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"Baking a Baby" Heckler and the On-Stage Fart Panic

from Finding the Kumps · #55

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Tim recounts a bizarre pregnancy-announcement heckler during his Zanies set, insulting her as a fake librarian, all while nearly shitting himself onstage from the pizza and turning it into material.

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  • 17:16Tim arrives at the club after eating with his girlfriend, both of them experiencing severe gas throughout the evening.
  • 17:42Going on stage at 7 p.m., Tim describes the bloated, uncomfortable physical sensation of being overstuffed with carbs and worrying he's having a heart attack.
  • 18:37Tim rips a fart while grabbing the microphone to start his set, then a woman in the audience stands up to announce her best friend is 'baking a baby.'
  • 19:34Audience members actually clap for the heckler's interruption, prompting Tim to question who these people are and whether they understand stand-up comedy.
  • 19:55Tim discovers the heckler is a librarian and begins insulting her, riffing about librarians sniffing coke for wind protection instead of doing their job.
  • 20:30During the escalating crowd battle, Tim stops repeatedly to fart audibly, making dramatic faces that make the front row wonder if he's having a stroke.
  • 21:15Tim seriously considers whether shitting himself on stage could be turned into something funny or legendary.
  • 21:37After managing to avoid actually soiling himself and landing a joke about pizza, the crowd comes around and accepts it as good material.
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