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The Fake Apartment Fire Story
from Vice President Kump · #18
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4 minTim tells a long story about panicking that he left his gas stove on before a taping of Big Jay's "What's Your Fucking Deal," lying to producers that his apartment was on fire, and the fallout backstage with Bennington and Joe List.
- 3:04Tim decides to tell what happened yesterday involving election day insanity.
- 3:28On the subway to the shoot, Tim starts feeling like he left his gas stove on after making a turkey burger.
- 3:53He texts the apartment owner, a Ukrainian woman whose nephew is a skinhead sanitation worker, asking him to check if the stove is on.
- 4:11The nephew texts back saying they're not home and Tim better not have left it on, so Tim decides to jump in a cab back to Queens.
- 4:38Embarrassed about being late, Tim texts Rebecca and Christine Evans claiming his apartment is on fire as an excuse.
- 5:06When he gets back to the apartment, the stove is fine, but now he's wasted money and time.
- 5:31Bennington told Tim a story that perfectly illustrates comedy and how people react to emergencies on set.
- 5:46When someone mentions Tim's apartment is on fire, another crew member immediately asks if they can get Joe List for the 8 o'clock slot instead.
BenningtonWhat's Your Fucking DealJoe ListDan SoderDonald Trump