rant · moment 15 of 15
Mock Courtroom: Ruthless Guy Bit and Golden Corral Joke
from A Nuanced Man · #40
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3 minAn extended riff turning into a mock trial bit where Tim plays a defendant claiming he's maintaining his own empire by eating people at Golden Corral, capped by a Christopher Hitchens 'termites' quote.
- 1:00:07A ruthless person owns one hat; someone offered to send him a hat via P.O. box, which is something a homeless person from 1912 would do.
- 1:00:32Tim imagines what the world would look like if ruthless people like him ran things instead of people who build missiles.
- 1:01:08If everyone were just fat critics sitting around arguing about Kafka instead of starting wars, the world would be better.
- 1:01:22Tim made a movie in 2004 with Bill that's essentially the same thing as Avatar, which he didn't like.
- 1:01:49The movie involved guys with foam swords fighting each other and a subplot about ransoming people.
- 1:02:18Tim genuinely believes his own movie deserves to be discussed in the same sentence as Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all time.
- 1:02:29He clarifies he was young when he made it, but knowing what he knows now, they could definitely have a discussion about whether his version would be better.
- 1:02:41Tim doubles down: "we could have a discussion, is all I'm saying" about his foam-sword movie versus Avatar.
- 1:02:55The host observes how long these termites have dined inside Tim's head.