Swingers

2019-03-31, 2 mentions 2019-07-14, 1 mention 2019-08-25, 4 mentions 2020-05-03, 1 mention

Every mention, in time. Each mark is a day — taller means more that day — and links to the moment.

Tim’s take

He treats the West Hollywood Swingers as a running target: the food is bad, the service is worse, the decor is an embarrassment, and he keeps going back anyway because he lives nearby 16:15 1:06:03 22:53. It escalates from a straightforward diner-culture complaint about fake retro nostalgia into a recurring bit accusing the place of running a child trafficking ring and mocking its menu's fake Tina Turner endorsement 17:29 22:53. When it eventually closes he claims credit for the grudge and jokes he could have saved it with a burka-themed rebrand, while noting the Santa Monica location gets a partial pass 1:05:38 16:15.

References: 8
Span: Mar 31, 2019 — May 3, 2020

Every Reference (8)

3:45Mar 31, 2019critical#
"really, that's the moment to make the decision. We walked into Swingers, which is a shithole, with locations in West Hollywood in Santa"
Getting Banned From Swingers in West Hollywood — The Big Booth (with Devan Costa)+97s into the segment
26:10Mar 31, 2019neutral#
"silently walk out and never come back again. I would go back to swingers. I don't know that I'm banned. I'm probably not banned, but the"
Why Silent Walking Away Doesn't Help Anyone — The Big Booth (with Devan Costa)+68s into the segment
Jul 14, 2019critical#
"get another job okay this is my only happiness did you go to swingers again I did tell you right now that same lady there no she was"
Mom's Restaurant Interrogations and the Death of the Diner — 156 - Some Of Our Faves+160s into the segment
Aug 25, 2019critical#
"I will say this many of you who are fans of the program know that I have had many negative and accurate things to say about the restaurant swingers in West Hollywood"
For Your Emmy Consideration Billboards — 162 - Assland+5s into the segment
Aug 25, 2019critical#
"facts now that I've gotten all the facts I am 100% certain that swingers in West Hollywood is running a human trafficking ring out of"
Swingers Diner Human Trafficking Conspiracy Bit — 162 - Assland+3s into the segment
Aug 25, 2019critical#
"they put Tina turn-on to me get pina Turner off your goddamn menu the woman's an icon when the [ __ ] was she in swingers when the [ __ ] was she eating it swingers people are full of [ __ ]"
Swingers Menu, Tina Turner, and Tattoo Rant — 162 - Assland+21s into the segment
Aug 25, 2019critical#
"always a show is brought to you by swingers in West Hollywood swingers you know I mean the food is bad the service is worse the decor"
GrubHub Bring the Funny Bit and Swingers Ad Callback — 162 - Assland+7s into the segment
May 3, 2020joking#
"know I you know all right man I could have I could have saved swingers it's just a little faux retro diner on Melrose in LA man I could"
Swingers Diner Closes and the Burka Restaurant Pitch — #198 - I'm A Hero | The Tim Dillon Show+75s into the segment