Episode 130 · The GaS Digital / Ray Kump Era
Integrity Belongs In East Timor
Jan 12, 2019 · 1:28:25 · 23 segments, 190 moments indexed
- 1 min
Brief musical/announcer cold open before the conversation begins.
2moments
- 0:00Opening: Tim Dillon Is Going To Hell
- 0:49Tim doesn't believe in conspiracy theories but wants to discuss one anyway
- 2 min
Conspiracy Theories, Owen Benjamin, and Being 'One of the Few'
#Tim and his guest riff on conspiracy culture, Avicii/9-11 truthers, Owen Benjamin's flat earth drift, and how conspiracies function like religion by making believers feel special and 'in the know.'
7moments
- 0:53Tim on the idea that 9/11 conspiracies claim the government brought someone back and told him to go live his life.
- 1:11Tim mocks the argument that 9/11 never happened because the World Trade Center was hard to argue with.
- 1:32Tim watches Owen Benjamin's conspiracy content because he sees a preview of his own eventual decline.
- 1:47Owen Benjamin has progressed from moon landing denial to flirting with flat earth theories.
- 2:07The appeal of conspiracies is the ability to position yourself as one of the few who knows the truth.
- 2:23To stay among the few in conspiracy communities, adherents keep getting further and further into extreme theories.
- 2:34Tim used to watch only YouTube videos with under a thousand views to stay ahead of co-opted content.
- 3 min
Sam Tripoli's Chaos Theory and Malibu Fire Conspiracies
#He discusses Sam Tripoli's willingness to entertain any conspiracy, including directed-energy weapon fire theories about Malibu, and pivots into a bit about dating women who get outraged over decades-old Trump/Clinton comments, including his own introduction to comedy via Lewinsky jokes.
8moments
- 2:51Tim talks to Sam Tripoli about government attacking Malibu with direct energy weapons during the fires.
- 3:15Tim points out that Malibu residents are the 1% and the government's friends—why would they target their own allies?
- 3:32Sam's answer to every logical inconsistency: chaos theory, which he claims scares people and keeps them on their toes.
- 3:47Tim respects Tin Foil Hat's approach of examining conspiracy claims but ultimately rejecting ones that don't add up.
- 4:11Conspiracy theories function like religion for people—a way to feel like you possess knowledge others don't.
- 4:28Tim compares it to woke culture: same mechanism of feeling superior through special knowledge.
- 4:40Tim mentions dating a girl who wouldn't engage with Trump locker room talk without understanding the context.
- 5:11Tim tries to explain to her what locker room talk actually is and why men talk that way.
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- 7 min
Racism, Homophobia, and Locker Room Talk Stories
#A long riff about awkward social calculations around racist/homophobic relatives, his dad's mild discomfort with gay culture, his schizophrenic mother's conspiracy fixations, and how people casually process bigotry without confrontation.
13moments
- 5:25Tim explains the awkwardness of not speaking up when someone is being racist around you.
- 5:52Locker room talk discussion and the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal as an introduction to comedy.
- 6:48Tim recalls making Lewinsky jokes without fully understanding the scandal because he was young.
- 7:09Media consumption differences across countries and smartphone usage globally.
- 7:52Egypt's widespread use of flip phones instead of smartphones due to poverty.
- 8:34Everything in Egypt requires haggling, with no set prices anywhere, not even in stores.
- 9:05Egyptian vendors hit tourists with prices ten times higher than the actual cost.
- 9:41Tim bonds with foreigners by discussing how much their governments suck.
- 10:19Indonesian official Jacoby sold one island to China, throwing off all the textbooks that list 17,474 islands.
- 10:54The Indonesian guy claims Mossad and Jews planned 9-11, but he's never actually seen a Jewish person.
- 11:06Tim's father hated gay people but didn't recognize his gayest best friend Andrew as gay.
- 11:42Tim's father doesn't interrogate him about his boyfriend the way he would about a girlfriend.
- 12:31Tim's schizophrenic mother more interested in conspiracy theories like Obama being Muslim than discussing his sexuality.
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- 8 min
Traveling Through Egypt, Indonesia, and the Jewish Conspiracy Guy
#Extended travel stories: haggling prices in Egypt, meeting a guy who fucks tourists five times a week, discussions of hidden gay life and Grindr cop entrapment in the Middle East, and a story about a foreign man who blamed 9-11 on Jews without realizing he was talking to one.
13moments
- 12:44Tim realizes the conspiracy theorist didn't know he was Jewish and decides to play along rather than argue.
- 13:17The man claims not one Jew died on 9/11, and Tim feeds him encouragement to extract more of his theories.
- 13:37Tim mentions meeting a male feminist on New Year's Eve in Egypt.
- 14:04Egyptian men in tourist towns regularly sleep with tourists despite being in a devoutly Muslim country.
- 14:45One local guy fucks tourists five or six times a week and lost his virginity at 13 to a 41-year-old Belgian woman.
- 15:46Tim and the host debate which country has the largest Muslim population, settling on Indonesia.
- 16:05Using dating apps like Grindr in countries like Saudi Arabia is dangerous because undercover cops arrest gay men.
- 17:17Tim's half-brother, a captain in the army, warned him against traveling to East Timor because it's unsafe.
- 17:56At age 12, Tim toured 25 states in a Broadway production of Annie Get Your Gun, traveling on a tour bus with actors and actresses.
- 18:42During those long drives, Tim stared out the window at massive crosses in people's front yards across the Bible Belt.
- 19:50Tim met Marilyn Manson in a hotel lobby during the tour and saw him getting a waffle in makeup.
- 20:42Tim's brother told him you can travel to the capital of East Timor but no further east because of bandits.
- 20:53The word 'bandit' still exists as a real threat in certain countries.
- 3 min
East Timor, Bandits, and Komodo Dragons
#He recounts being warned off traveling to East Timor by his half-brother in the army, then venturing there anyway after being told the travel advisory was political, and searching for Komodo dragons in Indonesia.
7moments
- 21:13Tim travels to Indonesia and hangs out in Bali with a Facebook guy and two California women.
- 21:30The Facebook guy had a nice pad in Bali, spoke Bahasa, and had been there 50-60 times — basically a king of Bali on a 100k salary.
- 22:12Tim mentions being close to something, trying to remember the name of giant lizards near Indonesia.
- 22:31Komodo dragons — the Facebook guy tells Tim they're only three islands over and still in Indonesia.
- 23:05Tim asks about East Timor travel advisories, and the Facebook guy says they're just political — America maintains them for trade reasons.
- 23:17The civil war in East Timor ended in 2006 and it's safe now — no bandits, totally fine.
- 23:27Tim decides to go to East Timor anyway, still worried but committing to the trip.
- 4 min
Xenophobia, China's Harsh Punishments, and Losing Face
#A discussion of why unfamiliar countries feel scary (xenophobia), how China's brutal punishments and 'losing face' culture make it feel safe, including a story about a black comedian arrested via a lineup for purse snatching and sentenced to hard labor.
10moments
- 24:13Tim admits he gets scared in almost every country he visits, attributing it to xenophobia rather than actual danger.
- 24:36The more different people look, the more frightened you become—it's hardwired, not necessarily racism.
- 24:58Xenophobia and actual danger are different things; feeling scared in foreign countries is about unfamiliarity, not real threats.
- 25:20Americans love embarrassing their families, describing it as a sacrament in the country.
- 25:42In Chinese culture, committing a violent crime means not just jail time but bringing shame to your entire family—a consequence that doesn't exist in America.
- 26:06A black comedian in Beijing got arrested for purse snatching when police rounded up all the black people in the area and let someone identify him from the lineup.
- 26:29The comedian received six months of hard labor for the purse snatching and emerged a different person.
- 26:43Tim explains why he won't risk taking marijuana to countries with severe drug laws, even though the potential payoff seems tempting.
- 27:01China's punishment for importing drugs is death, making the risk calculation straightforward—it's not worth it.
- 27:11The segment ends with a question about whether societies with harsher punishments achieve lower crime rates.
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Thailand's Double Standard and Eating Dog Morality
#He contrasts Thailand's harsh drug laws with its tolerance of child sex tourism, then relays travel writer Rolf Potts' defense of eating dog versus American pet culture, and a story about Koreans judging Americans for warehousing their elderly.
10moments
- 27:17Tim realized he got over his xenophobia instantly after learning about China's harsh drug punishments.
- 27:41Myanmar's Buddhist culture focuses on helping people, making it feel genuinely safe.
- 27:52Thailand has severe drug laws but permits child sexual exploitation, an interesting moral contradiction.
- 28:16Travel writer Rolf Potts defended eating dog in a Facebook post that angered Americans.
- 28:50The issue is Americans view dogs as pets from a position of privilege, not universal morality.
- 29:00Koreans judge Americans for how we treat our elderly, shipping them to homes instead of honoring them at home.
- 29:28Tim's been pro-dog eating even when it's cost him socially.
- 29:41Stan Hope joked about horse meat controversy: what would they replace it with, a leaner meat?
- 30:04Tim's father ate horse burgers in Paris without hesitation, something Tim was proud of.
- 30:15Americans' double standard: outrage over dog eating abroad while shipping elderly relatives to care homes.
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- 3 min
Eating Horse Meat and Getting Sick Abroad
#Stories about his dad eating horse burgers in Paris despite others' squeamishness, and a risky decision to eat shellfish from an unrefrigerated bucket in Vietnam that luckily didn't make him sick.
7moments
- 30:28Tim describes seeing oysters or clams in a bucket with no ice, just water, at a sketchy street food stall.
- 30:51Eating questionable seafood from Avenue D at 3:30 a.m. is a situation where you can't blame anyone but yourself if it goes wrong.
- 31:05He ate the oysters and was actually fine, though he's been sick from travel elsewhere.
- 31:25Tim uses his freedom from marriage and kids to live a life that makes his tied-down friends jealous.
- 31:50His married friends sometimes do things that make him jealous, like fathers with their kids.
- 32:36Mr. Butler said those moments with his kid made it all worth it.
- 33:13Tim suggests you're not out of the game and could get married with a kid next month if you wanted.
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- 4 min
Being the Cool Uncle Instead of a Dad
#He and the guest discuss the tradeoffs of being single and childless versus married friends' fatherhood moments, including a story about Mr. Butler and his son, and a Ted Alexandro bit about loneliness before sleep.
9moments
- 33:25A vasectomy is only 30% reversible, so Tim joked you don't want the bad guy reversing it.
- 33:43Being the cool uncle beats being the dad because you haven't yelled at them as much.
- 33:56The cool uncle does things like facing down bandits to see Komodo dragons and doing acid at the Great Pyramids.
- 34:13Tim regrets not traveling outside America as much as he would have liked.
- 34:50Tim told his agent he wanted to see the world and took a lower-paying offer for 17 days in China and Hong Kong around 2012.
- 35:31As a gay dude not hardwired for marriage and kids, Tim can prioritize traveling instead.
- 35:48Comedy allows you to eventually do gigs anywhere and break even with just hotel and flight money.
- 36:29Jim Norton's touring schedule—city, show, sleep, flight, repeat—means he never actually sees the places he travels to.
- 36:56Tim now builds days off into European tours so he can actually have fun and explore rather than just performing.
- 3 min
Late Start Traveling and Comparing Notes with Rogan
#Discussion of his regret about not traveling more of the world before turning 33, comparing his late start (33-37) traveling internationally to when the guest himself started, and touring for cheap gigs like Thailand.
6moments
- 37:06Rogan's observation about Thailand: people live in poverty but seem happy because life is simple.
- 37:48Tim argues that our version of happiness is linked to the wrong things, particularly wealth.
- 38:39In Titanic, the rich passengers aren't having as much fun as the steerage passengers who are dancing and letting loose.
- 39:08Tim criticizes Howard Stern for taking a limo from his mansion to his office, never seeing the subway or knowing if things have gotten better or worse.
- 39:29One of Tim's most cathartic stand-up moments came from a year or two being super poor, budgeting food at $3.10 a day.
- 39:49Laying in bed on a Wednesday with no smartphone, pre-internet, just thinking about his friend John Cutler's corporate advancement at a consulting firm.
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- 6 min
Happiness, Poverty, and the Titanic Steerage Theory
#A riff building off Rogan's observation about happy poor people in Thailand, expanding into how wealth doesn't guarantee happiness, referencing Titanic's steerage passengers having more fun than first class, and rich New Yorkers insulating themselves in black SUVs.
11moments
- 40:14Tim worries about falling behind John, then realizes he doesn't know where he can afford to eat but is having a great time waking up whenever he wants.
- 40:41Without money, you have to dig deep and find other things—hikes, playing pretend—to entertain yourself without buying tickets.
- 41:21Staying in hostels instead of hotels gives you a better, more fun experience because you meet more people and discover things to do.
- 42:05Camping at Bonnaroo will be shitty and uncomfortable but more fun than a hotel 40 minutes away—you'll make friends and remember the good times.
- 42:42At a hostel breakfast, someone mentioned a circular train that goes around the city for two hours, not in any guidebook, and everyone decided to do it together.
- 42:59Working a tour bus in New York, he saw younger people in hostels having way more fun than people in overpriced hotels.
- 43:29In major cities, hotel prices are the same experience whether you pay $100 or $2,500 a night—it's just a bed.
- 44:17Part of the freedom of traveling is deciding what to get into today rather than rushing to see everything like his girlfriend in Vegas who wanted to visit every hotel.
- 44:52When tourists asked what to do in New York, he'd tell them to just walk—go to the Upper East Side mansion district and walk around.
- 45:22On Maui, he saw a man walking angrily ahead of his wife and mother-in-law, angry despite being in paradise, probably worried about missing activities.
- 45:49People get angry in beautiful places because they're fixated on doing everything instead of relaxing and enjoying where they already are.
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- 5 min
Hostels vs Hotels and the Value of Poor Travel
#He argues that budget travel (hostels, camping at Bonnaroo) produces better memories and social connection than insulated luxury travel, with anecdotes about tour guiding in NYC and impatient tourists trying to see everything.
10moments
- 46:39You have to have money to make the choice between hostels and hotels — poor people who've never stayed in a hotel can't appreciate minimalism the way someone can who knows how to paint.
- 46:54Louis C.K. said he didn't want to be any more famous than he was at that moment, back when he was still jerking off in front of women.
- 47:59Louis C.K. said he didn't want to get more famous, and then he got mega famous anyway.
- 48:23Tim took them at their word and started deliberately doing things to avoid getting more famous.
- 48:40He turned down opportunities like Two and a Half Men that would've sold out theaters but weren't creatively fulfilling.
- 49:24Guest wants fame because he has an addictive personality and wants the creative freedom and time to make things like pilots.
- 50:03Howard Stern can't take the subway because he'd get mobbed, but Louis C.K. managed to until a year and a half ago.
- 50:23Being recognized is dehumanizing — Tim's girlfriend notices it more than he does now, people stare and turn around.
- 50:47A guy recognized Rogan at a pool hall in Hollywood and came back to ask about a big fight, but admitted he didn't know which one.
- 51:01The stranger was just using UFC as an excuse to talk to Rogan — he didn't actually have anything specific to say.
- 3 min
Not Wanting to Get More Famous
#Discussion of Louis CK and Rogan both saying they didn't want to get more famous yet continuing to blow up, and his own decision to limit projects to creatively fulfilling ones rather than chase fame like a role on Two and a Half Men.
6moments
- 51:21Tim's cousin refused to meet Norton and Bennington in the green room, just wanting to see the show—Tim says that's the smart approach.
- 51:50People get disappointed when they meet their heroes because they just liked the work, not the person.
- 52:10Once someone reaches a certain level, there's an economy in taking them down—people will find an angle to knock you off your pedestal.
- 52:41Different famous comedians get targeted with specific scandals: joke stealing for Mencia and Schumer, masturbation for Louis CK, hackiness for Dane Cook and Larry the Cable Guy.
- 53:08Tim questions who these bookers are that claim they wouldn't have booked Louis—guys who book bowling alleys in Brooklyn or New Talent Night at coffee houses.
- 53:33Tim offers to have Louis come on and masturbate in front of him, joking about making out and redemption scenarios.
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- 1 min
Joking About Making Out with Louis CK
#A quick absurdist bit riffing on offering Louis CK a chance at 'redemption' by making out with him to confuse the narrative, invoking Sam Tripoli's chaos theory.
2moments
- 53:53Tim proposes making out with Louis CK at the comics table to confuse people's narrative about him.
- 54:06Imagines a scenario where someone reports seeing Louie necking with Tim Dillon on McDougall Street.
- 5 min
The Comedy Mob Taking Down Louis CK
#A long, central rant about how people relish tearing down successful people using whatever angle is available (joke-stealing for Mancia/Schumer, masturbation for Louis, hackiness for Larry the Cable Guy), and how bloggers profit from manufactured outrage.
10moments
- 54:16Tim argues that critics attacking Louis CK for having money reveal their real resentment of his success.
- 54:41Taking someone down is a way for failed people to elevate themselves.
- 54:55Tim pities journalists and bloggers who built careers on hatred, saying a single article bought them ramen.
- 55:18Other comedians who turned on Louis CK don't understand what stand-up actually is.
- 55:32Hollywood figures throw others under the bus to signal virtue and stay on top—they don't understand integrity.
- 55:57Judd Apatow attacked Louis CK while defending Josh Homme's camera kick at a concert, inconsistently applying his standards.
- 56:50Judd argued Homme should be sensitive because his concert was hit in the Paris terrorist attack.
- 57:39Integrity means saying you think someone is terrible but defending their right to make dark jokes that make audiences laugh.
- 58:06Many successful people got where they are without integrity, which makes them quick to destroy others.
- 58:48Paul Feig surrounded himself with talented people and paid them, but that doesn't mean he was creatively essential.
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- 3 min
Judd Apatow's Hypocrisy and Paul Feig's 'Stolen' Book
#He criticizes Judd Apatow for attacking Louis CK's comeback set while himself having built a career off surrounding himself with talented people (with a jab at Paul Feig compiling other people's jokes into a book), calling it a lack of integrity.
7moments
- 59:05Tim argues he respects people who try honestly, even if they're not very good—a two-year open miker doing their best isn't the problem.
- 1:00:03Not being a bad comic isn't a sin if you're not stealing material and you're genuinely trying your hardest.
- 1:00:34Publicly shaming someone who's honestly doing their best is an issue; private criticism is fine, but public dunking on effort is wrong.
- 1:00:44Calling out someone's work when they lack integrity is different—you can tell them to their face without anger behind it.
- 1:01:09Dane Cook tried to bump Ari Shaffir from the Laugh Factory because he thought this younger physical comic was taking his thunder and the roles he wanted.
- 1:01:23Tim credits Dane Cook as hugely influential on a generation of comics, even though other comics mimicked his style without stealing his material.
- 1:01:41D'Amelio at the Laugh Factory eventually sided against Dane Cook, saying you can't try to bump one guy just because you're the biggest comic in the world.
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- 9 min
Josh Homme, Judd's Selective Outrage, and Comedy Integrity
#A detailed breakdown of Judd Apatow's inconsistent moral outrage — defending Josh Homme's terrorist-attack excuse while attacking Louis CK for the same 'be sensitive' logic — and what real integrity (defending others' right to offend) looks like versus mob-driven takedowns.
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- 1:01:50Dane Cook tried to bump Anthony Delia off the lineup, and Delia refused to fight back about it.
- 1:02:30Non-comedians policing comedy don't understand how jokes develop or the creative process.
- 1:02:48Louis C.K. needed time offstage to get comfortable again before doing his best material.
- 1:03:32Blog critics missed the fundamental understanding of how comedy actually works.
- 1:04:06There's a lack of integrity in judging an artist's work based on personal disapproval rather than artistic merit.
- 1:05:14The Roseanne controversy erupted over a show that actually featured diverse characters, not the pro-Trump content critics claimed.
- 1:06:16Sarah Silverman wasn't criticizing pro-Trump positions but rather people who refused to condemn a pro-Trump show entirely.
- 1:07:03You don't have to be fake in Hollywood—you can simply avoid people you disagree with instead of pretending to like them.
- 1:08:18Comics in New York wouldn't criticize Judd Apatow because they wanted to appear on his show Crashing for $600.
- 1:09:07Doug Stanhope was the only major comic who made the point that you cannot steal another comedian's intellectual property.
- 1:09:37When TJ Miller live-tweeted Dane Cook's jokes to mock them, comedians sided with Dane because Miller violated comedy's code.
- 1:10:06Eliza Shlesinger publicly attacked Tim instead of calling him directly, then faced similar backlash years later.
- 1:10:27Tim chose to tweet that Shlesinger was doing nothing wrong rather than gloat, showing actual integrity.
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- 1 min
Dane Cook Bumping Iliza Shlesinger
#A story about Dane Cook trying to push Iliza Shlesinger off stage time out of insecurity, and comic Dom's blunt but non-hostile pushback, used as an example of honest disagreement without malice.
5moments
- 1:10:41Tim argues comics should be allowed to say jokes without people attacking them for it.
- 1:10:59If workout material isn't protected as sacred, comedians can't work out jokes anymore and the whole system falls apart.
- 1:11:19John Denver defended rap lyrics against Tipper Gore the same way Seinfeld stood up for free speech in comedy.
- 1:11:34"Take Me Home Country Roads" was originally titled "Take Me Home Country Host" before being changed, similar to how Black Eyed Peas changed "Let's Get Retarded" to "Let's Get It Started."
- 1:11:46The original "Let's Get Retarded" was a better song title than the sanitized version.
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- 6 min
Roseanne, Sarah Silverman's Fakeness, and Hollywood Phoniness
#He tells the story of Sarah Silverman publicly disavowing Roseanne after praising her show, framing it as phony Hollywood politics, and connects it to comics chasing roles on shows like Crashing out of career desperation rather than integrity.
10moments
- 1:12:18Tim argues podcasting has replaced stand-up comedy as the more effective way to build and maintain a fan base.
- 1:12:41When Jim Norton got banned from radio, he turned to stand-up as his creative outlet instead.
- 1:12:57Tim explains the problem: if comedians are constantly recorded and criticized for edgy material, they lose the freedom to try things and find humor in dark moments.
- 1:13:38Judas Apatow disappoints Tim because he knows what comedy is but still piled on to attack another comic instead of defending the art form.
- 1:14:46Adrian Appaloosa did one of Tim's favorite jokes of 2018 about the Parkland shooting, proving comics can nail humor on extremely dark subjects.
- 1:15:16Tim references a Tom Robbins book where an anarchist character warns against letting the means justify the ends in politics.
- 1:15:49Judas has no integrity because he knows that comics joke about AIDS, 9-11, and the Holocaust—he understands the form.
- 1:16:14Travel and psychedelics clear Tim's mind, leading him to resolve he'll be direct with people instead of dancing around the truth.
- 1:16:37If Tim bumps into someone like Apatow, he'll tell them straight that what they did was wrong and harmful to stand-up.
- 1:17:19Tim jokes that integrity belongs in East Timor with bandits, not in the entertainment world.
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- 7 min
Dark Comedy, Parkland Jokes, and What's Sacred in Stand-up
#A defense of dark comedy (Bill Burr, Adrienne Iapalucci's Parkland joke) as legitimate craft, his own unproven Parkland bit about ironically wanting to shoot the survivors, and why workout sets must remain untouchable material.
11moments
- 1:17:54Tim recounts making fun of Princeton kids' hedge fund job names that sound like Lord of the Rings references.
- 1:18:15Stand-up offers a freedom most people don't have—the ability to say what you want without arrest or assault.
- 1:18:38Tim explains that comedians have a responsibility to defend free speech because people actively want to take it away.
- 1:19:02Sarah Silverman's rule: she doesn't make jokes about women's weight or looks because society ties a woman's value to her appearance.
- 1:19:31Silverman clarifies she's not saying others shouldn't make those jokes—just that she personally chooses not to.
- 1:19:51Tim argues the purest comedy happens when you're high with friends in a car, with no one policing what's appropriate.
- 1:20:38Death isn't inherently off-limits for comedy if a crowd is actually laughing at it.
- 1:20:50Tim's Parkland joke: he doesn't want kids shot, but these particular kids are annoying, so let's ban guns except for shooting them.
- 1:21:42The joke works because it's absurd and asks how badly someone wants something—would they even die for it?
- 1:22:47Tim sits near a Jewish guy on JetBlue who argues about his seat upgrade, refusing to leave with dignity.
- 1:23:38Tim notes he would've called out the guy's behavior years ago, but now considers it the Jewish man's culture to meddlesome and get free snacks.
- 3 min
The JetBlue Yarmulke Guy Milking a Seat Upgrade
#A story about a Jewish passenger trying to talk his way into a better seat on JetBlue by claiming he needed an outlet, and Tim's ironic 'woke' commentary about letting people 'be their culture.'
7moments
- 1:24:39Tim had to lose a closer on his Comedy Central special because the network wouldn't let him keep a punch line, forcing him to scramble a week before airing.
- 1:25:04Instead of saving money for kids or family, Tim saves to stay independent and take creative risks as a free artist.
- 1:25:18Tim appeared on Skeptic Tank and discussed mortgage sales and conspiracies in episodes people loved.
- 1:25:39Tim hates scams and helps fans avoid getting ripped off on ticket purchases.
- 1:25:53He publicly shits on Ticketmaster and warns fans when resellers are charging inflated prices, directing them to buy directly instead.
- 1:26:16Some comedians will rent venues outright and sell tickets themselves, taking massive financial risks so fans don't get fucked by intermediaries.
- 1:26:44Tim limits his ticket prices to $25 to $30, rejecting the industry practice of charging $100 for shows comedians barely worked on.
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- 1 min
Wrap-up covering upcoming tour dates, warning fans against scalped tickets and keeping prices fair, plugging Skeptic Tank appearances, and closing jokes about integrity and Judd Apatow before signing off.
6moments
- 1:27:01Tim's tickets are $86, with a significant portion donated to 9/11.
- 1:27:14Tour dates announced: Comedy on State January 17th-19th, Governors Long Island January 25th-26th, plus spring shows at Dead Crow and Laugh Boston.
- 1:27:33Bookers have been criticizing Louie, but Tim defends hiring funny comics regardless of their personal lives.
- 1:27:50Sometimes garbage people get things right, like Long Island audiences delivering valid critiques.
- 1:28:04All tickets available at TimDillonComedy.com.
- 1:28:15Tim admits he travels between LA and back without integrity and will never acquire it.