rant · moment 3 of 20
Respecting the Amish and Not Insulting Sharia Law
from Cancelling Kimmel, Fired From Riyadh, & The Prison Housing Market | The Tim Dillon Show #462 · #462
2 min
Tim argues he always respects the rules of a gig, comparing it to a hypothetical Amish booking, and explains why he wouldn't insult Saudi culture on their turf but reserves the right to joke about it on his own show.
- Tim explains his rule: if he accepts a gig, he respects the client's constraints—Amish people don't want jokes about iPhones or Khaki, so he won't do them.
- Respecting Amish culture while eating shoefly pie is the same principle as not insulting Sharia law in someone else's country.
- Tim doesn't have bits about the prophet anyway, and wouldn't insult the people paying him—plus, it's illegal and he's not trying to end up in a Saudi jail.
- On his own show in his own country, Tim says he'll be funny and himself; if people don't buy it, they don't have the right to tell him what to do.
- People confronted him after lunch claiming Saudi Arabia has slaves in Tribeca, assaulting him with the accusation.
- Tim addressed the controversy in a funny way and got fired for it.
Saudi ArabiaAmish peopleTribeca