rant · moment 27 of 28
Pitching Hacks Ideas and Why Tim Can't Get a TV Show
from #270 - Havana Syndrome | The Tim Dillon Show · #270
5 min
Tim jokes about pitching a Hacks episode set in Del Rio, researches the show's creators (Jen Statsky, Paul Downs, Lucia Aniello) and their credits like Rough Night and Broad City, then reflects on why nobody will put him on television — concluding he's seen as too risky.
- Tim pitches a Hacks spinoff where Gene Smart adopts Pruitt and Bird, then suggests filming it in Del Rio, Texas at a fundraiser.
- Tim plans to submit ideas to Hacks creators by texting his agent, noting the show's creators only have 400 Twitter followers.
- Guessing Hacks creators probably rent rather than own their homes due to creative work not being lucrative.
- Looking up the Hacks creators' other work: Lucia Aniello did Broad City and the Time Traveling Bong miniseries, plus the 2017 film Rough Night with Scarlett Johansson and Kate McKinnon.
- Tim retracts his assumption that Hacks creators are broke, admitting they probably have money after learning their résumé.
- Tim expresses confusion about why Gene Smart is always described as a legend.
- Hacks is the only comedy on television right now, while Ted Lasso isn't funny but appears positive by default since it doesn't show people dying on ventilators.
- Tim takes back his earlier claim and tries to look up the net worth of one of the Rough Night creators.
Ted LassoHacksLucia AnielloBroad CityGene SmartRough NightScarlett JohanssonDel Rio, Texas