Episode 313 · The Ben Avery Era
The Choker | The Tim Dillon Show #313
Aug 28, 2022 · 1:14:46 · 470,000 views · 16 segments, 112 moments indexed
Tim Dillon breaks down the Ezra Miller crime saga and his return to Warner Brothers, the two types of movies they're allowed to make now, what you have to do with your friend's terrible children, how to self-medicate properly and Drew…
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- 6 min
The Screaming 'Press Four' Kid in the Elevator
#Tim recounts a terrifying elevator encounter with an autistic/troubled teen screaming 'press four' while a Saudi-looking man waits for the next elevator, then describes a mentally ill man wandering a grocery store repeating a story about supplying drugs to the Rolling Stones, riffing on the pervasive, glaring mental illness he sees everywhere now.
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- Tim describes entering his elevator and encountering a screaming teenage boy demanding he press floor four.
- The kid was sweating and screaming "press four" as loud as possible while a skinny Saudi man stood next to him in the elevator.
- The Saudi man also exits the elevator, telling Tim he doesn't know the kid and just walked in as the screaming started.
- Tim recounts a separate incident at a grocery store where a man repeatedly told the exact same story about providing drugs to the Rolling Stones to every customer.
- The man approaches various shoppers—including one ladling soup—telling them word-for-word the identical Rolling Stones drug dealer story with no variation.
- Tim observes that mental illness in the country is now so obvious and glaring it's become unremarkable when encountered.
- People are wandering around in their own reality, broken from the shared game, and the public has stopped being shocked by their behavior.
- The elevator kid was particularly intense—sweating, spitting, screaming—bad enough that even the Saudi decided to wait for the next one.
- Tim speculates the kid was trying to reach floor four but somehow ended up on his floor, showing visible signs of distress and behavioral issues.
- The elevator kid resembled Randall from the cartoon Recess, repeatedly screaming "press four" throughout the encounter.
- 20 min
Ezra Miller's Reign of Terror and Warner Brothers' Cowardice
#Tim goes deep on the Ezra Miller saga he a a cult communes, choking a woman in Iceland, threatening a specific KKK chapter, throwing chairs, grooming allegations, brandishing a gun at a mother, and felony burglary otes that Warner Brothers keeps The Flash on track anyway, and jokes about whether claiming non-binary status gives him license for violence.
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- Tim and the guest discuss the shelved Batgirl movie and speculation about whether it was a marketing strategy.
- Tim introduces Ezra Miller as a non-binary actor and role model for children, noting his difficulty with pronouns.
- Hollywood only makes superhero movies or slave narratives; those are the only two genres of film available in cinema.
- Early in the pandemic, a video leaked of Miller choking a woman outside a bar in Reykjavik, Iceland during what appeared to be a play fight.
- On January 27, 2022, Miller posted a video threatening a specific KKK faction in North Carolina, which is oddly specific given Miller has no known ties to the city.
- In Hawaii, Miller was arrested at a karaoke bar for yelling obscenities and grabbing a microphone from a 23-year-old woman singing.
- Tim notes that Miller subsequently claimed to be the victim and said he recorded his assault to make NFT crypto art.
- Miller was arrested again in Hawaii for allegedly throwing a chair that struck a woman in the head around 1 a.m.
- Parents of an 18-year-old environmental activist sought a protective order, claiming Miller began an inappropriate relationship with them at age 12.
- At a party in Massachusetts, Miller screamed in a mother's face about cultural appropriation and allegedly showed her a gun while threatening her.
- Miller acted inappropriately toward an 11-year-old child at the party by hugging them and touching their hips.
- Those close to Miller described the actor as increasingly unstable and running a commune in Iceland with beds on the floor for artists, expats, and young women.
- Miller runs another commune in Vermont with rampant drug use, unsecured guns, and housed three young children at a farm where a one-year-old had a bullet in its mouth.
- After Miller apologized and agreed to seek mental health help, Warner Brothers decided to keep the Flash on course for release, terrified by the prospect of losing a $200 million investment.
- Tim expresses disgust at Hollywood and tourism, suggesting that the real stardom is running a cult in Reykjavik, Iceland.
- Miller committed felony burglary in August, breaking into someone's house in Vermont and stealing their liquor, which was confirmed by arrest.
- Tim questions whether coming out as non-binary in Hollywood grants the ability to commit violence against women and children without consequences.
- The only genre of film available in America is superhero movies, which is disgusting given the nation's aging population.
- The story is funny because of how many buttons Ezra Miller can push and how much criminality they can be involved in while Warner Brothers keeps them employed.
- Tim states he will support Ron DeSantis if he uses the military to get Tim cast in a superhero film to replace Ezra Miller in the Flash.
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- 1 min
Tim promotes the Upside app for cashback on gas and groceries, walking through the promo code and how the check-in process works.
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- Tim reads ad copy about using Upside app for cashback on gas, groceries, and dining
- Upside process: claim an offer, check in at the business, pay with card, receive cashback
- Upside users earn over a million dollars weekly, with 4.8-star app store rating
- 3 min
Tim pitches ExpressVPN as a way to fight back against big tech data harvesting and tracking, describing how easy the app is to use across devices.
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- Tim explains Upside's cash-back app works because you're going to the grocery store anyway, so why not make money while doing it.
- Tech giants engage in profiling, surveillance, and data harvesting—but what can you actually do about it when you depend on their products?
- Big tech companies like Twitter make money by tracking searches, video history, and clicks, then selling personal data.
- Tim uses ExpressVPN on all his devices to hide his IP address and make it harder for tech companies to exploit his data for profit.
- 9 min
Reading a news story about a teen prescribed ten psychiatric drugs, Tim discusses the overmedication of children versus genuine severe cases, arguing some hyperactive or dangerous kids genuinely need to be medicated while others just need lifestyle changes like walks and less sugar.
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- Tim took Adderall briefly in eighth grade and found it didn't improve his grades, just gave him dry mouth and made him a little speedy.
- A high school freshman was prescribed 10 psychiatric drugs for depression and anxiety after struggling to get out of bed.
- By graduation in 2021, the teen was on seven drugs simultaneously, including one for seizures and migraines she never had.
- Psychiatrists note that psychiatric drugs can be vital for suicidal teens, but medications are too readily prescribed as an easy alternative to therapy families can't afford.
- Some kids genuinely need to be medicated immediately—Tim describes a friend's child who was on his tippy toes constantly and making unusual sounds.
- In rare cases where problems can't be solved by playing catch or eating wheat bread, children need to be sedated because they're a real liability.
- Tim distinguishes between kids who are quietly wrong and kids who are actually unhinged—the ones who are genuinely nuts and might burn something down or hurt someone.
- You can't give a sad kid 13 types of medication; the problem is distinguishing between severe mental illness and normal adolescent sadness.
- Some people need medication to function, while others with situational depression can improve through cognitive behavioral therapy, diet changes, and exercise.
- America is an over-medicated country; Tim illustrates how sugar crashes can create negative feedback loops that feel like depression but are situational.
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- 6 min
Andrea the Witch and Long Island Drug Days
#Tim reminisces about a manic-depressive goth/wiccan friend named Andrea who cut herself with a knife, hung out getting high in the back of libraries, and whom he suspects (but doesn't know) is now dead, tying it back to the danger of over-medicating troubled but memorable people.
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- Andrea was a witch, a modern wiccan who was part of Tim's youth group that included skaters, stoners, goths, and drug dealers.
- Drugs created a big tent that brought all those different people together, which Tim says is why he recommends them.
- Andrea wore all black, carried a big knife she cut herself with, and had a lot of weed they'd all smoke together.
- They'd sit in the back of Long Island libraries smoking pot because nobody goes there and the staff doesn't pay attention.
- Tim believes Andrea was in mental institutions repeatedly and thinks she's probably dead now, but admits he doesn't actually know.
- Andrea had problems but was a beautiful person who'd cackle like a hyena and run off with her knife into the night.
- Tim worries that medicating Andrea earlier might have prevented those beautiful, fun moments they shared, though he hates sounding selfish about it.
- In the late 90s and early 2000s, hanging out on drugs meant going out at 11 a.m. and returning at 5 a.m., with different drugs for different hours.
- Overhearing a guy at the grocery store brag that his Bay Area friends are smart and really into hallucinogens, which prompts Tim to say the whole state is full of drug addicts in psychosis.
- Tim met a guy who claims to provide drugs for the Rolling Stones, called Keith Richards, and played him "Satisfaction."
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- 8 min
Housing the Homeless in Beverly Hills Hotel vs. Motel 6
#Riffing on a proposal to house LA's homeless in empty hotel rooms, Tim rants about which LA hotels are acceptable (Beverly Hills Hotel, Bel Air, Langham) versus dumps like Motel 6, and vows to fight if homeless people are put in the nice hotels.
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- LA voters decide whether to house homeless in vacant hotel rooms; 20,000 empty rooms available.
- Tim explains the Beverly Hills Hotel is the only decent place to stay in Los Angeles, running $1,100-$1,400 per night.
- Survey of LA accommodations: avoid Santa Monica, downtown Ritz is a dump, malibu has nowhere to stay.
- Tim acknowledges there's a real shortage of quality hotel options compared to New York.
- Motel 6 manager Manoj Patel rents rooms to vetted homeless people paid for by a local church.
- If you're staying at a Motel 6, you lose the right to complain about homeless neighbors.
- Tim would take up arms with Ron DeSantis if homeless people were housed at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
- Homeless can go to Best Western or other mid-tier chains, but not the Beverly Hills Hotel or Hotel Bel Air.
- Tim jokes the only attraction at Four Seasons Westside is his fat agent, who does tricks for bacon.
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- 3 min
Tim pitches Athletic Greens supplements while getting confused about whether 'I'm the king of the world' is from Titanic, riffing with his cohost about the mix-up.
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- Tim pitches Athletic Greens as a supplement with 75 vitamins, minerals, and adaptogens that support gut health, immune system, and energy without the crash of coffee.
- He compares taking Athletic Greens to the Titanic line "I'm the king of the world," then gets confused about whether that quote is actually from Titanic.
- Tim admits he didn't know the quote was from Titanic because he thought Leo DiCaprio was yelling it from the front of the ship, not realizing the supplement is modern.
- Andrew Huberman supposedly talks about supplements like this making you happy, and you can't function without proper nutrients even when eating waffles from your pocket.
- Sad Guru says the soil doesn't have enough magnesium and other nutrients anymore, so supplementation is necessary for kings and queens and people in the middle.
- Athletic Greens is offering a free one-year supply of vitamin D and five travel packs with first purchase at athleticgreens.com/timdillon.
- 3 min
Tim reacts to Drew Barrymore being accused of racism for copying a 'black men frolicking' trend, mocking the online outrage as absurd and defending her as harmless.
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- Drew Barrymore accused of racism by Black TikTokers for copying a 'frolicking' trend after posting a video of herself enjoying the rain
- Tim argues Drew Barrymore doesn't know what she's doing and isn't aware of what's going on
- Nobody owns frolicking—Tim has never seen Black men frolic and wouldn't trust a frolicking man anyway
- She's a sweet, mentally enfeebled woman with a TV show who's no longer in control of her frontal cortex
- Tim watches Drew's rain video and the frolicking trend compilation to assess the controversy
- The frolicking videos are disgusting and the world has lost its mind over this
- Online mobs are trigger-happy and making connections that don't exist—Drew Barrymore should be allowed to go out in the rain
- 1 min
Tim briefly discusses reporting that Trump held onto documents related to confidential informants around the time an unusual number of CIA informants were killed or compromised, speculating about possible information selling.
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- CIA claimed confidential informants were being killed around the world, and Trump had documents about them.
- Tim explains the allegation: Trump and his family were allegedly selling classified information on informants to foreign governments through intermediaries.
- Tim says he puts nothing past either the Trump crew or the CIA, calling it a fun tennis match between two untrustworthy sides.
- 4 min
Tim reacts to a viral story of customers upset after seeing underage children taking orders at a Louisville McDonald's at 11pm, arguing customers should mind their business as long as the food is good.
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- Tim watches a news segment about customers upset over kids working behind the counter at a Louisville McDonald's
- Tim's take: he would actually eat the food regardless of who served it
- Why should anyone care if children are running the operation properly and getting food out hot and ready
- The couple's complaint that kids handed them drinks made them angry enough to demand a refund
- McDonald's corporate statement: the minors were employees' children visiting the workplace, not actual employees, and the company has reminded staff of visitor policies
- Tim criticizes people for being rats and reporting the incident instead of minding their own business
- Tim speculates that an employee probably brought their kids to work and asked them to help while they were high or struggling at their shift
- 1 min
A High Mom and Her Kids Covering the Register
#Tim spins an alternate, sympathetic story imagining the McDonald's employee was too high to work and had her kids cover for her.
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- A child visits their mother who's high at McDonald's, too intoxicated to take orders herself
- 2 min
Tim discusses a Missouri school district reviving corporal punishment/paddling for discipline, questioning whether paddling or drugging kids are really the only two options society has left.
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- Tim describes Missouri as an interesting place, but qualifies that he doesn't care if locals are offended since he's not going to pretend to like everywhere.
- Missouri school districts are bringing back corporal punishment—striking students on the buttocks with wooden paddles, with a witness present and supposedly without causing bodily injury.
- Tim calls the policy insane and describes it as a symptom of the country falling apart, leading to teachers hitting kids with paddles.
- He argues children can be disciplined without hitting them with a paddle and questions whether this is really the only alternative.
- Tim's conclusion: in the supposed greatest country in the world, the only options for dealing with children are either attacking them with a paddle or drugging them with medication.
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- 5 min
Buying a House in Cassville, Missouri and Calling Larry the Realtor
#Tim browses Zillow listings in Cassville, Missouri (the paddling school district), jokes about the rundown houses and a chained dog in the photos, then actually calls and leaves a voicemail for realtor Larry pretending to be interested in buying a fixer-upper, citing the paddling policy as a selling point.
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- Looking at houses for sale in Cassville, Missouri on Zillow
- Tim notes these are actually really pretty homes for the area, though prices aren't cheap
- Zooming in on a $67,500 property and finding chain dogs in the real estate photos
- Tim critiques the kitchen's rotted wood and describes imagining a horror movie scene with blood spilling into the sink
- Commenting on a wall punched through and concealed with a hanging blanket
- Deciding to call the realtor representing the property to get answers
- Tim calls Larry the realtor, noting the property dipped in value from $70k and this is a good time to buy
- Tim's main concern is confirming the house is in the school district where kids are being paddled
- Reaching Larry's voicemail on a Saturday when real estate agents should be working
- Tim leaves a voicemail for Larry posing as Brandon Schaub, asking about the Harold Street fixer-upper and corporal punishment in the school district
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- 1 min
Tim plugs upcoming merch at timdilloncomedy.com and reminds listeners to watch his Netflix special 'A Real Hero.'
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- Tim plugs timdylandcomedy.com for upcoming merch drop and newsletter signup.
- New special "Tim Dillon: The Real Hero" is now on Netflix.
- Tim asks viewers to watch the special and tell friends so Netflix stays happy with the numbers.
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- 2 min
iPad Tantrums, Europe Trip, and Sign Off
#Tim and Ben clarify an earlier bit about kids throwing tantrums when their iPad is taken away, then Tim jokes about Ben going to Europe while he stays behind working, before signing off.
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- Tim clarifies his earlier point about kids going nuts when their iPad is taken away, explaining he wasn't making a non-sequitur.
- Wishing the guest a good time in Europe with his wife, Tim notes he himself won't be vacationing because he's a workhorse focused on betterment of the community.
- Tim threatens to replace the guest before ending the segment with a sign-off joke about getting another podcast's producer.