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Tim Slagle

American comedian and writer

Oct 3, 2026

32:23
I would think absolutely as well.
32:25
When Lewis, and I know this for a fact, because I was there in the beginning, when Lewis started the club, back then, San Francisco was the incubator for comedy.
32:37
That's where you went to be a comedian, because it was just a short drive up from LA, and producers, they would love to make the weekend trip, because San Francisco was a nice city then, and it was a really hot incubator, and Lewis told me, he goes, that he wanted to make Minneapolis an incubator for comedy.
32:57
That's wonderful.
32:59
So when House of...
33:01
It wasn't House of Comedy.
33:02
It was Knuckleheads opened.

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47:19
And when you see it, when you see someone genuine, when you see someone like Chad, someone like Rory Scovel, someone like Beth Stallion, some of these people who you look at and you go, Jackie Cation, it's artistic in this way, where they're smart and the way their brain keeps...
21:35
Is that correct?
21:36
Yeah.
21:37
Tuesday.
21:38
It starts.
21:39
Oh, it's Tuesday.
21:39
That's right.
21:40
That's right.
22:15
I wanted to make sure.
113:52
The show starts Friday, is that correct?
113:55
Yeah, Tuesday.
113:57
Oh, it's Tuesday, that's right.
113:59
Coming up.
114:00
Coming up this Tuesday.
114:01
It's just an amazing show.
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It's If you like comedy and you like to see how it's made, you get to see the comedy made.
114:33
I wanted to make sure.
10:15
Right
10:15
...
10:15
Tom Segura's regular act, that he's writing this week." And, uh, so they, they, they sent ba- they sent out a notice and said, "You know, he's gonna be writing, and if you want a refund, we'll give you a refund." Five shows sold out.
10:28
You know how many asked for a refund?

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32:40
That's right
32:41
... wouldn't go to the grocery store.
32:42
They wouldn't, you know, they'd go out for manicures and haircuts, but there's no other reason to go out, you know? And, and I think, I think people kind of be- became isolated.
32:51
And then social media too.
41:25
Anyway, we're chugging right along.
41:29
I saw an article in USA Today where they actually suggested what should be done in the House because the Constitution doesn't say how big a district can get.
41:37
It says it can't go below 30,000 people.
41:40
Right, right.
41:40
And right now it's around a quarter of a million people, actually, per congressional district, which is enormous.
41:50
Senators didn't represent that many people when the country was founded.
41:53
And what their suggestion was, let's ratchet it down to one representative for 30,000 people.
SeanHOST
43:20
It will,

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