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Chat Room Q&A: Minnesota, Get Out, and Scotland

from Little Anna Army · #39

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4 min

Tim answers chat room questions about visiting Minnesota, reviews the movie Get Out, and recalls doing stand-up in Glasgow and dealing with a heckler's Trainspotting comment.

In this bit7 moments
  • 41:03Corntown asks if Tim's been to Minnesota; Tim recalls flying into a small airport there with a one-armed crackhead for a gig, describing it like the Langoliers with nobody around.
  • 41:51Tim saw Get Out recently and found it racially charged in a good way, though he notes everything's overrated.
  • 42:11Tim went to Glasgow with a comic who dug himself a hole by opening with a trained spotting reference, demeaningly reducing Scottish culture to that one film.
  • 42:39Tim killed in Scotland and wants to know if he can get a TV show there, expressing deep desire to leave the country.
  • 42:52Tim claims he'd go overseas in a heartbeat if there was any avenue, saying he's never had worse food than Scotland — they boil the meat and it's disgusting.
  • 43:16One Scottish fan follows Tim on Instagram, described as a skinny train-spotting-looking kid into trance music and possibly drugs, frequenting one of the world's best stand comedy clubs in Scotland.
  • 43:33Tim notes the high mortality rate in Scotland, with people checking out at 69, and mentions plasmosis you can catch from cats.
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Get OutTrainspottingStand Comedy ClubScotlandMinnesotaMinneapolisMadison, WisconsinLudwig von MisesBraveheart

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