Interview · moment 12 of 20
The St. Louis Comedy Club Manager Who Called Him a Loser
from Bert Kreischer · #137
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2 minGuest
After the Doug Benson fallout, Bert recalls a depressing weekend in St. Louis with poor ticket sales, seeing a down-and-out man outside a convenience store, and a club manager condescendingly asking if he was just going to be a road comic forever.
- 34:29Tim's friendship with another comic fell apart after they attacked him, and he felt deeply betrayed.
- 35:12He sold 400 tickets across the St. Louis weekend while depressed about the fallout with Doug.
- 35:27Driving to Friday press, the club manager asked condescendingly if Tim was just going to be a road comic forever.
- 36:11Tim had always viewed being a road comic as a privilege, something only a small group of talented people get to do.
- 36:28The manager's tone made Tim realize he was being looked at like a loser, the same way he'd just been looking at a struggling man outside a St. Louis convenience store.
- 36:38The irony: the person judging Tim was just a manager at a comedy club in St. Louis.
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