What kind of TV shows have you been watching these days? John Ham’s new TV series Your friends and neighborsIt’s starting tomorrow…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivrfmd6deoe

Doesn’t the trailer look fun? Hamm plays a hedge fund manager, a newly divorced, unemployed, who begins stealing from the homes of his wealthy neighbors in order to maintain the family lifestyle.

I have a funny jewellery thief story (as in one): in my 20s, I worked for a magazine called Topic, which interviews people connected to each issue of topic (for example, a competitive hot dog eater with the issue of “food”). Due to our “sin” issue, I contacted the jewel thief, Bill MasonI had just left prison. Like John Hamm’s character, he captivated the path to high society, and later stole over $35 million in gems from people he met at the party, including Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, and Truman Capote. (!!!) The interview with him was intense. The day after I left him a voice message, he called me while I was walking home from work in Manhattan, so I sat down on the sidewalk along First Avenue, opened my laptop and wrote down everything he said.

So I’m very excited to see this show. Are you watching that? Something else that has caught your attention lately?

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