Interview · moment 21 of 29
Barstool Coworkers Like Robbie Fox and Not Fitting In
from Francis Ellis · #144
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4 minGuest
Francis talks about how his colleagues don't always know if he's serious given his character, profiles Barstool personalities like Robbie Fox, and discusses Colin Jost as a rare Harvard-to-comedy success story.
- 52:25Tim argues that someone like him shouldn't be working at the State Department—there's a need for different kinds of people in different roles.
- 52:57His Barstool coworkers don't really like him, and he suspects they view him objectively as not someone they enjoy.
- 53:52When you constantly maintain that tone, your coworkers and friends who aren't part of that audience struggle to know if you're being serious, creating a disconnect.
- 54:28Robbie Fox represents the typical Barstool employee—a 20-year-old from a New Jersey community college who started as an intern on a golf podcast.
- 54:57At 19, Robbie went to his boss and said he wanted to write about wrestling and mixed martial arts instead, and they let him try.
- 55:10He and Robbie don't have much in common—Tim is a decade older, has a full college degree, did stand-up and tutoring, and had a completely different life story.
- 55:28Stand-up comedians' opinions of him improve once they spend time with him and realize he's not as bad as expected.
Robbie FoxGeraldo RiveraBarstool SportsColin Jost