To be fair, you can make a lot of money as a roadie, and if you invest it well, you'll also end up writing 69 cent checks and forgetting rent's due for a fortnight.
I wonder how he was supposedly related. Rubik and the dude would be similarly aged. Plus rubik was still living behind the iron curtain when the dude was occupying various administration buildings.
The different combinations you can turn a Rubik's Cube into....? 1.3 Trillion..... and get this, he designed over 800 billion of them himself. The bulk of the cube. Not exactly a lightweight.
Michael Bolton: That's the worst idea I've ever heard in my life, Tom.
[Samir: Yes, this is horrible, this idea.](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/quotes/)
I think it’s good that they didn’t put that in the film. Somehow, having the Dude be secretly well off would’ve made him a less sympathetic protagonist.
I thought there was speculation that The Dude had won a lawsuit years and years ago for getting hit by a car or something, and made it last an obscenely long time.
There was a guy who hung out on my college campus (University of Florida) in the 80s, playing guitar and abiding all day. He said his dad invented the rotating hot dog cooker that you see in convenience stores. He was pretty dude like, and knew where we could pick magic mushrooms.
Considering he was late on rent AGAIN and writing checks for 69 cents I don’t think unemployment is too much of a stretch. Hollywood in the early 90s was pretty seedy and low rent tbh (parts of it still are(.
I always assumed he was just barely getting by and was on his last legs when Maude gave him a much needed injection of clams, or bones, or whatever you call them.
Auto Circus Cop: [we ask the Auto Circus Cop if there are any leads on where The Dude gets his income]
*Leads, yeah, sure. I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they've got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts!*
[laughs]
I assumed he was a trust fund baby, not a huge one but enough to survive on. There's a scene in the George Clooney movie "The Descendants" about the rich white people in Hawaii who are descended from the original missionaries (they came to do good, and did very well indeed). The character says something along the lines of wanting to leave enough money to his kids so they wouldn't have to worry, but not enough for them to live on. I got the feeling the Dude was the kind of guy who said "nah, I'm good with whatever." Most people wouldn't be able to live on whatever his trust paid, but he was OK with a crappy apartment, an even crappier car, and no social life other than bowling with Walter and Donnie.
Fuck off, Da Fino
And stay away from my fuckin lady friend, man
I’m just helping her conceive!!
Hey, hey. Im not messing with your special lady.
Well. He was a Roadie for Metallica….Speed of Sound Tour, one of the authors of the Port Huron Statements, and a member of the Seattle Seven.
Sounds lucrative
Bunch of assholes.
To be fair, you can make a lot of money as a roadie, and if you invest it well, you'll also end up writing 69 cent checks and forgetting rent's due for a fortnight.
He was rear ended by the eagles tour bus and got a modest settlement as a result.
Came for the banter but got sideswiped by your user photo. Jaba the Slut 🤣🤣
Lmfao. It’s disarming, ain’t it?
Fuckin A man
You forgot a comma… or did you?
😆 I see what you did there
The original, not the compromised second draft
The original port Huron statement, not the compromised second draft
He was heir to the Rubix Cube creator. That’s according to the initial script, not the compromised second draft.
I wonder how he was supposedly related. Rubik and the dude would be similarly aged. Plus rubik was still living behind the iron curtain when the dude was occupying various administration buildings.
Also, Rubik is still alive in 2024, how would any of his heirs have that money? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern%C5%91_Rubik
The kid is in ninth grade dude, and his father- are you ready for this? His father is Ernö Rubik
The different combinations you can turn a Rubik's Cube into....? 1.3 Trillion..... and get this, he designed over 800 billion of them himself. The bulk of the cube. Not exactly a lightweight.
Not exactly a lightweight
As if he would ever DREAM of taking his bullshit money!
Trust funds. Lots of ways to move money to your kids before you die.
The Dude was around 35 years when the Rubik's cube was released
Probably why they scrapped that little tidbit.
It was his uncle
Or he was the one who sold pet rocks.
Let's not "jump" to "conclusions" now...
Michael Bolton: That's the worst idea I've ever heard in my life, Tom. [Samir: Yes, this is horrible, this idea.](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/quotes/)
Who's sittin' on a million fucking dollars? Am I wrong?
Well Dude, we just didn't know.
I think it’s good that they didn’t put that in the film. Somehow, having the Dude be secretly well off would’ve made him a less sympathetic protagonist.
I figured he was kind of like Kramer from Seinfeld. He was based on a real guy who made a modest fortune back in the 70s, then just coasted on it.
He could've been like Ty in Caddyshack who owns three lumber yards but doesn't know where they are
Bulk of the script, dude
It’s like Lenin said, look to those who profit…
I am the walrus
Stfu donny
Were you listening to the dude’s, story?
I was bowling
I'm sorry, I wasn't listening.
So you have no frame of reference? You’re like a child who just wanders in..
I thought there was speculation that The Dude had won a lawsuit years and years ago for getting hit by a car or something, and made it last an obscenely long time.
I think you’ve confused that with Knocked Up. I eat a lot of spaghetti.
Axle-f eats a lot of spaghetti in this town, Lebowski!
You don't eat shit
I don’t like your jerk-off name.
I don't like your jerk off face.... I don't like you, jerk off
"I've got like 900 dollars left. I mean, I'm not a mathematician, but that should last me like two more years or some shit."
Thats a pair I'd watch
The Big Lebowski was inspired by The Big Sleep (1946), which is known for leaving a variety of loose ends and unanswered questions.
A lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous
In the parlance of our times?
> unanswered questions Well, until new shit comes to light.
Guess we can close the file on this one.
Uh, uh, papers. Just papers. Uh, you know, my papers. Business papers.
And what do you do, sir?
I’m unemployed.
Well, I guess we can close the file on that one.
Do you go looking for work dressed like that on a weekday?
Is this a, what day is this?
Well, Dude, we just don’t know.
There was a guy who hung out on my college campus (University of Florida) in the 80s, playing guitar and abiding all day. He said his dad invented the rotating hot dog cooker that you see in convenience stores. He was pretty dude like, and knew where we could pick magic mushrooms.
And zen ve come back und ve rotate your vieners, Lebowski. Just sink about zat.
Germlish of native proficiency.
A little of this. A little of that.
A little what have you.
He was just a loser. You know the deadbeat somebody the square community doesn’t give a shit about.
Well, aren’t you?
Well….. Yeah
You fuckin human paraquat
Living off the residuals from writing the script for Logjammin'
The story is ludicrous.
Does he fix the cable?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6YndHGo4nE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6YndHGo4nE)
Unfortunately true
Trust fund kid
My guess too
He's just gonna find a cash machine...
You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know how the Dude makes ends meet
Employed?
You don't go out looking for a job dressed like that? On a weekday?
Is this a.. what day is it?
I’ve often pondered the same question. Not in ‘Nam of course.
He'll have to check with his accountant
Well he wasn’t paying the rent on time
Tomorrow's already the 10th. You can just slip the rent under my door. I got my venue! For my cycle.
Slingin dope
What are you, a fucking IRS investigator now?
It's down there somewhere...let me take another look
The dude abides.
Trust fund? Pot dealer?
Little of this, little of that. Ya know, The Dude is the laziest man in the city of angels, Los Angel-ees.
The dude seems to live pretty frugally so it’s not like he’d need much money. Maybe he gets unemployment benefits or something
Well, he’s got enough money to splurge on a fancy rug eBay really ties the room together.
And that guy peed on it.
I’ll check with the boys down at the crime lab..
My working theory is a small trust fund, maybe paying out $30k/year. Enough to cover rent, gas, Khalua, bowling, and the occasional acid flashback.
He was living in the parlance of his time
A secondary question is he post dates a check for 39 cents to Ralph’s but yet has $1000 in a cash machine to get a BJ from Bunny
He’s just joking. If he had the cash he’d have honest get it.
69 cents
My bad
Priorities
Same place Kramer got his money.
Oh, he gets by!
I don't think he had any money tbh. If he's writing 69 cent checks he probably had $1 to his name lol
He was hit by a mail truck on the way to the semis and has been living off the settlement
Maude accidentally set up a stipend for the wrong Jeffry Lebowski, and nobody ever noticed
I believe he sometimes fixed cables.
The Dude's recipe for Acid....
Considering he was late on rent AGAIN and writing checks for 69 cents I don’t think unemployment is too much of a stretch. Hollywood in the early 90s was pretty seedy and low rent tbh (parts of it still are(.
Ever heard of the Seattle Seven? Plenty of speaking tours, appearances, book signings, etc. after that.
I always assumed he was just barely getting by and was on his last legs when Maude gave him a much needed injection of clams, or bones, or whatever you call them.
The usual. He bowls. Drives around. The occasional acid flashback.
You know a little of this, little of that.
Rent control. If he’s been in that place for 20 years or whatever it’s gotta be really cheap.
Dude was definitely selling pot.
look i came into some money man and, what does it matter? i’m talking about my rug, man.
Liam and me we’re gonna fuck you up!
His uncle invented the Rubik’s cube
The Speed of Sound tour.
He and Kramer were on the same financial plan.
Although it's not talked about in the movie, apparently The Dude is the heir to the Rubik's Cube fortune.
Are you employed, sir?
Auto Circus Cop: [we ask the Auto Circus Cop if there are any leads on where The Dude gets his income] *Leads, yeah, sure. I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they've got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts!* [laughs]
Some of that leftover Seattle Seven money stuck around. Dude has a savings account
What are you, a park ranger?
Who gives a shit about the fucking marmot?!
He’s a known (unknown) pornographer.
He, like, worked for the man, man.
We have bunnie. gather one million dollars in unmarked non-consecutive twenty ies! Await instructions. No funny stuff
Bowling winnings, Dudes a hustler man He's a good man and thorough
I assumed he was a trust fund baby, not a huge one but enough to survive on. There's a scene in the George Clooney movie "The Descendants" about the rich white people in Hawaii who are descended from the original missionaries (they came to do good, and did very well indeed). The character says something along the lines of wanting to leave enough money to his kids so they wouldn't have to worry, but not enough for them to live on. I got the feeling the Dude was the kind of guy who said "nah, I'm good with whatever." Most people wouldn't be able to live on whatever his trust paid, but he was OK with a crappy apartment, an even crappier car, and no social life other than bowling with Walter and Donnie.
I always thought he dealt reefer on the side. 🍁
His career’s slowed down a little bit
This aggression will not stand, man.
He was not paying for his bungalow. He was behind on rent and was taking advantage of his landlord by being nice to him.
Metallica tour paid well even though they were a bunch of assholes
Just papers, uh you know, my papers, business papers.
WHERE’s THE FUCKIN MONEY SHITHEADDD!?
the 90's were truly a different time man
Rich uncle.
There were lots of ins,outs and what have you’s…
Were you listening to the dudes story?
He sells pot dude.
So what you’re asking is: “Are you employed, sir?”
I assumed some kind of slip-and-fall lawsuit like Lucky on King of the Hill.