TIM HEIDECKER on cancel culture, Dave Chappelle, Elon Musk, writing music, Neil Young and more!

[@rugbyslug]

The smartest man in comedy right there. And the funniest!

[@pjmccall]

Great interview. Tim's comedy is so surreal and insane, it's fascinating to see him being 99.9% earnest for an hour.

[@numberonedad]

this is the character dude he's actually conservative same with stephen colbert

[@smithjedediah]

@@numberonedad that's utter bullshit dude

[@smithjedediah]

@@numberonedad Unless you're joking, of course

[@numberonedad]

@@smithjedediah have you watched literally any of his comedy? His character is a parody of the typical out-of-touch elitist liberal in an ivory tower. maybe you just don't get it

[@smithjedediah]

@@numberonedad I've watched a TON of it, from Tom Goes to the Mayor through Tim & Eric, On Cinema, his right-wing persona stand-up, etc. I can't actually believe you're not kidding.

[@WerewolfKweef]

Hei Network member here, Tim, don't change a thing. Thank you.

[@humanbeing2420]

I'm happy; I'm healthy; I'm HEI!

[@yopyop5546]

Tim has brought me joy throughout my entire teenage and adult life. He has helped me (even when I didn't realize it) get through some really dark times. To say I appreciate the man is an understatement. Thank you Tim, you are so loved.

[@BrianSimpson-tk3xj]

Heidecker is first ballot comedy hall of fame! Decades of brilliance.

[@shrug_shrugsly]

Great interview and such a thoughtful way to intro the interview. Nicely done!

[@mrpetebojangles21]

As a Heidecker fan of many years, I can count on one hand how many authentic seeming interviews I’ve seen, so this was awesome. I sometimes struggle to explain why I think he is the funniest, most brilliant comedic mind of our time, but I thought he did a good job of explaining why his style of humor works so well. I wish everyone I met could watch the entirety of “On Cinema” especially the courtroom hearings and “Decker” as that would explain much of my personality immediately haha.

[@sproductionsinc]

It's just such a natural & genuine type of humor. Like you can tell him & everyone involved enjoys this type of humor themselves. You can feel the fun they're having & thought put into it. I'm still amazed by the attention to detail & continuity in his Tim universe. Bringing back that Star Trek reference at the trial all the way from like s2 of On Cinema was genius.

[@mrshhjj8899]

American: My personality is strongly based on media I like!

[@mrpetebojangles21]

@@mrshhjj8899 awww, sad human is sad

[@rickacton7540]

heidecker doing republican meta-cringe-humour for decades, yeah thats good stuff, not cliche at all. meta-cliche.

[@peachy_lili]

@@mrshhjj8899 your problem is with Capitalism ;3 also any other country who likes us, kind of likes us for exactly this same reason. hate us for literally any of the good reasons to hate us, this is a lame one

[@VBQX]

Tim is so underrated if you haven't seen "The Comedy" (2012) give a watch it's just a testament to his abilities just a very good movie.

[@KpopalypseNow]

Facts, that movie was incredible

[@ShanevsDCsniperr]

this was a great interview. you seem unafraid to share your personal insights and experiences but did so deftly without drawing the focus to yourself. class act.

[@artresearch]

5:10 - "There's a little bit of *Alan Partridge* in there" hell yeah! i've always wondered if he was an influence.. :)

[@dddgtsd]

Iannuci and ironically (after saying who cares about normal) Henry Normal definitely influence him along with Coogan.

[@skullingtonturtle8080]

9:00 that opera part is one of the best parts of that whole standup- it’s the perfect nod to the out of date “Tim Allen man’s man” stuff of the early 90’s. The opera was the go-to for “the stupid wife wants to go to (some stereotypical feminine thing)” goofy rightwing ‘man’s men’, and it’s so specific to that 90’s era cause aside from boomers and those cheesy, tired jokes they still have, no one really ever talks about the opera anymore and hasn’t since like, 1998.

[@funkndonut]

congrats on landing tim for this interview! love hearing him speak from the heart.

[@McDermottHorse]

Tim’s observation of the rise of “literalism” rings so true! I’ve known people who get worked up with anger at public art (especially poetry) because they don’t immediately understand it. But at the same time there’s a weird reversal of that among mean-spirited people - like when trump says ill-informed, cruel things and his supporters spin it as a deeply artistic allegory. Maybe these are all symptoms of rising tensions - especially among a certain kind of person who’s too online, in a bubble, and otherwise fixated on petty infringements of their selfish preferences?

[@pumpernickelplace]

I never thought about how the "weird reversal" is paired with it ~~ but it does seem true. Interesting observation.

[@bacarandii]

I connected with Tim & Eric because I love how their stuff provokes you to ask yourself what you think is funny about it. Or if you do. This interview (and Heidecker's closely observed reactionary stand-up character and the Office Hours Bill Maher bit with Fred Armisen) puts the meta right out in the open. Comedy needs conventions and norms to push against. (What's George Carlin's most famous routine? Seven Words You Can't Say On Television. That was from 1972, decades before anyone came up with "political correctness" or "wokeism" or "cancel culture." Boundaries are the norm, not something new, and a performer who can't figure out how to adapt to changing audiences is going to get left behind. That's always been true.) If something makes you laugh and you have an appreciation of comedy, you might want to ask yourself what you think is funny about it. Any clown can slip on a banana peel and maybe you laugh or maybe you don't, but context and execution are everything. What's funny about it? A lot of stand-up is just a communal ritual, where the comedian's intonations and rhythms tell the audience when they're expected to laugh on cue and they respond like Pavlov's dogs. (They laugh or they clap when the little bell rings -- and maybe they even salivate.) Hacky comedy is not edgy. Chappelle's trans obsession mystifies me for the reasons Heidecker outlines here: What's it to you if people wanting to express who they feel they are? What's going to happen in those "all gender bathrooms" that couldn't happen anywhere else? It's not just pointlessly cruel, it's willfully stupid.

[@samdevito8028]

Never seen Tim out of character, great interview Mr Kohls, You have my subscription.

[@acidophilic]

I just recently got into Tim Heidecker and he is absolutely my newest favorite Comedian. Keep taking the piss out of all the grifters out there!

[@chrishills2427]

Heidecker the best in the business

[@chasedwards9626]

The best what in what business

[@thubanyeob3823]

Great interview, nice work.

[@ProjectOceanFloor]

this interview really is great, he has a great way of putting things into words, totally agree about the segment on pariah comedians

[@ashleyohohoh]

Long time fan of Tim here, since his Tom Goes to the Mayor days. He's a jack of many trades, I love him! Great interview.

[@hughlawson5399]

sometimes I fall asleep to Tim's rogan piss-take video.

[@bmandrakeeee8378]

I also do this. and I also use one of those Norm Macdonald's commenting the Masters Tournaments

[@lukeduffy2382]

Great interview, really thoughtful questions!

[@stevensmith8876]

Great interview. Tim is a real genius.

[@chasedwards9626]

Yeah everyone knows only geniuses collect and drink their own urine. Tim’s a hot piss chugging pioneer.

[@TheShamescoStillLovesYa]

Great interview.

[@amugsgame9936]

Superb interview! Keep up the good work!

[@LemonTree9280]

Just curious no shade intended, how did you even land this interview? Its amazing

[@ryanwantstoknow]

Hey! Great question. A) Tenacity and time, B) I've interviewed a lot of high profile people on my website whatiwannaknow dot com. KZbin side of things is relatively new.

[@LemonTree9280]

@@ryanwantstoknow I'm beyond jealous and impressed. Tim is my favorite human man and you got a rare straight up interview...well done. Just wished you would've asked about Beef House season 2

[@ryanwantstoknow]

@@LemonTree9280 Haha. The next chance I get to interview Tim, question 1 will be about Beef House. You have my word! And thanks for checking out the interview. Was a great, and fortunate, experience.

[@rubstroll1]

Very cool interview , thanks.🎉

[@AdsOfSteelGaming]

So cool man. Really enjoy this

[@bigmistqke]

34:00 joe rogan not immediately mentioning dmt when defining dreams is a major slip up

[@bigmistqke]

Also great interview thanks!

[@marcusmalone]

Take a nap in the restroom?! Nailed it ✅️

[@frankmcclusky7870]

its ridiculous people blame Tim for Sam Hyde getting the ax. Donating to the DailyStormer and then threatening a Buzzfeed journalist when asked is 100% what got his ass fired, no doubt in my mind

[@scottehm86]

I like that Tim referenced Steve Coogan. I think they're two of the funniest people ever.

[@kyledrums]

Tim is correct, Merchant was the brains behind The Office.

[@jamesferry1523]

The opening of that soundtrack sounds eerily like "Police On My Back" by the Clash.

[@ryanwantstoknow]

Interesting! You're right, similar guitar riff and drum fill. The song in question is "I Wanna Know What I Wanna Know" by Rocket From The Crypt.

[@jamesferry1523]

I figued it was just dude's opening tune or something. Pretty clear rip off. I wonder if they had to cop to it. @@ryanwantstoknow

[@ShanevsDCsniperr]

that song is by the equals

[@cxr111]

It's crazy that this has 19k views and only 500 likes

[@oprahatemybaby]

Best interview of Tim

[@wakegary]

I love a nice long intro

[@CGKIL]

Hope Tim has watched stewart lee if he's a fan of alan partridge

[@shanedurban]

Well done Ryan.

[@Icypenguigo]

Tim Heidecker is truly a national treasure.

[@neilok17847]

Great to see Tim reference Alan Partridge!!!

[@emoneytrain]

Brick by Brick is Tim's greatest tune ever

[@chasedwards9626]

Hot Piss wins

[@dvepps6780]

Heidecker is such a talented guy & has such a positive energy. Cool conversation, too. I'm going to subscribe.

[@gkilm]

dang how did you land this interview

[@ryanwantstoknow]

Sheer will & determination!

[@EmblemParade]

A sweet treat, good faith and informed and respectful interview (rare) and really taught me new things about Tim (huge fan).

[@skosh6359]

Tim is a national treasure!

[@TheShamescoStillLovesYa]

I love what Tim said about there being very little evidence for cancel culture - it does seem to be about the ability or inability to accept change. I think this happens to super successful artists like Dave Chappelle. They are still funny just increasingly out of touch. Did I mention how defensive and preachy Chapelle’s latest Netflix sounded?

[@betasequence4885]

Wonderful interview :) New sub and super happy to see how you go in the future. Really great work, keep it up :)

[@chrishills2427]

His Gervais comments have made me love him even more

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

Timestamp?

[@nicholasmitchell1946]

Great interview. Not familiar but will definitely check out more - Tim is the best !

[@badhorse6000]

I'm always vaguely anxious around the word transgenderism because it's generally used by people who have no idea what being trans is actually like. Happy to be wrong this time. Great interview.

[@darrencfisher]

he's such a good guy

[@ApolloVIIIYouAreGoForTLI]

Oh the Fuiddruckers background gets me every time...

[@redadamearth]

I've been a huge fan of Tim & Eric and Tim, himself, since they started with "Tom Goes to the Mayor" in 2004 - and Heidecker was in an incredibly open and articulate mood, here. Probably the best interview with him that I've seen. To me, he's just the greatest comic voice of the 21st century. I just think the culture is way too noisy and impervious to irony and satire right now (his point about the difference between "ranting" about certain things in the interview - and the *satirizing* in his work of those things - is the clearest delineation between what he does and what most comics do these days) to appreciate what he's doing to the degree that he should be appreciated. It was great to see him say things here that needed to be said about a lot of issues raised. Thanks for giving him the space to say them.

[@willywonka7812]

Stewart Lee should be right up your al-Lee

[@crisismethodactor]

Viva Tim!

[@DanielReskin]

Fantastic interview. Pacing, questions, fun but aware. Nailed it. Tim is a lowkey genius and inspiration. Thanks!

[@user-wb7nv9ht1g]

Very interesting interview. I haven't heard this version of Tim before I don't think and I enjoyed it very much.

[@weirdloverwilde]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how wonderful and feminist this perspective is?? It’s like he’s speaking to my heart ❤️ 28:00

[@Nerdime]

What a gem 💎, great interview.

[@patrickmitchell4134]

He is thoughtful and highly intelligent.

[@chasedwards9626]

Shame about his piss addiction.

[@mdgprogrammer]

Steven Wright being the first person to come to Tim's mind increased my respect for him 100 fold.

[@zibberebbiz]

Gosh, this is so refreshing. Somehow today, I've been seeing a lot of clips of white male comics just giving the most basic takes on trans people,and for Tim to be so nonchalantly open and understanding almost surprised me. ps. Speaking of Ricky Gervais, one of the clips I mentioned was Norm and Stephen Merchant really fumbling their way through a conversation about Caitlyn Jenner.

[@Trenz0]

The "white male" is entirely unnecessary here and honestly really cringe. This is a huge thing across all comics on KZbin. Hate to break it to you but transphobia is prevalent across all races, ethnicities and genders. It's the hot topic and many people have only now had to confront what it means and as such do not understand it. When people don't understand things it's very much a flight or fight response. Mainstream conversation is just now confronting concepts and discussions that have been present in LGBT spaces for decades. It's a social growing pain. I'm not excusing people being shitty to trans people I'm just trying to clear the air and confront a pigeonholed argument

[@msgesus4518]

Good interview, I think Tim is a very reasonable dude, and I agree with his views wholeheartedly. I think the title of this video is a bit click baity, and most likely makes people come in to hate watch. Could do without "cancel culture", "Dave Chappellle", "Elon Musk" in the title imo. Just say'ing. It's so drawn out at this point and an aside to the interview.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

That was awesome. Tim is brilliant! I honestly believe he is a genius.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

You did an amazing job. I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. Great job!

[@curtis_ny90]

Bring back Beef House

[@willywonka7812]

There's got to be some Stewart Lee in there somewhere

[@Johnnybananass-_]

"Tim heidecker" standup character reminds me of rob schneiders real life personality. grumpy cos the worlds moved on

[@Colin-kh6kp]

I'm pretty sure that's exactly who it's based on

[@cashnelson2306]

yeah we saw that maggie mae fish video too

[@BlackJacketJones]

The world hasn’t moved on. It’s going in the wrong direction

[@kankurou1010]

You had great questions! Awesome

[@miriamhardarson8713]

I have to comment since I am a timhead, and also trans You can joke about trans topics (I'm trans), and plenty of comedians do! But if you do it the way Chapelle/Gervais do it, by just openly mocking trans people and making them the butt of the joke in a way that is just mean, that's just not cool and I'm not going to give them my money. Words can hurt, and some of these jokes are just nasty and show the performer's negative view of us. Tim is right, trans minorities are being targeted by politicians, and anti-trans propaganda is actually financially backed by Christian conservative think tanks, and the Kreml, to name a few of the main sources of financing. In the US, if a trans woman goes to the women's restroom, she could face up to 1 year in prison. This is happening right now. Over 100,000 trans people have had to move from their home state in the US, just because of the relentless persecution of trans people. also, some of my all time favorite comedians are George Carlin and Steven Wright!!! btw, Gervais blocked me on twitter for just saying "gervais might be offended by trans people, but that doesn't make him right". absolute snowflake. oh, and please don't call it "transgenderism" 😕

[@AuraSparks]

Well said

[@nolancho]

Im really not trying to be a troll, but as a college student doing legit research with my professor and our cohort, can you help provide what you define as persecution and what examples you have where it's happened in the past 5 years? 😢 We're all struggling to find evidence.

[@greendude27]

@@nolancho there's plenty of evidence if you have access to a google search engine!

[@joseneitor-eg4iy]

you should be mocked

[@j.peterson7293]

​@@joseneitor-eg4iyyou should not be here

[@monoclevp]

The fact that he intiontally misprounounced "analogous" makes this a bit. And we dig one step deeper to a man who, in this clip, hails Andy as a bit of a hero.

[@jmp01a24]

LOVE TIM FOR CALLING OUT RICKY GERVAIS. Hi's fall from grace has been spectacular to see. He IS actually David Brent, selfish egomaniac that raves on about everything. Ricky: You are yesterdays news. Go hide in the basement and don't come out before you written something truly funny. If he did not have his sidekick I wonder if he ever would have lasted this long.

[@acb9896]

I'll tell him. Please tell us what channel your show is on or where to catch your comedy tour. Also include any awards you have won and shows you host. Thanks

[@AuraSparks]

Great interview, I've got such a soft spot for Tim

[@JohnGraves1985]

Many of the same people who complain about cancel culture are the same people boycotting Target over pride month, or Bud Light because they sent a trans person a can with her face on it, or Nike over the Kaepernick stuff, or even further than that when Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks criticized George Bush over the Iraq War and the Dixie Chicks music was taken off of country radio stations and people burned their albums, or like how certain books have been banned by Conservatives like Ron DeSantis in states like Florida, abortion being banned in Conservative led states, or banning people from being taught about things like CRT and so on and so forth.

[@jeremybiggs8413]

Some of them are for sure, but going after them is low hanging fruit, because the rest who are internally consistent is where the argument is.

[@zachary_attackery]

Boycott: I'm not going to buy your product Cancelling: I'm going to make sure no one else is allowed to buy your product, you can never work again, and everything you've ever done is erased from history Learn the difference

[@Skrenja]

There's a difference between choosing to not buy a product and blacklisting/ruining someone's life.

[@cashnelson2306]

@@zachary_attackery name one example of someone who has been cancelled by the definition you just gave Bill Cosby, maybe? Pretty sure nobody is mad about a rapist getting cancelled though so let’s hear an example of someone getting cancelled who *didn’t* commit tons of crimes

[@DrZachyB]

Late to the party here, but great interview! Instant subscribe

[@jasonstokes4022]

When you’ve got guests like Tim Heidecker in them!

[@PooAnon]

Effing Delgados…

[@dee_seejay]

"I don't *_wanna_* be enlightened by your perspective on the world....I want a Steven Wright or an Emo Phillips or.." Yes. Likewise. Incidentally I'm ten years older than Heidecker. Then he says YES he liked The Office but so fkin what, he just doesn't dig what Gervais has done since, *_especially_* as a standup. Ditto...ditto..and I'm a Brit. Gervais is done. "Maybe Stephen Merchant is the real genius." Bingo again. ヅ

[@sams7068]

34:10 Tim slips into being Decker for a bit lmao

[@WhatsTherapy]

Fantastic interview, Tim is great, wow

[@zerodreaming]

beyerdynamic 770s, good choice

[@johnetgar1217]

I think Chris Rock was demonstrating how words do lead to you getting hurt. He used words, which directly resulted in him getting punched in the face. He's saying words can hurt.

[@andrewdeen1]

man... I don't know about Tim, but the fact that he reached out about Peter Arnett's son like that endeared him to ME!

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

In the future, the early 21st century will be known as the Conman Age, the 1% grifter era. Hopefully it's just an era, and not permanent. People ARE getting fed up with yer trumps, musks, rogans, bezos, etc

[@justinm4111]

Yes definitely, beta male libs are getting found out now for what they are, totally agree

[@cheetoman42]

Good, I agree

[@brad7932]

Yeah, thank God Biden/Harris are in. I wish we could have Obama in office forever though... Don't tell Joe I said that. Hehehe

[@cherylewers6322]

Fun interview, minus the serious stuff which I don't fully agree about. But basically what I most love about Tim as a comedian is that watching his crap for basically any length of time is what it would be like to live with baby brothers who never really grow up, in fact badly regress.

[@hollydaugherty2620]

"I don't like something or understand the comedy in it that everyone else does so he must be immature and idiotic." Sure, Cheryl.

[@cherylewers6322]

@@hollydaugherty2620 Huh? I've been a Tim fan for a very long time. Would you like to hand me my head back now, Madam?

[@snicker576]

​@@hollydaugherty2620Be nice to Cheryl, Holly

[@joseneitor-eg4iy]

no hate to the interviewer tho, nice guy

[@mattpeters4700]

Wow Tim is a great guy.

[@josephguillotin3737]

What’s with the young filter on Tim hd?

[@chasedwards9626]

His piss drinking addiction is wreaking havoc on his skin and he’s self conscious about it.

[@NoWayOut-]

I like Tim even if I’m more of a capitalist. Didn’t know what to make of all the satire and parodies at first. Great stuff.

[@MrPhaethonPrime]

I love Tim so much, and that specifically requires his worst characters. I’m glad he can be sincere now, in a way, although I admit I miss the dedicated interview fuckery. That being said, I always sensed some kind of 2007 anger-empathy was at the heart of all of the extremist absurdity. And I was right. I must say - you had to be there, and I wouldn’t change it for anything - but I am so grateful I got to be there for that adult swim college time. T&E was the stuff of bedtime and sillies. Thanks boys.

[@plush1993]

"Why do you care" is always the most important question with regards to the trans issue. I always wonder why the left doesn't just start with that question. If you can't answer it in any meaningful way, you're unable to really talk about it. Why would your opinion have any weight if you can't provide a valuable reason to care?

[@1200hobos]

This is not a softball interview. No one-upmanship from another comedian either.

[@farsam1]

The opening music is Rocket from the Crypt! And I just saw them live. 🫡

[@SydneyApplebaum]

Tim should know about cancel culture, he was an early adopter.

[@smartbart80]

fix your levels bro 😎

[@kevinbill9574]

Interesting to hear him articulate his views. I discovered Tim & Eric through Dr Brule. I love his work, (especially 'On Film') but to say I disagree with him politically is an understatement. Mischaracterising cancel culture as "empathy" is completely disingenuous. I truly don't understand how he can't see the damage that an activist lead culture is doing, but I know these endless arguments are utterly pointless. He's a nice guy and very talented. I just profoundly disagree with him politcally

[@zachary_attackery]

The guy who got Sam Hyde's show taken off Adult Swim makes comments on "cancel culture", that's funny

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Never thought I would forgive this man for bringing live action to cartoon network but tgats really more the fault of 911 hysteria and not Tom

[@farkbodark7462]

Tim is a true wokey

[@Skrenja]

I love his comedy but his political takes are 🤮

[@erynkrieger1279]

​​@@Skrenjawhat are your political takes? That you like epsteins friends?

[@lincolnyaco5626]

"There is an understandable window of confusion..." Understandable? Not to me. What is the metaphor? Is the window open or closed? Is it in a WALL of confusion? A HOUSE of confusion?

[@DavidMoore-bl7gb]

Just holding onto my surprised face for when the inevitable " poor decisions" , " Im educating myself " , and " taking time to spend with my family " phase for this guy .

[@chasedwards9626]

This is not a softball interview. This is waffle ball. On a tee.

[@cashnelson2306]

…what is there to play hardball about with Tim Heidecker lmfaooo

[@jmp01a24]

Why his headphones teleporting on and off his head all the time? It's weird...

[@thomasfox8730]

this guy is obviously not a gregg head. 5 bags of popcorn and 2 bags of soda.