Digby the Plastic Baby

Beasley Digital

Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about a couple who has been raising a plastic doll baby named Digby since 1990, taking it on extravagant vacations and traveling the world.

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00:00there's two gay guys yes who are raising a plastic baby doll

00:08oh it's beautiful beautiful a retired teacher 74 year old a.j.

00:19sepulnik and his husband former dentist mark kirby who's 65

00:23decided they wanted a baby that wouldn't affect their lifestyle this is how all of them should

00:28be along came digby dupont digby dupont digby dupont digby is a plastic baby doll

00:38and they said it all became very real very fast now they say they spoil this baby doll digby oh

00:48he's got great pants they both have matching oh they are both in the same pants i thought that

00:53was a mirror i thought it was a mirror for a second they're in the same exact outfit

00:57oh james let's do this who's the old guy coming up in the background yeah he's going into the store

01:01what the christ looks like pants that dudley boys would wear yeah it does here's a little taste of

01:07oh jesus christ oh he's wearing the babies in the same outfit too oh yeah digby's got a little

01:24which is a bit of a family

01:28all our friends started having children and we got very annoyed because they had a cancel

01:36engagement and there were always excuses so i said to mark we should get a baby that won't impede our lifestyle

01:45Yes.

01:46And when you're in 1990, now we spend endless amounts of money on him.

01:54Nothing is too good.

01:55You know how you spoil children.

01:57Especially these days.

01:58He has a Cartier watch and he has a-

02:02He has a Cartier watch in my garage!

02:04We used to go to the Circle lot when it was still open and they used to love him there

02:08because he would create buzz in the room.

02:10They always wanted us to bring Digby.

02:12You know, if we didn't bring Digby, they were disappointed.

02:15Shanghai.

02:16We had a tuxedo and a suit mate for him at the table to measure him.

02:19In fact, even at Ralph Lauren, they did that at the Polo store.

02:23He's a shiny baby.

02:24He is.

02:25He's shiny.

02:26He's oiled up.

02:27He's oiled up.

02:28I'm trying to get the shirt to show you the button that needs to be fixed.

02:31Why?

02:32When it comes to Digby, nothing is too good.

02:34He had a bar mitzvah when he was 13.

02:36A lot of people for that.

02:38On the 21st birthday, we took him to 21 Club.

02:41The last birthday this year, we took him to Tiffany's for breakfast.

02:45And he didn't have doughnuts and coffee like Audrey Hepburn.

02:50He had smoked salmon on a bagel.

02:5328.

02:54Mark's mother thinks that he ought to take his own apartment and move out.

02:58He's too old to live with us.

02:59Oh, that's an Instagram.

03:01Wow.

03:02How long have they had this baby?

03:04Oh, since like, uh...

03:05The 90s, I thought.

03:06Yeah, 1990.

03:07They've had this baby since 1990.

03:10This baby has a way better life than we do.

03:12We went to South America.

03:13We went to the Galapagos.

03:14We've done numerous safaris in Africa.

03:17He's been to the pyramids.

03:19We got him a little passport.

03:20Last winter we went to...

03:21They got him a passport and somehow got foreign customs people to stamp the fake baby's passport.

03:27You can't argue with Digby.

03:29It could be a fake.

03:30Well, no, but they have actual stamps in it from...

03:32Yeah, but I mean, it could be fake in...

03:34Australia, New Zealand, Bali, Antarctica.

03:38All seven continents.

03:39Yes.

03:40Yes.

03:41And when we go on trips to Asia, they love him there because they really all, you know,

03:47worship these inanimate objects and they really think he has powers.

03:51The kids are so entranced by him.

03:53Right.

03:54I'm running out of all the little huts and if you pick him up and you, you know,

03:57they all...

03:59Jesus.

04:00Holy Christ.

04:02Sometimes it's, it makes it quite fun.

04:05Yes.

04:06Oh, the music is great.

04:07I've got to tell you, Digby has been around the world.

04:10He's always, uh, surprises me with his sense of style, his elan, his je ne sais quoi.

04:16Oh, my God.

04:17They have suave nailed down.

04:19We didn't really have a concept as to how, we had no concept, how real he would be.

04:25Initially it looks very strange, but as you get to know us and be with us, it doesn't

04:31seem so in you.

04:32They always trust the same guys.

04:33They're just a normal New York family.

04:36They're just a normal New York family.

04:38Yeah, right.

04:39That's what they said there at the end.

04:40They're so rich.

04:41I tell ya, when we first started talking about this story, I didn't know what I was

04:45gonna feel about two dudes having a baby doll son.

04:48And, uh, by the end of it, they won me over.

04:53I like this.

04:54I support the hell out of this.

04:56You're all team Digby now?

04:57I'm all team Digby.

04:58I'm all team...

04:59Listen.

05:00Digby's dads.

05:03What do Digby's dads do?

05:06Because they're rolling in dough.

05:08Really?

05:09I wanna know.

05:10One of them was a retired teacher and a retired dentist.

05:13The dentist was the one who brought it home.

05:14The dentist made all that money?

05:15Yeah.

05:16Yeah, he's a New York dentist.

05:17New York dentist.

05:18All those teeth.

05:19Millions of teeth.

05:20They seem like they're super rich.

05:22Yeah.

05:23They seem like a fun group.

05:26Lisa was dying.

05:27Lisa.

05:28Lisa could not keep it together.

05:29Lisa was dying.

05:30Dying.

05:31During this.

05:32I love, like, the old man in the beginning coming through the grocery store.

05:35Mr. Christ is packed up a dude.

05:38I gotta head down here quick.

05:40Oh my goodness.

05:41Get a little few things here at Trader Joe's.

05:43What the hell is going on?

05:47The Dudley boys.

05:48Oh, those aren't the Dudley boys.

05:52Those are a couple gay boys.

05:56How you doing there?

05:58This is Digby.

06:00Digby.

06:01Who?

06:02Digby DuPont.

06:03It's a doll.

06:04Nope, it's our son.

06:05Jesus Christ.

06:06Look at these pants.

06:07Well.

06:08You're wearing shorts and it's cold.

06:11That was great.

06:14You wanna take a picture with Digby?

06:16Sure.

06:17Alright, hold him.

06:18Be gentle.

06:19Oh God.

06:20He's oily.

06:21Yeah, of course he's oily.

06:22Why?

06:23He's getting older.

06:24We gotta keep him.

06:25How old is this little bastard?

06:28He's 37 years old.

06:29Oh my God.

06:30He doesn't grow.

06:31Ah, cheese.

06:32Yep.

06:33Ah, thanks.

06:34Yeah, that old guy.

06:36Best of luck.

06:37Did not want to be a part of any of that scene though.

06:40And I get it.

06:41Imagine looking into a store and that's going on.

06:43What's happening?

06:44There's too gay guys.

06:45There's too gay guys.

06:46There's too gay guys in matching outfits.

06:48Dress the light.

06:49With a doll in the same outfit.

06:52And a camera.

06:53And like a camera.

06:54Like a cameraman probably.

06:56Yeah.

06:57So you're like, whoa.

06:59I think I'm in the wrong.

07:01Nope.

07:02No, I gotta get my shopping done too.

07:04Yep.

07:05He was.

07:06Grab a basket.

07:07Excuse me.

07:08He was.

07:09It was.

07:10It was jarring at first.

07:11Their pants and the whole scene.

07:13.

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