rant · moment 4 of 22
Brendan Schaub, Standup Snobbery, and 'Finding a Pathway to Love'
from #297 - The Lodge From Hell | The Tim Dillon Show · #297
6 min
Tim defends Schaub as new to standup but not deserving of a goon-squad reputation, riffs on late-career comedians, declares himself too rich and disconnected to care about podcast drama, and lands on his mantra of wishing everyone would find "pathways to love."
- Brendan Schaub may become the greatest comedian ever, but Tim doesn't know if he runs a goon squad intimidating people.
- Bobby Lee's claims about 'they' are ominous, but Tim's personal experience with Brendan has been overwhelmingly positive.
- Tim avoids spending time with comedians because they're stupid and poor, which makes it tough.
- He's never done Tiger Belly and doesn't care about appearing on other people's shows anymore.
- People are so fast and loose with the truth, yet Tim covers these scandals the way he covers Roe v. Wade—agnostically but necessarily.
- The country is headed toward either a Christian theocracy or San Francisco-style improv theater, neither of which appeals to him.
- Standup is weird; people resent Brendan because he started late and wasn't good, but he's trying hard and probably improving.
- Brendan's making money and that's fine, even if he'll never win the Mark Twain Prize for humor.
- Standup has been polluted by garbage for years.
- Tim transitions into an Every Man Jack advertisement, praising their naturally derived grooming products.
- If you need a PhD to pronounce the ingredients in body wash, it's not natural or clean.
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