rant · moment 11 of 18
The Snuggle Bear Feud and Fourth of July Tire Flattening
from A Time Gone By with H. Foley & Kevin Ryan | The Tim Dillon Show #364 · #364
2 min
Tim describes an old-school family feud over a stolen Snuggles the Bear detergent mascot, then a Fourth of July story where his uncles flattened a drunk uncle's tires to stop him driving, capped by his grandfather knocking someone out and going back to bed.
- Tim's uncle's wife gets called a Jew at a Fourth of July party, followed by a nose-related comment about her Arab heritage.
- The offended uncle storms off drunk, so Tim's other uncles flatten all his car tires to prevent him from leaving.
- Tim and a neighbor kid watch the tire-flattening from another house while the adults get hammered on Fourth of July.
- Tim's grandfather becomes famous for this move: getting up, knocking someone out cold, and going back to bed without explanation.
- During another holiday, the uncle gets out of hand again and grandfather comes downstairs and lays him out, then returns to bed.
- Tim comes from a tradition of violent, drunken family gatherings with at least one fistfight per year and questions why modern families can't get back to that.
- Tim signs off saying he's out of the office with strep throat for the week.