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Chairs Thrown at the Audience and the Near-Riot in Pennsylvania
from Kind Of A Minister · #28
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
5 minAt the actual gig, the comic flips out when the DJ doesn't have his cued CD, starts throwing metal chairs at 400 rehab attendees, and somehow wins the crowd back before it turns violent again.
- 34:36Tim's friend takes him downstairs to smoke in the hotel despite Tim's doubt it's allowed.
- 34:50The crackhead opener confronts a massive Black security guard with a racial taunt.
- 35:24The security guard recognizes the guy is on drugs and walks away without escalating.
- 35:42Tim smokes what he's told are hand-rolled cigarettes and nearly collapses from the strength.
- 35:57The opener's act involves playing a CD from the DJ with celebrity testimonials about him.
- 36:46The performer takes the stage like a rock star despite looking like a slob.
- 37:10Tim admits the guy beat a woman badly and nearly killed him in a car accident but wasn't entirely unbearable to have breakfast with.
- 38:03The opener lights a cigarette on stage, gets frustrated with the audience talking, and starts throwing metal chairs at them.
- 38:29The audience throws chairs back at the performer, escalating into a two-minute chair war during his set.
- 38:48The performer somehow manages to win the crowd back with an apology-like move that resets the mood.
- 39:06Audience members accept a second chance despite the metal chairs thrown at them, because they came to watch his act anyway.