re: Brewsters Millions

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I never understood how he was able to mail that stamp without it violating one of the main rules he was given. Which was he could not intentionally damage anything he buys with the money. By mailing that postcard using that rare stamp, it destroyed its value.

And if that was allowed, then why not just go buy $30 million worth of extremely rare and valuable stamps and mail letters with them

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that was an "oh shite the movie is about to end , let's wrap this up" exemption. lol

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that was an "oh shite the movie is about to end , let's wrap this up" exemption.

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He obviously had an epiphany at the end when it seemed that all was lost. It happens

Best ways to blow money with nothing tangible to show for it-

Short-selling a stock or commodity expected to rise.

Churn-and-burn buying and selling of stocks repeatedly, running up high brokerage transaction fees.

Buy expensive alcohol, such as wine or champagne, and have a party, which Brewster did do.

Rent out the penthouse at an extravagant hotel, such as the Walford-Astoria, which Brewster did do.

Pay for a ride on the Russian space shuttle, which costs well north of a million dollars.

Lease a plane and fly everywhere, which costs a shitload of money in pilot hours, depreciation on the jet, and jet fuel.

Order a lot of the world's most expensive dessert, which is made using gold leaf, diamonds, and strawberry caviar, which runs around 20,000 pounds or roughly $30K-40K per dessert. Some of the cost is in the presentation, like eating it on gold plates and gold flatware.

Rent out an expensive venue, like Madison Square Garden, for a party.

Hire a number of famous musicians to do performances for you.


Pretty much, we're talking about the kind of stuff Conan O'Brian joked about when NBC was firing him, like getting a Bugatti Veyron for the show, decorated as a mouse, with the original Rolling Stones version of Satisfaction playing over the scene, or showing a Kentucky Derby winner wearing a mink Snuggie and watching restricted Super Bowl footage on the air.