Governors of Comedy: The Reality Show Pitch

• 3:53A reality show called The Governors of Comedy was pitched about a suburban Long Island comedy club.
• 4:23Tim describes how the club's pitch missed the point—they should have focused on the actual business of running a strip-mall comedy club, not just "bringing comedy back."
• 4:45Tim mocks the club owner's mentality, playing him as someone who'd demand comedians wear suits and ties no matter their stature.
• 5:38The club held a Montreal audition for "new faces" where the median age of contestants was around 46, with elderly people competing alongside younger comics.
• 6:09Tim says he regrets not getting that audition, joking it would have made his career—but acknowledges there are other tracks in comedy.
• 6:25The reality show got filmed and pitched, likely on Facebook or the club's website, but didn't get picked up by a network.
• 6:54Now they're trying to generate a popular uprising—like Family Guy's revival—to get people to demand the show, with a Kickstarter presumably in mind.
• 7:19Tim jokes he'd watch the show to see Tommy Ravioli preparing his half-hour rant about Asians.

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