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Truck Stop and When the Pom-Poms Stopped Waving: Tim's Childhood Acting Career
from Stop Being A Pig · #49
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
14 minTim recounts his bizarre childhood roles in two NYU student films — one about cheerleaders in a suicide pact, and one called Truck Stop about a boy whose mother abandons him with a trucker — including his ongoing quest to get a copy of Truck Stop from the filmmaker on Facebook, plus a tangent about a hermaphrodite carnival-freak-book enthusiast named Stephanie he met at a real truck stop.
- 12:46Tim acted in NYU student films as a child, two particularly creepy ones.
- 12:57When the Pom-Poms Stopped Waving was about cheerleaders who made a suicide pact.
- 13:33Tim notes he was hotter when he was a kid and made these films.
- 14:35Tim befriends a trucker named Spider in the film, who buys him a cheeseburger and shows him his bike.
- 17:32Tim messages the Truck Stop director on Facebook every week asking for a copy of the film, commenting on his son's Eagle Scout status.
- 18:48The director apparently doesn't want Tim to see the movie, possibly because it was poorly received.
- 20:41A woman named Stephanie who worked on the shoot carried a book of Depression-era carnival freaks.
- 22:06Tim got into an argument with Stephanie at a real truck stop over an ice cream cone he'd made and thrown away.
- 23:52Tim auditioned for major roles like Man of the House that went to Jonathan Taylor Thomas instead.
- 24:20Jonathan Taylor Thomas had a smirk in auditions that made it clear he'd already gotten the part.
- 25:05Jonathan Taylor Thomas became a pro-life Christian activist and complains about cell phone service on Facebook.
- 25:46Tim used to chat with Bernie Gets, who was part of the OnA scene back in the day.
- 26:23Tim wants to get Jonathan Taylor Thomas on the show to discuss his pro-life platform.
- 26:38Tim plans to message Jonathan Taylor Thomas claiming the show wants to help platform his message about abortion.
- 26:48Tim's pitch would emphasize concern for the unborn and spreading a message of hope.
- 27:02Segment ends with discussion of the show format and promotion.
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