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Clips from Tiger King - Make America Exotic Again (S01E01)

"that Joe didn't have the resources to make."
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"but they required a lot of money."
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"So, we met this guy named James Garretson"
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"He had some pretty lucrative strip clubs"
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"[man] Done a little of everything. I've been in the bar business."
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"I got into cats when I was about 17."
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"Been around them ever since."
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"He introduced me to a gentleman named Jeff Lowe,"
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"and then that's when me and Jeff became friendly,"
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"and you can have some of the best pizza"
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"to lower the food cost."
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"[Reinke] They have the best pizza here."
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"[Garretson] Joe was always trying to be bigger than what he was, you know,"
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"and that's just how Joe does business."
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"Joe told me several times."
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"Joe was the entertainment director..."
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"Even though Jeff was the owner of the park,"
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"Joe was the star of the show."
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"Jeff was the star of his show,"
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"Joe Exotic is how many people know him."
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"He mailed off this form to the federal election commission last Friday,"
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"Mic check. Check, check, check."
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"[man] Whenever you're ready."
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"Brr!"
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"Hello, America. Let's see, fuck this."
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"Hello, ladies and gentlemen of America."
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"Let's try that again."
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"Hey, can you shut that off for a minute!"
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"When he said he was gonna run, for president, it about floored me."
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""I got a chance. I got a chance." He actually thought he had a chance."
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"Joe Exotic for the people of America. How was that?"
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"[man] Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump"
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"are among the most disliked presidential candidates in history."
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"And... and luckily, there are a great many third-party options out there."
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"There's independent write-in candidate Joe Exotic,"
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"who claims to run the world's largest private zoo for tigers"
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"and produces incredible campaign videos."
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"I'm not changing the way I dress."
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"I refuse to wear a suit."
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"I am gay."
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"I am broke as shit."
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"I have a judgment against me from some bitch down there in Florida."
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"And this is all paid for by the committee of Joe Exotic Speaks for America."
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"Just wow."
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"[applause]"
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"Joe Exotic is truly the candidate"
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"you'd want to sit down and have a beer with,"
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"then another beer, and then several more beers"
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"until you're drunk enough to try meth for the first time."
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"Joe got a big head."
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"Even though they were making fun of him,"
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"Joe... was the star."
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"Everybody was adding him on Facebook and stuff,"
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"Is America ready for the first redneck,"
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"gun-toting, mullet-sporting, tiger-tackling, gay polygamist president?"
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"You know, I think they are."
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"I'm outspoken, good-looking."
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"Mm-hmm."
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"-I love to party and have fun. [laughs] -Hello."
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"-Let's go blow some shit up. -Blow some shit up?"
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"-by cutting their head off... -Yeah?"
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"...deserves this kind of treatment."
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"Uh, it was the worst experience of my life."
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"It was horrible. Horrible, horrible."
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"[shudders, coughs]"
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"It was all about outrage.  Get as much views as possible."
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"I'm as gay as a three-dollar bill,"
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"When that fell apart... he decides to run for governor."
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"that's my dream job. I'm going to take it."
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"I don't care what he is.""
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"[Joe] I'm using nothing more than what I can buy legally"
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"[loud explosion]"
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"[loud explosion]"
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"I know a lot more than he knew about politics,"
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"and that was my main value to him."
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"[reporter] Primary elections are next month..."
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"[man] Joe Exotic for governor,  he thought he was going to win."
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"[interviewer] What did people think of Joe running for governor?"
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"-Locally? -Yeah."
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"[woman] You are a political anomaly,"
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"and on Twitter, you know, you're not afraid to respond to viewers"
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"with expletives."
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"Guess what, motherfucker,  even the day is..."
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"there's a lot of glad-handing, there's a lot of baby kissing."
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"[Joe] Political condoms."
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"[Corkill] And of course, if you put it to social media, the comments are endless."
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"Probably got more hits talking about him"
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"[Joe] What are you doing?"
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"[Joe laughs]"
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"What a wild interview!"
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"This is one of my stranger interviews."
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"...Joe Maldonado aka Joe Exotic."
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"He had no idea what a Libertarian is."
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"He still has no idea what a Libertarian is."
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"I'd like to introduce my wife,"
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"Always wanted to say that."
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"[laughs]"
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"Our eventual platform was my platform,"
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"There's two laws that they're introducing into Congress this year to try and pass."
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"The only problem is it's all a fraud."
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"whether or not I should own a fucking tiger or not?"
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"This is my way of living"
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"and nobody's gonna tell me any other way."
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"It will cover all of those states,"
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"and nobody will be allowed to be keeping these big cats as pets any longer,"
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"or breeding them, or using them as pay-to-play props."
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"[Joe] You want to know how come"
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"Carole Baskin and Howard Baskin spend most of their time and money..."
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"[Antle] They wanna take it all away from us."
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"This seems entirely un-American, entirely unconstitutional to me."
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"[Antle] Doc Antle brought exotic cats into the halls of Congress,"
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"and have their picture made, then when I come in there"
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"and say, "This is really cruel, and that's why it's cruel,""
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"so they're like, "Well, if I say this is cruel,"
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"people are gonna say I'm a hypocrite.""
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"And so, our opponents are really smart"
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"in the way that they get out there ahead of us"
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"in a way that we just can't."
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"[announcer] Watch this ride, Johnny!"
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"I'm running for governor."
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