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Dennis, the Guy Who Lived in a Van and Said 'Life in the Big City'
from #177 - Sober December | The Tim Dillon Show · #177
4 min
A detailed story about Dennis, a man who lived in a van in his mother's driveway in 1999, dispensed advice while drunk on box wine, and coined the catchphrase 'life in the big city' even after his kids stopped speaking to him.
- Dennis's kids called him drunk after five years of not speaking, then never called back.
- When his mother told him the kids had tried to reach him, Dennis replied "life in the big city."
- Tim, Shea, and Dennis would smoke Marlboros together and eat baked clams.
- Tim pitches advertisers to buy merch and products to help fund the show.
- Tim wants corporate sponsors like Chile's or Salt & Straw to advertise on the podcast.
- At Thanksgiving at Saddle Peak Lodge, a drunk elderly woman got hammered and was taken out on a stretcher.
- Companies can reach Tim through Instagram DMs or email the show for advertising opportunities.
- Tim establishes the official email as thetimdillonshow@gmail.com for business inquiries.
- Tim has a live podcast coming up in Toronto in February and plans to do more solo live shows in the new year.
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