Interview · moment 17 of 42
Judy Marmel and the Origin of the Drive-In Tour and Cruise Idea
from An American Royal with Bert Kreischer | The Tim Dillon Show #341 · #341
4 min
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Bert praises his manager Judy Marmel by name, crediting her with pushing him to do the drive-in movie theater tour during the pandemic and for remembering his dream of doing a comedy cruise for years before it happened.
- Red Rocks is a big deal, and the cruise was a major goal for Tim.
- Boston Garden show ended up being one of the coolest things he's done, though it wasn't originally on his radar.
- Madison Square Garden would be amazing, but Tim has already exceeded what he ever thought he'd accomplish.
- Tim tells opening acts to stop opening for him, because being seen as someone's opener is the worst thing that can happen to a comic.
- Once you're labeled as an opener, clubs don't respect you and audiences dismiss you as only that person's guy.
- When Joe Rogan asked him to open early in his career, Tim declined because he didn't want to depend on anyone for money or feel obligated by their schedule.
- Tim opened for him once, then declined when asked again—the algorithm of never being someone's permanent opener works.
- After opening a Sandy Sad gig in San Antonio, he came back years later to headline theaters in Chicago, the Masonic, and the Beacon on his own.
- What's impressed Judy most isn't just the venues Tim is playing, but the speed at which he sells them out from a business perspective.
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