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Gas Digital Interns and Long Island Seafood with Mic Etiquette
from The Middle Of The End · #109
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6 minTim continues the food podcast story at the backup seafood restaurant, riffs on the young Gas Digital staff wasting their prime years, jokes about his old movie's foam-sword pizza sponsorship, and complains about the host keeping mics on during dinner.
- 32:46Gas Digital interns are in the most important years of their lives while their peers intern at Goldman Sachs, and Tim hopes the network succeeds for them.
- 33:21The intern wouldn't turn off his microphone before sitting down at the restaurant, keeping it on like he owned the place.
- 33:49Long Island has a general vibe where people ask 'what are you, a fucking cop?' and don't want mics in their face.
- 34:15Tim tried doing a full podcast with Mike Racine that didn't work, though people love the older episodes.
- 34:42Stop asking for people to bring things back—the new Arrested Development on Netflix is garbage, but the original is still his favorite show.
- 35:01Tim called his talent agent asking why he wasn't considered for Love Simon, a movie about a good-looking gay guy falling in love with a Black Jewish kid.
- 35:27Guy Berman joked back that nobody would believe they had been to Europe after Tim pitched a remake with both of them.
- 35:50Ray Kump is doing more Instagram content and bought a green screen to shoot one-minute rant videos.
- 36:22Nick Mullen found a 90s Twin Towers background image and sent it to Ray for the green screen setup.
- 36:56Tim is lost with social media strategy and genuinely doesn't know how to navigate it properly.
- 37:06People are messaging Tim with unsolicited content ideas and documentary proposals he doesn't want.
- 37:20Someone pitched a documentary called 'Charles Feel: The Untold Story' claiming to tell the real truth.
Ray KumpGuy BranumGaS DigitalArrested DevelopmentMullenMike RacineLove Simon