rant · moment 14 of 20
Long Island 'Full Service Comedy' and Struggle the Comedian
from Vice President Kump · #18
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3 minTim mocks the Long Island comedy scene, mispronouncing Merrick Garland as 'Mel Garlic,' and rips into local comedy bookers advertising 'full service comedy shows' for holiday parties with hacky ethnic impressions.
- 40:10Long Island comedians become producers instead, thinking they'll build Live Nation empires.
- 40:22Tim explains what "full service comedy" means: MC, feature act, and headliners packaged together.
- 40:46A full service show includes eggplant rollatini, someone doing an Asian voice, talk about Jews—the whole package.
- 41:02These pasta shows happen in empty, cavernous Long Island Italian restaurants that feel like catering halls.
- 41:37The Long Island comedy scene is hilarious because delusional guys think they're doing something significant.
- 42:02This particular guy's entire act is bad imitations, worse than his friend's imitations.
- 42:16Young comedians think it's great to go to LA in winter but end up at 9 PM open mics in the cold, dead Long Island wind.
- 42:28Long Island in winter is empty and dead, creating an emptiness in the air that drives people to drugs.
- 42:44Long Island comes alive in spring and summer, with fall bringing apples and other bullshit.