Interview · moment 16 of 29
Missing Registration Deadlines and What Might Have Been
from #276 - The Squish | The Tim Dillon Show · #276
4 min
Guest
Tim explains how he repeatedly failed to register for film classes on time due to self-discipline problems, and he and Ray speculate about alternate lives if they'd had more structure.
- Tim went to Stony Brook for a semester before stopping classes to pursue comedy.
- He attended Hofstra but couldn't show up on time to meet with his advisor to register for film classes before they closed.
- When Tim finally met his advisor, he was told he'd missed all the film classes his freshman year and probably wouldn't catch up.
- At Nassau Community College, the advisor explained every class was full because Tim didn't show up on time to register.
- Tim admits he never learned self-discipline in a cohesive way, but questions whether learning it would have ruined what makes him successful now.
- His spontaneity and erratic nature—the whirling dervish quality—is what makes him funny and is tied to his success.
- Tim compares himself to his guest, noting he's more free and less afraid of saying controversial things without worrying about cancellation.
- He started screaming at an old woman in a store who was giving trouble to a postal clerk, telling her to stop choking him.
- Tim plays with the idea that things could have gone differently in his life, but he's happy with his girlfriend and the podcast.
- He's making moves to relocate to Austin with his girlfriend Lucy.