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Cold Open: The Chris Gethard Career Suicide Meltdown
from Bribes and Bruschetta · #19
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
4 minTim and Ray recount going on Chris Gethard's post-election public access show, expecting a Hillary victory celebration and instead walking into a room of devastated liberal improvisers, some dressed as fruit, mid-meltdown.
- 0:17Tim Dillon Is Going To Hell.
- 0:49Tim describes a full-on psychological meltdown.
- 1:32Chris Gethard invites them to his show Career Suicide at the Lynn Redgrave Theater off Broadway.
- 1:47Tim and Raymond attend Chris's special on Public Access TV, thinking it's a big break.
- 2:08The mood at the event is tepid—there's a panel of eight or nine people, some improvisers dressed as vegetables.
- 2:57Tim and Raymond arrive on election night when Trump has won, showing up to what should be a celebration but finding tension instead.
- 3:11Chris brings them on the Public Access show in front of 40-45 people in the room.
- 3:25Chris is open about his mental health issues—depression, anxiety—and his fans share those struggles.
Chris GethardCareer SuicideLynn Redgrave TheaterRay KumpPublic Access TV