Video: Kostopoulos: Saddam Called Me
Boron, California
There's not a trace left, really, of the King of Toilet Seat Arts in Boron, California. But in 1994, the late John A. Kostopoulos was a bundle of outsider art energy, slathering caricatures and slogans on his 400+ toilet seats around his desert home.
The King told us many wild stories on our visit, but we can't entirely dismiss this account of his interaction with Iraq's late dictator... [1:22]
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