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Getting Heckled by a New Comic in the Front Row
from 146 - Small Town Girl · #146
3 min
Tim describes getting turned off by a front-row audience member who just started comedy, and his urge to target new comics who sit up front.
- Comedy festivals should be illegal, Tim says, though he'd still like to get booked at them.
- Some people love the formulaic nature of comedy, but Tim prefers live podcasts at festivals where comics can stretch and do something different.
- A guy in the front row at the Austin show told Tim he'd just started comedy a month ago, which automatically turned Tim off.
- Tim admits there's a part of him that wants to kill new comics sitting in the front row.
- When three jokes die in stone silence, Tim gets involved with the front row to bail himself out and squeeze a couple chuckles from the audience.
- Tim's escape plan after a bombing: leave the stage, go back to the hotel, watch truTV's Meat Party, eat brisket and fart in front of network executives.
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