Last week I watched a show called Wingnuts. A shop at Torrance Airport in California uses old airplane parts to make aviation-themed furniture. I only tuned into it while channel-surfing because I thought it might be a show about building an airplane. Nope. They’re building a table.
There’s a guy with a droopy grey moustache who has a temper. There’s a hulking tattooed figure (Tim Roberts) with a voice like a gravel quarry who also has a temper. Then there’s the salesman who’s a bit of a weenie. I found the show derivative of such shows as Monster Garage and that chopper show with the loudmouthed father. Not something I’d watch, even though I like aviation-themed furniture. (My living room lighting is supplied by a hanging lamp with a biplane-covered shade that I got when I was ten.)
Tonight I had a few minutes after Bill Maher, and I happened upon the end of Wingnuts. After the show there was an in memoriam to Tim Roberts, the tattoed guy. Apparently he died on the 11th. In the show I actually watched, Tim and the other guy were arguing. Tim said something like, “I can’t raise my voice, so you’re just going to have to listen.” Anyone know what happened to his voice? Anyone know why he died? Was he born in '55, or '65?