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Stephen Mayers

Stephen Mayers

Former bank robber and author of "The Treehouse: The True Story of Hollywood the Bank Robber"; principal accomplice of Scott "Hollywood" Scurlock in the 1990s Seattle bank robberies featured in the Netflix docuseries "How to Rob a Bank."

Aug 31, 2026

REAL LIVES

REAL LIVES

'I Put Him in Prison for 13 Years... Now We Are Friends'

Aug 31 · 50m

Naomi Channell
Naomi ChannellHOST
12:40
Again, drawing another pop culture reference here, but very Mrs. Doubtfire with prosthetics.
Stephen Mayers
Stephen MayersGUEST
12:49
Because I was a sculptor and he wanted me to refine his prosthetics because that idea came to him through a couple different films.
Stephen Mayers
Stephen MayersGUEST
13:00
That's what clicked in his head.
Stephen Mayers
Stephen MayersGUEST
13:02
Earlier, FX used to be a TV series and he'd seen them making prosthetics.
Stephen Mayers
Stephen MayersGUEST
13:06
And then, of course, Doubtfire was one.
Stephen Mayers
Stephen MayersGUEST
13:09
But, you know, he didn't want a full mask.
Stephen Mayers
Stephen MayersGUEST
13:12
He just wanted components because a full mask is too complicated and too, first of all, you can't just take it and throw it away.

32 MINS LATER

Sean JohnsonGUEST
45:13
But, uh, you know,

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