you know, living in Manhattan 85 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: at that time. The other thing that gave Rick pause 86 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 1: was that, well, not too many people looked like him 87 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: in Haley. There wasn't a lot of black people up there. 88 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: And initially I thought Joe was doing it to kind 89 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: of you know, uh, bring some ethnics city, bring culture 90 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: into the community, right, But Joe apparently wore Rick down. 91 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: Bruce always has something going on during the holidays, like 92 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 1: the fourth of July, he had a big fireworks show 93 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 1: at the Rodeo, and he always did a New Year's party, 94 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: which was you know, they bought everybody out, you know, 95 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: John Kennedy, um, his fiance, just a lot of major 96 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 1: Hollywood people and celebrities in general. So I would come 97 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 1: out to some of those events, um and uh and 98 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 1: visit when I wind up, you know, staying. I fell 99 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,600 Speaker 1: in love with the place. Everyone seemed to fall in 100 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: love with Haley. It was just so idyllic, and Rick 101 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: had plenty of reasons to stay. Beyond the beautiful scenery. 102 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 1: He was proving useful to Willis's growing enterprise. I helped 103 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 1: him with talent, you know, by the talent, recommended talent, 104 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 1: and work with the artists when they got here, just 105 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: making sure that they were okay and they needed anything 106 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: artist relations if if you will, you know, I was 107 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: Joe's right here man, and people are trying to get 108 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 1: to me, to get to Joe, to get to Bruce, 109 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: right because Bruce isn't you know, he's really not approachable. 110 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: I mean you could see him, but he's not approachable, 111 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: especially from a business standpoint. So you know, talk to Joe. 112 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: And if they couldn't get to Joe, they would tell 113 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 1: me stuff to tell Joe or they want to meet 114 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: with Joe. And everything was kind of layered. There was 115 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: always something happening. But even though The Mint was set 116 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: to be Hayley's flashiest new hangout, not everyone would be welcome. 117 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: After eighteen months of renovation work, the Mint's grand opening 118 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:02,640 Speaker 1: finally came in July five. The first floor was a 119 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: spacious square feet accented with dark red brick and green 120 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: awnings that blended into the nearby buildings, including the Haley 121 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 1: Town Center across the street. Haley had never seen anything 122 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: like it. If you're coming in from the street, off 123 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: to the left, it's like it is a couple of 124 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: small steps. You go up, and that's like the dining 125 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: area right. The bar would be to your right, and 126 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: the kitchen would be to the left of that, and 127 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: if you kept going straight you walk out the back door. 128 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: The ambience it was, it was it was pretty nice. 129 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: It wasn't like fine dining or anything. If you walk 130 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: to the right, there will be a staircase and an elevator, 131 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: so you can take either the elevator up or you 132 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: can take the stairway. Uh, And that's where the nightclub 133 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: would be. Two floors, both typically packed. Was good for 134 00:08:55,679 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: Willis and good for Haley, but not everyone was enthusiastic 135 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: about the change. As the old Mint was demolished, regulars 136 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: of the one time dive bar lamented its passing. Some 137 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: asked to take vintage bricks and playfully throw them through 138 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: an old window. A tribute to the bar's reputation as 139 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: a tough drinking spot for the tough miners that once 140 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:26,839 Speaker 1: populated the town. The new Mint was definitely different. Here's 141 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: Rick Oliver again. So the original Mint was just like 142 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: an old cowboy that bar. Right, they carried down and 143 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: they really rebuilded. I think Bruce had like a five 144 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: star French chef in there cooking, so we haven't a 145 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: testing with the French chef. And Bruce is there and 146 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: to me is there Joe was sitting across from me, 147 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: and the French chef is bringing out all this really 148 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 1: good food. Right. Bruce goes, you know, when I was 149 00:09:55,720 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: a struggling uh actor an in Hell's kitchen, he us 150 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: to buy a big bag of frozen chicken wings, right, 151 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: and I go, frozen chicken wings. He goes yeah, he 152 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: goes Rick, and then you know, he goes and I 153 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: get this tomato sauce that go like Hines go no, no, no, 154 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 1: no no. He goes, like, came in a can. I go, Contadina, 155 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: goes that's it, Contadina. He goes, put that put that 156 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: on a men. He goes, chicken, I want the chicken 157 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: cooked in the Contadina tomato and you can see the 158 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: you can see the French chef like just getting red right. 159 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 1: I don't know if he was playing, if he was serious, 160 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,439 Speaker 1: but I'm thinking he had to have been playing. But 161 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: Willis wasn't always joking. Early on, it seemed like Haley 162 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: might be stubborn when it came to the rules. Work 163 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: on the mint was briefly halted when Willis insisted on 164 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: putting in heated sidewalks, an amenity that ran a foul 165 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: of Hayley's city code. This wasn't a heated sidewalk kind 166 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: of town. Willis grew a little impatient. He said Haley 167 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: was making him follow every letter of the law, that 168 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: it was, in his words, getting ridiculous. He just wanted 169 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: to get things going, make as big an impact in 170 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: Haley as he had made in Hollywood. He wanted big acts. 171 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: We used to bring in acts like BB King, Junior, Wealth, 172 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: Charlie Daniel band. Uh. It was. It was a place 173 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: to be. But Willis's taste in music wasn't necessarily Haley's 174 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,680 Speaker 1: taste in music. And while you think Willis would try 175 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 1: to cater to the locals, he seemed to be more 176 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: interested in what Bruce Willis wanted to hear, and he 177 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:45,199 Speaker 1: brought in an act of various kinds from the East. Well, 178 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: most of it was jazz and the type of music 179 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: that you know you would find in the inner cities 180 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: on the East coast. Well, I shouldn't city from his area, 181 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 1: Lee Slander one time, Hailey resident lawyer and amateur music critic. 182 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,559 Speaker 1: And it didn't go over at all with the locals 183 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: because they didn't understand it, or you know, it just 184 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: wasn't there. Uh, they're back at all. They still liked 185 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: um western. If he had a Western band, the place 186 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: would be packed, but he rarely did. Of course Bruce 187 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: would get up there wasn't a while it was harmonic 188 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: and try to ruin it all. I'm just kidding, but 189 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 1: I didn't. I'm not a big uh a big lover 190 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 1: of that of that kind of music. But just because 191 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: you showed up didn't mean you were getting in. The 192 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 1: mint may have been a public place, but it was 193 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: still subject to Willis's demand for privacy. He never permitted 194 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: any outside professional photography inside the building, and he sometimes 195 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: dictated who could be allowed on the dance floor. An 196 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: area firefighter who was ribbing Willis about his old sea 197 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: groom's wine cooler commercials ejected. Someone who wanted to bother 198 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: Willis or Demi Moore not allowed. He would slip me 199 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: a grand and say, hey, watching me, give me on stage, 200 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: give me on stage, but I want you to watch 201 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: to me, and you know, and I would you know, 202 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 1: go alright, cool, you know, I just sit fire. You know, 203 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: she had to go to bathroom whatever, I'd walk her 204 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: way outside the bathroom door, you know, stuff like that, 205 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: or hey, Rick, I got some people coming in tonight, 206 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: or don't let this person in door, so I just 207 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: covered the door. And they were times he would just 208 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: hang out, you know, but yeah, it was. It was 209 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,400 Speaker 1: more like that than like, hey, I'll be on payroll 210 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: for security. He which is you know, like everything else, 211 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: you know, like his shows, like hey Rick, I need 212 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: you and I helped me out at the top of 213 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 1: the new entry list. Reporter Willis's longtime arch Nemeses. Definitely, 214 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: if if he knew reporters or something or someone you 215 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: know who was only to be a nuisance or pain 216 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: in the ass, he would see him and say, hey, 217 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: make sure that got in come in, But v I 218 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 1: p s like John F. Kennedy Jr. And Daryl Hannah. 219 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: They could waltz right in and maybe slip off. Some 220 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: were more private. That's because the Mint had some secrets 221 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: that were known to only a handful of people. You 222 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: know the old movies where they had the bookshelves and 223 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: you pushed the bookshelf and it turns into another room. Well, 224 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: there was another room, you know. You push that and 225 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: that's where the bathrooms are. And he's got a steam 226 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: room and seats about eight people. Willis had a hidden 227 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: room where he and his famous friends and his big 228 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: name X could gather in total privacy. We're not sure 229 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: if Haley's city code allowed for it, but it was there. 230 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: I remember we had George Clinton there and it was 231 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: time for the should start. What else says? Everyone's looking 232 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: for George Clinton in his band? And I'm like, what 233 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: the hell? We're all where where are they? Where could 234 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: they possibly be? As you know what, we hadn't check 235 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 1: one place? And I pushed open the door. I know, 236 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: all in a in that steam room, just smoking weed. 237 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: It was hysterical. I was like, man, you just need 238 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: to get on stage. Man, what are you doing? And 239 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: they're like, oh, sorry, And the amount of smoke that 240 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: came out. It was, it was. It was pretty funny. 241 00:15:21,760 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: But the real draw of the Mint wasn't the out 242 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: of town as it was Bruce Willis, who frequently appeared 243 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: on stage with his band, the Accelerators. You could just 244 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: be having a beer at the Mint and Willis would 245 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: just show up harmonica in hand. He wouldn't announce it 246 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: in advance. So if he would have done that, that 247 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: would have been a line around the block. Maybe he 248 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: didn't want the undue attention, but it's also hard to 249 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: be a performing artist on stage and not have undue attention. 250 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,240 Speaker 1: Every time he did one of these you know on 251 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: the fly things, the place was packed. I mean, we 252 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. I mean, remember we were over at 253 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: Joe's house from morning and Bob kat Goldthwick, the comedian, 254 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: you know, he came over and he was like, hey, 255 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: I'm you know, looking for you know, Bruce Willis's house, 256 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: and you know, he's looking at me like as the 257 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: first black guy saw out there too, which probably was true. 258 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: We said, what's happening, Well, we're doing the show tonight. 259 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: Brucey called him and just said, you know, hey, let's 260 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: do a show. I believe it was a Sunday morning 261 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: because we were like, how is he gonna put this 262 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: this together? You know, we're gonna put it up on 263 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: a marquee, And sure enough put it up on the marquee. 264 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,280 Speaker 1: And and that night it was it was at Blobcat 265 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: opened up with comedy and Bruce and Accelerators came up 266 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: and did their things. But that was that was normal 267 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: that and and Bruce Willis is Bruce Willis right, So 268 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: you know at the time his name, you know alone, 269 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 1: you know you hear Bruce Willis is there, and you're 270 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: gonna show up if you're in town. Willis and his 271 00:16:57,560 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: crew performed songs like show Me and who has a 272 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:05,000 Speaker 1: Good Woman? Good Morning, Little school Child, The spirit is willing, 273 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: but the flesh is weak and more building out tune 274 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: after tune, in a style that was less singing and 275 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: more well. Willis had a name for it. In an interview, 276 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: Willis once described his singing style as quote coloring. He was, 277 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:27,880 Speaker 1: in his words, someone who could holler loudly and in key, 278 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: but maybe his singing was beside the point. Bruce is 279 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: very very talented. I mean not just a good actor. Um, 280 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: he's a great musician as well. I'll be honest with you. 281 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,400 Speaker 1: At the time, I was more impressed with him being 282 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 1: a performer on stage and and and playing the harp. 283 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: And you know, Bruce has got this flag about you know, 284 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: he's cool, he has swaged and and I was just 285 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: in aunt. I thought as a musician he was he 286 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: was better to be a musician than being an actor. 287 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 1: I mean, the diehard roles and stuff didn't him. Bruce 288 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 1: was okay as a musical performer. Let's put it that way. 289 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: He's a better actor than he used a musician. So 290 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 1: the reviews weren't unanimous. Even so, Bruce and his Accelerators 291 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 1: were easily the highest profile act in town, and that 292 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: made them a little bit of a target. There were 293 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 1: other local groups like the Barnet's, a risque for women 294 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: group that performed a gently salacious show. They like to 295 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 1: poke a little fun at Willis singing He's a Local 296 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: to the tune of He's a Rebel, Willis, they said, 297 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 1: just ignored it. The Mint also started holding outlandish events 298 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: like homespun versions of seventies game shows like The Dating 299 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 1: Game or The Gong Show, shows Willis might have watched 300 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 1: as a teenager area residents competed to win dinner at 301 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 1: the Mint. The Gong Show was like an early version 302 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: of America can Idol, where if the performers were terrible, 303 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 1: they were gone. I was in the Gong Show with Bruce. Yeah, 304 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: we did a Gong show thing I was. I wasn't 305 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 1: had a holy field and I had a piece of 306 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: taper in my hair, and you know, and and and 307 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: Bruce has come around with the broom, you know, when 308 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: somebody gets goned, and he'd come down and you know, 309 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 1: um yeah, and he'd sweep, you know, he'd go around 310 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,880 Speaker 1: doing this thing. He's actually, he's incredibly funny. Where else 311 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,120 Speaker 1: in the world are you going to see Bruce Willis 312 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: dismissing bad entertainers like a prototype Simon Cowell with a broom. 313 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: In his performances with the Accelerators and the Gong Show, 314 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 1: it was obvious that this was a Willis playground. Even 315 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: the Mint's restaurant disappeared, replaced with a series of pool 316 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:52,720 Speaker 1: tables that better fit the leisurely hangout atmosphere. But it 317 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 1: also seemed like Willis couldn't decide whether the Mint should 318 00:19:56,400 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 1: be a business or just a glorified man Cave. An 319 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: employee told a reporter that Willis once declared the bar 320 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: open and free for everyone. The next day, the employee 321 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: said he came storming in scolding employees because the mint 322 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: was losing money. The original mint had been a rowdy 323 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: drinking spot full of ordinary miners who wanted to blow 324 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: off steam with a little drinking and maybe some fighting. 325 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:31,680 Speaker 1: The new mint was more civilized. But any combination of alcohol, jealousy, music, 326 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: and late nights is bound to end in trouble. Rick 327 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 1: Oliver found that out firsthand. Most people at the Mint 328 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 1: were therefore a party to have a good time, but 329 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 1: not everyone was on their best behavior. Here's leash Slender again, 330 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 1: water or two of these guys, and I don't want 331 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: to get too close to the names because don't want 332 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,719 Speaker 1: to get anybody in trouble, but a couple of them 333 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: had been in brawls and raising hell downtown late at night, 334 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: which was really unusual for us. It's a quiet little town. 335 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 1: Nine ten o'clock, it's locked up, everybody goes home, And 336 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: that did really get everybody's attention, he said, what's going on? 337 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: While people in Haley were mostly low key, there was 338 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 1: a contingent that didn't like being pushed around, and that 339 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 1: led to some real problems, not because of Willis, but 340 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 1: Willis's associate. There was that clash between perhaps one or 341 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: two or maybe more Bruce's hanger on is. It run 342 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: into a little problem with some of our local younger guys. 343 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: Sometimes these melee's got a little out of hand. A 344 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: man named Johnny Rolling told the press that he was 345 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: visiting Haley from out of town when he claimed a 346 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 1: Mint employee choked him and dragged him out by the neck. 347 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 1: He lodged a complaint with the Hailey District Court. Another patron, 348 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: Dale Disher, said he was also dragged out by his 349 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 1: neck and pushed down the stairs. In both cases, the 350 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: Mint security staff were the alleged culprit. Willis, of course, 351 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:25,399 Speaker 1: rarely commented to the press about anything, much less accusations 352 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: of his customers getting knocked around, but spokespeople for Valley 353 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: Entertainment asserted that anyone pursuing legal action against the bar 354 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: was simply an opportunist looking to dip into Willis's deep pocket. Look, 355 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: there are fights in bars. It's certainly nothing the Mint encouraged. 356 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: But like in any bar, there were times when things 357 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:52,200 Speaker 1: seemed like they were going to go further, much further. 358 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: And it was during one of those times that Rick 359 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 1: Oliver had to step up in a big way, and 360 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: not against one irate friend, but a whole bunch of them. 361 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: I kind of got into something one night. There was 362 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,640 Speaker 1: a kid and he was I don't know, is its 363 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 1: proper to us the word gay, you know? But I 364 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: knew the kid because he owned a business. And catch 365 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: them a group of cowboys giving him a hard time. 366 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: I mean like, and they follow him into the bathroom. 367 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: When I saw him following into the bathroom, I go, 368 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: let me go, and I bet that you know they're 369 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,239 Speaker 1: gonna give a hard time. Rick didn't like where this 370 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:30,959 Speaker 1: was going. It's not that Haley was inherently prejudiced, because 371 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 1: they weren't. But this was the es when people might 372 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: be more prone to let bigotry slide but not wreck. 373 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: And sure enough then it's seizing him and I go, hey, man, 374 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,959 Speaker 1: leave the guy alone, and they're like, you know, you know, 375 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: f you you want somebody, Yeah, let's go to take 376 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: it outside, just to get him away from him. You know. 377 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 1: It was a group of them, and I remember going 378 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: to my car and I had my casiled weapons permitting 379 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 1: everything they did. It was like something out of a Western. 380 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 1: There was wreck So sing off with a group of 381 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 1: homophobic cowboys in the middle of Hayley's main street, wondering 382 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: if he might need to reach for the gun that 383 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 1: was tucked in his pants. Well I didn't flash it, 384 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: but it was in my my belt, right, so you know, 385 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 1: I was like, well, what do you guys want to do? 386 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: You know? And they were all mouth and they were 387 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: they were kids, and they were just being drunk and obnoxious. Right. 388 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: Someone called the police. The police arrived and they saw 389 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:28,959 Speaker 1: a black man with a gun in a heated scene 390 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: with a group of white guys. And Rick was taken 391 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: into custody. Yeah yeah, so you know, and they came 392 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: and even with the consteal weapon prevent you know, this 393 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,719 Speaker 1: is so Idaho, they took me in and it was 394 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 1: you know, you know, I had a decent attorney in 395 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: I was released the next day on bail. But you know, 396 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:56,120 Speaker 1: it wasn't like it shouldn't have happened. Thankfully, the Mint 397 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: had a few nights that were that intense, but when 398 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: they did happen, it caught people's attention. And because of that, 399 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,880 Speaker 1: there's a kind of irony that exists within the Mint 400 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: that's worth mentioning. In retreating to Haley, Willis was looking 401 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: for an escape from the spotlight, but the Mint brought 402 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:17,959 Speaker 1: it right to his proverbial front door. There was always 403 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 1: someone trying to get a good story. I remember, you know, 404 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: one guy came out coming from out of town. I 405 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: didn't really know what was going on, and he wanted 406 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 1: to have breakfast. And at the time I was doing 407 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 1: some p I security stuff, so I didn't know if 408 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: it was a case he was working on or what 409 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: have you. But as it turned out, he was with 410 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 1: you know, was his Star magazine. Yes, Star magazine. Star 411 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 1: for those who may not remember, was one of those 412 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: big tabloids in the nineties next to the National Enquirer 413 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: headlines like killer mom in secret romance with hunky prison guard. 414 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,159 Speaker 1: It wasn't the New York Times. People are making up 415 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: stories and stories, you know, they just want to confirm 416 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. You know, there was one, you know, 417 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: if I can recall correctly, something A got a mobster's 418 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,439 Speaker 1: wife in New York and the mobster was, you know, 419 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: gonna put a hit on Bruce or something like that, 420 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: and we like, you know what, Bruce's probably got more 421 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: money in their whole mob family, the occasional potential shootout 422 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 1: and running with Tabloid's aside. Rick had a good time 423 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: with Willis with the men to and in Haley, but 424 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 1: after a few years there it was time to move on. 425 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: Rick eventually found life in Boise, Idaho, to be more 426 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,639 Speaker 1: to his liking. He's still there today. I'm still an 427 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: artist management for a company called the Goal Agency Talent Buyer. 428 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 1: You know, I just finished came off a big summer 429 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: concert series here. Uh it's Expo Idaho. Ric also got 430 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: a taste of what it meant to be as famous 431 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: as Willis, even in a town as small as Haley. 432 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: I can remember being with him, me and him and 433 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 1: the girls. You know. It was like a Saturday afternoon 434 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,119 Speaker 1: and we're at the Mint first and obviously it's closed 435 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 1: because it's it's the nightclub. It's in the the noon. 436 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: So we're in there with the girls and you know, 437 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: we're just in there dance and just me and him 438 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: and the girls, the girls referring of course to his daughters. 439 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: And we turn on the music and we danced and 440 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: then these people walk in, right, and we're like, you know, hey, 441 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 1: this is clothes today left, we got'm leaving. Then you know, 442 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:18,199 Speaker 1: we do that for a little bit, you know, and 443 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 1: then we go next to the shorties to get I 444 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:22,640 Speaker 1: think we'll get a nice pain or something like that. 445 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: And the same people they walk in and they're just 446 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: staring and and you know, I get a glimpse of 447 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: this right and I'm like, you know, what are you 448 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: guys doing it? And today started like try and talk 449 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 1: and this is like, you know what, I'm here with 450 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,919 Speaker 1: friends and family and you know, what are you doing here? Like? 451 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 1: So I got a sense of that, and I got 452 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: that with just from being around, you know, working for 453 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: celebrities and and being in that kind of circle. Someone 454 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 1: always wants something, you know, It's it's a tough it's 455 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 1: a tough business. So now everybody knows that, you know, hey, 456 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: Bruce Willis live and de memor live and you know Hayley, Idaho. Right, 457 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 1: So people are coming out of woodwork for whatever reason. Increasingly, 458 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: Willis was realizing that he could still be found in Haley, 459 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 1: could still have people coming out of the woodwork, and 460 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 1: no matter what he did, his every move was going 461 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 1: to be subject to scrutiny. The bubble of privacy he 462 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: had wrapped himself in, had wrapped Haley in, was in 463 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 1: real danger of bursting. So Willis decided to lean into it. 464 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 1: Instead of being a quiet Haley resident, he opted to 465 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: get political and the result was a disaster of nuclear proportions. 466 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: The guy who had been sort of boost his money 467 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: guy was someone that people who were intimidated by. He 468 00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: was apparently like a big dude, and he was still 469 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: around on the streets of Haley sometimes and people were 470 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 1: I don't think, like physically afraid of the guy, but 471 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 1: they were intimidated by him. If you're enjoying Haleywood so far, 472 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 1: remember to eight review and subscribe. It helps other people 473 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: who might want to find the podcast, and it really 474 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: helps us, the people who have made the podcast. Thank 475 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: you so much. Haileywood is hosted by Danis Schwartz. This 476 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:18,720 Speaker 1: show is written by Jake Rawson, editing by Derrick Clements, 477 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: Mary Do and me Josh Fisher. Sound design and mixing 478 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: by Jeremy Thal, Derrek Clemens, and me Josh Fisher. Original 479 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: music by Natasha Jacobs. Research and fact checking by Jake Rawson, 480 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: Austin Thompson and Marissa Brown. Show logo by Lucy Quentinia. 481 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 1: Our senior producer is Ryan Murdoch and our executive producer 482 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 1: is Jason English. Special thanks to the people of Hailey, 483 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: Idaho and all those who've shared their stories. Haileywood is 484 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: a production of I Heart Radio. Until Next Time.