Places/place
Staten Island
2016-11-08, 2 mentions2016-11-22, 1 mention2017-06-27, 1 mention2017-09-17, 6 mentions2017-12-18, 1 mention2019-02-02, 2 mentions2019-10-13, 3 mentions2019-12-22, 2 mentions2021-09-26, 1 mention2022-07-24, 1 mention
Tim’s take
He has real affection for Staten Island rooted in the grinding telemarketing job and ferry commute that shaped him, and he says outright that it made him who he is despite its bad reputation 1:37:58 22:23 1:33:49. Outside that, it's mostly a punchline — a vaccine check at a pizzeria in supposed "Trump country" 35:54, a joke about moving there to control which issues he's allowed to complain about 5:44, and a flooded backdrop during Hurricane Sandy 10:15 14:33.
Every Reference (20)
"Staten Island is like Long Island. Let me tell you why I love Staten Island and I've always loved so first of all I had a hellish job in"
Reliable Office Systems: The Staten Island Commute From Hell — Vice President Kump+107s into the segment"so so before long before this I used to sell mortgages in Staten Island Okay, and I fucking uh, I remember one day I pulled over I"
"happens that way because I live around them. So you live on Staten Island with a bunch of royal out maniacs, just fucking throwing things"
"it was not for me to do, but the, my roommates like went to Staten Island to help. They like made it worse. Like, what are you doing?"
"dodging and weaving. Talking about getting jumped, went to Staten Island, narrowly escaped with our lives. Yeah, that was a close call."
"I answered an ad and the ad connected me with a nice man from reliable office systems in Tottenville, Staten Island, on Arthur Kill Road."
"transportation to a place where you're supposed to have a car. Yeah, in Staten Island, you're supposed to have a car. In Long Island, you're supposed"
"But that so I said to Ray I was like let's go see my old office and we We went there and then the thing about Staten Island is like there's a road called Arthur Kill."
"but it seems like that's the last holdover that culture is Staten Island. And it seems like it's, because I think in Long Island it's"
"doing what we can do. Shannon Lee, any closing thoughts on Staten Island? Yeah. I was excited you talked about it. I liked it. No, I"
"Continue. Shannon, so you grew up, did you grow up in Staten Island or the Jersey? In Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, okay. But you were"
"failure He had to go thank God. He went to the hospital on Staten Island Because we were sitting there and he had to get his He had"
"sites and stuff like That's like the new a lot of people say a Staten Island a lot of guys live in. Well, yeah I mean, that's where they"
"water in lower Manhattan it was bad the financial district Staten Island all of these places I've never seen an event like that I remember"
Hurricane Sandy and Life in Hell's Kitchen — #169 - We're The Dirtbags | The Tim Dillon Show+202s into the segment"families were from Staten Island so they went to go help out in Staten Island now help out god only knows what they were doing they're probably"
Melanie, His Grifter Roommates, and Dark Comedy — #169 - We're The Dirtbags | The Tim Dillon Show+189s into the segment"nice guy an older man named James and he goes you can come to Staten Island you'll tell a market from nine to one and it's a little bit"
Selling Copiers in Staten Island: Ida, Al, and the Big Leagues — #169 - We're The Dirtbags | The Tim Dillon Show+27s into the segment"there's always a set of challenges what do you love about Staten Island because I love Staten Island because I wouldn't think well"
Relationships, Privacy, and Don Rickles' Advice on Partners — #179 - Sal Vulcano | The Tim Dillon Show+90s into the segment"like to say cuz I know Staten Island there's a stigma with it and it does get a bad rap and not"
Staten Island Roots and Reliable Office Systems — #179 - Sal Vulcano | The Tim Dillon Show+3s into the segment"asked for proof of vaccination getting a piece of pizza in staten island which was weird because you figure staten island trump country"
Colin Quinn's COVID Case and College COVID Crackdowns — #270 - Havana Syndrome | The Tim Dillon Show+108s into the segment"that's why i moved to staten island because now i'm on an island of yeah you want to complain about an issue yeah it better be the right issue"
Boredom, Drugs, and Saving the Whites of Providence — Tim's Big Audition with Chris Distefano | The Tim Dillon Show #308+8s into the segment