# Rip Torn arrested. In a bank. Armed. And drunk. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327 "2010-02-02T02:56:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/21 "2010-02-02T16:36:48Z")
I hope they make this into a \*Law&Order \*episode. I can see it now: “Ripped” from the headlines… ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/22 "2010-02-02T17:06:04Z")
Probably the result of an “intergalactic kegger”. > **[Were Not Hosting an Intergalactic Kegger Down Here](https://intergalactickeggerdownhere.ytmnd.com/)** Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/23 "2010-02-02T17:12:03Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Presumably, he was already deep in the throes of alcoholism when he accepted that role. I only pray he never watched the film while sober. I don’t think Rip has done anything lately while sober. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/24 "2010-02-03T00:40:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > \*\*Rip Torn arrested. In a bank. Armed. And drunk. > \*\* None of which is as astonishing as the implied “still alive.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/25 "2010-02-03T01:17:45Z")
> [@robby](#): > > The cops found him wandering around the teller area with his fly down. He didn’t have the gun out; it was found in his pocket. Actually, it sounds like his gun may have been out, but his firearm was in his pocket. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/26 "2010-02-03T01:22:00Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > None of which is as astonishing as the implied “still alive.” And in perfect hibernation. Sorry. Reflex. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/27 "2010-02-03T01:25:15Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > You know, I always confuse Rip Torn and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, so this headline had quite a different impact for me… :dubious: When I see Rip Torn’s name I always think Rip Taylor. Now there’s a picture: Rip Taylor wobbling around a bank, drunk and armed. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/28 "2010-02-03T01:27:03Z")
I remember Rip when he’d appear on the Tonight Show with Jay. He’d run out of the audience and confetti would drop from the ceiling. He’d always have a wig with this wild looking hair. Hope he gets some help and gets the drinking under control. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/29 "2010-02-03T01:40:09Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I remember Rip when he’d appear on the Tonight Show with Jay. He’d run out of the audience and confetti would drop from the ceiling. He’d always have a wig with this wild looking hair. > > Hope he gets some help and gets the drinking under control. Wrong guy. Or is that a whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/30 "2010-02-03T02:04:52Z")
No, I was serious. Isn’t Rip Torn the guy with the huge Walrus mustache and wig? For some reason, he was always throwing confetti. \ I wouldn’t mind being wrong. I’d hate to think such a happy, joyous person had these kinds of problems. this article says, Rip Torn is the confetti guy. [http://www.anorak.co.uk/238099/media/rip-torn-is-ript-taylor-in-hartford.html](http://www.anorak.co.uk/238099/media/rip-torn-is-ript-taylor-in-hartford.html) > [@](#): > > Known for a zany brand of humor that included wearing wigs and tossing confetti, Torn made regular appearances on television variety shows in the 1960s and ’70s. In all, he’s had roles in more than 100 movies and shows ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/31 "2010-02-03T02:13:00Z")
\ ***update** never mind. I see, after reading closer that this paper got it wrong. darn names are too similar. Even fools the papers. :smack: Apparently, Rip Torn is some actor I’d forgotten about. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/32 "2010-02-03T02:33:50Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Well, in his defense, the bank was right around the corner from his house and looked remarkably like his house. No kidding. [This is the bank](http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en-GB&q=&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enAU254AU254&ie=UTF-8) in Google Street View, and it looks like all the houses there are similar to that style. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/33 "2010-02-03T02:38:28Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Actually, it sounds like his gun may have been out, but his firearm was in his pocket. 🙂 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4kU0XCVey_U/hqdefault.jpg "This Is My Rifle. This Is My Gun") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kU0XCVey_U) Quasi ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/34 "2010-02-03T02:42:17Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Probably the result of an “intergalactic kegger”. > > [http://intergalactickeggerdownhere.ytmnd.com/](http://intergalactickeggerdownhere.ytmnd.com/) > > Quasi Is that all that website does? That’s the whole point of its existence? Someone pays ten bucks a year to have that thing on the internet? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/35 "2010-02-03T02:46:48Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > Is that all that website does? That’s the whole point of its existence? Someone pays ten bucks a year to have that thing on the internet? Wow. No, it does more than that. YTMD stands for “You’re The Man Now, Dog”, the Sean Connery quote from Finding Forrester. The eponymous quote also had it’s own page where it repeated the audio over and over. Basically the site lets users create meme-worthy material. See [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YTMND). ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/36 "2010-02-03T03:14:53Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > No, I was serious. Isn’t Rip Torn the guy with the huge Walrus mustache and wig? For some reason, he was always throwing confetti. \ I wouldn’t mind being wrong. I’d hate to think such a happy, joyous person had these kinds of problems. > > this article says, Rip Torn is the confetti guy. > [http://www.anorak.co.uk/238099/media/rip-torn-is-ript-taylor-in-hartford.html](http://www.anorak.co.uk/238099/media/rip-torn-is-ript-taylor-in-hartford.html) [You’re thinking of Rip Taylor not Rip Torn.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Taylor) ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/37 "2010-02-04T04:35:32Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Not Patches O’Hoolihan!:smack: If he can dodge a wrench, he can dodge a prison stay! hh ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/38 "2010-02-04T06:50:35Z")
> [@robby](#): > > The cops found him wandering around the teller area with his fly down. He didn’t have the gun out; it was found in his pocket. I wonder if he tried to escape by using his Flashy Thing on the cops. That’s not how it works! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/39 "2010-02-04T22:26:44Z")
Torn was not a favorite of the “Combat!” cast (neither was Jack Lord) when he appeared on it almost 50 years ago. So this isn’t a recent development. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327/40 "2010-02-04T23:44:26Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > You know, I always confuse Rip Torn and theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, so this headline had quite a different impact for me… :dubious: Wow, I thought I was the only one who confuses them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-arrested-in-a-bank-armed-and-drunk/527327.md?page=3)