I remember for like a week after this interview, "Larry, I'm on Duck Tales" was the new "Sir/ma'am, this is a Wendy's" around the internet. I tried really hard to keep that going but all these years later nobody ever understands the reference
Nah it’s cause Larry King literally thought he was “such a good interviewer” that he didn’t have to know anything about the person before interviewing them. So he would ask stupid questions like this all the time
No, it’s a form of him not knowing if his guest is ultra wealthy. At no point does Larry King pretend like private jets are somehow the norm for everybody
You are correct, Larry David does not. (for newcomers, previous poster misplaced David for King, he has since edited it and with that edit killed comedy.)
and *this* is why we mark our edits, people
edit: my brain inserted 'the' between killed and comedy, just seeing now that the previous commenter has, in fact, killed ***all*** comedy.
RIP comedy, ???? BCE - 2024 CE
It’s a form of him being out of touch…with his guest and out of touch with his abilities to navigate an interview without making an awkward situation. If he was good at the interview process he would have use the convo to create an accurate estimate of his guests wealth and not said something so…out of touch. Maybe talk about what projects his guest has worked on to gauge where he would be financially first???
Well it’s still out of touch for him to not realize that xyz actor with his own Wikipedia page isn’t on the same level as some other actors with their own Wikipedia page.
Like “oh you’re a guy from the movies you must be swimming with cash” “bro if only it were that easy”
The difference is between "being out of touch because you are so rich that you don't understand why regular people don't have private jets" and "being out of touch with you talk show guests to the point where you don't know which ones are wealthy enough to have a private plane and which ones are on duck tales".
The latter just means you're a shitty interviewer, the former means you're a shitty person.
People likes that about him back in the day. Pre internet the average person might not know a lot about who he was talking to so the questions were valid.
That’s a really good point, back when there was a much bigger disconnect between celebrities and the public I’m sure lots of people thought anyone in Hollywood lived like superstars. Guess it just didn’t age well but would’ve made sense when he was younger
I didn't take it is out of touch, Larry King asked him for a luxury he couldn't live without, and the initial answer was running socks and coffee. I took the private plane as a response to what Larry thought was a luxury item. Admittedly, a plane is far more of a luxury item than socks and coffee.
I can assure you, running socks are an absolute luxury. Buying a pack of 3 was $21 but they are the best socks I have when I run and I can feel the difference when I don’t wear them.
Sure they aren’t private plane luxurious, but price dropping how much they are always gets a reaction from people.
Edit: to clarify I got mine in 2019 and they now cost $44
3 for $21???
Not trying to one up you, but those are pretty cheap. The running socks I wear are basically that price for one pair (assuming you're USD)
https://2xu.com/products/vectr-light-cush-1-4-crew-sock-ua5047e-unisex-white-grey
There is only one hiking sock and it is the same company that made my US navy wool socks. Darn tough. They are like 30 bucks a pair but have a lifetime warranty.
You cannot go back to normal socks after them.
I wanted to love mine, I have quite a few pairs and have hiked thousands of miles in them. They are extremely soft & comfortable when I get them but they inevitably get tight, I assume from wash/dry cycles. I've never had other socks do this, I think it's something about the type of wool they use.
I ended up developing [Morton's Neuroma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton%27s_neuroma) in part because of wearing those socks and having them squeeze my toes together for long periods of time. For reference I wear size 13 shoes and was wearing the biggest size they offer.
I know my case is not usual at all but I had to stop using them and switch to Injini toe socks to manage the neuroma which I'll probably never be free from for the rest of my life. If I had just worn looser socks (and shoes), or at least ones that didn't end up becoming stiff and tight after a few months of wear I could probably have prevented it.
I developed a Morton’s neuroma from too tight shoes, but now I struggle with tight socks too. The icebreaker lightest weight runners are okay, but my new favorite are creepers merino wool toe socks. Like if injini and Darn Tough had a baby.
Having hiked thousands of miles with size 14 boot feet and never run into that issue or had any of the dozen guys I was with have it.
I would check you shoe situation and. Sock changing regime first. Nothing wrong with darn tough hiking socks.
Never feeling your socks. My Nike or Puma socks always start getting a bit uncomfortable and annoying after a bit. My Balega and Smartwool feel like they are part of my foot. I never notice them.
My main use was primarily on vacation. When you’re walking 12-15 miles around Disney World, you really notice your feet. Now they are my everyday after that stress test.
Smart wool makes a bunch of nice products. I have a set of the thickest merino wool base layer and love it, it's seen -25 and +5 with crazy rain and works as it should
Thinking that good coffee and good socks aren't luxury items IS out of touch.
I was looking at the nice socks people recommend online recently and they're 10, 15, 30 dollars, FOR A PAIR.
Are you kidding me, I get like 6 pairs for 6 dollars, and sometimes I feel like that's pricey for how shit they are.
Jumping to "private jet" as a "luxury" is wild. That's end game luxury, not something you can't live without. My luxury items are like, the fact that I have a competent gaming PC, a car that doesn't break down, fast food once in a while. Even if I was much richer, this wouldn't change drastically. I'd buy those 15 dollar socks though.
Dude is buying 6 pairs of socks for $6, and then complaining they are shit.
Most Merino wool socks will far outlast the combined lifespan of any 6 pack of cheap socks.
Buy a pair of Darn Tough and then see how you feel after wearing those. $18 with a lifetime warranty and free repair or replacement. I have 7 pairs... have had 7 pairs for damn near a decade at this point.
Idk if you know this but the $50 work boot story isn’t an argument to buy the better product. It’s an explanation for why it cost more to be poor because some people can ONLY afford the cheaper but less durable and reliable product. Maybe he can’t afford $18 pairs of socks. Heck, I can’t afford $18 pairs of socks. That certainly is a luxury
Yeah, bad analogy. I was trying to highlight the build to cost ratio.
Perhaps I should have stated that I started with one pair, that outlasted 10 pairs of my cheap socks, so my next purchase was another Darn Tough pair. So then I had 2 pairs of socks that will last forever for $30. And the 10 pair for $20 lasted 2 years at best.
Now I’m at the luxury point of a pair for every day, but it took a few Christmas and birthdays to get there.
My comment was directed to your own dissatisfaction with your $6 purchase. You prioritized your computer over your feet… that’s valid for you, not me. Thankfully we are all free to spend our money as we see fit.
You possibly should buy the$15 socks or at least the $2 a pair socks. My sock drawer is probably worth $500 but they never wear out and I don't get blisters. Currently I get gifted about 2 pair a year and that covers any replacement necessary.
And the private plane is the ultimate luxury — I would take that over just about any other rich people luxury item. Keep the yacht, the mansion, the private island, all of it… being able to go anywhere in the world at a high rate of speed with whatever cargo I want, with my pets, and my own space… I know it’s terrible for the environment, but I wouldn’t hesitate for even a fucking millisecond if I had the money.
If you can afford a private island, you can probably just not work at that point and take your leisurely time getting where you want. Or buy a first class ticket with enough booze for the duration lol.
Even a first class ticket is fucking garbage compared to a private jet. You still have to deal with security, the airline’s schedule (and delays/cancellations), you have a ton of restrictions on what can come with you (and then need to be worried about anything you check getting destroyed/lost), and your pets can’t come with you. Honestly, flying flying first class is like a 2% improvement over flying economy in comparison to a private plane — it’s more comfortable, but almost all of the shittiest restrictions and problems with air travel apply just as much. I’ll still take the jet over the island.
Bro, half of Earth's population (4 billion people) would 100% consider nice socks and coffee a luxury. Hell, there's a big chunk of the US population who would consider nice socks and coffee a luxury too.
All this thread is doing is showing how even some average ass redditors are out of touch with the actual reality outside their window.
You really don't get context, do you? How can anyone anywhere talk about anything when technically a homeless guy in Rangoon may have a different experience.
Sassy are ya? Someone can be on a private jet sipping $10000 champagne and still be out of touch with reality in that context lol.
You don’t even have to look outside of the US or other developed countries to found a significant portion of the population considering 20 dollars socks a luxury.
Let's keep moving the goal posts.
I think he meant these: https://danishendurance.com/products/merino-wool-hiking-socks?variant=34222580531259&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=GoogleShopping¤cy=USD&country=US&keyword=&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=19580710296&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwyJqzBhBaEiwAWDRJVGtzaugOh-jdAhta0wgRjHDsfG4nF3WDmlXgudJX2kx2ufpGa2yLtRoCinMQAvD_BwE
The socks of the bourgeois.
One thing to keep in mind is that the cost of aviation has absolutely skyrocketed over the course of Larry King's life. It used to be that a basic cessna could be bought for roughly the cost of a well-optioned BMW. Now even their cheapest model is more along the lines of a Ferrari or Rolls Royce.
Nowadays you pretty much have to by used unless you're a biz, rich or doing a partnership.
30-40k for a used mid-time 172 isn't bad though compared to the cost of a new Ford F350 or some shit.
I think if you asked most people what a private plane was a basic Cessna would not be the answer, he’s clearly talking about at least a small jet and those have never been cheap.
I've seen the clip (just the clip) maybe a dozen times, and for some reason I always heard "dragon tales" (and assumed the interview was a couple decades old, because Danny Pudi doesn't look a day over 20, wtf?)
I was like "cool, I loved that show when I was a kid!", until now, I saw the full interview and something clicked when they started speaking about Joaquin Phoenix's Joker.
It's so weird how my brain simply decided to fill in the story and completely changed the context.
Pudi was on Community so I'd expect he made a decent salary on that. But yea, not all actors are rich.
(Mythic Quest started in 2020, I don't know the date of that interview but it's recent).
According to what I could find on Google he has a net worth of $3 million. That's great money but definitely not private planes, huge mansions, and caviar for every meal type of rich.
That's a house and a modest middle income salary but it has to last him his whole life. Definitely the amount where he's out there working for any extra spending money
I'd bet a good portion of that would be his house too. At least a mil. I don't think I could make 2 mil last the rest of my life. Especially with a family. Once upon a time that seemed like a ridiculous amount of money too...
If you invested it for a 5-6% return (very doable) your income would be almost double the average American salary. And you wouldn't even touch the capital.
Let's say he has a condo or a small house in LA (where his work is). Let's call that 800k.
I'm doubtful he's actually worth 3 million, but let's say he is and call that 2.2 million in cash.
Danny Pudi is actually older than I thought. 45. If he wants that money to last until he's 90, he could only spend 50k a year. Property taxes alone would be like $8k. And in a few decades that 50k is going to be just scraping by.
He's very comfortable at this point in his life, but he still needs to work to extend that retirement age out a bit. He's not "never work again and spend a ton of money constantly" wealthy.
Except for the part where having $2.2m in the bank earns him $100k interest a year, lmao.
He spends his free $50k and gets given another free $50k for owning money.
And let's not pretend these people are sticking their cash in high yield savings, they're sticking it in stocks, property and investments (which are all higher returns than a high yield savings). Also, since he's earning more money than he spends in this scenario, we have to look at compounding interest.
So, after living on his meagre $50k for the next 45 years, all he'll have to show for it is his inflated property and $9mil, lmao. That's just on the high yield.
For stocks, if he takes Warren Buffett's advice and "just" sticks in S&p 500 (~10% return rates over its history) he can turn that into $172m by his 90th.
If Danny sees this match and decides, "maybe I can live a little larger" and ups his "wage" to $10k a month, he'll still croak with over $100m.
I think ol' Danny is going to be okay.
"Lets not pretend these people..."
Not to call you out on this but that basically just means any middle class investor, like half of American families.
>If he wants that money to last until he's 90, he could only spend 50k a year.
From the comment I replied to.
I agree with you. It's the smart thing to do, and I hold no ill will toward the theoretical version of Danny Pudi that is investing his 2.2mil for doing so.
He would also want to keep it in fairly conservative investments. If he's still earning a decent amount of money it's fine, but you don't want your money in high yield high risk investments when you're relying on it for income. Which is why most estimates of interest for retirement withdrawals is about 5%
When divided across the rest of his life, yes. It's great money but not "set-for-life" in 2024. You buy a house for a million, you have to make 2 million last the rest of your life. Assuming you live for 60 years, that's 34k per year. Send your kids to great colleges? You only last 50 on that. Major medical emergency? 40.
Taxes, inflation, expenses, changes in return rates, unexpected expenses... 100k a year isn't guaranteed. Furthermore, he didn't earn 3 million all at once, he likely earned less over the course of ~10 years, which means that he's probably worth far less and earning far less. He's a b list celeb, not bill gates. He's going to have to work for a while to be able to retire.
For everyone in here "forgetting" about interest, all these people are forgetting about inflation. If you want the growth of your investment and the withdrawals to match inflation, you actually need to withdrawal quite a bit less. With a risk averse portfolio you're looking at like 60k a year.
And unlike a 65 year old couple retiring with 2.2m, you can't just go into the principle if you end up lasting longer than 20 years.
Interest exists and, better yet, investment.
If he sticks his whole theoretical 2.2m into the S&P 500, he can draw $10k a month ($120k a year), and still not be cutting into his initial investment.
If stocks aren't his thing, he can dump it in high yield savings, draw $100k annually and not dip into his initial investment.
These people with real capital do not live in the same world as us. And $2.2m is pocket change for the real winners of capitalism.
You have replied here, but it replies to the comment I replied to exactly the same. You're comparing apples and oranges here.
If Danny sticks to that comments' $50k, he'll have $22mil using the S&P. If inflation increased by *literally* 1000% over the next 25 years, Danny would *still* be ok.
Assuming, he increases his withdrawals by 4% yearly to combat a 100% inflation over 25 years (an extra $750k over 25 years), he'll have $20mil left.
If he takes $150k a year, and adjusts for inflation, he'll be left with $5.5mil, which covers the 100% increase, and still leaves him ahead.
High Yield, taking $50k, adjusting for inflation, he is left with $4mil. Which essentially leaves him with 90% of that $2.2mil after inflation.
They're just estimations. They might be based on what similar actors were earning for network shows at the time, but he could have been paid a lot lower. He could have spent $100k a year. He could have invested it.
Sports guys are easy if they don't spend it all.
Content creators are tricky. There's no good way to estimate ad revenue and sponsors for specific YouTubers, and no way to estimate expenses.
I know one who says his way overestimate him, because his ad revenue is lower than average, and he actually employs quite a few editors and moderators with decent wages so it eats into it.
Yeah that's why there are some dumbasses in these comments saying he could live in a mansion in Wyoming and afford a small plane. They don't understand that people like him still need to work and if you are not near LA, you aren't going to find that type of work.
I know that information and I’m not rich. I know things that aren’t directly related to my life. You don’t do that? You don’t have interests and hobbies?
You said it like it was common knowledge everyone should have, aviation isn't going to be a hobby among the majority of people and that's coming from someone into aviation.
Nope. I've literally never considered it in my entire life, and I'd wager the vast majority of people haven't either.
It's one of those niche pieces of information that people who have interests in the area take for granted, but is very much not mainstream. For example, the other day I had to explain to someone which order the events in a triathlon are, which is something that for me is a pretty basic thing, but for people with no real interest in the area there's no reason they should know it.
It's not a coincidence that actors and the film industry is painted as the "rich elite." They're highly visible, and some are millionaires. In reality, most actors, cast, and crew are essentially labor. A working actor has far more in common with an Amazon delivery driver than either of them has in common with the capital suppliers that run their industries.
private planes are for like a different level of rich. wealth, even. and I think people think actors are more rich than they are b/c of how much publicity and screen-time they get - they're like nothing compared to elites.
I don't think people realize how few actors are truly mega rich.
Lot of upcoming or character actors that are definitely doing well but not "private jets across the world" rich
Watching some of the Architectural Digest videos on YT shows a lot of somewhat mainstream, but not mega bankable stars actually live in somewhat reasonable homes that have just been well designed
For example this was David Harbour's bachelor pad in NYC from almost 5 years ago, his biggest acting credit at the time was probably Stranger Things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS3njIz_Qzs&t=18s
It is very well designed and decorated but at the end of the day it is maybe a 1000sq ft 1 bed, 1 bath
Especially voice actors. Ever watch anime or play a video game and realize you hear like the same 10 people I'm every anime/game? Those people make dirt and literally have to take role after role every day to make anything.
I only saw S1 but imo no. It's a decent show but the writing is meh and a lot of jokes and setups you can see coming a mile away. But maybe worth a try if you don't have much else on your queue, I just find it tough to start on mediocre shows with the ridiculous amount of content out there.
MetaCritic has S1 and S2 @ 73 (S3 not rated) which seems pretty accurate to me. What I saw was decent and had some laughs but I think just never fully utilized its potential and probably needed to spend more $ on writing staff.
But I'm nitpicky about stuff so I'm maybe not the best person to ask also.
Yeah my feelings are the same, it's 'fine', nothing special really. I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it, it's just that I've seen most things I'm interested in already
I gotta HARD disagree with these people. At the very least season 1 is definitely worth a watch. One particular episode (don’t want to spoil which) is maybe my favorite piece of television ever.
The other seasons are still good, but season 1 is just peak.
S1 was not enjoyable for me but S2 was much better.
I think that the workplace humor wasn't working for me in S1 but in S2 it felt more about characters and the humor in their relationships which I felt was much stronger.
Neil Rogers of South Florida radio fame and Larry hated each other for years. Here is Larry calling into Neil. [worth remembering this titan of am radio.](https://youtu.be/zqgRnfzJHbo?si=2zSw4gZK1Zh1VHBo)
It's hilarious for Larry King to ask anybody about luxuries. He was married and divorced eight times. He owed so much alimony that today, and he has been dead for three years, somewhere on television will air one of his infomercials for whatever crap he was selling just before he died.
When my friends want to do something expensive I reply with “Larry I’m on Duck Tales”
That line has lived rent free in my head for years.
The way Pudi said "Duck Tales" was catnip to my ears if there's such a thing.
You know there isn’t.
Spoken like a man who's never domed 2ci
I see you
You're probably right, if there's such a thing.
I thought I was the only one hahahaha. That’s how I respond when my MIL asks if we are installing bear claw tubs 🙃
I remember for like a week after this interview, "Larry, I'm on Duck Tales" was the new "Sir/ma'am, this is a Wendy's" around the internet. I tried really hard to keep that going but all these years later nobody ever understands the reference
A couple of hundred years from now they'll be a folksy saying about how you can't afford something because you're standing on the tails of ducks
It’s so good
https://youtu.be/dYrI6cm9QGQ?t=223 Just shows how completely out of touch these people are
Nah it’s cause Larry King literally thought he was “such a good interviewer” that he didn’t have to know anything about the person before interviewing them. So he would ask stupid questions like this all the time
That’s a form of being out of touch
No, it’s a form of him not knowing if his guest is ultra wealthy. At no point does Larry King pretend like private jets are somehow the norm for everybody
You are correct, Larry David does not. (for newcomers, previous poster misplaced David for King, he has since edited it and with that edit killed comedy.)
TBF Larry David has a much higher chance of assuming anything than Larry King does these days.
lol, yes. Agreed.
and *this* is why we mark our edits, people edit: my brain inserted 'the' between killed and comedy, just seeing now that the previous commenter has, in fact, killed ***all*** comedy. RIP comedy, ???? BCE - 2024 CE
It’s a form of him being out of touch…with his guest and out of touch with his abilities to navigate an interview without making an awkward situation. If he was good at the interview process he would have use the convo to create an accurate estimate of his guests wealth and not said something so…out of touch. Maybe talk about what projects his guest has worked on to gauge where he would be financially first???
Well it’s still out of touch for him to not realize that xyz actor with his own Wikipedia page isn’t on the same level as some other actors with their own Wikipedia page. Like “oh you’re a guy from the movies you must be swimming with cash” “bro if only it were that easy”
It’s out of touch because he assumes anyone remotely famous has to be filthy rich
No, he’s asking if Pudi is that rich.
I doubt it but if that is the case then he’s terrible at his job and also pretty dumb. Not saying you’re wrong necessarily
That’s literally exactly what I already said
It’s almost as if you didn’t read the comment you replied to at all
That’s a long way to describe someone as out of touch
The difference is between "being out of touch because you are so rich that you don't understand why regular people don't have private jets" and "being out of touch with you talk show guests to the point where you don't know which ones are wealthy enough to have a private plane and which ones are on duck tales". The latter just means you're a shitty interviewer, the former means you're a shitty person.
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I remember him saying once that since HE didn't understand the internet, then no one needed it.
People likes that about him back in the day. Pre internet the average person might not know a lot about who he was talking to so the questions were valid.
That’s a really good point, back when there was a much bigger disconnect between celebrities and the public I’m sure lots of people thought anyone in Hollywood lived like superstars. Guess it just didn’t age well but would’ve made sense when he was younger
Did Seinfeld get cancelled?
He asked Jerry Seinfeld how he felt about the show having been canceled.
Bruh just say he's an upper class American lol.
I didn't take it is out of touch, Larry King asked him for a luxury he couldn't live without, and the initial answer was running socks and coffee. I took the private plane as a response to what Larry thought was a luxury item. Admittedly, a plane is far more of a luxury item than socks and coffee.
I can assure you, running socks are an absolute luxury. Buying a pack of 3 was $21 but they are the best socks I have when I run and I can feel the difference when I don’t wear them. Sure they aren’t private plane luxurious, but price dropping how much they are always gets a reaction from people. Edit: to clarify I got mine in 2019 and they now cost $44
3 for $21??? Not trying to one up you, but those are pretty cheap. The running socks I wear are basically that price for one pair (assuming you're USD) https://2xu.com/products/vectr-light-cush-1-4-crew-sock-ua5047e-unisex-white-grey
Even worse because who the fuck needs 3 socks?
Jake the Peg?
O damn, childhood memory unlocked.
if ur dryer ate a soc
My wool hiking socks are $10 for 1 pair.
Again, you're going to need to say whether you think that's cheap or expensive. That seems very cheap. But you're saying it like that is expensive
There is only one hiking sock and it is the same company that made my US navy wool socks. Darn tough. They are like 30 bucks a pair but have a lifetime warranty. You cannot go back to normal socks after them.
I wanted to love mine, I have quite a few pairs and have hiked thousands of miles in them. They are extremely soft & comfortable when I get them but they inevitably get tight, I assume from wash/dry cycles. I've never had other socks do this, I think it's something about the type of wool they use. I ended up developing [Morton's Neuroma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton%27s_neuroma) in part because of wearing those socks and having them squeeze my toes together for long periods of time. For reference I wear size 13 shoes and was wearing the biggest size they offer. I know my case is not usual at all but I had to stop using them and switch to Injini toe socks to manage the neuroma which I'll probably never be free from for the rest of my life. If I had just worn looser socks (and shoes), or at least ones that didn't end up becoming stiff and tight after a few months of wear I could probably have prevented it.
I developed a Morton’s neuroma from too tight shoes, but now I struggle with tight socks too. The icebreaker lightest weight runners are okay, but my new favorite are creepers merino wool toe socks. Like if injini and Darn Tough had a baby.
Having hiked thousands of miles with size 14 boot feet and never run into that issue or had any of the dozen guys I was with have it. I would check you shoe situation and. Sock changing regime first. Nothing wrong with darn tough hiking socks.
Last time I bought socks I bought a 12 pack for like $10. 3 for $21 is definitely a luxury for me
As someone that runs in just Nike ankle socks what am I missing out on
Never feeling your socks. My Nike or Puma socks always start getting a bit uncomfortable and annoying after a bit. My Balega and Smartwool feel like they are part of my foot. I never notice them.
I never notice mine but then again I just run casually like 2 miles every once a 3 days
Around mile 5-6 is when I start noticing my cheaper socks are woven rougher. I save my nicer socks for those longer runs.
My main use was primarily on vacation. When you’re walking 12-15 miles around Disney World, you really notice your feet. Now they are my everyday after that stress test.
Smart wool makes a bunch of nice products. I have a set of the thickest merino wool base layer and love it, it's seen -25 and +5 with crazy rain and works as it should
this is exactly correct
Yeah wtf, I just run in socks from Uniqlo or Muji that's like maybe $9 for 3 here in Japan. Why do I need running socks?
I run about 15-30 miles a week. Using them cuts down on blisters and sores.
In regards to Darn Tough, unlimited free replacements that only cost shipping. Merino wool you could wear for three days without stinking.
Ah well darn tough I know bc if you plan to ski more than a couple hours in a day you need some good Merino to wick sweat as yours calf’s entombed.
....who is reacting to $7 socks...?
Thinking that good coffee and good socks aren't luxury items IS out of touch. I was looking at the nice socks people recommend online recently and they're 10, 15, 30 dollars, FOR A PAIR. Are you kidding me, I get like 6 pairs for 6 dollars, and sometimes I feel like that's pricey for how shit they are. Jumping to "private jet" as a "luxury" is wild. That's end game luxury, not something you can't live without. My luxury items are like, the fact that I have a competent gaming PC, a car that doesn't break down, fast food once in a while. Even if I was much richer, this wouldn't change drastically. I'd buy those 15 dollar socks though.
Dude is buying 6 pairs of socks for $6, and then complaining they are shit. Most Merino wool socks will far outlast the combined lifespan of any 6 pack of cheap socks. Buy a pair of Darn Tough and then see how you feel after wearing those. $18 with a lifetime warranty and free repair or replacement. I have 7 pairs... have had 7 pairs for damn near a decade at this point.
Idk if you know this but the $50 work boot story isn’t an argument to buy the better product. It’s an explanation for why it cost more to be poor because some people can ONLY afford the cheaper but less durable and reliable product. Maybe he can’t afford $18 pairs of socks. Heck, I can’t afford $18 pairs of socks. That certainly is a luxury
Yeah, bad analogy. I was trying to highlight the build to cost ratio. Perhaps I should have stated that I started with one pair, that outlasted 10 pairs of my cheap socks, so my next purchase was another Darn Tough pair. So then I had 2 pairs of socks that will last forever for $30. And the 10 pair for $20 lasted 2 years at best. Now I’m at the luxury point of a pair for every day, but it took a few Christmas and birthdays to get there.
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My comment was directed to your own dissatisfaction with your $6 purchase. You prioritized your computer over your feet… that’s valid for you, not me. Thankfully we are all free to spend our money as we see fit.
You possibly should buy the$15 socks or at least the $2 a pair socks. My sock drawer is probably worth $500 but they never wear out and I don't get blisters. Currently I get gifted about 2 pair a year and that covers any replacement necessary.
we're dangerously close to someone posting vimes' boot theory.
Jesus Christ dude, it's a casual interview. He just threw it out there as an item, it's like you're looking to get worked up about something
Coffee and good socks are absolutely a luxury. A thousand of both are probably cheaper than a private jet but they're luxuries nonetheless.
And the private plane is the ultimate luxury — I would take that over just about any other rich people luxury item. Keep the yacht, the mansion, the private island, all of it… being able to go anywhere in the world at a high rate of speed with whatever cargo I want, with my pets, and my own space… I know it’s terrible for the environment, but I wouldn’t hesitate for even a fucking millisecond if I had the money.
If you can afford a private island, you can probably just not work at that point and take your leisurely time getting where you want. Or buy a first class ticket with enough booze for the duration lol.
Even a first class ticket is fucking garbage compared to a private jet. You still have to deal with security, the airline’s schedule (and delays/cancellations), you have a ton of restrictions on what can come with you (and then need to be worried about anything you check getting destroyed/lost), and your pets can’t come with you. Honestly, flying flying first class is like a 2% improvement over flying economy in comparison to a private plane — it’s more comfortable, but almost all of the shittiest restrictions and problems with air travel apply just as much. I’ll still take the jet over the island.
Bro, half of Earth's population (4 billion people) would 100% consider nice socks and coffee a luxury. Hell, there's a big chunk of the US population who would consider nice socks and coffee a luxury too. All this thread is doing is showing how even some average ass redditors are out of touch with the actual reality outside their window.
You really don't get context, do you? How can anyone anywhere talk about anything when technically a homeless guy in Rangoon may have a different experience.
Sassy are ya? Someone can be on a private jet sipping $10000 champagne and still be out of touch with reality in that context lol. You don’t even have to look outside of the US or other developed countries to found a significant portion of the population considering 20 dollars socks a luxury.
Let's keep moving the goal posts. I think he meant these: https://danishendurance.com/products/merino-wool-hiking-socks?variant=34222580531259&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=GoogleShopping¤cy=USD&country=US&keyword=&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=19580710296&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwyJqzBhBaEiwAWDRJVGtzaugOh-jdAhta0wgRjHDsfG4nF3WDmlXgudJX2kx2ufpGa2yLtRoCinMQAvD_BwE The socks of the bourgeois.
But this is a famous actor being interviewed, the context is not compared to earth's population
Maybe in 2017, not 2024
Huh?
Idk it's just that one question. He makes a pretty interesting comment about the Joker movie right after that's quite insightful imo
One thing to keep in mind is that the cost of aviation has absolutely skyrocketed over the course of Larry King's life. It used to be that a basic cessna could be bought for roughly the cost of a well-optioned BMW. Now even their cheapest model is more along the lines of a Ferrari or Rolls Royce.
Nowadays you pretty much have to by used unless you're a biz, rich or doing a partnership. 30-40k for a used mid-time 172 isn't bad though compared to the cost of a new Ford F350 or some shit.
I think if you asked most people what a private plane was a basic Cessna would not be the answer, he’s clearly talking about at least a small jet and those have never been cheap.
I've seen the clip (just the clip) maybe a dozen times, and for some reason I always heard "dragon tales" (and assumed the interview was a couple decades old, because Danny Pudi doesn't look a day over 20, wtf?) I was like "cool, I loved that show when I was a kid!", until now, I saw the full interview and something clicked when they started speaking about Joaquin Phoenix's Joker. It's so weird how my brain simply decided to fill in the story and completely changed the context.
What do you mean? He asked if he saw the movie Joker. He's one of us. /s
Jeez, that's embarrassing. Pudi is doing a better job reverse-interviewing King.
This guys one of Americas best interviewers? Jesus christ I hope this is him well past his prime...
He gave up somewhere around the mid 90s, or so I remember my parents remarking at the time.
Some people think so sadly, I'm more with Amy Goodman from Democracy Now!
Pudi was on Community so I'd expect he made a decent salary on that. But yea, not all actors are rich. (Mythic Quest started in 2020, I don't know the date of that interview but it's recent).
According to what I could find on Google he has a net worth of $3 million. That's great money but definitely not private planes, huge mansions, and caviar for every meal type of rich.
That's a house and a modest middle income salary but it has to last him his whole life. Definitely the amount where he's out there working for any extra spending money
I'd bet a good portion of that would be his house too. At least a mil. I don't think I could make 2 mil last the rest of my life. Especially with a family. Once upon a time that seemed like a ridiculous amount of money too...
If you invested it for a 5-6% return (very doable) your income would be almost double the average American salary. And you wouldn't even touch the capital.
a "modest middle income salary"??
Let's say he has a condo or a small house in LA (where his work is). Let's call that 800k. I'm doubtful he's actually worth 3 million, but let's say he is and call that 2.2 million in cash. Danny Pudi is actually older than I thought. 45. If he wants that money to last until he's 90, he could only spend 50k a year. Property taxes alone would be like $8k. And in a few decades that 50k is going to be just scraping by. He's very comfortable at this point in his life, but he still needs to work to extend that retirement age out a bit. He's not "never work again and spend a ton of money constantly" wealthy.
Yall act like he can never work again or something ya dumbasses
Except for the part where having $2.2m in the bank earns him $100k interest a year, lmao. He spends his free $50k and gets given another free $50k for owning money. And let's not pretend these people are sticking their cash in high yield savings, they're sticking it in stocks, property and investments (which are all higher returns than a high yield savings). Also, since he's earning more money than he spends in this scenario, we have to look at compounding interest. So, after living on his meagre $50k for the next 45 years, all he'll have to show for it is his inflated property and $9mil, lmao. That's just on the high yield. For stocks, if he takes Warren Buffett's advice and "just" sticks in S&p 500 (~10% return rates over its history) he can turn that into $172m by his 90th. If Danny sees this match and decides, "maybe I can live a little larger" and ups his "wage" to $10k a month, he'll still croak with over $100m. I think ol' Danny is going to be okay.
"Lets not pretend these people..." Not to call you out on this but that basically just means any middle class investor, like half of American families.
>If he wants that money to last until he's 90, he could only spend 50k a year. From the comment I replied to. I agree with you. It's the smart thing to do, and I hold no ill will toward the theoretical version of Danny Pudi that is investing his 2.2mil for doing so.
He would also want to keep it in fairly conservative investments. If he's still earning a decent amount of money it's fine, but you don't want your money in high yield high risk investments when you're relying on it for income. Which is why most estimates of interest for retirement withdrawals is about 5%
You act like interest doesn’t exist. At 5% interest alone is 100k. Thats without even touching the principle.
Over the period of 40 years inflation reduces that significantly, everything I said includes interest.
When divided across the rest of his life, yes. It's great money but not "set-for-life" in 2024. You buy a house for a million, you have to make 2 million last the rest of your life. Assuming you live for 60 years, that's 34k per year. Send your kids to great colleges? You only last 50 on that. Major medical emergency? 40.
Why is everyone forgetting about investments? 5% return will give you 100k a year
Most redditors are children who don’t know such things even exist.
Financial illiteracy is rampant on reddit. Mention a mutual fund over on antiwork and there is a collective mind-melt.
That's still nowhere near private plane money
Taxes, inflation, expenses, changes in return rates, unexpected expenses... 100k a year isn't guaranteed. Furthermore, he didn't earn 3 million all at once, he likely earned less over the course of ~10 years, which means that he's probably worth far less and earning far less. He's a b list celeb, not bill gates. He's going to have to work for a while to be able to retire.
For everyone in here "forgetting" about interest, all these people are forgetting about inflation. If you want the growth of your investment and the withdrawals to match inflation, you actually need to withdrawal quite a bit less. With a risk averse portfolio you're looking at like 60k a year. And unlike a 65 year old couple retiring with 2.2m, you can't just go into the principle if you end up lasting longer than 20 years.
Interest exists and, better yet, investment. If he sticks his whole theoretical 2.2m into the S&P 500, he can draw $10k a month ($120k a year), and still not be cutting into his initial investment. If stocks aren't his thing, he can dump it in high yield savings, draw $100k annually and not dip into his initial investment. These people with real capital do not live in the same world as us. And $2.2m is pocket change for the real winners of capitalism.
You actually need to withdraw much less than 120k in order to keep up with inflation. In 25 years, the value of a dollar has nearly halved.
You have replied here, but it replies to the comment I replied to exactly the same. You're comparing apples and oranges here. If Danny sticks to that comments' $50k, he'll have $22mil using the S&P. If inflation increased by *literally* 1000% over the next 25 years, Danny would *still* be ok. Assuming, he increases his withdrawals by 4% yearly to combat a 100% inflation over 25 years (an extra $750k over 25 years), he'll have $20mil left. If he takes $150k a year, and adjusts for inflation, he'll be left with $5.5mil, which covers the 100% increase, and still leaves him ahead. High Yield, taking $50k, adjusting for inflation, he is left with $4mil. Which essentially leaves him with 90% of that $2.2mil after inflation.
When the guys from Always Sunny googled their own net worth they all laughed at how over inflated it was
I recall MrBeast mentioning in an interview that the net worth estimates for him are actually quite a bit too low.
They're just estimations. They might be based on what similar actors were earning for network shows at the time, but he could have been paid a lot lower. He could have spent $100k a year. He could have invested it. Sports guys are easy if they don't spend it all. Content creators are tricky. There's no good way to estimate ad revenue and sponsors for specific YouTubers, and no way to estimate expenses. I know one who says his way overestimate him, because his ad revenue is lower than average, and he actually employs quite a few editors and moderators with decent wages so it eats into it.
Those sites are all making shit up for clicks. Net worth isn’t publicly available data.
Yeah, it’s just people estimating.
Just because it's not publicly available doesn't mean it can't be estimated.
That’s “nice pair of socks” money
I wish I could afford some nice socks. My sock budget is basically what I can get for Christmas.
>According to what I could find on Google he has a net worth These are hilariously inaccurate
Especially if you live in LA
Yeah that's why there are some dumbasses in these comments saying he could live in a mansion in Wyoming and afford a small plane. They don't understand that people like him still need to work and if you are not near LA, you aren't going to find that type of work.
All those net worth estimates are absolute bullshit.
You can absolutely own and fly a private plane on that, just not a business jet.
The interview is from 2020. It couldn't be recent because Larry King died in january 2021.
Ducktails ran from 2017-2021 so the interview was somewhere in there. Obviously before King died.
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You got me here, check and mate
Was Larry King ever really alive though?
He lived more on one cocaine fueled weekend in Aspen than you and I will live in our entire sad private planeless lives
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I’m with you man…I gotta Google this now. Edit-Damn yeah he did. I’m surprised I didn’t know that.
Ironically he was mown down by his own private plane
Private jets cost around 1-3 million *A YEAR* just to keep around. Do people not realize how much they cost?
So everyone get off T Swift’s back about ticket prices!!! /s
*It's just a banana, Michael. How much could it cost, $10?*
Of course we dont know how much upkeep is. We arent the ones buying them.
I know that information and I’m not rich. I know things that aren’t directly related to my life. You don’t do that? You don’t have interests and hobbies?
Owning a private jet isnt one of my hobbies.
Aviation is one of my hobbies. It’s not far fetched. It’s weird to defend the “I don’t have interests that other people have” side.
I didnt pick a side of anything. You shouldnt create battles where there arent any. It isnt healthy.
You said it like it was common knowledge everyone should have, aviation isn't going to be a hobby among the majority of people and that's coming from someone into aviation.
Nope. I've literally never considered it in my entire life, and I'd wager the vast majority of people haven't either. It's one of those niche pieces of information that people who have interests in the area take for granted, but is very much not mainstream. For example, the other day I had to explain to someone which order the events in a triathlon are, which is something that for me is a pretty basic thing, but for people with no real interest in the area there's no reason they should know it.
It's not a coincidence that actors and the film industry is painted as the "rich elite." They're highly visible, and some are millionaires. In reality, most actors, cast, and crew are essentially labor. A working actor has far more in common with an Amazon delivery driver than either of them has in common with the capital suppliers that run their industries.
private planes are for like a different level of rich. wealth, even. and I think people think actors are more rich than they are b/c of how much publicity and screen-time they get - they're like nothing compared to elites.
I don't think people realize how few actors are truly mega rich. Lot of upcoming or character actors that are definitely doing well but not "private jets across the world" rich Watching some of the Architectural Digest videos on YT shows a lot of somewhat mainstream, but not mega bankable stars actually live in somewhat reasonable homes that have just been well designed For example this was David Harbour's bachelor pad in NYC from almost 5 years ago, his biggest acting credit at the time was probably Stranger Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS3njIz_Qzs&t=18s It is very well designed and decorated but at the end of the day it is maybe a 1000sq ft 1 bed, 1 bath
Especially voice actors. Ever watch anime or play a video game and realize you hear like the same 10 people I'm every anime/game? Those people make dirt and literally have to take role after role every day to make anything.
What he made on Community is not private plane money
Kind of weird abed never became a billionre director after making "ABED" Also i just love the look pudi gives "dude, are you for real now?"
Yeah, I heard it's the same movie backward and forward!
So meta
Unfortunately Shirley destroyed the final ABED tapes, so he probably got no money unless he pulled investors
He never stopped filming, though. This is still the movie.
Holy shit.
Started watching Mythic Quest yesterday, the beauty of the algorithm...
I really enjoyed Mythic Quest, it’s underrated in my opinion
Beautiful and terrifying.
Is it worth a watch?
I only saw S1 but imo no. It's a decent show but the writing is meh and a lot of jokes and setups you can see coming a mile away. But maybe worth a try if you don't have much else on your queue, I just find it tough to start on mediocre shows with the ridiculous amount of content out there.
That's enough for me not to bother! The queue is endless but Reddit always has suggestions that sometimes are worth bumping it up
MetaCritic has S1 and S2 @ 73 (S3 not rated) which seems pretty accurate to me. What I saw was decent and had some laughs but I think just never fully utilized its potential and probably needed to spend more $ on writing staff. But I'm nitpicky about stuff so I'm maybe not the best person to ask also.
Yeah my feelings are the same, it's 'fine', nothing special really. I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it, it's just that I've seen most things I'm interested in already
I gotta HARD disagree with these people. At the very least season 1 is definitely worth a watch. One particular episode (don’t want to spoil which) is maybe my favorite piece of television ever. The other seasons are still good, but season 1 is just peak.
S1 was not enjoyable for me but S2 was much better. I think that the workplace humor wasn't working for me in S1 but in S2 it felt more about characters and the humor in their relationships which I felt was much stronger.
"Should I have?" Larry was saying the kid deserves a private plane not that he can afford one.
In the interview he offered 2 answers that Larry shot down, that’s why he’s asking what he means because he had already given a response twice
Abed Abed Ahhbedddd
I mean, come on, Charlie Kaufman, some of us have work in the morning, damn!
Without context I thought he was saying he was “on ducktales” like he was rich as Scrooge mcduck so a private plane was nothing to him lol
How is this fake history porn? This actually happened.
It’s fake because they haven’t discovered it yet
Larry, I can't 'just eat cake'
He never said Mythic Quest..
[You sure about that? you suuuure about that?](https://youtu.be/dYrI6cm9QGQ?si=FkjdNdemo6KWhubN)
Hahaha, I guess I've never heard the next 2 seconds of that clip before. Well played
When that clip was big on Reddit it def cut off right after ducktails and it was perfect
Mister Quest?
This clip always bothered me because coffee is absolutely a luxury. Having socks made by people you've never met is 100% a luxury.
My socks are my luxury
mythic quest came out in like 2020
Context? Is larry thinking the other guy would have a private plane?
Larry was just using it as an example of the sort of luxury he was asking about. Good socks aren't an interesting luxury for multimillionaires.
Larry King has been a shrivelled, out of touch goblin for decades.
Neil Rogers of South Florida radio fame and Larry hated each other for years. Here is Larry calling into Neil. [worth remembering this titan of am radio.](https://youtu.be/zqgRnfzJHbo?si=2zSw4gZK1Zh1VHBo)
It's hilarious for Larry King to ask anybody about luxuries. He was married and divorced eight times. He owed so much alimony that today, and he has been dead for three years, somewhere on television will air one of his infomercials for whatever crap he was selling just before he died.