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Getting Towed in Malibu and Rescue 911 Nostalgia
from Knuckleheads & Dodo Birds | The Tim Dillon Show #366 · #366
3 min
Tim recounts getting his car towed and waving to fans from the tow truck, then pivots into nostalgic riffing on the Boomer fear-mongering TV show Rescue 911 hosted by William Shatner.
- Tim got his car towed in Malibu and rode in the tow truck; a fan saw him and asked why he was getting towed.
- Tim blames the government for the towing and mocks rule-followers.
- Tim's parents wouldn't let friends in the pool or on the trampoline, identifying kids with asthma as special hazards to watch.
- His parents didn't even want a pool because they didn't want their house to be welcoming or have any social gatherings there.
- Rescue 911 with William Shatner was designed to terrify Boomers into thinking their houses were booby-trapped death traps.
- The show featured drowning scenarios where mothers took their eyes off the water for a second.
- Tim's mom had a cousin story about a black belt who dove into a 4-foot pool and paralyzed himself — the universal athletic cousin diving accident.
Rescue 911William ShatnerMalibu