Interview · moment 15 of 18
Luke the Intern: Merch Ideas and the Poisoned Filipino Cats Story
from The Men Behind The Boys · #102
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7 minGuest
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.
- 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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