rant · moment 16 of 26
Comedy Journalists Are Failed Comedians
from #180 - History Hyenas | The Tim Dillon Show · #180
3 min
Tim rants about the decline of journalism, criticizing writers like those at Politico and GQ covering comedy, specifically mocking a Giuliani story involving his assistant, and arguing comedy critics are bitter people who never made it in comedy themselves.
- Tim criticizes journalism industry's descent, noting journalists tweet personal attacks like a Politico reporter dragging Giuliani's young assistant.
- Targeting an assistant in a story lacks respect for her family—Tim questions why she's even part of the narrative.
- Jenny Slate's special confuses him; he doesn't know if it was stand-up comedy or something else entirely.
- Tim suggests Jenny Slate dislikes his guest and would rather see him delivering pizzas than succeeding.
- People writing about comedy are failed comedians, typically those who were bullied or rejected by comedians in high school.
- Jason Zinoman at the Times wishes he was reviewing theater because his mother ran a major theater company.
- Claudia Levy is described as sweet but crazy, too scared to leave her apartment for a podcast appearance.
- Seth Simons personifies ringworm—not a real person—and represents attempts to make GQ woke.
- Real journalists like Chris Hedges went to war zones; they've had every moment of joy drained from their bodies.
- Writing about comedy is basically being in the open mic scene of journalism—amateur territory, not actual reporting.
PoliticoJenny SlateRudy GiulianiJohn MulaneyChris HedgesJason Zinoman