The Great Imposter
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🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. (1921[1] – June 7, 1982) was an American impostor.
He was the subject of a movie: The Great Impostor, in which he was played by Tony Curtis.
Demara's impersonations included a naval surgeon,[2] a civil engineer, a sheriff's deputy, an assistant prison warden, a doctor of applied psychology, a hospital orderly, a lawyer, a child-care expert, a Benedictine monk, a Trappist monk, an editor, a cancer researcher, and a teacher. One teaching job led to six months in prison.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's it's hard to say I'm a cat guy right, but if you had to choose a breed |
| 0:05.6 | I don't I don't know what a lab is a lab a breed beats me. I'm also a cat guy. I have no idea |
| 0:16.5 | Oh my gosh look what he said can't wait for them to love you as much as I do this is gonna be so good |
| 0:24.0 | So good what are you what are you giggling about? |
| 0:27.8 | We played a prank on heath a good one a real I know I'm gonna regret asking this guys, but what what prank? |
| 0:37.0 | Okay, so you know how this week's episode is about the great imposter |
| 0:41.2 | Uh-huh. Yeah, okay, so what better way to celebrate that than a little |
| 0:45.6 | Impostoring ourselves, so I looked ahead in the schedule and for the last six months we have been catfishing heat |
| 0:53.7 | catfishing |
| 0:54.8 | Do you know that you know that thing where you pretend to be a pretty lady and then you make someone fall in love with you |
| 1:03.0 | Not cool. Oh come on. I'm sure he's gonna think it's funny when he you know actually finds out the truth on the street |
| 1:10.6 | Where you live? |
| 1:13.3 | Hey boys, let's shake it. Not much. He's how are you? |
| 1:18.3 | I'm amazing Tom |
| 1:21.1 | I'm amazing. Oh, yeah |
| 1:24.0 | Why is that? |
| 1:25.7 | That's because I met the girl that I'm gonna marry. I'm sorry Mary |
| 1:32.3 | Yep, I know I know he's gonna get married. What no, I really am the right person has come into my life and |
| 1:39.2 | Tonight I'm gonna meet her and you meet like maybe you shouldn't just do any of that at all |
| 1:46.6 | That's probably not a good idea. What? Why not because um? |
| 1:51.6 | You know, we got to record the show, you know podcast. Yeah, yeah, ah |
| 1:55.5 | Shocking away seriously. It's like 10 minutes to her house |
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