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Comparing Mansions and the Kid's Doomed Guest Spot
from Built To Win · #43
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2 minTim compares his grandfather's Mutton Town house to the rich kid's nearly five-million-dollar home in Old Westbury, then recounts getting the kid a disastrous guest spot at a 7pm show and watching him bomb before quitting for good.
- 7:13A kid's house in Old Westbury worth just under five million, compared to Tim's childhood home now valued at three million.
- 7:27Tim offered the kid a guest spot at his 7 p.m. show, thinking it would help him.
- 7:54The show's promoter booked the kid to follow Tim's twenty-minute set, a terrible lineup decision.
- 8:20Watching the kid bomb, Tim recognized the look of someone doing comedy for the last time.
- 8:48The kid asked Tim afterward if he should quit, clearly wanting permission to stop, but Tim refused to make it easy for him.
- 9:09The kid texted the next day saying stand-up wasn't for him, effectively ending his comedy career.