>>> THE OLD SAYING GOES THAT ONE
MAN'S TRASH IS ANOTHER MAN'S
TREASURE, SO WHAT KIND OF A
CREATIVE MIND LOOKS AT, SAY, THE
RULINGS OF AN OLD CASINO AND
SEES A HIT ART INSTALLATION?
THE WONDERFUL KIND THAT BELONGS
TO THE FREE SPIRITED ARTIST
HARRY SMITH CAUGHT UP WITH FOR
OUR SUNDAY CLOSER.
>> SPEND A COUPLE OF HOURS WITH
PETER TUNNEY AND YOU'LL COME
AWAY THINKING THAT ONE OF YOU IS
WIRED INCORRECTLY.
I GOT TO SAY, I'VE DONE A LOT OF
THINGS.
NEVER RIDDEN AROUND IN ONE OF
THESE BEFORE.
>> IN A LIT UP LADY BUG HIGH
POWERED GOLF CART THROUGH A MAZE
OF MURALS, NEVER DID THAT?
>> THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
HE'S A MAN OF PASSION AND
ENERGY.
>> PUT THE VOLUME AT TEN AT ALL
TIMES.
>> WITH THE BUG BLARING, A ONCE
DYING MIAMI NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS
NOW THE HOTTEST OF CULTURAL HOT
SPOTS, OF WHICH TUNNEY IS THE
SELF APPOINTED APOSTLE.
>> ONE PLACE LIKE THIS ON THE
PLANET, PUT A TACK IN THE MAP,
IT'S HERE.
IT'S FREE, IT'S AMAZING, IT'S
VISUAL.
SO HERE WE ARE.
>> THIS IS TUNNEY'S GALLERY.
THE CENTERPIECE, A GINORMOUS
CHANDELIER PULLED FROM THE RUINS
OF THE TRUMP TAJ MAHAL IN
ATLANTIC CITY.
THE OWNER GAVE HIM CARTE
BLANCHE, PICKER'S PARADISE.
>> CAN I TAKE THAT GOLDEN FRAME?
HOW ABOUT THAT ELEPHANT?
HE SAID, TUNNEY, TAKE WHATEVER
YOU WANT.
>> HE BROUGHT BACK TRUCK LOADS
OF STUFF.
SOME OF WHICH HE TURNED INTO AN
INSTALLATION ON MIAMI BEACH FOR
ART BASEL LAST DECEMBER, AN
EERIE HOMAGE TO A MOVIE CLASSIC.
>> THE NIGHT BEFORE AT A ZILLION
TO ONE SHOT I HAPPENED TO WATCH
AT 1:26 IN THE MORNING THE LAST
FEW MINUTES OF "PLANET OF THE
APES" AND SAW THE STATUE OF
LIBERTY, SO THAT WAS BANGING
AROUND MY HEAD.
>> WITH THE REST OF THE STUFF HE
MAKES COLLAGES.
HE CALLS IT UP CYCLING.
>> UP CYCLING.
HOPEFULLY.
IT WAS IN THE DUMPSTER, NOW IT'S
$20,000.
THAT WOULD BE UP CYCLING.
>> SOME PIECES HAVE BEEN
UPCYCLED TO $50,000 OR MORE.
AND MIGHT YOU BE SURPRISED TO
LEARN THAT THE UNSCHOOLED TUNNEY
WAS ONCE A SALESMAN BEFORE HE
DECLARED HIMSELF AN ARTIST?
>> BAM.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO BRAG, BUT
I'LL JUST SAY -- GUYS THAT
BOUGHT CARS FROM ME, STOCKS FROM
ME, BUY ART FROM ME.
UPBEAT, QUOTES HE HIMSELF SWEARS
BY.
MANTRAS MAYBE BECAUSE THE PETER
TUNNEY OF A DECADE AGO WAS A
WRECK.
IN YOUR ADULT LIFE, WHEN YOU
LOADED, STONED, DRUNK FOR A GOOD
CHUNK OF IT?
>> WELL, I MEAN, 30 YEARS.
I ALWAYS SAY THIS, I WENT TO A
PARTY WHEN I WAS 13 AND THEY HAD
FREE BEER AND CUTE GIRLS AND
MARIJUANA AND I CAME HOME AND I
WAS 45.
>> WOW.
>> WHEN HIS BROTHER SHOWED UP
AND ASKED IF HE WANTED TO GET
SOBER, HE SAID YES.
>> MY LIGHTS PUT OUT 150 TIMES.
>> REHAB AND 12 STEPS HAVE GIVEN
HIM A NEW LIFE.
LOVE HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT,
TOO.
>> YOU'RE THE BEST.
I GOT A BEAUTIFUL 2 YEAR OLD SON
NAMED ART.
WONDERFUL WIFE, MARRIED FOR TEN
YEARS.
>> LIFE IS GOOD THESE DAYS, SAYS
TUNNEY, AND SO IS BUSINESS.
>> LIVE IN A ROOM WITH 25
PAINTINGS AND SAY GRATITUDE AND
TODAY'S THE DAY AND YOU'LL END
UP BEING PRETTY HAPPY.
THAT'S MY SALES PITCH, HARRY,
YOU IN?
>> FOR "SUNDAY TODAY," HARRY
SMITH, MIAMI.