rant · moment 3 of 18
Getting a Rich Kid to Quit Comedy in Long Island
from Built To Win · #43
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4 minTim tells the story of driving a wealthy young comic around his old Long Island neighborhoods, watching him bomb a guest set, and successfully talking him out of pursuing stand-up, framing it as an act of mercy akin to AA sponsorship.
- 3:08Tim got a rich kid who does comedy to quit performing.
- 3:31He's proud of being responsible for many people quitting comedy, comparing it to sponsoring someone in AA.
- 3:48Tim walks up to comedians at shows and asks why they're still doing it, then leaves.
- 4:06The other person points out Tim told them to kill themselves, not quit comedy.
- 4:38Every rich person claims everyone around them was materialistic, but they weren't.
- 5:12Tim took the kid to Island Park where he grew up, a nice town with half-million-dollar houses.
- 5:35The kid said if he'd grown up in a place like that, he would have killed himself.
- 5:55Rich kids' money is what distinguishes and differentiates them from other people, and in comedy it doesn't matter.
- 6:21Some struggling comedians Tim knows turned out to have a lot of money the whole time.
- 6:40The kid was struggling with whether he wanted to put in the effort required for comedy.