rant · moment 7 of 18
Agent Meetings and Fake Niceness
from Nice Means Nothing · #4
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3 minTim describes the assembly-line ritual of meeting with talent agencies where each rep introduces their specific department, then riffs on his hatred of fake niceness and gives an example of a scammer named Douglas conning an elderly woman named Edna.
- 16:19Tim's manager tells him he's got "a little Satan" in him after watching a female comic's positive attitude during a rough set.
- 16:29Manager asks Tim if he'd be a good father, then follows up asking if it would work out seeing kids once a month—Tim can't figure out what he's actually trying to say.
- 17:12Organizer tells manager that four people backstage are crying and feel they did the wrong thing; he responds, "There's no crying in comedy."
- 17:48Agent meetings all follow the same formula: six to eight people flank the table, each introducing themselves with a different department and using identical phrasing about moving Tim into their space.
- 18:24Every agent claims they don't sign many people and are only meeting with Tim, then rattles off the same departments—unscripted, digital, commercial, Instagram filters, lit agent, live agent.
- 18:58All the agents use the same pitch about protecting his authenticity and POV while claiming they barely meet with anyone, leading Tim to suggest they should be fired.
- 19:12Tim points out he talked to several other people despite agents claiming exclusivity in the meeting.