Speaker 1: I'm Gary Veeder and I have a new limited series
Speaker 1: podcast called Number One Dad.
Speaker 2: It may have been the greatest scam for a sports fan,
Speaker 2: posing as a Sports Illustrated Kids reporter with your dad
Speaker 2: and getting into all the games, not to mention the
Speaker 2: locker rooms.
Speaker 1: In the nineties, my dad and I ran a khan
Speaker 1: for years where we snuck into the world's most prestigious arena,
Speaker 1: New York's Madison Square Garden. They would give you credentials.
Speaker 1: He's not yet to show up with credentials. Yeah. To him,
Speaker 1: just a fun con that he could do with his son.
Speaker 1: I love sports, he loved lying. Thanks to our scheme,
Speaker 1: I interviewed some of the biggest athletes and celebrities in
Speaker 1: the world, even Michael Jordan. Your dad is the type
Speaker 1: of person that likes an adventure and likes the possibility
Speaker 1: of opportunity. As I got older, I learned this wasn't
Speaker 1: the only scheme my dad was pulling. He wants me
Speaker 1: to act like my injury is even worse for if payout.
Speaker 1: He actually represented me. He's posing as my attorney. There
Speaker 1: were moments where Manny would assume the role of undercover
Speaker 1: police officer. My father's never ending string of lies ultimately
Speaker 1: broke apart my family, and at fifteen years old, I
Speaker 1: completely cut him out of my life. That was twenty
Speaker 1: four years ago, but I just had a son of
Speaker 1: my own, and it brought back tons of memories of
Speaker 1: my childhood, along with tons of questions I wanted answered.
Speaker 1: How did my father become this scheming mastermind? Was he
Speaker 1: like this with everyone? And is it possible after all
Speaker 1: these years he's actually changed. I have no idea where
Speaker 1: he lives or what he's up to, but my goal
Speaker 1: with this podcast is to track him down and get
Speaker 1: to the truth about who my father, Manny Veeder, really is.
Speaker 2: Courthouse.
Speaker 1: My father was involved in a case from the early nineties,
Speaker 1: and I'm just trying to get information. You better hope
Speaker 1: that your dad doesn't find out about this before you're
Speaker 1: ready to talk to him. I'm sorry you have reached
Speaker 1: a number that have been disconnected or it is no
Speaker 1: longer in service. This is Number one Dad. Listen to
Speaker 1: Number One Dad starting on June tenth on Will Farrell's
Speaker 1: Big Money Players Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.