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The Seinfeld vs. Altucher New York Death Match
from #215 - Petty Little Pig | The Tim Dillon Show · #215
9 min
He recounts the feud between James Altucher (who wrote 'New York is Dead') and Jerry Seinfeld (who rebutted him), including riffs on Altucher's ownership of Stand Up NY, its bizarre booking practices, and NYT comedy writer Jason Zinoman, ending with his own pitch for a satirical 'let's kill New York' article.
- James Altucher described as a bootleg Malcolm Gladwell who owns part of Standup New York, one of the worst comedy clubs in the country.
- Tim performed a New Year's Eve show at Standup New York where the owner brought in tables of people eating from large tins, suggesting the venue is a massage front.
- Altucher interrupts shows to give bitcoin seminars between comics, mixing ethereum talks into comedy sets.
- Standup New York's booking situation: they promoted the bartender and dishwashing table-wiper to booker without any qualification.
- New York Times comedy writer Jason Zinnerman still has a job despite the recession, writing glowing pieces about outdoor comedy shows.
- People emerging from four-month COVID isolation want to be in the park with family, not listen to an insecure psychopath yelling about their problems.
- Altucher published an article titled 'New York is Dead and It's Never Coming Back,' deliberately trolling to provoke wealthy figures like Jerry Seinfeld.
- Jerry Seinfeld responded with an article saying New York will be fine, maintaining he has a house in the Hamptons not actually in the city.
- Tim claims to have recently seen Seinfeld in the Hamptons pulling masks off waiters and kissing them while declaring New York is back.
- Seinfeld's New York Times takedown of Altucher used 1935 depression-era insults like calling him a putts and a louse.
- The feud between Altucher and Seinfeld is a tug-of-war between rich guys arguing whether the city will recover, neither of whom actually lives there.
- Tim wants to write a third article called 'New York's Not Dead But Let's Kill It,' outlining reasons to destroy the city as genuine satire.
James AltucherJerry SeinfeldStand Up New YorkNew York CityMalcolm GladwellJason ZinmanMegYes or yes