rant · moment 7 of 17
Worst Gigs Ever: Sidewalk Cafe, Long Island Cops, and Ambush Shows
from Finding the Kumps · #55
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
8 minTim and Ray trade memories of terrible past gigs together, including a New Year's Eve show with a drunk British woman, getting pulled over by cops after a Long Island open mic, and the concept of "ambush shows" at biker/heroin bars.
- 29:53A drunk British woman got on stage and danced with Tim at a film opening and music event.
- 30:30Long Island cops pulled them over after an open mic at Velvet Lounge, and Tim gave a confusing answer about not seeing the lane.
- 31:35Another Long Beach traffic stop where Tim told the cop he worked at the workplace, and his friend ate a Taco Bell burrito in the front seat.
- 32:24An open mic got written up in Time Out New York as a top 10 thing to see.
- 32:59Ambush shows—putting a mic stand in a crowded bar where people are trying to get drunk, not expecting comedy.
- 33:45Performing jokes in heroin bars filled with 60-year-old junkies and bikers who look ready to knife you.
- 34:09An open mic in St. James on Sunday nights where Tim got a standing ovation for telling a guy his kids don't love him because he wears an ankle bracelet.
- 34:38The other side of Long Island comedy: dinner-show venues like Ravioli's on Route 110 where audiences get excited if a comedian mentions being a magician.
- 35:43Long Island comics don't understand what actually counts as a credit—Atlantic City Headliner, Borgata, East Coast Headliner, and auditions are meaningless.
- 36:45Tim looked up genealogy websites to track down comps and found forums full of unanswered questions from people trying to locate comps from the 1890s.
- 37:37Tim's grandfather was a Nazi who drove a truck in Germany, and Tim's not sure what was in it and doesn't want to speculate.
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