The Tiger King - Netflix documentary

[SpursforSix]

Was not really excited about watching it but decided to give it a couple of episodes. Glad I did. If this were a fictional series, it would be called ridiculous because there is no way you can have this many main characters that are so nuts with so many skeletons in their closets.

7 episodes (about 45 minutes per) and it gets a little slow at 6. But as a whole, it's fascinating. I ended up watching binging the full series.

7.5/10

[Reck]

I’ll check it out. Hearing good things about it so might as well

[Xevious]

I started watching it last night. It's fucking weird. Every one of these people is crazy.

[lefty]

I heard about this

I'll add it to my loooooong list of must watch :lol

I'm almost done with S1 of Brooklyn 99, not bad TBH
Started watching The Office... it's ok I guess

Also watching Night on Earth and Our Planet, good stuff imo

Hear good things about Altered Carbon, I'm adding it to the list as well

[koriwhat]

Shit was wild

[monosylab1k]

Is this actually good, or is everyone just FOMO watching it?

[SpursforSix]

Is this actually good, or is everyone just FOMO watching it?

It’s interesting and pretty entertaining.

[TSA]

Is this actually good, or is everyone just FOMO watching it?

If this was a mockumentary it would still be entertaining, the fact that isn't is crazy. After the first episode I was wondering how they'd even stretch it out and then about half way through the second episode I was like holy shit. Watched 4 last night and will finish tonight. It's definitely worth the watch, it's like a combination of Joe Dirt, Swamp People, and Don't Fuck With Cats.

[SpursforSix]

One thing that struck me is that Joe Exotic was a pretty good singer. His songs/videos were cheesy as shit but he actually had a good voice.

[Xevious]

Is this actually good, or is everyone just FOMO watching it?
I actually only put it on for background noise (and Netflix kept pushing the trailer on me), but it was like a train wreck I couldn't look away from. It's definitely worth a watch.

[Xevious]

Hey SFS, have you watched The Platform yet? It's a new spanish Netflix movie. It's a little heavy handed in its message, but I thought it was really good.

[SpursforSix]

Hey SFS, have you watched The Platform yet? It's a new spanish Netflix movie. It's a little heavy handed in its message, but I thought it was really good.

No...I'd never heard of it. It looks good...I'll check it out for sure. Gracias.

[BD24]

Watched this over the last few days. Pretty god damn interesting. As others have said the people are so insane that it seems like a mockumentary.

[pgardn]

Cool.
Starting tonight after I watch an ancient UT football game on the youstubes

[leemajors]

Extroverted Timothy Treadwell?

[TSA]

Extroverted Timothy Treadwell?

Pretty much. And you get to watch both lose their minds as it goes on.

[TSA]

One thing that struck me is that Joe Exotic was a pretty good singer. His songs/videos were cheesy as shit but he actually had a good voice.

Agreed. If you ignored the lyrics about the tigers and shit it was standard country radio.

That song he did about his nemesis _________ was :lmao

[benefactor]

Agreed. If you ignored the lyrics about the tigers and shit it was standard country radio.

That song he did about his nemesis _________ was :lmao
The old lady and I had to pause the TV we were laughing so hard:lol

[monosylab1k]

If this was a mockumentary it would still be entertaining, the fact that isn't is crazy. After the first episode I was wondering how they'd even stretch it out and then about half way through the second episode I was like holy shit. Watched 4 last night and will finish tonight. It's definitely worth the watch, it's like a combination of Joe Dirt, Swamp People, and Don't Fuck With Cats.
Holy shit, you guys weren’t kidding :lol this is insane and fascinating.

[Chucho]

I was gonna post about this on Saturday. I got thru the first 4 episodes, such crazy shit. Doc is a fucking cult leader/pimp. :lol

[SpursforSix]

I was gonna post about this on Saturday. I got thru the first 4 episodes, such crazy shit. Doc is a fucking cult leader/pimp. :lol

They struck gold with this. All the other main characters were also crazy enough to carry an episode with just their own shit. Doc Antler, Carol Baskin, Jeff Lowe...

Also, now there is a podcast and possible second season.

https://www.bustle.com/p/the-joe-exotic-podcast-scripted-show-will-take-you-further-down-this-bizarre-rabbit-hole-22647622

[Frank Dux]

Netflix continuing to do the damn thing with their bizarre and entertaining documentaries.

[Death In June]

Followed the story with the Last Podcast on the Left a couple years ago. Seems likevgreat material for a documentary.

[clambake]

if you want to see some crazy shit, turn on the 700club

[SpursforSix]

if you want to see some crazy shit, turn on the 700club

If you want to see some crazy shit, bend the fuck over.

[clambake]

If you want to see some crazy shit, bend the fuck over.

don't tease

[pgardn]

Watched the first two episodes.

It really takes dumb fckn people to engage these dumb fckn people in the first place.
Oh yes, I want to go work for those three clowns. God, people are so lost.
Will continue to watch them pull in more idiots, or possibly just shoot themselves.

Oh yeah, give me a 10 lb tiger so it can grow into a 500 lb beast that can slap my ass against a fence on accident.
I want that, the feeling of the power is so mesmerizing; and even better, hurts like shit.

[FrostKing]

Classic material that only Americans consume. This and that movie about some gay meth heads? Only my American friends watched this

[pgardn]

Classic material that only Americans consume. This and that movie about some gay meth heads? Only my American friends watched this

Since you are so high browed in your tastes watch Alpha Go. Its about programming a computer to beat the best GO players in the world. GO is much more difficult than Chess. Watch this and we will discuss it. SF6 lead me to this documentary and it is wonderful.

Pollack fish...

[pgardn]

Classic material that only Americans consume. This and that movie about some gay meth heads? Only my American friends watched this

Oh if its because Polish people are constantly meeting dumber Polish people so that this type of movie is too common place...
Forget my previous post.

[Xevious]

One thing that struck me is that Joe Exotic was a pretty good singer. His songs/videos were cheesy as shit but he actually had a good voice.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tatianatenreyrowhitlock/joe-exotic-doesnt-sing-his-songs

:lol

I'm disappointed for some reason.

[DJR210]

This show was a fucking train wreck but I couldn't stop watching :tu

[Trill Clinton]

White people crazy. Did trump win Oklahoma? Meth mouth crackas voted for trump and joe exotic:lol

[Chucho]

The only thing that was a let down was that Baskin didnt get her comeuppance.


Will be neat to see what happens with Doc Antle getting busted. Hope they get him for euthanizing the cats. Such rotten pieces of shit, all of them.

[monosylab1k]

Apparently all his songs were performed by another band :lol

https://twitter.com/robertmoor_/status/1241765494320820224?s=20

[Trill Clinton]

Apparently all his songs were performed by another band :lol

https://twitter.com/robertmoor_/status/1241765494320820224?s=20


I told my wife I think he was getting his milli vanilli on.

[spurraider21]

I heard about this

I'll add it to my loooooong list of must watch :lol

I'm almost done with S1 of Brooklyn 99, not bad TBH
Started watching The Office... it's ok I guess

Also watching Night on Earth and Our Planet, good stuff imo

Hear good things about Altered Carbon, I'm adding it to the list as well
Love 99

[DJR210]

Apparently all his songs were performed by another band :lol

https://twitter.com/robertmoor_/status/1241765494320820224?s=20

:lol as soon as that corny shit started I knew that wasn't his lil' whiny redneck vocal chords.. One of the guys he hired to write and perform the song died in 2019

[Xevious]

White people crazy. Did trump win Oklahoma? Meth mouth crackas voted for trump and joe exotic:lol
Joe Exotic got 19% of the vote. :lol

[Trill Clinton]

Joe Exotic got 19% of the vote. :lol


I know I was smh when I saw the results:lol

[Blake]

Apparently all his songs were performed by another band :lol

https://twitter.com/robertmoor_/status/1241765494320820224?s=20

I'm not sure which song I like more:

"I saw the tiger, now I understand.
I saw the tiger, the tiger saw man."

Or

"Here Kitty kitty" with the video showing the cat lady feeding her rich husband to the tigers

[LaMarcus Bryant]

takeaways

-wow buying a tiger is way cheaper than I ever would have imagined

-the number of UT hats and tattoos in methhead okie country was funny

[ElNono]

I read this whole story a few months ago, and didn't know they were making a series out of it.

[SpursforSix]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tatianatenreyrowhitlock/joe-exotic-doesnt-sing-his-songs

:lol

I'm disappointed for some reason.

Damn. Highly disappointing.

Good info though.

And it also explains the disconnect between his recordings and the couple of times he sings during the show (one was a funeral I think and the other in his car).

[ElNono]

https://i.paste.pics/d494d6fa2a74856ca746c50a5670e894.png

[Sheriff Hoyt]

The only thing that was a let down was that Baskin didnt get her comeuppance.


Will be neat to see what happens with Doc Antle getting busted. Hope they get him for euthanizing the cats. Such rotten pieces of shit, all of them.


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[slick'81]

Saw the first episode tonight and meh,just rednecks being rednecks

[Chucho]

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Just read a piece on her from 18. She is easily the most shady of the 3. A real fucking Tiger Hitler, complete with an army of brainwashed bleeding hearts because this broad understands the power of social media influence.

I get the Foresnic Files theme playing in my head when I see her.

[Reck]

Finished it.

What a bunch of circus freaks. That Carole bitch is a master manipulator.

No doubt she had her former husband killed and stuffed somewhere. Her new husband is such an obvious vehicle for her needs..money and means. Talk about a cuck.

:lol Oklahoma and Florida. This is a great advertisement to not go live there.

[Darth_Pelican]

Apparently a new episode is being added to Netflix soon.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/new-tiger-king-episode-coming-netflix-says-docuseries-subject-jeff-n1177101

[SpursforSix]

Apparently a new episode is being added to Netflix soon.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/new-tiger-king-episode-coming-netflix-says-docuseries-subject-jeff-n1177101

Awesome. Lowe was one of the more interesting people to me.

What's crazy is the wealth that everyone has/had. Even Joe with employees eating off the truck had enough money to put together videos and shit.
Antler and Lowe, and the dude from up north seemed to have made fortunes. I'd be interested to see how much is real.

[Blake]

Awesome. Lowe was one of the more interesting people to me.

What's crazy is the wealth that everyone has/had. Even Joe with employees eating off the truck had enough money to put together videos and shit.
Antler and Lowe, and the dude from up north seemed to have made fortunes. I'd be interested to see how much is real.

Antlers fortune seemed legit.

Lowe's bank account is a mystery. He had a few bucks to be sure but fooled Joe into believing he had way more with a house he only had rented for a month and a sports car that was delinquent on payments

[Reck]

Antlers fortune seemed legit.

Lowe's bank account is a mystery. He had a few bucks to be sure but fooled Joe into believing he had way more with a house he only had rented for a month and a sports car that was delinquent on payments

Ferrari rents their top of the line sports cars? I thought that was odd given that that company is highly prestigious and renting a car like that doesn’t seem like something they’d be into.

Lowe seems like a try hard pleb. :lol

[SpursforSix]

Antlers fortune seemed legit.

Lowe's bank account is a mystery. He had a few bucks to be sure but fooled Joe into believing he had way more with a house he only had rented for a month and a sports car that was delinquent on payments

Agree. That's what makes it interesting to me. How's he getting the money to fund Joe's zoo. The house and car seem like props for a con game but I want to know who and how he's scamming.

[Blake]

Ferrari rents their top of the line sports cars? I thought that was odd given that that company is highly prestigious and renting a car like that doesn’t seem like something they’d be into.

Lowe seems like a try hard pleb. :lol

I think they said the Ferrari payments were delinquent

[SpursforSix]

Ferrari rents their top of the line sports cars? I thought that was odd given that that company is highly prestigious and renting a car like that doesn’t seem like something they’d be into.

Lowe seems like a try hard pleb. :lol

I don't think Ferrari has any say so about whether someone can rent one of their cars out. A Google search comes up with several places to rent them from.

[Chucho]

I don't think Ferrari has any say so about whether someone can rent one of their cars out. A Google search comes up with several places to rent them from.

Yeah, we were part of a club in the Bay Area where you could rent whatever the fuck you wanted so long you could afford it, including one of those neat ass $1.5 million Bugattis.

Best we could afford was some sweet 'Vette, but that paled in comparison to the Lambos and Ferrarris they had.

Also, you can pay like $100 and drive a Ferrari or a Lambo on a pseudo race track when those things come to town. Did that a few times, was able to drive the Lambo and the Porsche, but the Ferrari kept over heating as it was the more popular one.

Fun stuff.

[Reck]

Yeah, we were part of a club in the Bay Area where you could rent whatever the fuck you wanted so long you could afford it, including one of those neat ass $1.5 million Bugattis.

Best we could afford was some sweet 'Vette, but that paled in comparison to the Lambos and Ferrarris they had.

Also, you can pay like $100 and drive a Ferrari or a Lambo on a pseudo race track when those things come to town. Did that a few times, was able to drive the Lambo and the Porsche, but the Ferrari kept over heating as it was the more popular one.

Fun stuff.

What happened when a consumer fucked one up? The risks outweighs the rewards for a thrill ride, imo.

[Chucho]

What happened when a consumer fucked one up? The risks outweighs the rewards for a thrill ride, imo.

Insurance was expensive and not optional. On some cars, you had to have the bankroll to be approved. Massive mileage conditions and every vehicle had guardians and gps devices so vehicles really couldn't be hot rodded.

We spent $500 on the Vette for basically 36 hours, but some of these cars were thousands and thousands per day.

[Chucho]

On those race track ones where you drive 5 laps for a c note, they have a pro driver in there with you and you don't get to drive very fast in those either since those tracks are usually set up in mall parking lots or similar open spaces.

[SpursforSix]

On those race track ones where you drive 5 laps for a c note, they have a pro driver in there with you and you don't get to drive very fast in those either since those tracks are usually set up in mall parking lots or similar open spaces.

That seems reasonable for a 1 time deal. I don't know if I'll ever get around to doing something like that though.

[Reck]

Apparently a new episode is being added to Netflix soon.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/new-tiger-king-episode-coming-netflix-says-docuseries-subject-jeff-n1177101

This dropped last night. It’s useless.

Its just a glorified interview about how these people are managing post show. Who gives a fuck

[Darth_Pelican]

This dropped last night. It’s useless.

Its just a glorified interview about how these people are managing post show. Who gives a fuck

Yeah I watched it. Waste of 40 minutes. The only thing it showed is that Joe Exotic truly has no allies. He must have been the biggest asshole imaginable when the cameras weren’t rolling.

[Reck]

Yeah I watched it. Waste of 40 minutes. The only thing it showed is that Joe Exotic truly has no allies. He must have been the biggest asshole imaginable when the cameras weren’t rolling.

He ran on the Trump platform and somehow got 20% of the vote so that should answer that.

Tbh, that guy is why Oklahoma gets it's bad rap. He's a breathing, walking stereotype hillbilly, meth idiot.

[leemajors]

He ran on the Trump platform and somehow got 20% of the vote so that should answer that.

Tbh, that guy is why Oklahoma gets it's bad rap. He's a breathing, walking stereotype hillbilly, meth idiot.

The land thieves got their bad rap way before this.

[Bill_Brasky]

I fucking hate this "documentary". The guy is a piece of shit and somehow he's framed as the one we should have sympathy for...poor Carol Baskin getting her name dragged through the mud like that.

[Reck]

Nicolas Cage is going to play Joe in a limited TV series. :lol just as crazy as the guy so this is just as a perfect casting as there will ever be.

[SpursforSix]

Nicolas Cage is going to play Joe in a limited TV series. :lol just as crazy as the guy so this is just as a perfect casting as there will ever be.

This will be stupid. Anyone that would want to see this has likely already seen the documentary. I can't see any dramatization of the story being any better than the real thing.

[Xevious]

This will be stupid. Anyone that would want to see this has likely already seen the documentary. I can't see any dramatization of the story being any better than the real thing.
Agreed.

[Reck]

This will be stupid. Anyone that would want to see this has likely already seen the documentary. I can't see any dramatization of the story being any better than the real thing.

Or it could be entertaining.

They're probably going the other direction. It won't just be a copy/paste from the Netflix stuff. They can play around with Carol's character more.


However, it will not be based on Netflix’s breakout documentary series, “Tiger King.” Instead, Dan Lagana and Paul Young previously optioned the article “Joe Exotic: A dark Journey Into the World of a Man Gone Wild” by Leif Reigstad in Texas Monthly (https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/joe-exotic-a-dark-journey-into-the-world-of-a-man-gone-wild/).

[Chucho]

If they don't use "based on a true story" and add scenes of Carol killing her husband and feeding him to the tigers like she did IRL, I'm totally down.

[Chucho]

Anyone been watching the Innocence Files?

Good, yet typical Netflix docu (same feeling you get watching the Confession Tapes, Making a Murderer, I am Killer and all the same cookie-cutter Netflix docs (not a complaint, I love Ken Burns docs and they are ALL the same)).

Just illustrates further how broken the justice system is and how corrupt the prosecution side of things are. Good stuff for murder mystery porn fans.

[Darth_Pelican]

Tiger King: Joe Exotic's former zoo handed to rival Carole Baskin
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52888484 (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52888484)

[Reck]

Tiger King: Joe Exotic's former zoo handed to rival Carole Baskin


https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52888484 (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52888484)

She got what she wanted.

Money is everything. This bitch isn't better than Joe. Both are scum.

One simply had more money than the other.

[Chucho]

She got what she wanted.

Money is everything. This bitch isn't better than Joe. Both are scum.

One simply had more money than the other.



I think I read somewhere she spent $14 million to get shitty land in Oklahoma that is barely worth a million bucks. The headline is misleading. There is no zoo there. And she will have to clear the land of remaining cages/buildings, too.

[Spurtacular]

Happy to say I haven't watched any of this as of yet.

[SpursforSix]

Happy to say I haven't watched any of this as of yet.

Yeah, I guess that gave you an extra 10 hours or so to shove gerbils up your butt.

[Blake]

She got what she wanted.

Money is everything. This bitch isn't better than Joe. Both are scum.

One simply had more money than the other.

One got convicted of crimes. The other we're just left to assume the tigers ate all the evidence

[SnakeBoy]

Happy to say I haven't watched any of this as of yet.

I really thought it would be a waste of time but found it surprisingly entertaining. It was kind of like watching a nature documentary on an interesting human-like species. Just wish they would have had David Attenborough narrate.

[spurraider21]

got around to watching it last week. i mean, it was entertaining, and went in depth into a subject that i had no previous knowledge about, so that was cool, but it felt very dragged out. could have been done in 4-5 episodes instead of 7