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TGIF, 24, and Explaining 9/11 and the Iraq War to Kids

from #168 - The Funniest Guy I Ever Met | The Tim Dillon Show · #168

6 min

Tim riffs on 90s TGIF sitcoms giving way to 24 and Jack Bauer legitimizing torture in pop culture, then imagines the absurdity of trying to explain 9/11, the Iraq War, and Trump's election to future kids, including a bit about a Long Island guy's baseless 'watch' predictions.

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  • TGIF and family sitcoms like Family Matters and Boy Meets World ended in 2003, then kids started watching 24.
  • Tim argues that 24 legitimized torture more than any pop culture phenomenon by showing Jack Bauer torturing terrorists with ticking time bombs.
  • The ticking time bomb scenario doesn't work in real life because by the time the bomb is already in place and ticking, it's too late.
  • Movies and shows about 9/11 and the Iraq War made those events seem cool and justified, garbage that made the Iraq War look like a good idea.
  • Tim explains how impossible it would be to explain 9/11 and the Iraq War to kids fifteen years from now when everyone's brain is melted by drugs and food.
  • A kid asks why America invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, and the answer is Saddam Hussein supposedly had weapons of mass destruction that he didn't actually have.
  • Trump got elected because politicians had lied so professionally that people wanted someone entertaining who might actually burn everything down.
  • A Long Island guy insisted Trump would be the best president ever, then when asked why, just said 'watch' with no actual reasoning.
  • Long Islanders use 'watch' as a way to avoid having any reasoning for what they're saying, winning the argument in their own head.
  • Tim's father used to say things that made no sense, claim victory with 'just watch,' and when it didn't happen six months later, he'd move on to a new thing.
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24Iraq WarDonald TrumpFlight 93Saddam HusseinBoris JohnsonBragg

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