Interview: Colin Quinn on His New York Show and Touring

• 1:10:37Colin jokes about how the tables have turned since he last appeared on Tim's podcast five or six years ago, when he claimed he was doing Tim a favor.
• 1:11:07Tim's new show discusses everything happening now, where it's all leading, and what it all means, though Colin warns if you don't like it, nobody will.
• 1:11:34Tim observes that most comedians now do HBO specials about trivial personal details like their mom being a drunk or wearing a dress to Chick-fil-A, whereas Colin tackles ambitious, sweeping ideas.
• 1:12:08Colin is doing a three-week run in New York City at the Lucille Lortel Theater from November 2nd to the 20th.
• 1:12:40During a California show in Ontario, Colin spent half his set lamenting that he wasn't booked at an open-air circus tent next door instead.
• 1:13:27Tim praises Colin's approach of doing a run in one theater, comparing it to the old tradition of New York theater where he performed as a nine-year-old in black box theaters.
• 1:14:04Colin reversed the traditional touring model by making New York his out-of-town run, then planning to hit struggling formerly great industrial cities like Bethlehem.
• 1:14:29Comedy thrives in depressed areas—wherever there's a mobile morgue, comedy's doing well, and these places where men once built the country are great for stand-up.
• 1:14:50Tim just returned from Portland and Seattle, which despite being hotbeds of anarchy and crime have great crowds drawn to the gray, rainy, heroin-addicted atmosphere.
• 1:15:24Colin is heading to Dublin to perform in January and recalls that Irish crowds are demanding—they drink the whole time but live and die off every joke with constant reassessment.
• 1:16:23Colin prefers to perform in sad places, and Tim agrees, noting that at the Hollywood Improv recently the audience seemed like they didn't need to be there.
• 1:16:41Tickets for Colin's Lucille Lortel Theater run are available at colinquinn.com, running November 2nd through the 20th.
• 1:16:59Both realize scheduling conflicts might prevent Colin from seeing Tim's show at the Beacon, as Tim performs at 7 p.m. on nights Colin has his own shows around town.

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