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Toronto Dark Comedy Festival and the Headshot-Signing Weirdo
from We Are The News · #23
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3 minTim recounts opening for Andrew Schulz at a Toronto comedy festival, a fan who wanted his friend's pedophile ring story told, and a strange man who collects and sells comedians' signed headshots hoping they'll become famous.
- 2:32Tim opened for Andrew Schultz at the Toronto Dark Comedy Festival.
- 3:20Tim headlined Saturday night for 15 to 17 people at the festival.
- 3:36Someone cornered Tim to tell him their friend was in a pedophile ring.
- 4:34The woman co-headlining explained the guy's scheme: he prints headshots of people he thinks will get famous, then waits for them to pop.
- 4:51Tim figures a signed headshot probably isn't worth much—maybe 100 bucks at best.
- 5:09Signed celebrity headshots aren't actually valuable, despite how common they are in New York pizzerias.
Andrew SchulzBrilliant IdiotsTorontoDanny AielloRob MaywhoAmy SchumerCharlemagneTodd BarryDyke Kristen