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Watching the Governors of Comedy Trailer Live

from A Can of Sweetened Honey · #84

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4 min

Tim and Ray play and react in real time to the actual reality show trailer footage, mocking the owner Mark London, the comics' canned lines about race and struggle, and the low production value.

In this bit7 moments
  • 14:41Tim jokes about a game show bit where he'd kiss something for a Cinnabon.
  • 15:09One comedian's premise about dinosaurs being the fastest rising storms and asking if any white people are in the audience.
  • 15:31A comic tells another that his lack of talent is the real problem, not him.
  • 15:56Tim argues the show only works if the audience thinks the comedians are delusional psychopaths, and it's a weird way to present comics.
  • 16:40Reality show format damages a comic's career by ratcheting up expectations and branding them as a fast-rising star.
  • 17:30The material on the show is incomplete — comedians are doing premises that came up five minutes ago and cutting them off before finishing.
  • 17:51Tim questions whether the pilot got permission to use copyrighted music like Collective Soul.
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