1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: Ridiculous crime. It's a production of iHeartRadio Zaren Elizabeth Zarn. 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,079 Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you decided to grace this with 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: your presence. 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 2: Thanks Claude. 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: I've had to do the last four shows all by myself. 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 2: I know, I saw the sock It's kind of cool, though. 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 2: You must have done a good job. Was about sending 8 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: me emails with photos of the sockbuck the show? 9 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: It was cool. It was really cool. Dirty socks. But 10 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: that's okay. Listen, buddy, you know it's ridiculous. 11 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 2: Oh my god. I do you know when you know 12 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: that you would be friends with the celebrity? 13 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: Yeah? 14 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:33,919 Speaker 2: Right here had that feeling. There are two that I 15 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 2: know what I would be friends with. They're both gone, 16 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 2: so I can't be friends with them. But yeah, most 17 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 2: of the celebrities I think I could be, like have 18 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: an affinity for a friendship with are all gone. I'm like, 19 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: why is that? What does that say? Do I not 20 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 2: fit in these times? Anyway? Both of them loved each other, 21 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:50,919 Speaker 2: but the funny thing is is neither one of them 22 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 2: could understand each other. They're two of my favorite people ever. 23 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 2: Lee Marvin and Toshiro Maffuni. Wait, so this story. Yeah, 24 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 2: the actor Marvin, right, yeah, and the actor to Shiro Maffuoni. 25 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 2: They were like best friends. But this is a story 26 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 2: we have from Betty Marvin, obviously Lee Marvin's wife. She 27 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 2: says the story and I quote Lee and I always 28 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 2: from the beginning would see Japanese films. He'd love to 29 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 2: Shiro Maffuoni so much. He used to call him on 30 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 2: the phone. Couldn't understand a word of Japanese BUFFOONI spoke 31 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 2: no English. They'd have these long conversations. 32 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 1: About what wait, isn't that the best? 33 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 2: Just sitting there drunk on the phone because they were 34 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 2: both big drinkers, right, so I'd be billing about his 35 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 2: nighttime phone calls they're for at least one of them, 36 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 2: probably a morning phone call for the other because the 37 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: time difference. But they're drunk sitting there on the phone. 38 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: Oh man. 39 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 2: Because I was saying that to John borhim the other. 40 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: Day, love me, what are you doing? We was just talking? 41 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 2: So how great is that two people have a conversation 42 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 2: with another person who doesn't speak their language or my people? 43 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 2: That is. 44 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: It's ridiculous too, right, But you know what else is ridiculus? 45 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: No keeping perfect criming records. 46 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 2: Oh that's so you. 47 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: I know, this is Ridiculous Crime, a podcast about absurd 48 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: and outrageous capers, heists, and cons. It is always ninety 49 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 1: nine percent murder free and one hundred percent ridiculous. 50 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 3: I know you heard that. 51 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: Nightclubs zaren, Yes, one of my favorite places. Do you 52 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: like to go to night clubs? 53 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: I used to? Yeah, I mean I did. I like 54 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 2: really more like jazz clubs. Nightclubs are going to have 55 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 2: like a comic. I don't want, like a burlesque. 56 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: Show people snap and appreciation of things. 57 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 2: No, but like the old school and nightclubs like we're 58 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 2: like a Dean Martin where you're going to see a show. 59 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 2: I don't want to go to, like you know, see 60 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 2: someone like you know, reading their death comedy stuff. 61 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: And then I like a nightclub, like to go dancing, 62 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: Oh like that. 63 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 2: Cat of nightclub, like a dance club, a dance area. Yeah, 64 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 2: in this dancery like dancer dancery. So that's what we're 65 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: talking about. Yeah, I love dancery. You do all freak 66 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 2: of freaka floor I do not really you don't like dancing. 67 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,959 Speaker 1: I like dancing. It's not like like nightclub dance. 68 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 2: But do you like go with your friends and just 69 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 2: like dance with your friends, you don't have to dance 70 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 2: with strangers. 71 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: You're a long time ago. Sarah TACIONI a goddess among humans. 72 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:34,839 Speaker 2: Great great persons. 73 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: She and I used to go to two different like 74 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: dance nights in the city. One was at the cat 75 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: club called sixteen on Sunday night. Sure I never went, 76 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: but I know it was like all rock and roll whatever. 77 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: And then there was like sort of a similar one. 78 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: I remember the old Covered Wagon. Oh yeah, Bordello Night 79 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: was amazing music, and so we would go to that 80 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 1: and kind of google walk around and you know, talk 81 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: to people and get down. But like that, like I 82 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 1: don't know, I don't think of myself as a nightclub 83 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: disco person. 84 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 2: I can see how you might not see that because 85 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 2: it you also like to go to bed early. 86 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: I got it. 87 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 2: So there's that. 88 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: Every day it gets earlier than earlier, and I love it. 89 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: The big dog, let's talk about nightclubs. Let's get back 90 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: on it. Back on the big dog of all nightclubs 91 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: has to be Studio fifty four in New York City. 92 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 2: Oh my god. The legendary Kramela Crown, the top. 93 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: Of the Mountain City, the Big Potato. Yes, Studio fifty 94 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: four relatively short lived. 95 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 2: I understand. 96 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, like the first I never got to go. Yeah, 97 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: the First Iteration opened in nineteen seventy seven. I was 98 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: forty eight years old and I was the deputy mayor 99 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: of New York City. Huh No, it was I'm just kiddings. 100 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 2: Are now You're still in Minieapolis at that point. 101 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: So that First Iteration, right, thirteen seventy seven, that closed 102 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty. 103 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 2: Okay, so that's like the disco era, wor Yeah. 104 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: It burned out, it did not fade away. Yeah, so 105 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: let's set the stage for you. Nineteen seventy seven. Yes, 106 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 1: you told us recently you're punk broke. That was how 107 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: That was the year that punk ro was sex pistoles, 108 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,840 Speaker 1: you know, a very avant garde music scene. So was disco, 109 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: totally dance music. It was played in disco texts. It was. 110 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 1: That was a French phenomenon. Yeah, I love a good 111 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 1: disco tech. The backstory on that, when my brother opened 112 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: his bar, we were at a family function and we 113 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,799 Speaker 1: saw our like second cousin, like our dad's cousin, who's 114 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: this crazy like New York socialite, eccentric. Yes, and she 115 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: was an older, older gap woman of a certain age, 116 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: very certainly like getting up there and my brothers, I'm 117 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: opening this bar. And she turns to him with her 118 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: like her vivid red lipstick and dark black hair, says, 119 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: I love a good disco tech. So that's what we call. 120 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 2: And this is like clearly not the seventies or the 121 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 2: eighties when this is oh no, this was not. 122 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 1: At all so but she loved a good disco tech. 123 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 1: The French love a good disco tech. That phenomenon of 124 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: the disco tech came from France to the States in 125 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty and it was placed in New York called. 126 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 2: La Club Club that sounds like a place. 127 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: You go Manhattan. Of course, Studio fifty four, like I said, 128 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 1: was the big dog when it came to disco nightclubs. 129 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: Lots of drugs and hedonism and like just letting go 130 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 1: into the buget all my favorite things, oh totally lights, 131 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 1: loud music, DJs, and dance. Expressing yourself through dance, telling stories, 132 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: standing in your truth through dance. 133 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 2: Speaking through the language of your body. 134 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: Physical communications through dance. That was the point. So people 135 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: they showed off their moves, which tended to be like 136 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: really smooth and saucy, a little six sexy, very sexy, 137 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: very seat. And there was the fashion. It was a 138 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: huge part of it. There's like polyester for days. 139 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 2: I've seen Saturday Night few. 140 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 1: So glamorous, spend a lot of time on my hand, 141 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: like flowy yet like skimpy dresses made to show off 142 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 1: the moves, shiny suits, Saturday Night fever with like tight 143 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: flared pin open collars. Yeah, his in hers high heels, oh. 144 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:18,679 Speaker 2: My god, yes, right, chunky high. 145 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: Heels, yes, so much glitter, gold, lemm a cost satins, yeah, gold, jewelry, 146 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: body paint, dress, body paint, gold body paints. Oh yeah, 147 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: but like that became huge. It was and peak hockey 148 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: and outlandish and early punk guards totally art scene type. 149 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 2: Thing and going against the mood of the time or 150 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 2: the mainstream, like what was going on at the time 151 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 2: in terms. 152 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: Of esthetic, right. And then there were drugs of course, yes, 153 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: always the drugs avant garde. Yeah, so that was right 154 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: up there in importance with the music. In the clothes. 155 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, it's like a kind of a mix. There 156 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 2: are three angles of the triangle. 157 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: There were three main drugs common in disco text like 158 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: adare council, Yes you do. So there's the cocaine. Yes, cocaine. 159 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: You know what that is. You know it speeds. Yeah, 160 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: it makes you think you're also makes you feel you well, 161 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: it makes you think that your hair brained ideas are 162 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: really clever, brilliant. 163 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 3: Yes. 164 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: Poppers, Yes, so you inhale the vapors of break it 165 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: open and go, Yeah, exactly like h of the seventies, 166 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: very dangerous and popular drug gives you a very short 167 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: lived for it totally. And then quailudes the down lids. Yeah, 168 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: those discos because they got you all loose and wobbly. 169 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 2: Oh, I figured they're taking them afterwards. 170 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: They called them disco biscuits. 171 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 2: Biscuits, and they. 172 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: Made sure they made your legs wobbly, and you just 173 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: felt jubbly and it felt amazing interesting, gets you right 174 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:58,079 Speaker 1: in the Joe blues. So all of the aforementioned elements 175 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: were present at Studio fifty four better believe. So let's 176 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,439 Speaker 1: start with the opening of the club. It actually starts 177 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy six. There's this German by centennial picture 178 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,319 Speaker 1: of the world. Every one of their stars and Stripes 179 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 1: tall ships in the New York. Then a German male 180 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 1: model named Uva Harden, Uva Harden, Uva Harden Wow, which 181 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: like right, how. 182 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 2: Would you like your eggs? 183 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: Harden surrounded by like Uncle Sam the Stars and Stripes Centennial. 184 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: Un Hey, he wanted to open a nightclub in New 185 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: York called Studio just play a studio like the club. 186 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: So he and this Israeli dude, Joram Polani, they signed 187 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: on to take over the old CBS Studio fifty two, Okay, 188 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: And since that was on the recording space, yeah, like 189 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:52,439 Speaker 1: a big auditorium. 190 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 2: The radio place that they would do shows and stuff. 191 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,599 Speaker 1: And have like audiences and orchestras. And since it was 192 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: on fifty fourth Street, they decided to call it Studio 193 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: fifty four. And so Harden and Polani they formed a 194 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 1: corporation for ownership of the place. But for whatever reason, 195 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: they couldn't get a liquor license. They needed more cash too, 196 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 1: so they sold almost all of their corporate stock to 197 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: the operators of the Marlborough Gallery, which was just like yeah, 198 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: So with that cash on hand, Harden then he meets 199 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: with these two entrepreneurs, Steve Rubel and Ian Schrager, I 200 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 1: know those names, you know those names. They agreed to 201 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: operate the club for them and then delays though continued 202 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: to mount Harden and Polani they left their own project. 203 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: They're like, I guess this isn't going to work. Schreger 204 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: and Rubel they took over and they're like the publicity guys, right, 205 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: they know how to work things. So November of nineteen 206 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: seventy six, Billboard magazine said that they were the ones 207 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: who planned to open the nightclub called Studio fifty four. 208 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: They spent four hundred thousand dollars to get the place 209 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: disco ready. So they were going from this old studio 210 00:10:57,559 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: to a nightclub. 211 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 2: This is a great expression being disco ready. 212 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 1: Some disco ready. And so they had to build a 213 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: dance floor, a balcony, a disco booth like, putting in mirrors, 214 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: light bars, floating vinyl platforms. 215 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 4: Right. 216 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: The lighting system required three people to run it. Oh 217 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 1: it was that, yeah, because. 218 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 2: You're running like track. The lights were going, they're sweeping 219 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 2: up and down the music. 220 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: They could fill the place with fog, dump a bunch 221 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:32,679 Speaker 1: of confetti. Whoa tailor it all over the Yeah, there 222 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 1: was seating for two hundred and fifty people in the 223 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: orchestra area, and the balcony held five hundred seats. And 224 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: also the balcony was covered in rubber so that it 225 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: could be hosed down at the end of the night. 226 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: Make of that which you build, So either way the 227 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: place was bathhouse. Yeah, pretty much. There was a thirty 228 00:11:56,160 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 1: by forty foot cyclorama on the ceiling, the project images 229 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: of galaxy volcanoes, sunrise, sunset, and then they had this 230 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 1: like sort of logo, this like icon for the nightclub 231 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: that was a giant moon with a spoon. 232 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 2: Yes, and so for on supporting cocaine. But I like 233 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 2: the branding, the aesthetic. 234 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: For the opening, the guys sent out eight thousand invitations. 235 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: Now the occupant has eight thousand friends. I guess the 236 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: occupancy was twenty five hundred. And they also crafted a 237 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: kind of like an a list, and these were people 238 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: who got specially tailored phone calls and on opening night, 239 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: four thousand people share that. 240 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 3: Wow. 241 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, half of the thousand people. And you know how 242 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,199 Speaker 1: nightclub culture puts the emphasis on like night right. 243 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's right there in the neck. 244 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: You don't get there early. 245 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I tried starting a day club. It did not go. 246 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: Well, you imagine it's so bright here, like you don't 247 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: you don't show up right when it opens late. But 248 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: you know who was first in line at that opening night? 249 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: He got there bright and early. 250 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 2: Dum. What's the guy uh in the the Police Academy movie, 251 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 2: Steve what's his name? 252 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: Steve Gutenberg Guenberg? Steve Gutenberg, very very close. It's your boy, 253 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: Donald Trump and his first wife Ivanna get out? 254 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 2: Are you for real? 255 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:27,559 Speaker 1: They weren't invited, They just tag They tagged along with 256 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: some friends who were. They were like at dinner with 257 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: the socialite. She's like, are you going to Studio fifty four? 258 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: He's like what's that? 259 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 4: Oh? 260 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: Come, you know, just come with and so they're like, well, 261 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: it says ten o'clock is when it opens. So they 262 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:47,719 Speaker 1: knock on the doorlock only people outside. No one answers, 263 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: and they stood there for fifteen minutes waiting, no one 264 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: in line, just them, and then they're just about to 265 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: leave and the door opens. The staff is like completely 266 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: confused as to why anyone would be there that early, 267 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: and like, yeah, it technically opens at ten, but like, 268 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 1: no one there. So they go in and they wander 269 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: around the place is empty, and they're just so clueless. 270 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 1: And it wasn't until about midnight that the crowd starts 271 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 1: to form outside. I know if Trump was still up 272 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: in there by the time the crowd showed up. A 273 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: bus boy named Richie no Tar told the BBC years later, quote, 274 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: no one remembered him being there the first night. He 275 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: was a non entity. He was never on the dance floor. 276 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 2: Well, I can't imagine him dancing. I mean, I know 277 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 2: he's known for dancing now, but I couldn't imagine it. 278 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: Then he did eventually become a regular and trying to 279 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: insert himself, like into any semblance of any kind of 280 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: New York society established or friend. It makes sense he's 281 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: in there. 282 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 2: He's been shhorn for a while, right, And. 283 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: Then there's a later connection you'll see anyway, the opening, 284 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: so traffic stopped on fifty fourth Street. Really so many 285 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: people were lined up to get in. One of the 286 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: people who were stuck in traffic trying to get to 287 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: the club and just couldn't get there, Frank Sinatra sor. 288 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 2: My man Blue Eyes himself. 289 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: He's like Warren Batty. 290 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 2: That makes sense. 291 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. Warren Batty and actually Henry Winkler. 292 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 1: They both got to the door, but they didn't get in. 293 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: What they could they didn't get in. Warren Batty didn't 294 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: get in, and the Fonds. 295 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 2: I get that he's like a Yale actor when he's 296 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 2: not wearing the jacket, but I mean, Warren Baty's Warren 297 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 2: Baty out all the time. 298 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: He let Warren Bady in, Margot Hemingway and. 299 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 2: Share, Okay, that makes sense. 300 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: Loving designers, I'm guessing yes, Dolly Parton, Andy Warhol, Robin 301 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:46,960 Speaker 1: Leach Kissinger, I figured inside. Robin Leach, later host of 302 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. He was a correspondent 303 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: for CNN, and he brought a date. Date was Brookshields, 304 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: who happened to be eleven years old at the time. 305 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 2: I was really hoping, you're gonna say, like Grace Jones, 306 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 2: like I was waiting for like a fun well. 307 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: A couple of weeks after the opening, Halston calls the 308 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: club and like, things have been kind of slow after 309 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: it opened, but he wanted to have Bianca Jagger's birthday parties. 310 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, on. 311 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: A Monday night, and they're like, that's not really a 312 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: big club night. Like these are the coolest people wanting 313 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: to have a super cool party, so they jump into 314 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: action and it was it was exclusive. It was not 315 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: the four thousand like. 316 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 2: The opening Jagger's birthday. 317 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: Only one hundred and fifty people were invited or allowed in, 318 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: and the place was filled with white balloons. They went 319 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: out and they got like as many white balloons as 320 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: they could, And as Ian Schrager told Vanity Fair decades later, quote, 321 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: Halston only had about one hundred and fifty people, the 322 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: best people from Barishtakov to Jacqueline Bissett. Like it's just 323 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: petty late seventies of that. 324 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 2: Also, I like how when he goes to pick two 325 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 2: people they have the same letter their last name, from 326 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 2: Barishakov to Basset. 327 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: Everyone his last name started with b Zarin. Were you there? 328 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 2: No, I was actually an Angola. 329 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: I see that makes sense. The prison, according to Rolling Stone, 330 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: quote one of the bartenders donned a diaper and popped 331 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: out of a cake. But the highlight of the evening 332 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: occurred around midnight, when a white steed was let out 333 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: from behind a stage curtain by a nude couple slathered 334 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: in shimmering paint and sparkles. The birthday girl took the 335 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: place of honor astride the horse, which trotted across the 336 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 1: dance floor while the camera's greedily snapped seriously. So that 337 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,119 Speaker 1: became this iconic moment of glamour and excess for the 338 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 1: club and the disco. Grazia magazine described the club as such, 339 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:44,640 Speaker 1: quote Studio fifty four was a phantasmagorical dreamscape, teetering always 340 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,199 Speaker 1: between a dream come true and a nightmare. Throughout the 341 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 1: course of any given evening, A giant anthropomorphized crescent moon 342 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 1: with a coke spoon pressed to its nose and eyes 343 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: flashing red, hovered over the room like a Peruvian flake 344 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: dayusic Machinah wow, it's like an elevated Stefan sketch. 345 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 2: Yes, exactly. 346 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: So getting in wasn't easy, as I've said, apparently just 347 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 1: getting in at all was a status symbol. It usually 348 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: was like seven or eight bucks to get in. But 349 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 1: you can pay for this annual membership and exchange for 350 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 1: discounted tickets. Tickets will cost more on the weekends and 351 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: then like even more on nights when there were performances. 352 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 2: Were they like picking do you know if they were 353 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 2: picking people like by your fashion, like they're standing. 354 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what I'm gonna get to so. Andy Warhol 355 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: famously said, quote, the key of the success of Studio 356 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 1: fifty four is that it's a dictatorship at the door 357 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: and a democracy on the dance floor. So see Rubelle, 358 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 1: he's the dictator. He would like pull this step stool 359 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: outside and you'd stand on it and you'd pick people 360 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: out of the crowd. Totally subjective, like you know if 361 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: if you had the vibe, you go in and otherwise 362 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: you're on the sidewalk. 363 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 2: Sorry mister. 364 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, And so like this doorman Mark Bennechy told the 365 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: Entertainment quote, we had the kid who worked at McDonald's 366 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: next to some movie star or some superstar model, whether 367 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: they were dressed in a festive way, or they were interesting, 368 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: high energy, danced well or socialite, celebrity model. You had 369 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: to bring something to the table interesting. 370 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 2: So I imagine there's actually a lot of good dancing. 371 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:25,159 Speaker 1: Oh, amazing dancing. Amazing dance. Now let's think about that dancing. 372 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 1: Take a break, listen to some have some disco biscuits, 373 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: and when we get back, we're gonna go right back 374 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 1: into the club. Zara, I'm telling you, why slow you down? 375 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 1: The disco biscuits. You'll sound like me. What did I take? 376 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: You took the old? 377 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 2: Is something under the sink? 378 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: I thought, that's our keeper's friend. Okay, So we're talking 379 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: about how hard it is to get into the club. 380 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: Some people they didn't give up easily, like they would 381 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: try new outfits, switch up their hairstyle, and go back. 382 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 1: Actress Jade Barrymore, mother of Drew, who first went to 383 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 1: the club at age four, but she was at the 384 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,440 Speaker 1: later iteration of the club when she was eleven and 385 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,760 Speaker 1: a coke user. She was a regular at that club. Huh, 386 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 1: said Jade, the mom said of the crazy desire to 387 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: get in quote people were waiting in lines with the 388 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: most fantastic costumes on, each one trying to outdo the 389 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: other one so they could be pointed to and get in. 390 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: So yeah, meanwhile, you got your kid there, Okay, I. 391 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 2: Would have fun getting dressed for one year. 392 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: At Halloween, two women they were inspired by the Bianca 393 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: Jagger things sitting on a horse. They rented a horse 394 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: and they rode up to the doors in it. They 395 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: were nude. Yeah, the doorman let the horse in but 396 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: made them stay outside. A lot of their hitters didn't 397 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: get it. Aside from Henry Winkler, there are two good examples. 398 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 1: One time the President of Cyprus was turned He was 399 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: turned away because the doorman misunderstood him and thought he 400 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: was the President of Cypress Hills Cemetery presidents brothers, so 401 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: there's a big difference. Another time, one of Saudi, the 402 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,760 Speaker 1: King Khalid, one of his sons, was turned away, and 403 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: so the Saudi embassy in the US wrote a letter 404 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,680 Speaker 1: to the club and said, please do not reject the 405 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 1: prince again. 406 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 2: You're hurting his feelings. I have ah, we're gonna have 407 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 2: to buy the colr. 408 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: So some people got mad and actually like shot at 409 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: the club from outside. Yeah, but and when they didn't 410 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: get entry. Yeah. But others they bangers. Really do you 411 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: know that band's chic with mel Rogers. So he and 412 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: his bandmate Bernard Edwards, they're trying to get into Studio 413 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: fifty four one night and not just like they weren't 414 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: just looking to dance. 415 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 4: Right. 416 00:22:15,119 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 1: It was New Year's Eve nineteen seventy seven. Nile Rogers 417 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: told sound on sound quote, we were invited to meet 418 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 1: with Grace Jones at studio. She's coming. She wanted to 419 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: interview us about recording her next album. At that time, 420 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,680 Speaker 1: our music was fairly popular. Dance Dance Dance was a 421 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: big hit, but Grace Jones didn't leave our name at 422 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 1: the door, and the doorman wouldn't let us in. We 423 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 1: stood there as long as we could take it until 424 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: our feet were finally just way too cold. We were 425 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: really totally dejected. We felt horrible. So they go back 426 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: to Nile's apartment. Quote We grabbed a couple of bottles 427 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: of champagne from the corner liquor store, and then we 428 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: went back to my place, plugged in our instruments and 429 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: started jamming. We were just yelling obscenities. Studio fifty four, 430 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:03,640 Speaker 1: come go off, those scumbags them, and we were laughing. 431 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: We were entertaining the hell out of ourselves. We had 432 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: a blast, and finally it hit Bernard. He said, hey, no, 433 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: what you're playing sounds really good. They had this amazing 434 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 1: song that they'd written called GoF, but that wouldn't get 435 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: them on the radio, so they changed the title and 436 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: lyrics to Freak Off and then to the better sounding 437 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: freak Out a freak Out, so they released as freak 438 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: in September of nineteen seventy eight. It was their first 439 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: number one, biggest hit gone. And so you have like 440 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,959 Speaker 1: all these people, these celebrities we've talked about, but there 441 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: are regular people there too, and they just wanted to dance, Saren. 442 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: They had to be interesting or beautiful to get in. 443 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 3: Sure. 444 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: The club was known mostly though for celebrities, so you 445 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: had like the regular folks, but it was just everything 446 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: was about the celebs. Among those who went, John Belushi, 447 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: David Bowie, Elton, John, Jackie Kennedy, On Nasais, Wow, earth 448 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 1: a kid of course, Leonard Bernstein, Yes, party Share, Salmond 449 00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 1: or Dolly of course, Jackson, you're Pal, Rick James, Robin Williams, 450 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: Liz Taylor, I. 451 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 2: Like all these kids, Bella a, whoa, that's just progressive. 452 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: Wow, Okay, Sylvester Stillo, Tina Turner, Rick Flair, whoa, Roy Cohen, 453 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 1: Alvin Klein, oh Wowler, John Lennon, Truman, Capoti, al Pacino, 454 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,679 Speaker 1: Tom Ford and even Betty Ford. 455 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:43,359 Speaker 2: Betty and Wow. 456 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: And then there was Truman being like kind of bitchy 457 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: sitting there studio amazing. There's also disco Sally She was 458 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: a seventy seven year old widow who was a regular 459 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: dancer there. She's a great dancer and everyone loved her. 460 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: Was like, oh yeah, Alec Baldwin was there, but it 461 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: was because he worked as a waiter. Really yeah, yeah. 462 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 2: Did you ever wear the diaper? 463 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: He always just wore he wore a diaper. He's still 464 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,680 Speaker 1: to this day. Where's a diaper? The antics were insane. 465 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 1: So one New Year's Even, event planner for the club 466 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: brought in four tons of glitter. Oh no, for the 467 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:22,159 Speaker 1: guests to dance on. 468 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 2: Oh god, are they still getting the glitter out of 469 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 2: people's outfit? 470 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: Ian Schrager said, quote, you felt like you were standing 471 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: on stardust. People got the glitter in their hair and 472 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 1: their socks. You would see it in people's homes six 473 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: months later and you knew they'd been at Studio fifty 474 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: four on New Year's Is. 475 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 2: There glitter in this cocaine? Were you a Studio fifty 476 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 2: four on New Year's Well? 477 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: And again, okay, so the cocaine, Like you can imagine 478 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: when you get drugs and glamour and late nights in 479 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:52,439 Speaker 1: the hospitality industry, there's hanky business. Yeahan think So remember 480 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: how the initial opening of the club that was delayed 481 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: due to no liquor license huh, Well, they didn't get it. 482 00:25:58,640 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 2: They never got it. 483 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: No, every day they kept applying for a caterers permit, 484 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: like a one day caterers every single day, every single day, 485 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: obviously exploiting the law. 486 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 2: And they just kept Yeah, they sent a guy down 487 00:26:10,119 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 2: the office nine in the morning and they're. 488 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: Like, this isn't really like a wedding reception or like, 489 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: you know, a family reunion. That you're like, fine. They 490 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 1: also they didn't have a certificate of occupancy and they 491 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: also didn't have a public assembly license. 492 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 2: Oh so wow. 493 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, so since they turned a lot of people away 494 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: and bruised a lot of egos, it comes as no 495 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: surprise that someone tipped off the authorities about their lack 496 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: of paperwork. 497 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 2: The fire codes are being violated. 498 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 1: So nineteen seventy seven, the New York State Liquor Authority 499 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 1: rated the club for selling liquor without a license. No worries. 500 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: The club still open that night and they just serve fruit, 501 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 1: juice and soda instead of liquor. 502 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 2: Give it time, it'll turn into rugs. 503 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,439 Speaker 1: They're like, we've got a bag of kludes here. 504 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 2: No one really wants maybe some champagne. 505 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: I guess they kept serving non alcoholic drinks until the 506 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 1: New York Supreme Court ordered the Liquor Authority to grant 507 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: them a liquor license, and the authorities chairman complied but 508 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: objected to it and said that the judge was swayed 509 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: by this Studio fifty four's fancy clientele. So Schrager he 510 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 1: also applied for a cabaret license from the New York 511 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 1: City Department of Consumer Affairs. 512 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 2: I think Jackie Oo got on the phone and she's like, look, I. 513 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: Have to be there, and I need a good gin 514 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,879 Speaker 1: gimblet if I'm going to be sitting there. So the 515 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: cabaret license that allows you to run an establishment with 516 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 1: booze and with entertainment, and so they tried to get 517 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: one and it was stalled out for like a year. 518 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: And New York has really weird cabaret license. 519 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 2: They're an arcane and they actually kind of powerful, and they. 520 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: Were used for a very long time to manipulate and 521 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: like redline and that kind of stuff. 522 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 2: Don't try to be a jazz musician in the sixties 523 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 2: in New York. 524 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: So they stalled it out, went on for more than 525 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: of the year. But part of it wasn't really intentional 526 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 1: because the city at the time only had three cabaret inspectors, 527 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 1: so there's this huge existing log jam. They can't be everywhere, 528 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: and people generally didn't get too worked up about it because, 529 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 1: like the fine was like twenty bucks, so they're like, 530 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 1: find me, who cares. When they asked about it, though, 531 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: like the press asked, the Department of Consumer Affairs said 532 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,919 Speaker 1: that the application wasn't approved because of fire code violations. 533 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: Of course, so then you know, reporters go to the 534 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 1: fire department, which once they're like, I can't talk about it, okay, whatever. 535 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 1: So it wasn't just the city and State of New 536 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: York on their case. August seventy eight, the American Society 537 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 1: of Composers, Authors and Publishers ascat OH sued Rubel and Schrager. 538 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 1: They said that the guys hadn't paid licensing fees for 539 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,719 Speaker 1: six performances that ASKAP had staged at Studio fifty four 540 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: earlier in the year. The club went ahead, They're like, fine, 541 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 1: we'll get our askab license and they took care of that. 542 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 1: But then the National Labor Relations Board came calling some 543 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: workers said that they were unfair labor practices. Basically, the 544 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: club was high profile, irritated a lot of people, so 545 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: they became a target. But then the real trouble began. 546 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 1: What's the real Steve Rubell, he was profiled in New 547 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: York Magazine in nineteen seventy seven the writer Dan Dorfman. 548 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: He estimated in the article that the club was bringing 549 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: in about three point eight million dollars by the end 550 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 1: of nineteen seventy eight. 551 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 2: I know his work from later on. We did his 552 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 2: videos on golf Dorfund Dolph on Golf. 553 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 1: That is a foundational film. 554 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 2: I mean, it's really incredible stuff. I can't believe he 555 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 2: jumped from He was actually, you know, like a major 556 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 2: player in you know, just not just New York Magazine, 557 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 2: but later on in sports. I mean, the guy he 558 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 2: can do anything. This Dorphann, I'm. 559 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 1: Telling ehs cases. 560 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 2: Oh wait, I'm being told that was a different Doorphan. 561 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 1: No, It's okay, keep going. So the please note though, 562 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 1: that if he's saying they make three point eight million 563 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 1: a year in nineteen seventy seven, they only paid eight 564 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 1: thousand in taxes, which is kind of how it works 565 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: now for corporations anyway. But Ubelle said the article quote, 566 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: this is rebel. The owner the profits are astronomical. Only 567 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: the mafia does better. And then he also said it's 568 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,720 Speaker 1: a cash business, and you have to worry about the 569 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: I R S. I don't want them to know everything. 570 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: So the I R S is like, we'd like to 571 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 1: know everything, please, we have a new magazine subscription. Luckily, 572 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,680 Speaker 1: a disgruntled ex employee named Donald Moon had plenty to say. 573 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: So some say that Moon had tax problems and he 574 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: reported Studio fifty four to the I R S in 575 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 1: exchange for leniency. Others were like, no, he was just 576 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: angry because they didn't give him a promotion. They didn't 577 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: give them a raise. 578 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 2: I doubt the IRS gives you leniency. Have like gish. 579 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 1: So he got in touch with the I R S 580 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: and he told him that Rebel and Trader were reporting 581 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: only some of their revenue to the I R S 582 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: is taxable income, keeping the rest without paying taxes on it. 583 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: They were also storing coke in the basement. The I 584 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: R S is, it's like, that's our business. Tell me more, 585 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,840 Speaker 1: zaren close your eye. Oh, I want you to picture it. Yeah, 586 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: it's December fourteenth, nineteen seventy eight, and you are an 587 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 1: IRS investigator. Oh no, you and thirty other agents have 588 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: been assigned to raid the business at two two four 589 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: West fifty fourth Street. Everyone knows this as Studio fifty four. 590 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 1: Your sister tried to go dancing there once. She told 591 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: you about how she and her friends got all dawled 592 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 1: up and waited in line, only to be completely ignored 593 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: by the guy at the door. You aren't a disco guy, 594 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: You're more in a chamber music. You're excited to be there, 595 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: though for a few reasons. This is a major bust. 596 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: To be sure, all eyes on you, guys. Everyone's keyed up. 597 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 1: This is a notorious place with tons of celebrities coming 598 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: and going, and you can't wait to tell your sister 599 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:50,760 Speaker 1: what it's like inside. Even with the lights on the 600 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: bubble machines off, the whole crew has been joking about 601 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 1: the club and what they might find inside. You also 602 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: get to sport your new IRS windbreaker today. It's so 603 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 1: official and you feel so good and confident when you 604 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: wear it. The clothes make the man, they say so 605 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: the lead investigators. They've already made entrance, showing the search 606 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: warrant to the club owner's lawyer, Roy Kohane. You take 607 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: a look at the guy and he gives you the 608 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 1: major creeps. Your blood runs cold. It's also cold outside. 609 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: Maybe that's it. So you and other agents you're standing 610 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: out on West fifty fourth waiting for the signal to 611 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 1: enter and begin the search. You rub your hands together 612 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 1: for warmth and watch your breath condense and dance on 613 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 1: the sharp winter air. The windbreaker looks super cool, but 614 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 1: it doesn't keep you warm. Your boss gives you the 615 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: wave of the hand and you make your way inside 616 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: this cavernous building. It looks so strange to be in 617 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: a nightclub during the day. Your uncle owned a bar 618 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: out on Long Island, and you remember as a team 619 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: going to help him clean up a couple of times. 620 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,959 Speaker 1: Seeing a dive in the light is like catching your 621 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 1: elderly neighbor in the news. It's intrusive for you both. 622 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: It's unsettling, maybe a little haunting, but it's real life. 623 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: So you're direct did toward the club's office and you 624 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: begin your search. Other agents swarmed the desks, opening drawers 625 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 1: and going through paper and office of themera. One of 626 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: the owners of the club, Ian Schrager. He walks in 627 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,600 Speaker 1: carrying a briefcase. Your coworker tells him put it on 628 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: the ground. He does, and you go over and pick 629 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: it up. Inside are some random documents, as well as 630 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: an envelope containing five one ounce packets of cocaine. You 631 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: lift it up and show everyone in the room. Laughter 632 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,240 Speaker 1: rings out as you nod to the New York Police 633 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: officers standing at each side of the door. They cuffed 634 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 1: the dude and haul them away. More laughter. As papers 635 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: shuffle and boxes get moved about, you find yourself standing 636 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 1: in the middle of the room, watching the commotion. You 637 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 1: look up at the ceiling, taking it all in. Is 638 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: that glitter? Then you spot something. The ceiling tile seems 639 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: a bit of skew. You follow your instinct and drag 640 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 1: a small step stool over. It's metal lakes screeping against 641 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 1: the tile floor. You climb the steps and reach up 642 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 1: to the ceiling tile in question. You lift it slightly 643 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: and move it gently to the side. There's a little resistance. 644 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 1: What could be up there? You wonder, maybe a small person, 645 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,640 Speaker 1: a panda. This place is unpredictable. You give the title 646 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,640 Speaker 1: a little more of a shove, and then something tumbles 647 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 1: out and kitchen in the head, then another, then another. 648 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,279 Speaker 1: Garbage bags You poke it one with your shoe. It 649 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 1: feels like paper in there. You bend down and open 650 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 1: up one of the bags. It's cash, all cash, same 651 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 1: with the other one. There's also a ledger book and 652 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,839 Speaker 1: a bag of coeludes. You open the ledger and leave 653 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,080 Speaker 1: through the pages. You start to laugh and everyone looks 654 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 1: over at you. Right there in the ledger book there's 655 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 1: a column. The title of that column is skim. They 656 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 1: kept meticulous records of their crimes, and now you've got 657 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:39,400 Speaker 1: them dead to rights. 658 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 2: They kept a skim column. 659 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 1: A skim column. There was more than two and a 660 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,439 Speaker 1: half million dollars in the ceiling of the office. Cool. Yeah, 661 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: and that's basically sixty percent of their receipts for the 662 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 1: past two years. So another half. 663 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:55,920 Speaker 2: Million there in the bags. 664 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,200 Speaker 1: Well, I had another half mill spread around, part of 665 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:00,160 Speaker 1: it in the safety deposit box, and then they had 666 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 1: like personal safes. But yeah, that's the bank and the ceiling. 667 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,160 Speaker 1: The ledger had, as I said, explicit evidence of doctored 668 00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,839 Speaker 1: records and unreported cash transactions. They may have well put 669 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 1: like crimes on the outside of the lawn below. So 670 00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:19,840 Speaker 1: Schrager's lawyer did try to get some of the charges 671 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 1: lesson by telling the Feds that Hamilton Jordan, chief of 672 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,800 Speaker 1: staff for President Jimmy Carter, had used cocaine in the 673 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:30,440 Speaker 1: club's basement. And the Feds were like, whatever, snitch, we 674 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,440 Speaker 1: don't care. That means nothing to do es. So then 675 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 1: June of nineteen seventy nine, Rebell and Schreeger they're charged 676 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 1: with tax evasion, obstruction of justice, conspiracy. Prosecutors said that 677 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 1: by failing to report over two point five million in income, 678 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:50,160 Speaker 1: they defrauded the federal government of hundreds of thousands of 679 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:53,320 Speaker 1: dollars in taxes. So let's take a break. When we 680 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 1: come back, we'll find out how the trial went for 681 00:35:55,680 --> 00:36:19,080 Speaker 1: these two. Okay, So the raid of Studio fifty four, 682 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 1: that was December nineteen seventy eight. A few months before that, 683 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,880 Speaker 1: in August of nineteen seventy eight, the club hosted Andy 684 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:32,439 Speaker 1: Warhol's fiftieth birthday wow. Rubel gave Andy Warhol a roll 685 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:36,239 Speaker 1: of five thousand free drink tickets to hand out to 686 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,360 Speaker 1: his pals. Five thousand. 687 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 2: I don't know how you do that. 688 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,399 Speaker 1: And then he also gave him a silver garbage can, 689 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:49,360 Speaker 1: and in that can were one thousand brand new dollar bills. 690 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:51,360 Speaker 2: Oh, not what I thought it was going to be. 691 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,239 Speaker 1: In the tarms can. I'll have to admit it was 692 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:58,000 Speaker 1: may or may not be a live turtle. So Warhol 693 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:02,719 Speaker 1: he's thrilled. He's just like, I love this, he told 694 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,520 Speaker 1: the screends. He's like, this is the best present I've 695 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,040 Speaker 1: ever been given, like he says, in all sincerity to 696 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,840 Speaker 1: all these people, and everyone's just like partying and celebrating. 697 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,000 Speaker 1: And some of his pals lifted the can over his 698 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,520 Speaker 1: head like a full cooler a gatorade and dumped it 699 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:19,839 Speaker 1: over him and cheers, whoops, go up. He freaks out 700 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,479 Speaker 1: and just like scrambles around to gather up all the money. 701 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,919 Speaker 1: He didn't want anyone taking it. Yeah, Andy Warh. 702 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:27,560 Speaker 2: They dumped the money, and then all of a sudden, 703 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,279 Speaker 2: he's the first one on the ground scooping it up 704 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:31,640 Speaker 2: like a honey badger. 705 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,239 Speaker 1: Yeah, don't touch it. That's my birthday present. I tell 706 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,080 Speaker 1: you all this because when the Feds raided the office, 707 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 1: they found all sorts of, like I said, the ledgers 708 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,560 Speaker 1: with all the details. And one of the ledgers was 709 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,600 Speaker 1: a list of gifts given to celebrity friends and clients. 710 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:48,759 Speaker 1: And so New York Magazine got a hold of the 711 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,800 Speaker 1: list in November of seventy nine, and they published it. 712 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: And that's when Andy Warhol learned that his garbage can 713 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,200 Speaker 1: of cash only had eight hundred dollars in ones in it, 714 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:03,800 Speaker 1: not a thousand, and his associate Bob Colacello wrote in 715 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:08,319 Speaker 1: his memoir quote, Andy's first reaction was, you mean they 716 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,320 Speaker 1: told me there was one thousand dollars in there and 717 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,480 Speaker 1: it was only eight hundred dollars. I knew I should 718 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:18,960 Speaker 1: have counted it. Wow with that, Yeah, So in light 719 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,399 Speaker 1: of all the like detailed evidence, why. 720 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:23,239 Speaker 2: Would he why would it matter? Why would he need 721 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 2: that extra two hundred dollars? Why? 722 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,239 Speaker 1: I guess they my money is like messing with my 723 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:38,360 Speaker 1: mind by emotions. So in light of all the like 724 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 1: evidence that they have laid out and like left this 725 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 1: incriminating evidence on a platter, they pleaded guilty. Yeah. They 726 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:49,120 Speaker 1: wanted to avoid a trial, that. 727 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:51,480 Speaker 3: Yeah. 728 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,400 Speaker 1: So January of nineteen eighty they were each sentenced to 729 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,560 Speaker 1: four years in federal prison on two counts of income 730 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,800 Speaker 1: tax evasion. They got charged with skimming two and a 731 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,760 Speaker 1: half million, defrauding the government of like four hundred thousand. 732 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,560 Speaker 1: During their sentencing, the judge chastise them for flouting the 733 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:11,439 Speaker 1: law and being so completely motivated by greed, Like, duh, 734 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:16,200 Speaker 1: that's why people wind up in court anyway. February nineteen eighty, 735 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,960 Speaker 1: just before they're set to go serve their time, Rubel 736 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:23,120 Speaker 1: and Schrager, they threw one last epic party at Studio 737 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,960 Speaker 1: fifty four. Oh wow, and they called it the end 738 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:27,680 Speaker 1: of modern day gomorrah. 739 00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:30,040 Speaker 2: I bet they were not wrong. 740 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:32,760 Speaker 1: Well, this was smaller than most nights. There are almost 741 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:34,279 Speaker 1: two thousand people there. 742 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:35,600 Speaker 2: But it's very much the end of an era. 743 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:41,120 Speaker 1: Oh completely. They had the regulars, the classics, Richard gear Halston, 744 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:46,840 Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson, Yes, mister October, Mister October represent Andy Warhol. 745 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,880 Speaker 1: Of course, he's like he wants his money's worth. Florida Loft, 746 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:55,520 Speaker 1: Sylvester Saloon, Diana Ross, she does set. Liza Minelli was there. 747 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,920 Speaker 2: Oh, of course, I think he lived there on the floor. 748 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,239 Speaker 2: Just wake up in the learning, asked for orange juice. 749 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:03,719 Speaker 1: She performed New York, New York. 750 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,960 Speaker 2: Is that not a peak of I'm a big Liz fan. 751 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 1: Yeah? But Liza Minelli performing New York, New York in 752 00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:11,759 Speaker 1: Studio fifty. 753 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:13,359 Speaker 2: Night. 754 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:17,719 Speaker 1: Yeah. Seen, but not to be outdone, Steve Rebel. He 755 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,640 Speaker 1: puts on a fedora and he belts out a rousing 756 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:25,719 Speaker 1: rendition of Sinatra's My Way. I don't know, I didn't know. 757 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:28,320 Speaker 1: They played that song on the sound system like a 758 00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:30,439 Speaker 1: bunch of different times. It would come on like every 759 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,640 Speaker 1: fifth song or whatever. The other one that they played 760 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 1: over and over is Gloria Gators, I will survive, Okay, 761 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: hell yeah, great song Disco Nirvana where they are so 762 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:43,040 Speaker 1: Steve Rebel. He gives this like serious, tear filled speech 763 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,960 Speaker 1: to the crowd while standing on this platform that's like 764 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,160 Speaker 1: rotating slow. It was like hanging above the dance floor, 765 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:54,160 Speaker 1: this elevated platform, and he's apparently just like coked to 766 00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:58,879 Speaker 1: the gills, which isn't really surprising. Somehow he eats. Someone 767 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:02,960 Speaker 1: who was there told report quote Bianca Jagger was hugging 768 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,600 Speaker 1: him and he was saying, I love you people. I 769 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,240 Speaker 1: don't know what I'm gonna do without studio, and everyone 770 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:12,440 Speaker 1: was crying and weeping. New York Post columnist Jack Martin 771 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:16,000 Speaker 1: wrote of Rubel quote, he was sort of spaced out. 772 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,480 Speaker 1: He had accepted it. It was a sad going away party, 773 00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:22,040 Speaker 1: but we were laughing and trying to have fun. We 774 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,320 Speaker 1: were with him literally until he took a car to 775 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: go home and meet the authorities. 776 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,759 Speaker 2: Oh so that's the way to go out though a big, 777 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:31,840 Speaker 2: big party with your friends, and in the morning you 778 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:32,560 Speaker 2: get turned over. 779 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:35,080 Speaker 1: To the exactly and head off to a federal presents 780 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,000 Speaker 1: frush fish. So that they were sent to three and 781 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,080 Speaker 1: a half years, but each of them only did thirteen 782 00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:44,440 Speaker 1: months before getting paroled. Okay, so while Rubel and Schrager 783 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,839 Speaker 1: were in the can the world whole world changed everything. Well, 784 00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,400 Speaker 1: they tried to keep the club running, but like Steake, 785 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,920 Speaker 1: get faded and they got eleven year old Drew Barrymore 786 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:56,839 Speaker 1: to coke off the tables come on. So the pair 787 00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:00,319 Speaker 1: had intended to convert the club to like more rock 788 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,120 Speaker 1: music friendly, as disco was starting to become a little 789 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:06,680 Speaker 1: passe Regan's America, but they never got the chance, and 790 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,560 Speaker 1: the club eventually shuddered in nineteen eighty six. Like for good, 791 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,799 Speaker 1: Like I said, Rebel and Schrager, they did their time. 792 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,120 Speaker 1: They got out and got back into business, the hotel 793 00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:20,040 Speaker 1: business this time. Oh so they bought this rundown place 794 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:23,719 Speaker 1: on West forty sixth Street at eighth Avenue called the Paramount, 795 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,719 Speaker 1: and they totally refurbished. It made it super super hit, 796 00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:30,719 Speaker 1: and then they had a hit on their hands. They 797 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,800 Speaker 1: just you know, it was amazing. They basically created the 798 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,320 Speaker 1: modern boutique hotel. 799 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:36,800 Speaker 2: Oh interesting. 800 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:40,280 Speaker 1: So it's a Shei hotel that's not just small and unchained, 801 00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,920 Speaker 1: like but fashionable. Is like a strong aesthetic. 802 00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:44,880 Speaker 2: Oh, it's like the places you stay versus where I 803 00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:45,600 Speaker 2: still I don't like. 804 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:46,399 Speaker 1: I don't. 805 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,200 Speaker 2: Don't you like nice hotels? 806 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:50,360 Speaker 1: I don't. I like nice hotels, but it like you 807 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,359 Speaker 1: don't like these boutique kinds, boutique coachels. Oh I feel 808 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,200 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm not cool enough to be in there. 809 00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:58,040 Speaker 1: Like I walk in to check in and they kind 810 00:42:58,040 --> 00:42:58,920 Speaker 1: of like look me up and down. 811 00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:02,759 Speaker 2: They're like, oh jeez, okay, you're you're wearing Adidas. Yeah, 812 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:03,799 Speaker 2: I don't know, I'm just being out. 813 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:08,040 Speaker 1: They're like, your your whole You're aesthetic is what is what? Disheveled? Man? 814 00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:09,040 Speaker 2: You're wearing track pants? 815 00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,719 Speaker 1: Like, just I get uncomfortable. I like, you know, I 816 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:14,400 Speaker 1: like nice things, but I'm not. 817 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:16,719 Speaker 2: But you don't want to be around the people who only. 818 00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:18,560 Speaker 1: Like that's not cool enough for some of these things. 819 00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,960 Speaker 2: Oh interesting, I'll argue with those people on your behalf. 820 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,560 Speaker 1: You are cool, thank you so much. They're wrong, Elizabeth 821 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:27,360 Speaker 1: does this TV get law and Order? They're like, you 822 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:28,080 Speaker 1: need to leave. 823 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:29,560 Speaker 2: Do you have the Law and Order channel? 824 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:33,600 Speaker 1: They just look at me and they go to where's 825 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,640 Speaker 1: where's the ritz? So uh Rubelle. He passed away from 826 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:41,239 Speaker 1: complications of AIDS in nineteen eighty nine, which, like, you know, 827 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,360 Speaker 1: that's that was the time. Oh yeah, very much of 828 00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:46,719 Speaker 1: the era for the When I was reading about it, yeah, 829 00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:48,920 Speaker 1: like he tried to kind of pass like staying in 830 00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:49,360 Speaker 1: the closet. 831 00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, coming out of the disco seventies. I mean this 832 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:52,080 Speaker 2: took out a lot. 833 00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:55,240 Speaker 1: Of God do you think of Yeah, that this absolute destruction. 834 00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:57,800 Speaker 1: And I don't know, when I was just reading about it, 835 00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:00,440 Speaker 1: it really hit me, like you know, the law and 836 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:03,960 Speaker 1: also how far we've come in terms of people like 837 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:07,480 Speaker 1: science wise, like oh my god, like you know, live saved, 838 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,280 Speaker 1: but also just like people being able to be themselves. 839 00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:12,359 Speaker 2: I don't know, it was all having him. 840 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,400 Speaker 1: Like hearing about him like living in secret and not 841 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,240 Speaker 1: being able to tell anybody being so sick made me sad. Anyway. 842 00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,600 Speaker 1: Schreeger he kept on chegging. He developed top of the 843 00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:26,439 Speaker 1: line hotels like the Royalton, the Madrian, Grammercy Park. Yeah, 844 00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:29,880 Speaker 1: he currently heads up the very Fashionable Public Hotels brand. 845 00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,920 Speaker 1: In twenty seventeen, he reached out to the guy who 846 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,600 Speaker 1: locked him up in the first place, Southern District of 847 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:39,160 Speaker 1: New York's assistant US Attorney, Peter so Sudler. 848 00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:42,439 Speaker 2: Okay, he's like, beep Peter. 849 00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:48,000 Speaker 1: So he called Sudler because he wanted a pardon. Really, 850 00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,600 Speaker 1: he wanted to clear his name and not have a 851 00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:54,200 Speaker 1: legacy as a felon. Don't commit a crime, my guy, 852 00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:59,279 Speaker 1: and then you will be a felon. Well Sudler was like, 853 00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,440 Speaker 1: you know what, you deserve a pardon because you've done 854 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,239 Speaker 1: your time, you've paid your fine, and you make a 855 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:09,959 Speaker 1: lot of money. You're very successful. It pays to have money. 856 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:14,080 Speaker 1: So it was in twenty seventeen that President Barack Obama 857 00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:19,840 Speaker 1: pardon Shreger is like all presidents love celebrities. 858 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:20,640 Speaker 2: Right, yes, and money freeze. 859 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,960 Speaker 1: They love them. And you know so Ian Schrager gets 860 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,480 Speaker 1: to reinvent himself. So here we have this intersection between 861 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:33,440 Speaker 1: talent and fame, crime accountability. Like a chic, fashionable, exclusive 862 00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:37,600 Speaker 1: atmosphere inspires something in people, whether it's like a desire 863 00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:39,200 Speaker 1: to be part of it or a need to bring 864 00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,600 Speaker 1: it down good point, you know what I mean? Oh yeah, 865 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:43,520 Speaker 1: so thank you. 866 00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:45,600 Speaker 2: It's so triggering this club. 867 00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:49,960 Speaker 1: I just want to go stand in my truth in 868 00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:53,080 Speaker 1: the middle of it. So the Feds they used Studio 869 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:56,920 Speaker 1: fifty four is a cautionary tale to like celebrity nightclubs 870 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,759 Speaker 1: that thought they could be in the spotlight but like 871 00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:02,360 Speaker 1: skirt the law because of it. And for most of 872 00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,080 Speaker 1: us though, the place just lives on is the epitome 873 00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:11,280 Speaker 1: of seventies New York disco excess, totally dazzling parties, huge 874 00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:12,280 Speaker 1: cultural impact. 875 00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:14,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, definitely disco decadence. 876 00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:15,799 Speaker 1: And so much glitters there. 877 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:18,879 Speaker 2: I think I got some in my outfit. 878 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:20,680 Speaker 1: Just tearing the story about it. Yeah, I can feel 879 00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:23,840 Speaker 1: what I would love to hear your takeaway on this. 880 00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:25,720 Speaker 2: What's rather ridiculous? Are you ready? 881 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:26,080 Speaker 1: Yeah? 882 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:29,879 Speaker 2: I think it would have been fun to actually hang 883 00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,640 Speaker 2: out with these people, even though almost everything you describe 884 00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:35,480 Speaker 2: sounds obnoxious when you start hearing it, like, Okay, you 885 00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:38,960 Speaker 2: got Robin Williams on cocaine with like, you know, you 886 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:42,319 Speaker 2: pick another three celebrities or coin on cocaine and they're 887 00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:44,040 Speaker 2: all like having a dance off around a bunch of 888 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:46,040 Speaker 2: people who are trying to be impressive. I'm like, okay, 889 00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,560 Speaker 2: and Andy Warhol's on the ground grabbing it many Yeah, okay, 890 00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:53,400 Speaker 2: that'd probably be no fun. But yet I would love to. 891 00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:56,440 Speaker 1: Love the idea of I love hearing the stories of it. 892 00:46:56,680 --> 00:46:59,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a different America, so decadent, weird. 893 00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:02,239 Speaker 1: If you yourself in it, yes, i'd be like I 894 00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:04,439 Speaker 1: need to go home. No, exactly, you can't with these. 895 00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:06,600 Speaker 2: People, Like I gotta get a headache just hearing about it. 896 00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:08,280 Speaker 1: But I love the stories. 897 00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, and somehow I'm still drawn to it, like I 898 00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:12,840 Speaker 2: want to be somewhere where, like let's be a jacker, you. 899 00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:14,920 Speaker 1: Know what I mean. I want to hear have those 900 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,080 Speaker 1: moments because that picture of her on the horse is 901 00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:18,279 Speaker 1: that's incredible. 902 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:21,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what would and the people by the way, 903 00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:23,520 Speaker 2: the people being turned away and the horse coming in. 904 00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:28,000 Speaker 1: How so you got two nicked ladies standing there all 905 00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:31,680 Speaker 1: covered in glittery? Can we talk to about Like I 906 00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:34,160 Speaker 1: don't know if there was a saddle on the horse. 907 00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:35,800 Speaker 2: I'm figuring it was unsaddled. 908 00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:39,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, so you're saddled with glitter, But its hair is done. 909 00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:40,560 Speaker 2: It's main is looking good. 910 00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:42,680 Speaker 1: The hygiene issues alone do not. 911 00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:44,440 Speaker 2: Do you how much cocaine a horse can do with 912 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:45,680 Speaker 2: those nostrils. 913 00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:53,520 Speaker 1: Calling peta, So I think what I need is aside 914 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:56,759 Speaker 1: from a disco. Now is a talk back day? 915 00:47:57,080 --> 00:48:07,279 Speaker 3: Hell yeah, god, oh god, he went ge. 916 00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,040 Speaker 4: Say Ridiculous Crime. My name is Amanda and I'm calling 917 00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:15,680 Speaker 4: out on behalf of my client and dog Sherlock Bones. 918 00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:19,799 Speaker 4: He seeks an opportunity to be your next intern. This rude, dude, 919 00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:23,080 Speaker 4: caper loving canine has solved many notable cases including why 920 00:48:23,160 --> 00:48:25,520 Speaker 4: is dinner two minutes late? Where did that squirrel go? 921 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:28,319 Speaker 4: Who at this party? Is most likely to give me treat? 922 00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:31,160 Speaker 4: He's ready to sniff out the truth or bury the 923 00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:34,279 Speaker 4: latest mashup. Thanks for the show, keep up the great work. 924 00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:35,040 Speaker 3: Thank you. 925 00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:39,760 Speaker 1: Sherlock Bones is a little overqualified for our interns. 926 00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:42,920 Speaker 2: Made rosy nervous. Our new intern just ran out of 927 00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:43,319 Speaker 2: the room. 928 00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:45,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, oh boy. We may have to come up with 929 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:47,040 Speaker 1: a position for sure. 930 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:47,080 Speaker 4: Like. 931 00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:52,160 Speaker 2: May leader and you want this kind of intern? 932 00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:57,520 Speaker 1: Oh, thank you for that. This that's it for today. 933 00:48:58,120 --> 00:49:00,960 Speaker 1: You can find us online at Ridiculous Crime dot com, 934 00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:07,480 Speaker 1: which is probably one of the Internet's most secure websites. 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