Interview · moment 28 of 42
Regional Promo Tricks and Building a Thumbprint
from An American Royal with Bert Kreischer | The Tim Dillon Show #341 · #341
2 min
Guest
They compare styles of tour promotion, discussing how saying 'headlining' versus just 'in town' changes perception, and how Bert tailors chunks of his act to the specific city he's performing in.
- Tim describes the Brooklyn hipster comedy scene—PBR, beards, New Balance sneakers, shows like Whiplash and Meltdown dominated by gatekeepers who curated taste.
- Guy Code arrived and revealed an underserved market: regular people who didn't live in Brooklyn and didn't want obscure literary references.
- The discovery that younger audiences would buy tickets shifted how clubs operated and brought new comics into venues like the Seller and the Stand.
- Tim started comedy 12 years ago and wonders what the scene will look like another decade from now, noting how unrecognizable it's become.
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