rant · moment 8 of 24
Dr. Fauci the Garlic Knot and America's Case Numbers
from #191 - Corona Cast | The Tim Dillon Show · #191
3 min
He riffs on Dr. Fauci as "a meatball" giving instructions instead of a reassuring Jewish doctor, then runs through case and death statistics city by city, and criticizes people slow to cancel shows for financial reasons.
- Tim mocks Dr. Fauci giving cooking instructions about not letting droplets from your nose fall into the meatball pot.
- Fauci says a complete shutdown is on the table but provides no explanation of what that actually means.
- Tim notes the case numbers are still low—over 2,000 people in the US with the virus and 43 deaths—while he himself has been coughing but can't get tested.
- The real indicator of infection is whether you have a fever; if you're really hot, you've got it.
- Comedy venues in LA have shut down—the Comedy Store and the Improv—while clubs in New York are still operating.
- Tim criticizes New York venues for staying open, calling it gross not to understand the gravity of the situation.
- Within a week or two people will look back and wonder what the hell businesses were thinking staying open, though Tim hopes he's wrong.
- Tim tells his audience not to feel pressured to reach out and make amends with people just because of the pandemic if they didn't want to talk to them before.
- The only reason to call someone you don't want to talk to is if you can get a little money or capital out of them.
- Tim respects comics still performing right now, but he's choosing to stay home if he can't work.