Episode 430 · The Studio Revamp
Emilia Pérez & The New Gaza | The Tim Dillon Show #430
Feb 8, 2025 · 1:10:32 · 618,000 views · 29 segments, 153 moments indexed
Tim discusses the current situation in LA, Trump’s development plans for a new Gaza, and the cancelling of Emilia Pérez.
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Bus Boys with Theo Von and David Spade
#Tim discusses filming the movie Bus Boys with Theo Von and David Spade, complaining about sensitive skin from makeup and praising the film as an old-school throwback comedy.
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- Tim is in Los Angeles filming the new movie Bus Boys with Theo Von and David Spade.
- The movie is hilarious and Tim is excited to be working with Spade and Theo, both legends.
- Bus Boys is an old-school buddy comedy set in Bordertown, Arizona, following two friends who think becoming waiters will solve all their problems.
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- 3 min
LA Air Quality and the Case for Leaving Los Angeles
#Tim mocks LA's obsession with air quality and toxic ash after the fires, then explains why he's leaving the city while respecting those who stay to fight for their home, comparing it to Taylor Swift's 'eras.'
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- Air quality after LA fires includes carcinogens, battery chemicals from burned Teslas, and lithium-ion toxicity.
- Mudslides and toxic ash rivers are coming as another consequence for Los Angeles.
- Tim is leaving LA but hopes the people staying are resilient.
- He doesn't believe his worth is tied to a zip code—he believes in himself, not connection to a land mass.
- He respects people who feel rooted in LA and want to stay and fight for it.
- People dealing with mudslides, fires, toxic ash, earthquakes, crime, taxes, and evaporating industry have legitimate reasons to leave.
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Buying Burned Land in Altadena
#Tim jokes about wanting to drive down PCH to survey fire damage for land-buying opportunities and fantasizes about hosting an investor summit on how to buy charred land in Altadena.
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- There's an era to stay put and an era to flee—Tim explains that leaving isn't a mark of weakness when an area is beating you down on every level.
- Fire debris and ash contain harmful substances like asbestos, heavy metals, and toxic chemicals, according to LA County health officials.
- Tim tried to drive down the PCH to survey fire damage in Malibu as a potential land-buying opportunity, but wasn't allowed.
- He wants to sponsor a summit called 'How Do We Buy Burned Land' at a government building for the investment community to discuss purchasing Altadena's charred land from residents.
- Tim's goal: figure out how to turn Altadena's burned property into something profitable.
- Tim continues his thought, comparing overseas development pressure to domestic land acquisition in fire zones.
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Gaza vs. the Palisades: Who Gets the Resort?
#Tim riffs that Gaza will get luxury resorts and outdoor malls before the Palisades does, framing Trump's Gaza comments as a real estate development play compared to condo renderings.
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- Gaza is gonna get a couple of new outdoor malls and a Four Seasons, but the Palisades won't get one
- The plan for Gaza was never for Palestinians to go back and play soccer there—it was always about redevelopment
- Tim discusses Trump's suggestion that the US should occupy Gaza, rebuild it, and maintain an indefinite presence there
- When evaluating a new condo project, you have to look at the renderings first—the finishes, color palette, potential gyms and pools
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Trump's Gaza Redevelopment Renderings
#Tim continues elaborating on Trump's Gaza redevelopment idea as a real estate pitch, imagining amenities, malls, and a boardwalk, and defends judging it only after seeing 'the renderings.'
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- Trump is proposing a redevelopment of Gaza and people are outraged without seeing the renderings.
- Tim notes that renderings always show penthouse units and hide the actual units people would buy.
- You cannot judge Trump's plan to fill Gaza with high-end development until you've seen the renderings.
- Rick Caruso developed nice outdoor malls like The Grove in Los Angeles, which is basically all America has left.
- One of Caruso's outdoor malls has a train running through it at Christmas.
- Tim doesn't like open-ended Middle East commitments or Palestinians being kicked out of Gaza, but a development plan isn't the worst idea.
- A farmers market, outdoor malls, nice condos, a boardwalk, an amusement park, and a driving range isn't terrible.
- The development could be a global area with Palestinian restaurants, but would likely become a money-laundering corporate shell that extracts wealth.
- Tim imagines it as more of a global hub for money laundering and a corporate empty shell moving people in and out quickly.
- 1 min
Tim reads a PrizePicks sponsor ad promoting fantasy sports betting for the big football game, including bonus codes and payout promotions.
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- PrizePicks ad begins with pitch about daily fantasy sports accessibility and picking more or less on player stats.
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Tim finishes the PrizePicks read and transitions into introducing footage of Trump discussing his plan to have the US take over Gaza.
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- PrizePicks bonus doesn't require winning—$50 is guaranteed after playing $5
- Tim sets up Trump's Gaza rebuilding plan, noting it's generated significant backlash
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Hamas Will Work at the Mall
#Tim elaborates at length on his 'called it' theory that Gaza will become a luxury resort/mall complex, comparing it to Ukraine's rebuilding and joking that Hamas members will end up working retail jobs like Build-A-Bear and PF Chang's.
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- Tim outlines the questions real estate developers obsess over: amenities, pools, valet, doormen, and whether a development qualifies as luxury or uber-luxury.
- Real estate developers and regional power players are salivating at the prospect of rebuilding Gaza, driven entirely by the possibility of making enormous amounts of money.
- Jared Kushner is in Miami planning to carve up beachfront property in Gaza into hotels, shopping districts, casinos, and high-end developments.
- Tim claims he knew from October 7th that Gaza would follow the same pattern: prolonged war followed by a rebuilding process controlled by outside interests.
- Ukrainian refugees are living in ski towns across France, spending American and UK money they've laundered while the original sources of funding remain unclear.
- Real estate developers will treat Ukraine's reconstruction as an enormous opportunity, dwarfing even major American real estate markets.
- Gaza represents something bigger than the Pacific Palisades or any Hollywood enclave—a prime piece of religious and geopolitical real estate in the Middle East.
- Developers are coming for Ukraine, the breadbasket of Europe, because this is simply how global capital works when conflict ends.
- Tim compares receiving free chocolate at a redeveloped location in Gaza to avoiding acid attacks, suggesting even modest improvements beat the status quo.
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Tim plays and reacts to Trump's actual press conference remarks about the US owning and rebuilding Gaza into 'the Riviera of the Middle East,' comparing it to Greenland and Canada annexation talk.
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- Hamas is not a stable governing apparatus, but things have inertia and will happen whether Tim likes it or not.
- Trump's vision for Gaza includes a beautiful indoor-outdoor mall with luxury amenities.
- Hamas will inevitably end up working at the mall—you cannot defeat capitalism.
- Hamas members will become managers at PF Changs in Gaza, dealing with complaints about orange chicken instead of running tunnels.
- You can't live in tunnels forever; eventually people have to come above ground and work at casinos or make smoothies for Four Seasons guests.
- Working at a casino is not the worst thing that has historically happened to people.
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Trump Firing People and Real Estate Ambitions
#Tim continues the Gaza real-estate riff, discussing Trump firing government staff, Jared Kushner's interest in Gaza beachfront development, and comparing it to Monaco and Las Vegas.
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- Trump announces the US will take over rebuilding Gaza, level the site, and create economic development with unlimited jobs and housing.
- Trump describes seeing a long-term US ownership position in Gaza that would bring stability to the Middle East.
- Tim notes Trump is thinking like a real estate developer, pitching Gaza as the Riviera of the Middle East.
- Tim explains why Trump is firing people everywhere: when a new leader comes in, they bring their own people and the old ones get fired, like a comedy club changing bookers.
- Trump's focus has shifted to real estate development of the Gaza Strip instead of other presidential priorities.
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Defending the Gaza Redevelopment Plan and Hostage Return
#Tim continues defending the controversial Gaza redevelopment concept, discussing hostage Keith Siegal's return and framing Palestinian labor in future luxury hotels as inevitable, tying back to his own movie promotion.
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- Tim acknowledges Israel could have gone easier on Gaza but notes there's no winning in that part of the world.
- Trump's redevelopment plan includes a Dave and Busters and gelato scooping in the mall where the rebuilding happens.
- Tim wishes this kind of redevelopment would happen in Detroit and America instead, with job creation.
- The plan could be magnificent, but most Gazans don't want to leave and leaders in Egypt and Jordan refuse to take them.
- Hostages returning to eat in beautiful restaurants on the exact spot where they were held captive would be healing.
- Tim defends the redevelopment plan despite people being upset, saying Palestinians can work and rebuild if they want to.
- Local workers bringing breakfast to Jewish tourists in luxury hotels is an economic opportunity Tim is endorsing.
- Tim acknowledges some bad blood may remain but argues against jumping to conclusions about the project's success.
- The early 2000s comedy Tim is involved with feels raunchy, funny, and silly in a way audiences actually want right now.
- Emelia Perez is being released as a film about trans issues.
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Emilia Pérez and Its Racist Trans Star
#Tim describes the plot of the film Emilia Pérez about a trans cartel boss, calls it a bad movie nobody wanted, and introduces its star's controversial racist tweets about Muslims and George Floyd as the only interesting thing about it.
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- Emilia Pérez nominated for every award despite nobody—Mexicans, trans people, or anyone else—wanting it.
- Hollywood stopped caring about marketing and just gives awards to itself in little ceremonies.
- Tim calls the film terrible and horrible, but says the trans star's tweets are what matter.
- The star is incredibly racist—denigrated Muslims, called George Floyd a drug addict con artist.
- She tweeted about the Oscars: 'I didn't know if I was watching an Afro-Korean festival of Black Lives Matter or the Oscars.'
- These tweets are the best thing about Emilia Pérez because the star is a trans racist.
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Tim reads a Variety article about Zoe Saldana publicly processing her co-star's tweet scandal while still 'allowing herself to experience joy,' mocking the phrasing.
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- You're allowed to notice there are a lot of Muslims in Europe—she's doing it in a colorful way but she's allowed to notice these things.
- Zoe Saldaña and the cast are disowning her, saying they're disappointed but still allowing themselves to experience joy.
- Variety headline: 'Zoe Saldaña is processing the Carla Sophia Gascón fallout' but still allowing herself to experience joy amid Amelia Perez Oscar campaign.
- Tim mocks the idea that Zoe Saldaña is allowing herself to experience joy while America has watched the place burn without care.
- Why can't a trans person have a little fun—that's the point of X, Tim asks, before looking at what Zoe Saldaña is actually responding with.
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Watching Karla Sofía Gascón's Golden Globes Speech
#Tim plays and reacts gleefully to Karla Sofía Gascón's Golden Globes acceptance speech invoking George Floyd and light versus darkness, calling her a white nationalist and loving it.
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- Audience members yell at the screen asking about George Floyd during Gascón's speech.
- Tim explains the Golden Globes moment happened before racist tweets about the actress resurfaced online.
- The movie is about a cartel boss who is trans, and Tim dismisses it as unwanted and unseen by anyone.
- Gascón says she chose her dress color because of George Floyd, claiming the light always wins over darkness.
- Tim sarcastically responds that she's a white nationalist while praising the irony of her speech.
- Gascón delivers lines about borders and imprisonment, telling people they cannot take away her soul or identity.
- She concludes by saying 'I am who I am,' which Tim interprets as agreeing George Floyd was a criminal.
- Tim describes Gascón as a lovely, feminine lady being thrown under the bus by Hollywood.
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Defending Gascón's Comments on Islam and France
#Tim defends the actress's tweets about Muslims in France and burkas, arguing it's about fundamentalism not racism, and pivots into a broader riff on American culture, pluralism, and immigration expectations.
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- Gascón noticed a lot of people in France are wearing full burkas and isn't into it because she likes France to be French.
- The exact quote: 'How many times will history have to expel the Moors from Spain? We have not yet realized what this threat of civilization means.'
- Tim's position: if an actress does her job in a movie, it shouldn't matter what opinions she holds privately.
- Why is it shocking to Hollywood that a transwoman wouldn't automatically endorse Islam?
- Hollywood maintains a logically incoherent position: fundamentalist Islam opposes everything they believe, yet they insist everyone belongs in America anyway.
- Tim clarifies he has no interest in crusades against Islam, doesn't want American troops democratizing Muslim countries, and has Muslim friends across the spectrum.
- He doesn't want to live in a Muslim country, a Jewish country, or Israel—he prefers America with its separation of church and state.
- America has a culture that people need to agree upon to some degree, and that's the reality of the situation.
- 1 min
Tim reads an ad for Aura digital picture frames, describing their unlimited storage, easy setup, and a discount code for the Carver Mat frame.
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- Aura Frames are digital picture frames loaded with photos that Boomers and anyone can use, named the number one digital picture frame by Wirecutter.
- The frames offer unlimited storage via the free Aura app and Wi-Fi, letting you upload photos and videos year-round.
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Tim continues praising Aura Frames as an emotional gift that lets people relive memories, wrapping up the sponsor read.
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- Tim pitches Aura Frames with $20 off code, calling it the best gift he's given because people cry and laugh reliving memories.
- People don't have to leave their couch to take a trip down memory lane—they just look at the pictures and remember moments like Johnny getting sick on the boat.
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American Culture, Islam, and Hollywood's Hypocrisy Over Gascón
#Tim continues his defense of Gascón, arguing Hollywood is shocked she doesn't love Islam, ties it to Democrats' election loss narrative, and calls for people in Hollywood to be fired for destroying the industry with 'garbage' content.
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- American culture is distinct and judeo-Christian with separation of church and state, allowing free worship without persecution.
- Tim warns against groups that come in saying they don't want to participate in the culture but to take it over.
- LA is shocked that a transwoman in the musical doesn't seem excited about participating in the cultural moment.
- Nikki Glazer killed at the Golden Globes because she doesn't need them—she's the talent and they're losing relevancy.
- The people at the Golden Globes aren't impressive; Nikki's the one who put the work in.
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Watching the Emilia Pérez Trailer
#Tim watches and mocks a clip from the Emilia Pérez trailer/musical number about gender transition, comparing it to a Daily Wire parody, then pivots briefly to mocking CIA employee buyouts.
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- Emilia Pérez reads like a Matt Walsh Daily Wire spoof about gender transition.
- Tim jokes about showing this movie at the border — migrants would self-deport after seeing the medical procedure scenes.
- The film tells its story without dignity or artistry, reducing everything to graphic content.
- Tim ridicules the movie for offering CIA buyouts to its characters.
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Hollywood Executives Need to Be Fired
#Tim argues Hollywood executives who greenlit failing, out-of-touch content need to be fired just like DC bureaucrats, blaming university-trained 'shills' for destroying the industry's risk-taking culture.
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- Tim criticizes Democrats running a dementia patient followed by someone with no idea what's going on, creating potent Republican conservatism.
- Telling broke people in the Rust Belt they have unearned privilege and are responsible for the world's ills — then being shocked they don't vote for you.
- Hollywood executives need to get fired for destroying their companies and the American faith in the entertainment business.
- Ted Saros at Netflix has done a relatively good job, unlike other entertainment executives in the town.
- Writers can't get jobs and are moving back in with their parents because executives with zero talent failed them.
- The town kicked out everyone with guts and risk-taking ability and replaced them with quasi-intellectual shills from the university system.
- These university-trained executives spoke a language that terrified people and spread like cancer through the industry.
- Tim wonders how crazy things need to get before these people are forced to answer for their tremendous mistakes.
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Tim reads a sponsor ad for Nutrafol hair growth supplements, citing clinical study results and a discount code.
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- Tim reads Nutrafol ad promising transformation from "a hot guy to a hair guy" with thicker hair in three to six months.
- Ad claims men reported no compromise in sexual performance while taking the supplement.
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Introducing Juan Carlos Arós Demanding Gascón's Withdrawal
#Tim introduces a journalist (mistakenly called Juan Carlos Arós) asking Gascón to renounce her Oscar nomination, expressing outrage on her behalf before playing her response.
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- Tim doesn't recognize Juan Carlos Arós but hates him anyway, comparing his appearance to someone else he dislikes
- Tim calls Arós's demand that a woman renounce her nomination disgusting and notes it's generating more press than anything else at the event
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Gascón's Spanish-Language Defense and 'The George Zimmerman of Her Time'
#Tim watches and reacts to Gascón's subtitled response defending herself against renouncing her nomination, joking she should be racist in English and comparing her defiance to George Zimmerman.
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- Tim demands Gascón make racist statements in English rather than Spanish if she wants his support
- Gascón's statement: she won't renounce her nomination because she's done legitimate work and hasn't committed any crime or harmed anyone
- Tim appreciates that Gascón refuses to back down and won't disappear despite the pressure against her
- Tim calls Gascón 'the George Zimmerman of her time' and credits her for making the Oscars interesting
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Tim reads coverage of Netflix quietly shifting Oscar campaign focus from Gascón to Zoe Saldana and refusing to pay for Gascón's travel, framing it as cowardice.
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- The Gascón fiasco has made it impossible for liberal Oscar voters to support the trans empowerment narrative of Amelia Pérez as a rebuke to Trump.
- Variety called Gascón the Donald Trump of Oscar season after covering her press blitz.
- Netflix is refocusing its campaign around Zoe Saldaña as the safer choice instead of Gascón.
- Tim urges someone named Ted not to abandon Carla Sophia Gascón in her hour of need.
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Offering to Shelter Gascón from ICE
#Tim jokingly declares he'll shelter Gascón from deportation, fly her first class, and put her up at the Beverly Hills Hotel, riffing on Hollywood's selective solidarity with trans people of color.
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- Tim offers to shelter Gascón from ICE and questions why Hollywood won't stand with her as a trans person of color.
- He promises real estate and a hidden place for her if immigration agents come looking.
- The offer includes staying at his Hampton home and eating lobster rolls while avoiding detection.
- Tim argues he should receive goodwill from communities critical of him for literally sheltering this woman.
- He pledges to personally pay for Gascón's first-class flights to the Oscars and cover her hotel at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
- Netflix strategists and Gascón's publicist failed to persuade her to delete old social media before global Oscar scrutiny.
- Tim sings a parody of 'I Got You Babe' offering her first-class travel and entry to the Academy Awards.
- The song continues with Tim defending her George Floyd tweets as funny and saying they didn't cause pain.
- Final verse describes taking her to the Academy Awards in a Rolls-Royce to point out homeless people and horses.
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'I Got You Babe' Parody Song for Gascón
#Tim performs a parody of Sonny & Cher's 'I Got You Babe' dedicated to Gascón, joking about her tweets, flying her to the Oscars, and going to Malibu together.
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- Tim parodies 'I Got You Babe' as a love song to Gascón, opening with the classic duet format
- The song promises a lawyer and flowers while refusing to judge what happened with 'your thing'
- Tim sings about attending the Academy Awards together and dismisses concerns about his Netflix special
- He brags about making enough money from 'this dumb racist podcast' and plans to smell burning Teslas in Malibu
- Tim proposes getting trans married and running for Marine Le Pen's French racist party
- The song continues with promises of holding hands, walking together, and featuring Tucker Carlson as a duet partner
- Tim adds a verse about relapsing on cocaine and having fun while fumbling for a racist slur for Mexican people
- Tim concludes the parody as his song for actress Emilia Perez and expresses hope she'll accept his offer
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Tim predicts a difficult-to-access 'new Gaza,' laments Palestinian and Ukrainian displacement, then pivots to Trump's executive order banning trans athletes from women's sports, arguing Democrats mishandled the trans issue.
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- Tim describes a future "no-go Gaza" that will be difficult to enter, expressing regret about how things went.
- He worries Palestinians won't be displaced and won't participate in whatever comes next, claiming the real plan is to convert everything into luxury malls for wealthy globals.
- Trump signs executive order banning transgender student athletes from women's sports.
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Bit About Offering to Pay Netflix's Bill and Praising Hacks
#Tim jokes about imagining Netflix's reaction to him funding Gascón's trip, then clarifies he's not calling for purging liberals from Hollywood, praising the show Hacks despite its writers criticizing him.
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- Tim offers to pay Netflix's bill to take the burden off them, insisting he's doing the right thing for once.
- Supporting a trans woman of color and paying for her to come to America.
- Hacks is a very good show despite some of its writers calling him a fascist on Twitter.
- Even people who don't like him produce shows he's willing to watch and respect as fine television.
- Most of his friends are crazy liberals and they're fun, but Hollywood needs to make sense.
- Nobody's even trying to make money in entertainment anymore.
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Tim runs through Canada and London tour dates and stand-up shows, reflects on loving London and the Saudi royal family fans, restates his 'fundamentalism not Islam' point about Gascón, and signs off.
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- Tim announces Canadian tour dates in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, and Winnipeg with second shows added.
- Tim clarifies he's criticizing fundamentalism, not Islam itself, and distinguishes between the two.
- He notes many great people in the Saudi royal family are fans of the show and enjoy their indoor lakes for jet skiing.
- Tim's argument: people can't move to a country and turn it into the country they left, just as you can't move to a state and recreate the state you abandoned.
- Defending the actress as not necessarily a terrible person, though he acknowledges her statement about Islam being an 'infection for Humanity' was extreme.
- Tim signs off and thanks the audience at TimDillonComedy.com.
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