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July 28, 2014

#1400: D.B. Cooper explain

D.B. Cooper

[Cueball is using a baton to point towards a projector.]

D.B. Cooper

(“Dan Cooper”)

Hijacked a plane in the 1970s.

On landing, demanded money and

parachutes. Jumped from plane

mid-flight and was never found.

*Vanished mysteriously with large amount of money

*Real age/name unknown

*Ambiguous, possibly affected speaking style (“negotiable American currency”)

*Fate unknown

[Cueball has his palm out.]

Tommy Wiseau

(“Johnny”)

Wrote, directed, and starred in

The Room, a film widely hailed as

“The Citizen Kane of bad movies.”

*Appeared mysteriously with large amount of money

*Colleague says he’s much older than he claims.

*Ambiguous, possibly affected speaking style (“You are tearing me apart, Lisa!”)

*Background unknown

[Two images captioned “Cooper (FBI sketch)” and “Wiseau (Flickr photo by Al Pavangkanan)”.]

Offscreen voice: This is the dumbest theory I’ve ever heard.

Cueball: But it explains everything!!