Lansing, Michigan: Battling Lucas and the English Teacher Meltdown

• 22:09Tim describes Lansing, Michigan as a place where white people haven't done well with their privilege, suggesting the country's collapse could be expedited there.
• 22:39Battle Lucas—a relative's name that sparks a riff about what business names could work with it, including bakeries and lingerie stores.
• 23:45Bobby Kelly shamed Tim into using heavy cream instead of milk in his coffee, arguing Boston does it better than New York.
• 24:42The comedy venue in Lansing is an old place called the Loft, and Tim mistakes a pork rinds factory worker for a graphic designer.
• 25:33An Uber-PC woman with eight Twitter followers attacks Tim, claiming he shits on small towns, which he acknowledges as fair.
• 26:07Tim has a full breakdown on stage when an English teacher in the crowd gives him the middle finger after every joke and calls him mediocre.
• 26:30He stops the show and confronts the woman, leading into an angry accusatory rant about her profession and accusations involving children.
• 27:03Tim's family in the back of the room is genuinely horrified, watching him yell at the woman while she smiles ear to ear.
• 28:46The English teacher may have hated Tim from a tweet made in 2008, showing up years later just to provoke him at the show.
• 29:13Tim jokes about whether physically assaulting the heckler would be a problem, noting the older audience members looked confused and possibly didn't know who he was.
• 29:31Performing New Year's Eve at Sidewall Cafe in the East Village becomes emblematic of a moment where Tim questioned what he was doing with his life.

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