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Lisa's Lounge: A Bar for People Who Have Nowhere Else to Go on Christmas
from A Time Gone By with H. Foley & Kevin Ryan | The Tim Dillon Show #364 · #364
4 min
Tim reflects on the show's role chronicling a vanishing era, then tells an extended, touching story about a dive bar named after a girl killed in a drunk driving accident, its cast of regulars (Jen, George, Marge), and the owner's mission to give people with nowhere else to go a place on Christmas.
- Lisa's Lounge was named after a girl who died in a drunk driving accident; her father put her picture in the middle of the bar and people would toast to her.
- Crazy woman Jen would come in claiming she was having the fire department over for a party, putting out shaving dishes, but nobody would show up because the bartender said she was mentally ill.
- George lived in his car after winning a scratch-off, getting involved with a hooker who spent all his money, and Lisa's Lounge was the only warm place he'd come to.
- Woman named Marge used to come in, [ __ ] herself, and scream at people that they were all [ __ ].
- The bar owner explained he opened the place so people would have somewhere to go that don't have a place to go on Christmas.
- Tim used to think that mission statement was funny as a joke, but looking back on it as he got older, the place had great holiday lights and a distinct smell in December and January.
- Tim went to Lisa's Lounge on Christmas one year when he was in conflict with his family, realizing places like that are actually important.
- These bars serve as institutions for people who end up in that situation, functioning like a revolving door where regulars are there when they need it.
- The place is what feeds people when it isn't Christmas and nobody wants to acknowledge their existence, which fed into depression and family issues.
- Reference to someone making a dip and saying they won't be there tomorrow but will see people Sunday.
Barco Lisa's Lounge