Interview · moment 10 of 24
The Berkeley Professor Bit and the Alleged Pedophile Ring Story
from Kurt Metzger · #135
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3 minGuest
Discussion of a strong improv moment with a Republican interview subject and the disturbing, unresolved story about a man who allegedly promised to set up a Cohen character with a child, which went to the FBI.
- 26:12Tim praises the Berkeley professor character (Naira Cain) and the creative process of writing for that bit.
- 26:28They were trying to write the most infuriating higher education stereotype, with the Berkeley professor as a foil to Billy Wayne Ruddick.
- 26:46The Berkeley professor's response to his son's pornography: he made him masturbate to over 100,000 images on the device over three days until the kid was dehydrated and crying.
- 27:14The professor's calm reply to criticism: 'I don't think it's a very good way to punish him.'
- 27:29Someone at a sketch allegedly offered to set up the Gio Minaldo character with a kid, promising to arrange a date.
- 27:52The FBI received reports about the alleged pedophile ring from the sketches, but Tim suspects nothing came of it.
Naira CainBilly Wayne Ruddick