Interview · moment 2 of 24
Jessica Kirsten on the Road, Comedy Clubs, and Being Gay Addicts
from #293 - Fat Activism with Jessica Kirson | The Tim Dillon Show · #293
4 min
Guest
Tim praises guest Jessica Kirsten as the funniest woman in comedy, and they compare notes on the misery of touring, the DXL fat store ritual for buying clothes, and how comedy audiences have changed since he started in 1999.
- Tim introduces Jessica Kirsten as the funniest woman in America.
- Jessica explains why she stays on the road constantly despite it being hellish—she's miserable and needs the depressing rhythm.
- Both discuss being addicts who are drawn to depressing hotel rooms and horrible coffee.
- Tim describes Jessica's packing method: she brings nothing, then drives to DXL stores in distant exurbs to buy three black 3XL shirts she may throw out.
- DXL locations are deliberately placed 30 to 40 minutes outside cities, in areas called exurbs, because retailers are ashamed of fat stores.
- Jessica explains her upcoming Europe trip will require buying clothing and luggage since she won't be home before leaving.
- Tim asks what comedy clubs were like when Jessica started in 1999, before current sensitivities about jokes.
- Jessica says she barely functions, so she just goes on stage and lets whatever happens happen.
- She describes encountering soccer moms with Teslas who think they're environmentalists but don't care where lithium comes from, and since she's not attracted to women, she feels nothing when they disapprove of her material.
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