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Quitting Red Eye and John Basedow
from Depths of Self-Deception · #30
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3 minTim explains why he stopped doing Red Eye, describing the bizarre lineup including fitness guy John Basedow, and mocks the show's declining bookings and confused audience.
- 7:27Tim quit Red Eye after receiving an email listing his panel mates for that night.
- 7:53John Basedow, the fitness guy, was booked on the same episode, prompting Tim to question what kind of deranged carnival the show had become.
- 8:19Tim says Basedow refuses to be honest and won't acknowledge he's overweight.
- 9:00Basedow is trying to hawk a fitness plan to housewives while Tim sits next to him with his sad fucking career.
- 9:19Tim didn't want to become one of those people they bring in—him and infomercial people on a show that airs at 3 a.m.
- 9:51Red Eye gets less viewership than reruns of Tucker Carlson or two-week-old episodes that air after the entire prime time lineup repeats.
- 10:09Tim did Red Eye for over a year, hoping at first it might lead to a real show.
Red EyeJohn BasedowFox NewsTucker Carlson