The House of Getty

Episode aired Mar 25, 2018
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J. Paul Getty is in the process of burying his eldest son George, who committed suicide. His three remaining sons besmirch him and wonder who will be chosen as the next in line to run their ... Read allJ. Paul Getty is in the process of burying his eldest son George, who committed suicide. His three remaining sons besmirch him and wonder who will be chosen as the next in line to run their father's vast empire.J. Paul Getty is in the process of burying his eldest son George, who committed suicide. His three remaining sons besmirch him and wonder who will be chosen as the next in line to run their father's vast empire.

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Trust: The House Of Getty

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J. Paul Getty, the richest man in the entire world, is in the process of burying his eldest son George, who committed suicide by stabbing himself in the chest with a carving fork. His three remaining sons besmirch him and wonder who will be chosen as the next in line to run their father's vast empire. In walks J. Paul Getty's 16-year-old disheveled grandson John Paul Getty III, who quickly builds up enough nerve to ask his grandfather for a handout of $6,000 to pay off some debts in Rome. His grandfather does not comply so John III is forced to make other arrangements. —Ed Shullivan

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Trivia
In the pilot, it is shown that guests to the Getty Estate were directed to make calls using the payphone. This incident may have painted him as a miser, but there was a practical reason for doing so. Before the installation of the payphone, there was major hike in his communications cost, due to guests taking advantage of many phones throughout the house that had direct access to outside lines (long-distance, or placing drawn-out local calls). In addition to the payphone, the other phones had dial-locks placed on top of it.

Goofs
The coinbox telephone shown in the Gerry mansion in England shown is more typical of the 1950s than the 1970s. One scene showed someone pumping coins into it for a long distance call, which simply was not possible with that type of coinbox, but would have been credible if the right coinbox had been used.

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J. Paul Getty: So, Sarah Getty, your great-grandmother. This is her trust. I buy oil fields. The money from which I invest in shipping. Why pay someone else to transport your own oil? The money from which I invest in refineries. Why pay someone else to process your own oil? The money from which I invest in gas stations. Why pay someone else to pump your own gas? The money from which I invest in hotels, to house my workforce. The money from which I invest back into the trust. The money from which I invest in
J. Paul Getty III: Buying more oil fields
J. Paul Getty: You see the beauty of it?
J. Paul Getty III: It's like a spider's web
J. Paul Getty: Exactly. For the money spider that just keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger. It's a self-sustaining system that never pays a cent in tax because it never goes a cent into profit. For the purposes of accounting, Getty Oil runs at a loss, my boy. At a loss. We're so poor, we could get milk tokens from the goddamn British government.
J. Paul Getty III: So so there's no way of drawing on the trust?
J. Paul Getty: Not unless you want to pay 70% in taxes. Haven't you been listening?
J. Paul Getty: Yeah, it's just...
J. Paul Getty III: Oh, God.
J. Paul Getty: What's wrong?
J. Paul Getty III: I can always tell when one of my brood wants money.
J. Paul Getty: You're right. No, you're right. Hey, to be straight, I am kind of short on money.
J. Paul Getty III: At the moment, son, you're probably one of the ten richest people in England.
J. Paul Getty: Yeah, but I don't actually have it.
J. Paul Getty: No, nor do I, not a cent. The Gettys and the queen of England: we don't do cash.
J. Paul Getty III: Okay, but, sir, just leveling with you here. I, uh, I ran up some debts in Rome. I made some mistakes. I-I, I really need to just pay them off so I can move on. Live more wisely.
J. Paul Getty: How much?
J. Paul Getty III: About $6,000, sir.
J. Paul Getty: What sort of mistakes?
J. Paul Getty III: I just went out too much, drank too much, you know, that sort of thing.
J. Paul Getty: Drugs?
J. Paul Getty: No, sir. No way.
J. Paul Getty: You know what drugs have done to our family. To your Uncle George. To your father. I have no time for that nonsense at all.
J. Paul Getty III: Yeah, I totally understand, yeah
J. Paul Getty: Women?
J. Paul Getty III: Yeah.
J. Paul Getty: Yeah - That's a Getty weakness. I get my women to sign a contract before sex, renouncing all rights.
J. Paul Getty III: What is it, like, a financial condom?
J. Paul Getty: I never thought of it that way. Come on, we have a helicopter to catch

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Money
Written by Roger Waters
Performed by Pink Floyd
Incorrectly credited as written by Pink Floyd

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"...neither does poverty, Ed..."

This is the proper retort to "money can't buy happiness." Neither does poverty. And money CAN buy happiness, comfort, beauty, security, etc. There is a lot more in life to be enjoyed and you don't need money to get sex. Just look at any ghetto or section eight housing complexes. Plenty of sex produced all those children but let's get back to the topic at hand: The ONE thing money cannot buy is TIME. I learned that from some of my family members who were/are indeed quite wealthy.

The media has been displaying money as a bad thing (while they themselves need, spend and receive MILLIONS for their product; are you going to tell me that Boyle and Sutherland did this series for free...?) So enough with demonizing money as a theme for the rest of us peons.

ALL of this leads to the abduction of Getty. I was a young teen when that happened and the general consensus was that of YES: He was behind his own kidnapping in order to get "his money" earlier than it was to be doled out and naturally without having to work for it. THAT is a problem. If you teach a child that they do not need to work for their money, then they tend to expect it. (Can we circle back to that section eight housing bit for just a moment...?) Probably not, as I'm sure this won't pass the sensitivity muster. In case it does, then let me continue: Wealthy with zero responsibility or on the dole just leads to insane entitlement issues and today's example is: Toxic Getty Grandchild, an echo of his grandfather, amazingly portrayed by Sutherland.

The music, scenery and acting is amazing in this episode and I'm finding that Fraser and Silas are stealing the show, in spite of Sutherland's commanding display. I am thoroughly enjoying every inch of the screen, not just the characters and dialogue. Truly beautiful architecture and settings (that only money can buy).

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