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Toronto Live: Healthcare, Denny's Menu, and Becoming a Rap/DJ Artist

from #188 - Best of Patreon Vol. 1 | The Tim Dillon Show · #188

31 min

In a live Toronto recording with Ray, Tim riffs on American decline and royalty, then launches into a bit about fixing healthcare by outlawing Denny's/IHOP/Carl's Jr. menu items (reading actual calorie counts), jokes about becoming a DJ dressed as a baby, mocks modern pop stars like Billie Eilish and Doja Cat, tells a story about Houston theater kids and his cousin Broadway composer Bobby Lopez, and closes by improvising a mock rap song about being a recording artist.

In this bit33 moments
  • Tim compares American government to professional wrestling with people hitting each other with chairs.
  • The ruling class is losing power and doesn't know what to do anymore, evidenced by Bloomberg trying to buy electors.
  • Tim mocks a kid majoring in social work, describing it as bureaucratic theater that makes situations worse.
  • Trump will probably win again; Bernie Sanders has a messianic appeal but won't get anything done.
  • The left wants to take away assault rifles while the ruling class starts wars whenever they want.
  • Tim envisions himself as a DJ dressed like a baby, spinning records in a crib at LA clubs where people are so drugged they'd think it's avant-garde.
  • Modern music is degrading; artists like Billie Eilish sing about demonic possession while late-night hosts praise them.
  • There's no aspirational art anymore; everyone wants relatable content from damaged people, not artists with actual training.
  • The government wants people fat with rotten teeth, which is why they made everyone drink diet coke.
  • Poutine from McDonald's in Canada is disappointing; Montreal has better versions.
  • Tim's fame intimidates people from high school, and he gets mobbed for photos when returning to Long Island for bagels.
  • He creates a parody of Billie Eilish's dark lyrics, with her singing about Satan being her father while Jimmy Fallon awkwardly approves.
  • Tim has only lived in New York or LA and can't envision living elsewhere, even though those are unhealthy environments.
  • A four-year-old from India wrote saying villagers watch the show on one computer and cancelled other subscriptions after he left.
  • The Indian kid's letter describes living in garbage towns while watching Tim smoke cigarettes in LA, finding meaning in the hopelessness.
  • Tim does money and fame for himself, not altruism, and anyone who says otherwise is lying.
  • Tim regrets not going to college where he'd be the cool drama teacher at a liberal arts school instead of his actual career.
  • He enjoys cutting down kids and tells theater students in Houston their arts community claim is a lie.
  • Tim laughs in the faces of Houston theater kids who think they can build a career there instead of moving to New York or LA.
  • His high school theater program produced mostly lawyers; those kids should have been forced to run track instead of doing theater.
  • Anyone who gets out of gym for four years should be required to suffer in theater for ten years and live in a filthy New York apartment.
  • Broadway performers are invisible; he'd spit on them in the street, though he saw The Ferryman three times.
  • Phantom of the Opera is terrible now with mediocre singers; a $600 ticket features a guy who sounds homeless.
  • He knew an actress who played Meg in Phantom; she sat in Food Emporium drinking clam chowder and staring at rain before shows.
  • His third cousin Bobby Lopez won two Emmys, two Grammys, two Oscars, and two Tonys for Avenue Q, Book of Mormon, and Frozen.
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda attended Tim's grandmother's funeral and offered only a comment about her being good.
  • Bobby Lopez's brother got his idea stolen by Nickelodeon or MTV; they made it three months later with their own lawyers.
  • Idina Menzel became super famous through theater, but only three people from Broadway ever make it that big.
  • Houston theater kids claiming the third-largest arts community is a lie; Houston is the third-largest in obesity.
  • Tim considers becoming a recording artist and imagines himself as a hip-hop rapper with FUBU and chains.
  • He freestyles a mock rap about rolling up in a Bentley, then pivots into corporate totalitarianism and societal collapse lyrics.
  • The rap shifts from club scenes to messaging about inverted totalitarianism, sexual violence, and American Empire decline.
  • The song critique is that it's too lyrical, but Raymond notes it has a vibe.
Mentioned here

Donald TrumpBillie EilishBobby LopeztheaterMichael BloombergRobert E. LeeBroadwayJimmy FallonHoustonBernie SandersIdina MenzelLizzoLong IslandWhitney HoustonBeyoncéLos AngelesTorontoLin-Manuel MirandaNew YorkSteve AokiPrincess DianaMontrealdeadmau5Michael EisnerDisneyBob IgerSkrillexArmin van BuurenBill Burr

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