rant · moment 19 of 21
Roseanne, Sarah Silverman's Fakeness, and Hollywood Phoniness
from Integrity Belongs In East Timor · #130
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6 minHe 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.
- 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.
Patton OswaltJudd ApatowJerry SeinfeldJim NortonAdrienne IaconoTom Robbins