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Merch Pitch: Tim Dillon Going to Hell Thongs and Channel 13 Pledge Drives
from Life In The Bloodbox · #26
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minTim jokingly pitches hand-stitched thong merch and Excelsior/Patron membership tiers, riffing extensively on PBS Channel 13 pledge drives, Ken Burns box sets, and gold/platinum member tote bag gifts.
- 9:48Tim and Ray will hand-stitch custom thongs if you order and send them your old panties to replace.
- 10:09The thongs are made of Louis J Gomez's pubic hair, but only if you subscribe and give money to the network.
- 10:37Channel 13 would offer Ken Burns deluxe sets with jazz, baseball, and slavery documentaries to patrons.
- 10:59For a $2,500 donation, Channel 13 would give you something that retailed for $74—mostly just a tote bag.
- 11:13Tim remembers Michael P. Roman as one of the few actual people on Channel 13 during pledge drives, the rest pretending to take calls.
- 11:26Tim suspects Channel 13 and PBS pledge drives are a front, since the real funding comes from grants by defense contractors and think tanks.
- 11:56Shows like Sesame Street claim to be brought to you by foundations but are actually sponsored by arms dealers like Halliburton.
- 12:12Charlie Rose and other political journalists were CFR and American Enterprise Institute guys pushing military-political nexus narratives.
- 12:25The New York left, rooted in Channel 13 and the New York Times, perpetuates this system while pretending tote bags are the point.
Charlie RoseLouis J GomezCouncil on Foreign RelationsAmerican Enterprise InstituteGaS DigitalMichael P. Roman