Places/place
Philadelphia
Tim’s take
He mostly uses Philadelphia, and Kensington specifically, as his go-to image of American decay — a street of people dying on fentanyl while politicians pose for photos about Ukraine or missiles instead of fixing what's in front of them 29:43 19:50. That decay framing also covers his complaint about the city declining to prosecute property crime, which he treats as a preview of collapse spreading to other cities 11:41, and the Kensington-area murder-suicide video he dissected at length as a piece of content rather than a tragedy 1:34.
Against that he's oddly warm about actual Philadelphians, saying they have hard lives and rooting for the Eagles because of it 12:45, and he separately praises Philly comedy crowds even while trashing Pennsylvania's food culture — Wawa, cheesesteaks, Tastykakes — as nothing to be impressed by 0:53. The rest of the mentions are just biography and asides: a debate tournament, a lawyer friend's office, tour dates, a stray detail about Netanyahu's upbringing, none of it adding up to more than passing reference 48:29 24:52 1:00:54 47:34 12:42 52:10.
Every Reference (13)
"lot like Newark New Jersey I mean it's like shitty it's like Philadelphia is the closest vibe I've seen to Buffalo but it's like much"
Luke's Lebanese Investment Gig and Gay Comedy Bookings — Episode 150 - Your Thoughts Have No Value (with Luke Touma)+37s into the segment"Southwest thing was a smart move you know why because in 1918 Philadelphia had a parade in the middle of this influenza pandemic and it"
Hospital Capacity, Remdesivir, and Philadelphia's 1918 Parade Mistake — Emergency Broadcast - Corona Call-Ins+109s into the segment"seeing these states like Philadelphia I'm sorry cities like Philadelphia saying we're not going to prosecute we're not going to arrest"
Trump the Huckster vs. a Party of Born Losers — #192 - Coronavirus The Musical | The Tim Dillon Show+186s into the segment"out at the national tournament in philadelphia stomped on their faces okay in my ill-fitting cheap suit but"
Winning the National Debate Championship in Woodland Hills and Losing His Virginity — #227 - Sober Up | The Tim Dillon Show+1s into the segment"and this rattled me it's a murder double murder suicide in philadelphia over the shoveling of snow i don't even it i guess there was"
The Philadelphia Snow Shoveling Murder-Suicide Video — #238 - Keep Your Mouth Shut | The Tim Dillon Show+32s into the segment"know where it ends you end up shooting a woman point blank range in the face in the middle of the street in philly that was probably"
Imagine Being a Palestinian Professor, and the Russian Grandma Bit — #238 - Keep Your Mouth Shut | The Tim Dillon Show+156s into the segment"believe so. But I'm sure the audiences are good. The Philly audiences are always great. And uh we're just getting to the end of the road"
Pennsylvania Food, Wawa, and Les Wexner's Real Business — #242 - You're Money Now | The Tim Dillon Show+132s into the segment"then I'll email him, "Let's fuck." Cuz he has a a law firm in Philadelphia where he does anti-discrimination law. Just whenever some like"
The Duke College Republican and His Fraud Lawyer Friend — #260 - Prison Pen Pal | The Tim Dillon Show+113s into the segment"lot of them have sold out but get some baltimore on the 18th philadelphia tickets there's a shitload of tickets available to baltimore"
"Tim d-i-l-l-o-n I'm going with the Eagles I like people from Philadelphia they have hard lives and they deserve more minimum age and"
America Is an Embarrassment, UK Is Better Run — Patreon Bonus #186 - The Tim Dillon Show+130s into the segment"got a speech about the Ukraine but on Kensington Street in Philadelphia Veterans who fought in our Wars are dying on fenadol in front"
America's Deal: Shut Up, Consume, and Die at Home — The War At Home | The Tim Dillon Show #367+266s into the segment"way this is on an American this is an American city this is Philadelphia the governor of Philadelphia okay Josh Shapiro while this is"
Zelensky Signs Missiles in Philadelphia with Josh Shapiro — Florida Hurricanes & Rich Nothings | The Tim Dillon Show #411+156s into the segment"States, who speaks English as his native language, who grew up in Philadelphia, you know, went to um MIT, worked at Boston Cons. consulting."
Why Netanyahu Needs War With Iran Now — The Silencing Of Charlie Kirk | The Tim Dillon Show #461+188s into the segment