Missing Live Shows and the Isolation of Dying During COVID

• 1:05:27Tim asks about getting back to live shows once quarantine ends, noting the missed adrenaline of performing for sold-out crowds.
• 1:06:00The guest describes selling out shows during the pandemic, with people packed in despite the crisis because they need to laugh.
• 1:06:15Discussion of the Comedy Store in Hollywood still being closed, with Tim predicting the closure extends through winter into spring.
• 1:06:44Tim expects people will eventually tire of restrictions and abandon caution by spring, despite potential second waves.
• 1:07:04The guest recalls being hospitalized for seizures at the pandemic's start and hospital policies preventing visitors.
• 1:07:19Tim laments the cruelty of dying alone in hospitals without family, compounded by the impossibility of having support during childbirth.
• 1:07:48Comedy becomes Tim's coping mechanism for processing how broken and unjust the world has become.
• 1:08:18Tim jokes that he actually enjoys being treated poorly at restaurants because it clarifies where he stands.
• 1:08:33Tim recounts going to Nobu without a reservation and being told the wait was four and a half hours, asking them to just box up the sushi.
• 1:08:48Tim compares restaurant etiquette to TikTok culture, mocking young influencers being filmed at tables.

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