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Maleficent Digs at Ben and Tim Over Loneliness and Careers
from #232 - Andrew Schulz | The Tim Dillon Show · #232
3 min
Tim details how his stepmother "Maleficent" isolates weaknesses and attacks, asking if Tim gets lonely living alone and telling Ben he's "just a laugh track," while also complaining about her own daughter's friendless life.
- Tim's father and his wife bought a new house two blocks away during quarantine out of boredom, despite having no money.
- His father tells him the nicest part of their new town is watching kids throw water balloons at fire trucks on the Fourth of July.
- Tim confronts his father about never caring about Americana when he was growing up doing cocaine at thirteen while his father ignored him.
- His father and stepmother have no children of their own but decided their new town was great for raising their dogs.
- The stepmother digs at people by offering backhanded compliments, then isolating and attacking their weaknesses.
- She asks Tim if he gets lonely living alone in his big house, probing for emotional vulnerabilities.
- She turns to Ben and implies he's no longer really a comedian since he works with Tim instead of doing his own comedy.
- Ben becomes sad and agrees with her, saying he's just a laugh track and that's all he does.
Tim's stepmotherBen AveryTim's father