Mobits Extra: Mo’s Mystery Bust

Mobituaries with Mo Rocca

iHeartPodcasts and CBS News

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 20.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Mo’s deep appreciation for our less-remembered presidents led him to purchase a giant bust of Grover Cleveland, which has dominated his living room for over 20 years. But when the New York Times questioned the bust’s identity, it set in motion a quest, culminating in an appearance by Mo and his bust on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow. Producer Adam Monahan documented the saga on this season 2 episode of his podcast Detours (GBH and PRX), a podcast that reveals what happens to all that stuff on America’s favorite antiques show, which originally aired in January 2022.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's Mo.
0:03.3	I hope you're enjoying season three of Mobituaries.
0:06.8	Now if you know anything about me, you know that I'm pretty proud of my Presidential
0:10.9	Memorabilia collection.
0:12.9	My Benchman Harrison campaign necker chief, my ticket to the Andrew Johnson impeachment
0:17.8	trial.
0:18.8	I don't do first tier Presidential Memorabilia.
0:21.8	I'm all about the guys you can't remember were President.
0:25.2	Which is why I was pretty shaken.
0:27.3	And years ago it was brought to my attention that my giant Grover Cleveland bust might
0:33.2	not actually be Grover Cleveland.
0:35.9	Then in the summer of 2020, I was invited on PBS's Antiques Road Show.
0:41.9	This was my chance to find out who this guy I'd been living with for over 20 years really
0:46.9	was and it all came to a head.
0:50.3	A very big plaster head.
0:53.6	This is a detective story with clues, suspects and a whole bunch of historical connections,
0:59.4	including Grover Cleveland's grandson.
1:02.3	All of it documented on an episode of D-Tours, a podcast that reveals what happens to all
1:08.1	that stuff on America's favorite antiques show.
1:11.9	Here is that episode of D-Tours from G.B.H. and PRX.
1:21.6	When we set out to film in the summer of 2020 for the first time in the history of G.B.H.'s
1:27.6	Antiques Road Show, we couldn't go out on the road.
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