rant · moment 10 of 17
The Legendary Song-Parody Crackhead Comic
from Kind Of A Minister · #28
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
5 minTim details a formerly successful, now-crackhead Long Island comedian who did aggressive song parodies like 'Hotel in East Meadow,' including a bit about beating a waitress and getting arrested naked on crack.
- 24:10Tim describes performing at mental health facilities and rehab circuits where patients desperately need comedy.
- 25:30A patient walked out of Mo's set mid-performance and chose jail over staying to watch.
- 25:57The guy who booked Tim's rehab gigs had a single best joke about saving money to go to Penn Station instead of Jamaica.
- 26:15The booker would perform other comedians' material and claimed he got permission from Mike DeStefano's brother.
- 26:35A legendary Long Island comic from the 90s with early success had since been arrested for smoking crack and was supposedly now sober.
- 27:14The crackhead comic does song parodies with high energy but no real jokes underneath.
- 27:36His "Welcome to the Hotel" parody is filled with racist language and slurs about patients at Nassau County Medical Center.
- 28:19He closed shows by performing the Backstreet Boys' "You Are My Fire" while wearing a big R on his chest and miming with a lighter.
MoMike DeStefano