Episode 102 · The GaS Digital / Ray Kump Era
The Men Behind The Boys
Jun 27, 2018 · 1:06:11 · 19 segments, 142 moments indexed
- 1 min
Cold Open: First Live Stream in the New Studio
#Tim and Ray open the show introducing the brand new GaS Digital studio, noting they're the first show to livestream from it and joking about their low ranking on the network.
2moments
- 0:02Show opens with theme: Tim Dillon Is Going To Hell with Tim Dillon and Ray Kump
- 0:27Tim welcomes the audience and introduces Ray Kump as his co-host
- 3 min
Simultaneous Heart Attacks and Sarah Huckabee Sanders
#Riffing on studio malfunctions causing heart attacks, they pivot to Trump administration news and crudely joke about Sarah Huckabee Sanders' appearance and hypothetical sex tape.
6moments
- 1:14Tim and his co-host may have simultaneous heart attacks on this show, which is being used as a guinea pig for the network.
- 1:58Debate over whether people who work in the Trump administration should be allowed to go out to eat, specifically referencing Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
- 2:17Tim makes a 'Colonel Sanders' joke about Sarah Huckabee Sanders' name.
- 2:34The co-host asks if Tim would pay for a tape of Ray and Sarah Huckabee Sanders in sexual relations.
- 2:51Tim argues that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a human being who deserves to be humanized.
- 3:08Tim questions whether they're heading toward another civil war following the Supreme Court reinforcing the travel ban.
- 3 min
The Travel Ban, Saudi Arabia, and Pride Week
#Tim argues the Supreme Court's travel ban ruling is a hollow gesture since it excludes Saudi Arabia despite its 9/11 connection, then they briefly riff on pride week before drifting into a bit about internet providers and a scammer named Louis Gomez at Sandals resort.
6moments
- 3:59Tim argues the travel ban is a needless gesture because it excludes Saudi Arabia, the country that attacked on 9/11, making the whole thing seem performative rather than genuinely aimed at preventing terrorism.
- 4:49The constitutional question of whether the president can impose a travel ban remains unclear and up for interpretation.
- 5:21Tim pivots to a bit about arguing with an internet provider, with Ralph demanding they stop throttling after paying, and Luis Gomez allegedly taking all the bandwidth money to Sandals resort.
- 5:44Discussion of Sandals resort featuring slides and sexual atmosphere, contrasted with the Tropicana in Vegas where you have to keep your pants on.
- 6:11Tim clarifies the rules about exposing yourself at a resort: you need consent from people and must be in a private area, not at the buffet.
- 6:24Having fun in the elevator at a resort is fine; Tim suggests nobody really cares in that context.
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- 4 min
The High School Guy With the Headphone-Grab and the Netflix Special
#Tim tells a story about running into an old high school acquaintance on the street who yanks his headphone out and awkwardly quizzes him about his Netflix special, tying into a rant about Long Island's culture of forced familiarity and jealousy over someone else's 90s cover band living at home.
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- 6:32Tim's high school friend grabbed his headphone out of his ear instead of tapping his shoulder.
- 6:47People do this aggressive, unexpected physical greeting thing when they recognize him — hugging or removing headphones without warning.
- 7:13Tim admits he barely makes eye contact when speaking and looks at the bread on the table during dinners.
- 7:41High school friend said "your success is our success" and wanted to throw a viewing party for one episode.
- 7:57Long Island people's attitude: they could do what Tim did, and they could probably do a whole series instead of one episode.
- 8:46Friend bragged about another kid with a 90s cover band who lives in his parents' house, and they started shitting on him.
- 9:25Bed bug exterminator found babies on the mattress and told him it wasn't a big deal, just six hours out of the apartment.
- 9:38His roommate found an adult bug in his own bed, and his girlfriend has three bites on her neck after acting high and mighty about it.
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- 2 min
Bedbugs and the 90s Cover Band Guy's Crohn's Disease Cover Story
#Tim describes his apartment's bedbug infestation and the exterminator drama with his roommate, then riffs with Ray on faking cancer or Crohn's disease as an excuse for being a loser living with your parents.
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- 11:03Tim proposes telling people you're dying of cancer if you're living with your parents and in a 90s cover band.
- 11:21Argument that Crohn's disease isn't real—just people shitting all the time, which Tim treats as a lifestyle choice rather than a medical condition.
- 11:40Tim doubles down: Crohn's is white losers who eat ice cream and then blame shitting on disease instead of cleaning themselves up.
- 12:06Producer had a client with Crohn's who is a nice guy but definitely shits himself sometimes, which Tim treats as validation of his theory.
- 12:20Tim refuses to take the disease seriously, insisting that shitting can't be the only symptom if it's supposed to count as medical.
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- 5 min
PC Richard & Son: The Long Island Appliance Dirtbag Empire
#An extended riff on PC Richard & Son electronics stores, including Tim's memory of buying a DVD player from a pushy salesman named Duke, the store's reputation for failed car salesmen and washing-machine obsessives, and a bit about a Long Island handyman named Jimmy who threatened to kill Tim over unpaid money.
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- 12:48Tim recounts buying his first DVD player at PC Richard & Son around 1999-2000 for $300, bringing a disc to test it in-store.
- 13:30Salesman Duke, a typical Italian guy with a huge pinky ring, sells him an extended warranty by repeating that all DVD players have great video and sound quality.
- 14:10PC Richard & Son is staffed by failed car salesmen from Long Island who couldn't move a Kia, now working as a goon squad in electronics.
- 14:36Tim describes the sales pitch: a manager tells employees they're not selling TVs, they're selling a lifestyle that transforms customers from living in hell to being a king.
- 15:20PC Richard & Son salesmen convince people a flat-screen TV will dress up the basement apartment they live in at their parents' home.
- 15:32Adult men go to PC Richard & Son with their mothers, and the store's primary focus is selling washing machines, not home theater.
- 15:55Tim jokes about the pitch for washing machines: 'Do you know what it feels like to wash your clothes in your home in your own home? Do you have any idea you feel like a man?'
- 16:08On Long Island, using a laundromat is treated like doing heroin—people respect the status of owning their own appliances too much.
- 16:32Tim once spent an hour at a laundromat talking to a guy named Jimmy who insisted he wasn't a heroin addict, just did a couple bags every morning to get straight.
- 3 min
PC Richard Slogans and the Toaster Sales Pitch Bit
#They riff on PC Richard's actual slogan and history, joke about camera store commission jobs, and improvise an ad-style bit selling an overpriced toaster and washing machine, including a fake salesperson named Hilda.
9moments
- 17:43Tim's friend asks for PC Richard's slogan, which turns out to be "Don't wait till your parents are dead—he's been spending their money."
- 18:11PC Richards is described as a dirt bag store where people end up working after getting fired from better places.
- 18:36Tim sold cameras at a camera store and knew the technical specs, but customers at PC Richards didn't care.
- 19:05PC Richards sales staff make no money and have to sell cheap appliances like toasters to build commissions.
- 19:23Tim launches into a toaster sales pitch about pizza bagels and how the cheese browns nicely in a Black and Decker.
- 19:35The pitch warns customers that Chinese-made toasters won't work and will burn your house down.
- 19:52Tim argues that $400 for a toaster isn't padding—it's ensuring safety because the Chinese want children to burn to death.
- 20:09Tim wishes PC Richards could be called live during the show, imagining the studio furnished by their wares as a sign of success.
- 20:28If calling PC Richards becomes possible, Tim plans to ask about buying a washing machine and being connected to someone named Hilda.
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- 3 min
Hannah Gadsby's Nanette and 'Self-Deprecation Isn't Comedy'
#Tim has Ray read lines from Hannah Gadsby's Nanette special and mocks its central thesis that comedians shouldn't self-deprecate, joking about her career and imagining Ray performing the special.
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- 21:12Nanette is a Netflix special where the comedian argues comedy should be about sharing your pain in an unfunny way with a captive audience.
- 21:25Tim on the core message: no self-deprecation allowed—she's telling you what comedy has to be.
- 21:57Reading Gadsby's line: 'Everybody knows there is nothing stronger than a woman who has put herself back together.'
- 22:29Tim jokes about Ray Comp walking out instead when the theater announces Hannah Gadsby.
- 22:42Australian comedy has a lot of funny people but also a lot of nonsense.
- 22:57Tim argues that doing stand-up comedy at this point is lame and embarrassing—it's cooler not to do it.
- 23:07He suggests aspiring comedians start a YouTube channel instead of pursuing stand-up.
- 4 min
Star Wars Fandom, Last Jedi Backlash, and Grown Men Who Care Too Much
#Tim mocks the adult fandom obsessing over Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the online harassment of an Asian actress, arguing grown men shouldn't be finding meaning in franchise media instead of building families.
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- 23:23Disney fucked them over.
- 23:37Tim, at 34, questions why he gives a shit about Star Wars when he should have a family and tight-knit group instead of finding meaning in basic cable.
- 24:01Disney attacking their supposed fans by calling them racist over The Last Jedi backlash is a valid point, but it's a hot take.
- 25:18Star Wars fans obsessively create hundreds of YouTube videos analyzing The Last Jedi, all saying the same thing.
- 25:55Disney's Twitter feed called out fans for racism, though the actual racist tweets were from only 39 people.
- 26:18Grown men complaining about Star Wars quality are just losers who should be doing something else in life.
- 26:31Tim points out there's nothing better to do than go on Reddit for 90 hours, so he understands the appeal.
- 26:46Tim doesn't want action figures from movies he likes, distinguishing himself from the obsessive fan type.
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- 7 min
Fandom, Creativity, and the Intellectual Dark Web Bit
#Tim theorizes that non-creative people become obsessive fans while creatives resist fandom, discusses reboot nostalgia (Roseanne, Arrested Development), then launches into a bit mocking Nanette's social-justice politics, gender fluidity discourse, and imagining the Intellectual Dark Web as a wrestling-style entrance with Rogan, Shapiro, Peterson and Bari Weiss.
10moments
- 27:02Tim on why creative people are less likely to become fans—they see themselves competing rather than purely appreciating.
- 27:47Revived shows almost never recapture their original magic; people pine for the concept, not the reality.
- 29:00Genderqueer representation in comedy becomes the topic, leading to heated debate about gatekeeping and merit.
- 29:15Tim argues people redefining comedy to be more inclusive are actually unable to compete with genuinely funny people.
- 29:54The guest claims to be the only person in comedy who actually cares about gender equality, sparking pushback.
- 31:03Tim criticizes the guest's stance on self-deprecation and for imposing rules rather than being funny.
- 31:43These people want power and control; they see comedy and culture as vehicles to impose their will on others.
- 32:29The guest identifies with the intellectual dark web—names Rogan, Barry Weiss, and others as freedom advocates.
- 32:59Tim parodies the IDW rollout with Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson emerging, mocking the aesthetic of it all.
- 33:28Tim's closing move: if you want freedom, stop caring where people piss; let people live as they are.
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- 2 min
The Pool Bit and Wanting a House With a Pool
#Short absurdist riff about wanting a house with a pool, not letting Ray in it, and a joke about going to a public pool to defecate in it as a show bit.
5moments
- 34:21Tim's priority is getting a house with a pool, not fighting Marxism.
- 34:33Tim and guest propose going to a public pool and defecating in it as a show bit.
- 34:52Robbie Bernstein lectures about ad sales targets and show compatibility while standing outside.
- 35:10Tim mocks Robbie's confidence, noting he pitched a vape deal as part of his advertising pitch.
- 35:27Tim calls for Robbie to come inside because the show has no ads and he apparently excels at sales.
- 6 min
Ad salesman Robbie Bernstein is brought in and grilled about why the show has no sponsors, leading to a chaotic, self-deprecating discussion of the show's poor download numbers and Robbie's unconvincing sales pitch attempts.
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- 35:42Why the show doesn't have ads despite decent numbers
- 35:58Robbie explains he pitches the show by sending pictures of the hosts to potential advertisers
- 36:22His pitch strategy: calling up advertisers and leading with "I got this gay guy"
- 36:45Robbie admits he basically never pitches the show because download numbers aren't high enough
- 37:08Tim points out Robbie is doing free comedy shows at the Grizzly Pear while claiming to need prioritization
- 37:50Robbie says he's been at Gas Digital for a year, had no idea what he was doing, but things are improving
- 38:08Robbie's new strategy: packaging smaller shows with larger shows to attract more advertisers
- 38:32Tim suggests pitching gender-specific products like douche sponsors
- 38:58Robbie protests he never agreed to be the ad sales guy on the show
- 39:53Tim challenges Robbie's sales ability, noting he's hosting comedy for zero money
- 40:32Robbie claims he's an excellent phone salesman who can close any deal, despite evidence to the contrary
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- 3 min
Ray's Failed Cold-Call Roleplay
#Tim and Ray simulate a sales cold call, with Ray flailing badly when Tim (as the vape client) asks basic questions like 'what is the nature of this call,' becoming a runbing bit about Ray's incompetence at phone sales.
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- 41:20Tim used to sell mortgage leads to contractors, describing it as a total Ponzi scheme.
- 41:44Ray sets up a cold-call roleplay where Tim owns a vape company.
- 42:28Tim's pitch: vape pens with technology that lets you vape safely in front of your children without harming them.
- 42:56When Ray asks 'What is the nature of this call?' Tim claims they have scientists and refuses to answer the question.
- 43:30Ray insists that 'What is the nature of this call?' is the easiest question in sales and Tim has no answer for it.
- 43:51Tim finally responds that he was hoping to discuss advertising for a podcast and thought Ray's product would be a great fit.
- 44:04Ray declares the roleplay over, concluding that Tim is not good at cold-calling.
- 4 min
Ray's Cold-Call Redemption: 'Real Ass Dudes' Sales Pitch
#Ray attempts the cold call again, this time smoothly pitching a vape sponsorship by profiling their audience as 'real ass dudes' who like UFC and hate Amy Schumer, riffing through fake podcast names including their own show and Legion of Skanks.
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- 44:10Tim mocks Ray's cold-call opening as terrible and critiques his delivery.
- 44:31Ray compliments the prospect on carrying himself professionally while learning he works in vape.
- 45:05Ray pivots to a sales question about whether the prospect is satisfied with his current advertising reach.
- 45:27Ray introduces himself as representing a consortium of podcasts covering various shows.
- 45:46Ray asks how familiar the prospect is with real ass dudes, positioning them as the target market.
- 46:02Real ass dude defined as a man unafraid to stand up to society while living in his mother's house.
- 46:43Ray pitches these listeners as ideal customers who vape and consume edgy content before turning fully to the right.
- 47:07Ray praises a podcast that presents satanic pedophilia coverage as even-handed rather than judgmental.
- 7 min
Intern Luke is brought on to discuss merch ideas like Tim Dillon pins and a Montauk Monster shirt, which spirals into Tim's rambling story about neighbors poisoning his family's stray cats with antifreeze and a tangent about Filipino people and peanut butter.
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- 48:38Tim's neighbors who poisoned his parents' cats were Filipino, and he feels Luke needs to atone for this.
- 49:15Tim describes building cat houses in his yard after one went missing, comparing it to Jimmy Carter Habitat houses but for cats.
- 49:52The Filipino neighbors put antifreeze poison in the yard that caused renal failure in the cats, nearly killing them all.
- 50:35Luke works setting up merch for the show and has been an intern here for a year.
- 50:47Luke dropped out of an economics program at Hunter College, which he calls a useless degree.
- 51:42Luke suggests Tim Dillon pins with the TD logo as merch since they have low cost and high return.
- 52:08Tim proposes making a shirt featuring the Montauk Monster with him and Ray.
- 52:44Luke is 24 years old and says he's been too busy getting yelled at by a Puerto Rican man for a year to date.
- 53:14Luke is an open mic comic but says they suck now, especially in Brooklyn where audiences light you up for disagreeing with them.
- 53:51Tim realizes this is an actual company with employees, not just Ralph's apartment, and wants to understand the business structure better.
- 54:10Tim thinks the company needs business cards to be more professional.
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- 4 min
Meeting Bobby Hutch and Dana, Network Personalities
#Tim and Ray banter about various GaS Digital coworkers, joking about wanting to sleep with soothing radio guy Bobby Hutch, and reminiscing about Dana dominating a past podcast appearance and Johnny's pizza in Bay Ridge.
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- 54:25Tim describes Bobby Hutch as a soothing radio guy with a butch bear or otter energy.
- 54:51Tim pivots to joking about fucking Bobby Hutch after the guest compliments him.
- 55:26Tim wonders where Dana is, recalls she talked more than he and the guest did during a three-week podcast run.
- 55:47Tim describes a New York pizza place where they roll hot dogs into the pie and melt it in your nose.
- 56:12High Society is the only other show on the network Tim does, and it's like a show homeless people would listen to.
- 56:25Tim was on High Society writing love letters to inmates in prison.
- 56:44Tim admits he threatened an inmate in one of the love letters, worried she would steal from him.
- 57:17Tim claims he's smart enough to see when someone's using him, warns the inmate not to screw him over.
- 57:33Tim tells the inmate he's in love with her but won't let her screw him over.
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- 1 min
A brief, drifting sponsor-style read for Dove body wash that quickly turns into a riff about a good avocado toast breakfast at the Gray Dog restaurant.
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- 58:04Tim tries avocado toast for the first time and says it's nice if you get the right one, otherwise it's shit.
- 58:16His ideal Gray Dog breakfast: apple chicken sausage, avocado toast, and over easy eggs.
- 58:29Tim recommends the Gray Dog move, noting there are a few locations down in the village.
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- 2 min
'I Was Threatening This Girl': The High Society Prison Pen-Pal Story
#Ray tells the bizarre story of writing love letters to a female inmate for the High Society podcast segment, insisting he was just 'establishing' he wouldn't be a mark, leading to jokes about smuggling snacks and drugs into jail.
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- 59:11Tim describes threatening a girl he was writing to in prison to establish she wouldn't catfish him.
- 59:26The girl was attractive and he suspected she might try to manipulate him.
- 59:37She was in for robbery and stabbing someone, getting out in a year.
- 59:51Tim explains the plan to develop rapport through snack cakes and care packages.
- 1:00:11Discussion of smuggling contraband into jail hidden in various body parts.
- 1:00:32Tim clarifies he doesn't want to be a mark or get played by the prisoner.
- 5 min
Tim runs through his upcoming tour dates (Mohegan Sun, Kennedy Center, Montreal, Dublin, Lexington, Chicago, Providence), plugs the network subscription and archive interviews, recaps a Cleveland show, and closes with one more mocking line from Nanette.
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- 1:01:04Tim announces July 12th Montreal Comedy Festival, Dublin dates, and stops in Lexington, Chicago, Providence, and Block Island.
- 1:01:24Upcoming episodes of Legionists, Skanks, and Real-Life podcast, plus appearance on Bonfire where he mostly coasted.
- 1:01:42Legion was killer last night with Tim, Lewis, and Nick, and Come Town live show in Brooklyn was one of the best shows in the country.
- 1:02:02Tim pitches the network subscription at eight dollars a month for all shows, premium content, and 90 episodes of archives.
- 1:02:16Network includes road trip interviews with David Talbot, Russ Baker, Nick Bryan, Mark, Bobby Kelly, Dan St. Germain, Ray Comp, and Lou Pearlman discussions.
- 1:02:45Promo code HELL gets access to archives; standard definition livestream free on GasDIG.com, high-def video and audio archives available.
- 1:03:24Tim discusses technical sync issues between studio setup and stream quality while insisting on best experience for viewers.
- 1:03:48Subscribe to help build the show, tell your friends, and Tim offers guest spots for interested comedians.
- 1:04:02Last show in Cleveland bombed, with Joe List and Jimmy Schubert doing guest spots before Tim's co-headlining set with a tired crowd.
- 1:04:43Tim explains how making comments about town can bury you with the crowd, and sometimes riffing makes it hard to land jokes afterward.
- 1:05:02Cleveland crowds respond to jokes about the Cleveland Clinic and towns where kids die of heroin.
- 1:05:41Tim closes with the statement 'Self-deprecation isn't comedy' before signing off.
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