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Manager Brian's 'It's Great' Applied to Everything (Torture, Trafficking, Pigs)
from Nice Means Nothing · #4
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
4 minTim extends the earlier bit about his manager's emotionless 'it's great' catchphrase into increasingly dark hypothetical scenarios like torture, trafficking, and a pig being slaughtered, plus the 'see the ball, hit the ball' pep talk.
- 57:09Tim's manager would have been a great Guantanamo prison guard, sleeping soundly while watching torture, saying "it's great."
- 57:31Applying the same logic to a pig on a farm being slaughtered: "It's great."
- 57:41Manager suggests Tim as a fat lifeguard who isn't saving anybody, delivering "It's great, it's great" as feedback.
- 57:59Tim pitches a Married with Children concept on the beach; manager responds to everything with "It's great."
- 58:31Manager sent Tim's YouTube link to another big client who didn't respond; manager insists Tim probably disgusts her but "it's great, gonna be great."
- 59:03Tim imagines his manager in other careers requiring emotional detachment while watching people die, like human trafficking operations.
- 59:18Manager discussing 15-year-old Ukrainian trafficking victims in a crate: "It's great. There's no crying in trafficking."
- 59:51Before Tim went on stage, while other comedians' managers gave pep talks, his manager just said, "See the ball. Hit the ball."
- 1:00:14Tim's manager uses the same pre-game baseball advice he gives his kids, but it works on Tim because he doesn't want to let the guy down.
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