Interview · moment 7 of 20
Hitting Bottom: Rogan, Maron, Burr, and the Value of Rock Bottom
from Bert Kreischer · #137
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4 minGuest
Bert and Tim discuss how career bottoms (Rogan getting banned from the Comedy Store after calling out Carlos Mencia, Bill Burr's unwatched Comedy Central specials) preceded major breakthroughs, and Bert explains how his own lowest point led him into vlogging and eventually Instagram Stories.
- 18:48Tim started in stand-up after the mortgage industry crashed and his house was being foreclosed.
- 19:16Starting a vlog excited him even though he was at the lowest point of his life.
- 19:38The vlog eventually cannibalizes his life—he was so focused on getting shots he didn't celebrate his own birthday.
- 19:56Casey Neistat told him Snapchat would replace vlogging, but Tim couldn't connect with it because everyone was fifteen.
- 20:29Instagram Stories came out and Tim immediately knew it was the platform for him.
- 20:47The swipe-up feature on Instagram let people go straight to buy tickets from tour mentions.
- 21:17Tim realized he loved making funny promo videos and setting up camera shots on Instagram.
- 21:48Dane Cook was severely depressed about his career, then booked a movie the next day and his mood flipped completely.
- 22:15Tim calls the unpredictability of comedy—the lottery-ticket nature of it—an unhealthy way to live.