Interview · moment 25 of 29
The Decline of Legacy Comedy Clubs vs. YouTubers
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5 min
Guest
Tim laments that few comedians today matter compared to greats like Carlin and Pryor, while defending YouTube creators like Team 10 as at least entertaining, and predicts comedy's future is digital, not festivals and late-night sets.
- Tim on the handful of genuinely talented people doing anything relevant in comedy right now
- Everything feels visceral and chaotic in this society, and we're in an era where gatekeepers still have diminishing relevance
- Comedy had a boom in the 80s, but like jazz, it follows a trajectory that goes up and down
- The future of entertainment will be predominantly digital, with festivals and late-night TV paradigms no longer viable
- Stilted, scripted, predictable formulaic jokes won't work anymore—that's why people are into podcasts instead
- Art has conformed to this pattern where people now want to be the person doing it, but not everyone is meant for it
- Advice for comedy: stay away from people who support you without a reason, because unfunny people tend to stick together
- Tim watching YouTube videos about prison culture and how the Mafia now goes on YouTube and podcasts instead of staying together
- Eighty percent of guys in prisons are rats and informants now, and guards accept it as a new reality