Episode 74 · The GaS Digital / Ray Kump Era
Stewed Reunion (with Mike Recine)
with Mike Recine
Dec 11, 2017 · 1:11:29 · 40 segments, 198 moments indexed
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Show opens with music and the introduction of the reunion episode of Tim Dillon Is Going To Hell with Ray Kump.
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- 0:06Cold open introduction to Tim Dillon Is Going To Hell
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Reunion and the Fate of Cave Comedy Radio's Mary Kelly
#Tim and Ray reminisce about their old podcast on Cave Comedy Radio and wonder what happened to their sweet, quiet producer Mary Kelly, riffing on whether the network still exists.
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- 0:50Tim Dylan's going to hell; the network spares no expense on hate crimes and doesn't pull punches.
- 1:02The podcast ran on Cave Comedy Radio, which no longer exists.
- 1:20Mary Kelly was their producer; Tim and Stu try to remember what happened to her.
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Mary Getting Hit By a Bus Bit
#They riff on an old running joke about Mary being so meek she'd apologize even if hit by a bus, and how she'd settle arguments on their old food-focused show by Googling who was right.
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- 1:45Tim describes their running joke that Mary had a miserable life despite being sweet and intelligent, because she wasn't loud or confident enough.
- 2:05The joke: Mary would get hit by a bus, and the driver would yell at her for standing there while she apologized with blood in her mouth.
- 2:28Tim explains that instead of suing after an accident, Mary would apologize and write the bus company a check.
- 2:39The show format involved yelling at each other about food topics like barbecue in the studio.
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Food Culture Is Empty, and Pitching a Homeless Cooking Show
#Tim and Ray discuss how boring food culture is to talk about, mock food personality Carl Hess, and Tim describes pitching his manager a cooking show concept that his manager dismisses to ask for moving help instead.
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- 3:01Tim says food culture is empty and nobody cares about it.
- 3:16Sustaining a full hour of food content is harder than it seems, even though everyone watches food shows.
- 3:46Tim pitches his own food show concept: cooking blind without a cookbook, mostly making slop and ravioli.
- 3:57His manager dismissed the food show idea, saying everybody wants to do one and it's not worth pursuing.
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The Food Network Pilot: 'Hot Spots' Casting Call
#They recount getting recruited by a slimy British producer in Hoboken for a Food Network pilot called Hot Spots, where they were told it would just be the two of them.
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- 4:16Tim describes the Food Network pilot concept: a cooking show where he has conversations at bars or comedy clubs, talks through recipes, and films himself cooking in his apartment.
- 4:37Tim's manager interrupts, mentioning he has a Black four-year-old he represents and needs help moving a truck on Saturday.
- 5:03Tim considers calling it a cooking show filmed outside on a hot plate but worries about calling it a homeless cooking show because it's triggering.
- 5:20Tim got one opportunity from that show—contact from a slimy guy in production who worked in Jersey and was British.
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Meeting the Cast of Hot Spots Wannabes
#They describe arriving to find a dozen other aspiring food personalities screen testing at a Hoboken clam bar, comparing the scene to a bootleg archetype lineup from the Food Network.
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- 5:49A Food Network producer called claiming he wanted Tim and Mike to test for a show, making it sound like just the two of them.
- 6:05They arrived at the meeting to find twelve people there instead of the intimate audition they'd been led to expect.
- 6:40The producers actually liked Tim and Mike and were impressed with how they incorporated AIDS talk into gnocchi recipes.
- 6:59The network took them to a clam bar in Hoboken to test the show instead of a proper studio.
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Francine the Southern Baker's Redneck Grilled Cheese
#They describe Francine, the Paula Deen-esque Southern woman on the cast, her outrageous 'redneck grilled cheese' recipe, and her heart attack story that only reinforced her love of pie.
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- 7:05Tim describes getting cast alongside 11 other people for a food show called Hot Spots, where they were brought together the night before to meet and be screened.
- 7:37The other contestants were mostly aspiring food personalities rather than comics—divorced moms and Food Network archetypes.
- 8:01Tim catalogs the character types: a Paula Deen knockoff, a fat party guy like Emeril, and others representing food network clichés.
- 8:21Tim's doctor told him his blood work came back good and seemed genuinely surprised, noting that life isn't fair.
- 8:34Francine was the Paula Deen character—a big chubby Southern woman who dropped slurs constantly.
- 8:47Francine pitched her signature dish: a redneck grilled cheese made with grilled cheese, mac and cheese, pulled pork, bacon, deep fried, with sriracha mayo, rolled in a burrito.
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Billy the Snob and the Mommy Blogger Daphne
#They recall Billy, a snobbish wannabe comic turned event host who dismissed Carbone, and Daphne the food-blogging mom whose kids hated being filmed for her muffin videos.
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- 9:06Woman survived a heart attack and concluded she should eat more pie and do whatever she wants.
- 9:24Tim almost fought Billy, a snobby guy at the event who dismissed Carbone as not even top hundred restaurants.
- 9:45Billy was a failed comedian who pivoted to hosting chef events for good money.
- 10:17Daphne was a mommy blogger who made sketches like 'muffalicious' and uploaded videos of herself with her kids.
- 10:40Tim sat next to Daphne's husband, who was apparently a significant chef, though the details remained vague.
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Watching Porn, Candace's Wellness Talk, and the Show's Collapse
#More casting-call color: Daphne's husband caught watching porn during the shoot, Candace's obsession with wellness contrasted with Tim's aside about turning her people to dust, and the eventual news the Food Network passed on the pilot.
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- 11:13Tim planned to wear a name tag identifying himself as Daphne's husband during her screen tests.
- 11:31Candace, an attractive young chef, kept interrupting Francine's food commentary with wellness talk.
- 11:53Tim smoked a cigarette and joked to Candace about turning her people into dust.
- 12:15Food Network passed on the pilot despite six months of filming.
- 12:30The show's actual format involved three of them picking hotspots in town and debating while doing meth.
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Nothing Good Ever Happens In This Business
#Tim reflects on how back then he still believed opportunities were real, contrasting it with his current jaded attitude that nothing career-changing ever pans out, even joking about Scorsese.
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- 12:46Tim reflects on when he still thought good things might happen in entertainment.
- 13:04Even Martin Scorsese directing wouldn't move the needle anymore—nobody cares.
- 13:21If something good does happen, it's ephemeral and already on its way out.
- 13:34A fat chef Tim knew was exhausted on set, smoking outside, talking about traveling the country eating as the dream.
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Screen Test Chaos and the 'Kill Yourself' Hotspot Definition
#They detail the actual screen test day: forced small talk among aspiring food personalities, low-grade Jersey clam bar food posing as fine dining, and Tim's disastrous take defining a 'hotspot' by referencing suicide.
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- 13:57Food reviewers and bloggers in the food world aren't necessarily actual journalists or chefs.
- 14:30Tim and his co-host were the only ones with a podcast at the screen test, and producers kept telling them they liked their honesty.
- 14:51When asked to define a hotspot, Tim said it's when a restaurant tells you to kill yourself, then kept rephrasing the same joke as producers rejected it.
- 15:32Producers separated Tim and his co-host during individual screen tests despite liking their chemistry on the show.
- 15:48The pre-dinner at a Hoboken hall was embarrassing, with contestants testing out their food knowledge about wings and tuna tartare.
- 16:15People at the dinner were pretentious about basic food, praising the creaminess of mac and cheese like it was haute cuisine.
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No Money for Japan and the Fake Food Network Rep
#Tim recalls being broke during the process and unable to afford a trip to Japan Candace suggested, plus the unenthusiastic Food Network rep named Jennifer visiting the shabby clam bar set.
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- 16:45Tim recalls being so broke he couldn't afford to travel to Japan for an audition, despite being offered the opportunity.
- 17:14The fake Food Network screen test provided terrible food that producers tried to pass off as different dishes.
- 17:35Tim pitched letting restaurants do screen tests in exchange for airtime, but producers showed up with garbage anyway.
- 17:48A woman allegedly representing Food Network arrived looking miserable and unsmiling at the audition.
- 18:12Tim questions why he and the team would ever realistically end up on Food Network given how the production was handled.
- 18:23Francine went to Carlos Bakery and ordered four lobster claws, getting an absurd wheelbarrow full of food brought out in response.
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Googling the Old Cast: Francine, Muffalicious, and Candace Kumai
#They search online for the old cast members, find Francine's bakery memorial page and the cringe 'Muffalicious' mommy-blogger rap video, joking about muffin tops versus other body parts.
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- 18:54Tim recalls Francine was a big pig and wonders what happened to her.
- 19:20They search for Daphne Brogdon and Candace Kumai to see what the old cast is up to.
- 19:38Tim comments that Muffinlisha is not the fat one but has sexual deviant content weekly.
- 20:10Tim asks if they're looking at Muffinlisha's muffin top or something else.
- 20:33Tim assumes all these old cast members probably do much better than him and Mike.
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Candace Kumai's Career and Francine's Bio
#They find Candace Kumai still working with Dr. Oz, then locate Francine's actual bio as a Southern baking cookbook author.
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- 20:48Candace Kumai is still working, hosting cooking shows featuring Japanese cuisine like spicy miso tahini ramen.
- 21:03Tim asks what Dr. Oz's actual gimmick is.
- 21:13After searching, they discover Francine was a Southern chef and baker, not on the original email list.
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They read Francine's full bio revealing she was a crowd favorite for casual racial slurs and baked a Confederate flag cake, including a joke about delivering a cake to Roy Moore.
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- 22:01Francine Bryson authored 'Blue Ribbon Baking from a Redneck Kitchen,' treating redneck as an identity
- 22:14She became a crowd favorite on CBS's American Baking Competition because of her unabashed use of the n-word
- 22:28Tim raises the double standard: she can say it but others can't
- 22:40Tim claims he personally delivered a cake to Roy Moore and told him not to lose heart
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Billy the Food Snob's Italian Restaurant Put-Down
#They recall Billy again, the hipster food snob who dismissed Mike's favorite Italian restaurant, leading into a riff about food snobbery, New Orleans hospitality, and old-school New York restaurant contempt for customers.
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- 23:22Tim describes a hipster food snob with blackframe glasses who was obnoxious at an Italian restaurant.
- 23:39The guy tried to tell Tim what good Italian food is, dismissing his preference for simpler fare.
- 24:01Tim explains how food snobs mistake their opinions for objective marks of value and sophistication.
- 24:17Best meals Tim's ever had came from casual New Orleans restaurants where staff didn't act superior.
- 24:40A New York restaurant server looked at Tim like he was a fat fuck for complimenting the lobster ravioli.
- 25:07Tim and a friend used to go to Lucerque, where the staff hated them so much they'd seat them by the kitchen door.
- 25:22His drunk friend would acknowledge the restaurant's contempt was justified but note they legally couldn't kick them out.
- 25:40Tim showed up to a restaurant wearing a flannel shirt found in garbage while the other guy wore a nice sweater.
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Uncle Tommy the IRA Lunatic Choking a Guy Over Ireland
#Tim tells a long story about his uncle's unhinged, MAGA-hat-wearing associate Tommy who choked someone in a bar over Irish nationalist politics, getting banned from Maloney's restaurant.
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- 26:02Tim's uncle Tommy, an IRA obsessive from Long Island, got into a fight at a bar over Britain and Ireland and choked a guy.
- 26:58Tim notes Tommy is from wealthy Long Island, went to Ireland once, and now thinks he's Bono fighting for 'the cause.'
- 27:22At a restaurant where Tim's uncle worked, Tommy choked someone in an argument about Ireland and Britain, forcing the bar to call cops.
- 27:38The bar staff didn't know how to tell Tim's uncle what happened the next day, eventually explaining there was 'a situation.'
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America's Only True Food Cities and an Uber Driver's Creole History Lesson
#They discuss which American cities actually invented cuisines (New Orleans, New York) and recount an Uber driver in New Orleans giving a rambling, dubious history of Creole food while telling her kid to put his penis away.
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- 28:35Uber driver explains Creole food origin story: Indians and colonists started a pot, added meat, then spices over three days, dumped it out on Fridays.
- 28:59Mid-history lesson, driver pivots to telling Tim: honey, you got to put your penis in your pants.
- 29:11Tim likes New Orleans and ate at Commander's Palace during a recent visit.
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Tim's New Orleans Food Trip: Commander's Palace, Beignets, and Gumbo
#Tim details his recent New Orleans trip with his mom, describing his declining patience for long dinners and reviewing oysters, po'boys, pralines, beignets, and gumbo.
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- 29:56Tim got oysters and a whole crab po'boy at Commander's Palace.
- 30:37Pralines are fine but very sugary; beignets were phenomenal.
- 31:00Beignets are fried dough with sugar on top—a little carnival shit.
- 31:10Tim can only eat a few bites of a beignet before he's done with it.
- 31:34Eggs Benedict in New Orleans uses a concentrated demi-glaze instead of hollandaise.
- 31:49This is why the food podcast didn't work—talking about what you like to eat is boring.
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New Orleans Strip Club Stories and Commander's Palace on Hold
#Tim describes sneaking off to a strip club while his mom waited in line for oysters, including a stripper puckering her asshole for a trick, then Ray tells a related story about a bad idea to travel far for a strip club in San Diego.
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- 31:56Tim sneaked away from his mom waiting in line at a crab restaurant to get a lap dance at a strip club.
- 32:07Strippers in the back were drawing straws to decide who had to take Tim, with one joking she'd take the guy who stabbed the last woman.
- 32:18Tim was simultaneously on the phone trying to make a reservation at Commander's Palace while at a strip club.
- 33:02Tim's mother went back to the seafood restaurant while he ventured to a different strip club on Frenchman Street.
- 33:36A stripper had Tim sit between two women and challenged him to find a trick, placing a twenty-dollar bill on his underwear.
- 33:58The trick was the stripper puckering her asshole, which Tim found strange but appreciated.
- 34:30Dan St. Germain insisted on finding a strip club at 1 a.m. on Halloween night while visiting San Diego, even though it was 45 minutes away.
- 34:50Tim refused to join Dan on the hour-long Uber ride to a strip club, predicting only bad things would happen.
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The Coke-Fueled Strip Club Birthday Blowjob Mishap
#Ray tells a detailed story of an after-party at a coke-heavy strip club where a dancer's birthday led to an awkward, unwanted financial negotiation ending in an ill-fated attempt at a lap dance gone wrong.
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- 35:18Tim recounts a story about a stripper who tricked him into ejaculating on his pants at a strip club.
- 35:36Years ago, Tim worked with a DJ from Ghana who took him and others to a strip club after a party.
- 36:04They arrive at the strip club and a stripper immediately assumes they're coke dealers.
- 36:17His friend tells the stripper it's Tim's birthday; she misinterprets a bag of powdered sugar as cocaine.
- 36:35The stripper offers Tim a $40 blowjob for his birthday, but he only wanted a lap dance and doesn't want to spend the money.
- 36:57The stripper agrees to let Tim jerk off into her mouth as a compromise since she won't get paid otherwise.
- 37:09In a shabby back room with beads, Tim pulls out his penis and begins masturbating while the stripper watches without doing anything.
- 37:31As Tim starts ejaculating, the stripper reacts with surprise and jumps back, causing him to come all over his khakis instead of into her mouth.
- 37:43Tim questions how the stripper had time to react and jump back before he finished.
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Gay Strip Clubs, Glory Holes, and the Expressway Peep Booths
#Ray discusses his limited experience with gay strip clubs and casual hookup anxieties, while Tim describes the old mob-run Expressway peep booths on Long Island with video booths for anonymous encounters.
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- 37:52Tim's been to gay strip clubs a few times and finds them strange when sober.
- 38:19The appeal of bathroom glory holes compared to staring at dancers in thongs.
- 38:36The Expressway, a mob joint with peep booths in the back that used to be packed.
- 38:56How far the mob has fallen—from owning Vegas to running this grimy operation.
- 39:12Video booths on the other wing where gay men would hook up, a whole world he never entered.
- 39:37Tim avoided bathhouses and video booths partly out of paranoia about AIDS.
- 40:00Glory hole encounters versus Grindr hookups—a comparison of anonymity levels.
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Kevin Spacey's Fall and the House of Cards Fallout
#They discuss Kevin Spacey's sexual misconduct allegations, his father's alleged Nazi sympathies, and how House of Cards is trying to continue without him, questioning whether the show can work with just Robin Wright.
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- 40:31Usual Suspects production was shut down for a while because of Spacey's sexual misconduct.
- 40:45Tim argues that the 80s and 90s in Hollywood were essentially defined by sexual predation that people ignored.
- 41:08Kevin Spacey probably feels lucky he came up during an era when these things weren't being exposed.
- 41:35Tim recounts a bit Patton Oswalt does about his grandfather being a Nazi who just drove the truck.
- 41:50The joke: 'He didn't do anything. He just drove the truck'—implying complicity in atrocities without direct action.
- 42:11Kevin Spacey's father was a bad person, and that background unfortunately shaped things.
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Should We Sanitize Art? Pedophile Artists and Sopranos Comparisons
#Tim argues against retroactively judging historical art by modern values, citing pedophilic themes in old paintings, then they extend the logic to comparing Kevin Spacey's ousting to hypothetically removing Tony Soprano from The Sopranos.
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- 42:32Tim argues that real talent often comes from a dark place, and we're sanitizing art by removing work based on modern values.
- 42:49The Met removed a painting depicting a young girl because it supposedly glorifies pedophilia, raising the question of whether we can represent historical facts in art without endorsing them.
- 43:20Judging past movies and television through a 2017 values checklist misses the point—art should provoke an emotional and visceral reaction, not pass a moral litmus test.
- 43:53Historical paintings from the 1500s were made in cultures where relationships with young teenagers were normalized, but that context shouldn't erase the art itself.
- 44:04In the 2040s, today's accepted practices—like podcasters speaking freely on microphones—will likely be deemed unacceptable and purged.
- 44:42House of Cards fell apart in its final season without Kevin Spacey, despite Claire being a strong character, because you can't just remove the central figure and expect the show to work.
- 45:07The Sopranos without Tony Soprano wouldn't be the Sopranos—you'd need to make a different, separate show about Carmela running the family.
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What Happens to Cancelled Men Like Spacey, C.K., and Weinstein
#They speculate about Kevin Spacey's post-scandal life, joke about Louis C.K. making room for female comedians, and question the industry's true motives behind replacing disgraced men.
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- 45:25Tim asks what Kevin Spacey is doing now after cancellation, whether he can go to restaurants.
- 45:41Cancelled figures like Spacey can move to Europe or South America and probably travel most places in the country without being bothered.
- 45:57Louis C.K. is making room for the next wave of female comedians, according to Tim's understanding of how people think success works.
- 46:14Tim argues that the idea of one person's cancellation making room for another is a childlike fantasy about how success actually happens.
- 46:36The realistic explanation for replacing cancelled figures is profit motive: somebody needs to make money, not that morality is driving the system.
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Spacey's Closeted Past and the Cosby/Weinstein Double Standard
#They discuss how everyone reportedly knew Spacey was gay but media avoided reporting it, then compare public perception of Cosby vs. Weinstein and joke about the industry needing to make room for more women.
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- 46:54Spacey was closeted while everyone knew he was gay, but media didn't report it to avoid accusations of outing people.
- 47:04In the 90s, people wouldn't write about Spacey being with young men because discussing it meant risking the mudslinging of appearing to conflate homosexuality with pedophilia.
- 47:25When caught, Spacey came out as gay, despite just being accused of assaulting a 14-year-old.
- 47:43Tim compares outcomes: Harvey Weinstein went to jail, Cosby couldn't be convicted, and Spacey still has legal battles pending.
- 47:54Weinstein was never beloved the way Cosby was, so there's no cultural goodwill protecting him.
- 48:10Tim jokes that a jury might have acquitted Cosby based on his Jello Pudding spokesperson fame.
- 48:24Entertainment industry is making room for women comics and stars as part of an evolved approach to comedy.
- 48:41Tim says it's over for him but others probably have a chance, then mentions taking a half hour soon.
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Flying First Class and Setting Up the Paula Deen Bit
#Tim describes his first-ever first class flight for his New Orleans trip and being self-conscious in a tracksuit, before they set up playing a Maria Bamford Paula Deen recipe bit.
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- 48:59Tim flew first class for the first time and hated it.
- 49:14He flew standby on his uncle's United benefits wearing a velour tracksuit, upsetting the passenger next to him.
- 49:34Tim jokes about the food show getting cancelled and remade with just him, the other guy, and Francine.
- 49:46Southern fried cuisine gets treated as legitimate cooking just because anything deep-fried in batter tastes good.
- 50:01Elvis's peanut butter banana sandwich is the correct model for that type of food.
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Maria Bamford's Paula Deen Recipe Bit (Audio Clip)
#They play a Maria Bamford stand-up clip parodying Paula Deen's over-the-top, unhealthy Southern recipes framed as a suicide note.
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- 50:25Maria describes attempting to learn cooking and finding it's not easier than not cooking at all
- 50:40A parody of cooking advice devolves into absurdist suggestions like virgin olive oil, milk duds, and squeezy cheese
- 51:27Maria expresses concern about Paula Deen's recipes, describing them as resembling a suicide note
- 51:57The recipe bit escalates into darkly comic language about pain and making final plans
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Josh Ozersky, the Disliked Food Writer Who Died in the Shower
#They discuss food writer Josh Ozersky, disliked and 'oily' in personality, who died from a stroke and drowning in his shower, and how his obituary tweets were tepid.
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- 52:42Josh Ozersky was a well-known food writer who died in his shower, possibly from a stroke.
- 52:55Ozersky had an oily, unlikable personality that came through in how people discussed him after his death.
- 53:17Tweets mourning Ozersky used euphemistic language like 'strong personality' that revealed nobody actually liked him.
- 53:37Solaris would aggressively tell restaurant owners their food would be good for their business while they stared at him.
- 54:02Solaris was a comic who hosted the meat show on Eater but was hard to watch.
- 54:13Tim remembers Solaris going to auditions and getting on people's nerves, like when he said you can't put ketchup on a burger.
- 54:25Solaris was in a white supremacist group and had fourteen words tattooed on his forearm.
- 54:55Tim's assessment: Solaris was probably autistic or something, and he's glad he's dead.
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Nick Solares the Meat Guy and His Alleged Nazi Ties
#They recall Nick Solares, a meat critic and podcast host, claiming he was involved with white supremacists and was combative and rude in his food reviews.
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- 55:04Josh Ozersky's YouTube video introduces National Fried Chicken Day as the greatest American food after hamburgers, filmed at a restaurant called Dirty Bird.
- 55:20Ozersky claims fried chicken is nowhere made worse than in New York City, where restaurants deep-fry everything including the cornbread.
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Playing Josh Ozersky's Fried Chicken Video
#They play and react to a real Josh Ozersky video where he pretentiously trashes New York fried chicken and claims its origins trace to slaves' spices.
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- 56:27Josh Ozersky claims the spices in fried chicken were brought over by slaves, which Tim dismisses as foodie nonsense.
- 56:55Tim argues there's too much tendency now to treat everything like it matters, assigning grand cultural significance to simple fried chicken.
- 57:10Tim insists fried chicken isn't a five-star meal and shouldn't be analyzed as if someone spent ten years training to perfect it.
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Why Tim Went to New Orleans
#Tim briefly explains his mom wanted to visit New Orleans again and he tagged along, paying for the trip with her flying them first class.
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- 57:24Tim went to an oyster bar in New Orleans but chose one that wasn't rated as high (the Acme) to avoid waiting.
- 57:34His mom had been going to New Orleans for a couple years and wanted him to go with her.
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Tim reads an ad for Gas Digital Network, promoting free SD livestreams, paid subscriptions for exclusive content and early episodes, and the message boards, using promo code HELL.
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- 57:56SD live streams are now free on gasdigitalnetwork.com
- 58:10Subscribe for exclusive content including two years of video and audio archives
- 58:24Episodes drop on iTunes and Google Play on Sunday, available ad-free five days earlier on Tuesday
- 58:42Gas Digital message boards described as the closest thing to the dark web for buying guns and cheap goods
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Ray discusses his organized crime podcast The Sit Down, covering figures like Sonny Franzese and Greg Scarpa, and riffs with Tim about various mob figures.
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- 59:18Ray announces his new podcast "The Sit Down," which profiles figures in organized crime.
- 59:36Tim asks if Ray has a favorite mob figure; Ray acknowledges they're all bad people but gravitates toward guys like Joe Gallo and Greg Scarpe despite being a rat.
- 1:00:00Ray mentions episodes on Roy DeMeo and Vincent Gigante, the mob boss who pretended to be mentally ill.
- 1:00:19Tim notes Gigante walked around the bathroom pissing on the street to maintain his cover as a lunatic, calling it a licensed psychiatrist performance—just a bunch of frauds and fanooks.
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Ray and Tim run down their upcoming stand-up dates and projects, including Vice Sports work, a New Orleans taping, and various club dates, plus shout outs to fans and fellow comedians.
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- 1:00:33Tim's tour dates are on microscene.com, with frequent stand-up shows at New York Comedy Club.
- 1:00:47Ray Cump's Vice Sports series has new episodes coming out soon, with plans to pitch more content to the network.
- 1:01:15Tim is taping a Comedy Central special in New Orleans on Saturday night at the Civic Theatre.
- 1:01:28December tour dates include Chesky's Pub in New Hampshire, Laugh Shack in Portland Maine, and co-headlining with Sean Donnelly at the Colony.
- 1:01:47Tim will be in Los Angeles for the entire month of January, with dates up on timdelloncomedy.com by the first of the year.
- 1:02:04He's planning to do cool podcasts out in LA, potentially including Bird Chrysler and Tony Hinchcliffe's show.
- 1:02:40Tim offers to grab tacos or produce a show with his wife Christine for interested listeners.
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Shout Out to Jack, the Long Island Fan
#They dedicate the episode to a long-time young fan named Jack and joke about how long he's been listening and how little the show has grown.
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- 1:02:47Jack is a high school student in Long Island who loves Stu.
- 1:03:03Jack is somehow still in high school at 23, then 28 years old.
- 1:03:17Tim does a riff about 9/11 right up front when he gets out with the comedy center.
- 1:03:37Tim dismisses Comedy Center as not even a good show anymore that only four people see.
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Dating Kevin Spacey and Ranking Which Celebrities Being Pedophiles Would Hurt Most
#They joke about who would date Kevin Spacey, imagine a hypothetical Spacey podcast, and rank which celebrities being exposed as predators would personally bother them most, including Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Judy Dench.
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- 1:04:06Tim says he'd date Kevin Spacey's face and throw ass in his eyes for him.
- 1:04:18Starting a podcast with Kevin Spacey would draw at least 14,000 listeners, though iTunes would try to censor it.
- 1:05:09If Spielberg turned out to be a major pedophile trafficking kids in Hollywood, that would genuinely bother Tim.
- 1:05:20Tom Hanks being accused wouldn't bother him the way Spielberg would, but Harrison Ford being exposed wouldn't ruin his day either.
- 1:05:38Tim jokes about Judi Dench being arrested for murdering a child, sarcastically adding she's not well.
- 1:06:01Tim speculates that old Hollywood actors like Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon were probably running trains on young women back in the day.
- 1:06:12Vegas showgirls from decades past could expose things about every fucking president if they ever talked about what happened.
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Old Hollywood Debauchery and Podcast Recommendations
#They joke about old actors like Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon possibly abusing power, riff on the Wizard of Oz hanging myth, then discuss which podcasts are actually good, including Rogan and The Dollop.
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- 1:06:34Tim praises the suicide scene in an Old Hollywood film as genuinely realistic.
- 1:06:52Most podcasts out there are not good, and Tim appreciates the audience for listening to this one.
- 1:07:03Only seven or eight podcasts are worth listening to; everything else is two guys from LA talking about video games.
- 1:07:14The Dollop discusses history in a funny way and is worth checking out.
- 1:07:33Tim gave out his phone number on a podcast three years ago and still gets texts from it.
- 1:08:11Tim doesn't talk enough for a three-hour Rogan Experience episode and wouldn't fit that format.
- 1:08:23Rogan's guests all come in with prepared ideas about race and culture, ready to go deep for two or three hours.
- 1:08:49Shannon is dealing with technical issues on the backend today.
Joe RoganThe DollopWe the People by Guys We Fucked
- 2 min
Rogan's Show Style and Closing Riff on Fatherhood Jokes
#They discuss what makes Joe Rogan's three-hour podcast format work, then wrap with shoutouts to fans who sent gifts, holiday merch plugs, and a joking apology about making fun of a friend's kid.
4moments
- 1:09:34Tim thanks the fan from Long Island who came out with his girlfriend and offers a promo code for his Come Town episode.
- 1:09:53Tim pitches the show's merch and merchandise as a holiday gift, suggesting it's a great stocking stuffer.
- 1:10:25Eric Taylor told Tim he can't wear devil horns anymore because he's a father, and Tim pushes back against the criticism.
- 1:10:43Tim goes on a rant about how being a parent shouldn't dictate every choice he makes, refusing to let fatherhood be a constant reflex that polices his behavior.
- 1 min
Tim closes the episode joking that this is why the Food Network never hired them, then says goodbye.
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- 1:11:12Tim closes the episode by blaming the Food Network for not hiring them