UCB

2016-09-13, 1 mention 2016-09-20, 1 mention 2018-08-30, 1 mention 2019-01-19, 2 mentions 2023-12-02, 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 UCB mainly as a punchline for an institution that doesn't pay its performers, joking that a UCB show nets you thirty-five cents 52:44 and that it 'doesn't pay anyone' while claiming to be about art 20:56. When pushed by others, the harsher point comes out: it's progressive-branded but racially homogenous and worse on labor than comedy clubs, and has calcified from a scrappy start into an institutional, conservative place 32:18 36:56. He also recalls an awkward run-in with UCB's head over rape allegations against a member, and it comes up again as a source in his old rape-allegation podcast 10:10 42:07.

References: 6
Span: Sep 13, 2016 — Dec 2, 2023

Every Reference (6)

11:00Sep 13, 2016critical#
"see that I'm sitting I'm in the green room and then the head of UCB comes in and oh that's some good news because all I do is Shit on"
The Church of Satan Sound Guy and UCB Green Room Story — This Ain't Great+50s into the segment
54:49Sep 20, 2016neutral#
"walking. You go to fucking do you have a storytelling shot now at the UCB. It'll all even die. How is that show going at the UCB? We just"
Hiding From the Foreclosure Guy in the Shower — Protestant Blood Burger+126s into the segment
21:16Aug 30, 2018critical#
"then there'd be a lot of funny art, you know, like what goes on at UCB where they don't pay anyone, you know, that's always hilarious."
Communist Ambush, Pegging Matt, and Fat Kid Summers — Stewed Reunion (with Mike Recine)+20s into the segment
35:08Jan 19, 2019mixed#
"about class. I mean, I think there's a class difference between UCB and clubs. Right. You know, ironically, even though I think UCB"
Ideological and Class Diversity in Comedy Writers' Rooms — An Exotic Beast+170s into the segment
39:09Jan 19, 2019mixed#
"you know, UCB, for instance, started in that period. Now it's hardened into this institutional conservative place, but when it started, it was really exciting and they were taking a risk and trying new things"
The 2017 'Comedy Needs a Bust' Article Revisited — An Exotic Beast+133s into the segment
Dec 2, 2023neutral#
"a screen cap of an anonymous message from somebody who works at UCB who said that somebody else said this guy was a rapist right so"
Rape Dicks: The Old Podcast Investigating Comedy Rape Claims — Bastard Radio | The Tim Dillon Show #372+222s into the segment