Their New Game Show and How 'In the Mix' Hollywood Lies Work

• 1:07:10Tim and his team are shooting a pilot for a game show they financed and created themselves, modeled after Eric André's format.
• 1:07:34The business side of Hollywood keeps forcing them to make their own projects because dealing with studios and networks becomes impossible.
• 1:07:55Tim explains the Hollywood terminology: being "in the mix" or getting "pinned" means absolutely nothing and changes overnight.
• 1:08:21The casting process works by first getting a callback saying you're "in the mix," then the language shifts to mean you're a backup option.
• 1:08:58Tim describes being a last resort: they're negotiating with someone better and you're the reserve they'll call if that falls through.
• 1:09:24When rejected, agents never say "they don't want you" directly—instead they claim "they're moving in a different direction."
• 1:09:46Agents are spineless and will flip-flop based on whatever the actor says, like a real estate agent mirroring a buyer's concerns about a property.
• 1:10:28Tim was called in for an audition on Whitney Cummings' sitcom for a part they'd already cast, conducted by a woman with an iPhone in a storage room.
• 1:11:09Tim prefers when producers reject him upfront rather than pretend to care; phony interest is worse than honest rejection.
• 1:11:25The worst offer is when you show up on set and realize the producers are concerned about your performance, watching from village video with worry.
• 1:11:55He appreciates the scene in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood where DiCaprio's character rips on himself for forgetting a line because it felt authentically real to his own experience.

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