Interview · moment 35 of 42
Tracing the Luck: Bert's Dad's Closing Fee Hustle and Bert's Own Break
from An American Royal with Bert Kreischer | The Tim Dillon Show #341 · #341
3 min
Guest
Bert tells his father's story of stumbling into a lucrative home-closing side business, then parallels it with his own lucky breaks getting noticed via Ari Shaffir showing Joe Rogan his Louis C.K. Facebook post.
- Tim's approach to touring: he worksheets material specific to each region, spending 10-15 minutes on local observations for places like San Francisco or Oklahoma City.
- Bert observes that Tim's brain never stops working, always writing analogies and rants, which prompted him to start writing more himself.
- Tim notes that Bert is the only person in America who hasn't moved to Austin, despite it being the coolest place to do comedy.
- Bert describes the Comedy Mothership in Austin as the most fun comedy club he's been to, saying it was put together perfectly by a comic.
- Bert and Leanne just bought a tour bus and are considering buying a place in Austin on the lake as a centrally located base for it.