rant · moment 14 of 19
Advice-Seeking Comics and the Gun Joke
from #182 - Beware the Villas | The Tim Dillon Show · #182
1 min
Riffing on comedians asking him for specific career advice, he jokes darkly that if he gave the honest advice, it would involve them buying a gun to use on themselves.
- Tim seeks vague advice from respected people on losing weight, getting people to like him, making a million dollars.
- The actual advice would involve purchasing a weapon, because some comedians would be better off not pursuing comedy at all.
- If struggling comics had the dedication or self-awareness needed to succeed, they wouldn't be doing comedy in the first place.
- Tim counts himself among a rare breed who failed everywhere else and found their way into comedy through exhaustion of other options.