Interview · moment 9 of 19
Fantasizing About Being a Secret Service Agent
from The Pauper Is Just Working · #113
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2 minGuest
Yannis explains his brief dream of becoming a Secret Service agent purely for the fantasy of telling a girl at a Miami bar about it, then his pivot to comedy at 23 and his first electric set at Caroline's.
- 30:18Tim thought he might work in government but realized a day job wouldn't be sustainable for him.
- 31:03Tim started comedy at 23 and did his first set at Caroline's as a Bringers show in 1999 or 2000.
- 31:21The early set felt like a win because the audience was essentially paid friends he'd invited.
- 31:40Tim recalls wearing a mock neck for that first performance and still has the five-minute set archived on YouTube.
- 32:00Tim was a natural class clown his whole life and realized comedy was the only thing he was genuinely good at.
- 32:12By May 2001, after about a year and a half of comedy, Tim got shot, which changed everything.