Interview · moment 7 of 20
Mikey DiStefano's Legacy and Adderall Ribbing
from Alien School (with Jessa Reed) · #89
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minGuest
Tim praises the late comedian Mike DiStefano's unmatched insight into addiction, then they rib Ray Kump about his Adderall habit and a Ritalin sleepover story from Jessa's youth.
- 29:34Tim describes Mikey DiStefano's transcendent comedy performance at the Moth.
- 30:12DiStefano brought Tim onstage four months into his stand-up career for an HBO pitch on Comics Anonymous.
- 30:43Guest reveals he gave his Ritalin to kids at a sleepover when he was 15, and they ended up getting their stomachs pumped.
- 31:42One girl from the sleepover ate everything in the medicine cabinet, including iron pills, and never had normal bowel movements again.
- 32:23Guest says Ritalin came out before Adderall did, and the two drugs are pretty similar in effect.
- 32:38Tim observes that people on high doses of Adderall look like they're on meth, and questions whether snorting it intensifies the effect.
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