Subjects/subject
The Wire
2017-03-07, 1 mention2017-04-25, 1 mention2017-06-20, 1 mention2017-09-10, 1 mention2017-12-04, 1 mention2018-01-30, 2 mentions2018-02-06, 1 mention2018-02-13, 1 mention2018-03-06, 1 mention2020-05-03, 1 mention2021-07-18, 1 mention2021-09-05, 1 mention2022-06-26, 1 mention2024-02-03, 1 mention2024-04-13, 1 mention
Tim’s take
He treats The Wire as one of the few American shows that actually earned its reputation, naming it alongside The Sopranos as the exception to the garbage he thinks Hollywood usually makes 41:49, and uses it as the bar Ozark fails to clear 1:06:01. Beyond that it mostly functions as shorthand and a running reference — a life lesson he quotes from the show 1:14:39, a line from its opening scene he repurposes as a punchline 47:10, and a stock joke about Baltimore, Brooklyn dock-worker aesthetics, and bridge names 56:24 41:10.
Every Reference (16)
"complex I would love that stuff man But you you look at a show like the wire which is arguably one of the greatest shows of all time and that"
Bunchie's Wrestler Wife and Billions vs. Showtime's Formula — Ray Kump Donovan+182s into the segment"And these people it's kind of like when you talk with the wire and like Marlowe how like Marlowe and like uh Barksdale they could have been like great business guys if they wanted to"
Hucksters, MIT Kids in an Uber, and the DaVinci Code Grift — Thoughtless Animal+227s into the segment"HBO is very strong brand people know what they're gonna get the wire the Sopranos Game of Thrones whatever they have all the archives"
The Death of Cable TV and the Rise of YouTube Personalities — You Can't Have Everything+96s into the segment"Skanks. If you're getting into this now, it's like trying to watch The Wire from season three on. Yeah. You need the backstory. I think you"
"than making a YouTube video going in the comments no You watch the wire is cat and mouse I have but so it starts out They're using beepers"
"to come to the country people that live here now You look at the wire and like which is supposedly Obama's favorite show Yeah, everyone"
The Mortgage Crisis, Bubbles, and Immigration Overcorrection — Searching For Bobby Fischer+189s into the segment"don't give me one row. Come on. Come on. I love Yeah, but look at the wire and like, you know, everyone embraces my points. I like the wires"
"the idea of I think let's bring up the way we're gonna last but the wire I know from the why you watch the wire and it's like they they know basically who they're going after the whole time"
The Mueller Investigation and Paul Ryan's Memo Comments — What Does Your Brother Do In The Navy+147s into the segment"I thought it was a great show and he's like well, I think of shows that Universally, you know If it's if it's claimed on that level Universally, it should say something about society and I'm like well number one I think it kind of did but I'm like you not like the wire or anything like that"
Finding Meaning Beyond Art: Kids, Breaking Bad, and Getting Older — Pick Your Meat+46s into the segment"means kid. Yeah attention. I feel like that a slur I heard in the wire once That is how cool come Little kid shot Omar he's Damnit Yeah,"
Fantasy Shooting a Bully and Getting Expelled for a Bomb Threat Joke — The Fixer (Bronx Jonny)+41s into the segment"should be but occasionally by accident they make the Sopranos or the wire or breaking bed but it's it's primarily santa clarita diet which"
Fat People Don't Learn Their Lesson and Cheesecake Culture — #198 - I'm A Hero | The Tim Dillon Show+173s into the segment"you know it's not you know what is that it's the speech from the wire okay the job won't save you not it's like so i think to myself"
Doing What You Want Before It's Over — #261 - Please, Die Alone | The Tim Dillon Show+43s into the segment"the person who does that mentions it in the same sentence as the wire ozark it's a clown festival the writing's atrocious and the acting"
Ozark vs. The Sopranos and Stranger Things Distrust — #267 - The D'Amelio Variant | The Tim Dillon Show+7s into the segment"you support our Patreon, like they say in the opening scene of The Wire, it's America, man. It's America. So, with all of that, our show"
Extended Riff: What America Means to Me — #304 - What America Means To Me | The Tim Dillon Show+874s into the segment"Brooklyn all act like um extra or they all dress like extras from The Wire season 2 like they're all Dock Workers Kart and everything and"
Coffee in Brooklyn and the Beheading Story — The Diaper Spa | The Tim Dillon Show #380+13s into the segment"let's wait for a little they're going to rename it the Omar from The Wire bridge I I remember after 911 from the the mcnalty bridge after"
The Baltimore Bridge Collapse and Inside Job Theories — Mike Recine & Lizzo Be Quitting | The Tim Dillon Show #388+84s into the segment