How O.J. Simpson's Memoir Ended Up in Book Jail with Boze and Carl Tart | 43

The Big Flop

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy, Business

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

You know the Bronco chase, the trial and the glove, but do you know …the book? In 2006, O.J. Simpson teamed up with prominent publisher, Judith Regan, to make a killing from his controversial life story. With the help of a ghostwriter, they created a “hypothetical” tell-all book about the actual murders O.J. stood trial for. Thousands of copies were printed and a companion TV special was filmed. But, when news of the unsavory book surfaced, there was an uproar, leading to the cancellation of the project and a grizzly amount of lawsuits. However the story takes a surprising turn when the family of one of the victims earns the right to release the book themselves.

Ericka Bozeman aka Boze (Boze vs the World) and Carl Tart (Comedy Bang! Bang! Grand Crew) join Misha to unpack the story of OJ's book, "If I Did It."

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to the Big Flop early and ad-free.
0:05.3	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:14.8	In late April 2006, writer Pablo Fendez gets an unexpected call from his former colleague from the National Enquirer, Judith Regan.
0:32.2	Judith wants Pablo to help her pen a highly confidential project, a book that will rock the foundation of American
0:41.1	culture. O.J. Simpson's confession to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
0:50.3	What? Could this be for real? Well, Judith explains, it's a fictional account of a real-life event with hypothetical details about how one would commit a murder if they committed the murders from the viewpoint of the only suspect in the case,
1:12.3	but who's been found not guilty.
1:15.6	It doesn't make complete sense, but just go with it.
1:19.5	Pablo doesn't know what to say.
1:21.5	He's not interested in selling a lurid, sensational fantasy,
1:24.9	but he would be interested in getting OJ to confess. After all,
1:30.0	he thinks he's guilty. Is it roundabout? Confusing? Ridiculous? Sure. But it might be the only way.
1:37.1	This book could officially close the chapter on this whole ugly incident and skyrocket Pablo and
1:43.7	Judith's career in the process.
1:46.1	Right?
1:47.7	Wrong.
1:53.0	Simpson agreed that he would write a book about the killings.
1:56.6	Some people say maybe it's blood money.
1:58.6	Is he really going to confess?
1:59.9	Is he going to tell the truth?
2:01.1	After the victim's families protested, the book's publication was suspended.
2:05.5	Should we not cover horrible people and horrible experiences?
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