1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hey Tim, thanks for joining me. You're so welcome. Yeah, 2 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: I got you fooled man. I don't know why you 3 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:12,560 Speaker 1: want to talk to me, but let's just roll it, 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 1: no questions. I knew this would be a hard interview, Tim. 5 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: Tim Hawkins, one of my favorite comedians, has a new special. 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: It's called Fist Bump, available to stream March seventeen. Tim 7 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: hawkins dot Net is the website. Tim. I have laughed 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: and laughed at your comedy through the years, and I've 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: enjoyed the new special as well. Let's start off with 10 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: this question, how has your comedy changed since you've reached 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: the middle ages of life. It's I'm not as manic 12 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: on stage. I don't sweat as much, you know, I 13 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,959 Speaker 1: look at old clips. I'm just running around all the time. 14 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: My kids used to make fun of me. They go, Dad, 15 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: you just do animal noises and people laugh at you, 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,639 Speaker 1: and they're not wrong. But it's, you know, it's been 17 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: it's a little more. I think the show's as good 18 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: as it's ever been. It's it's more like you're just 19 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 1: hanging out in my living room kind of a deal. 20 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: I just I wanted to create that kind of a 21 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: feel I'm not trying to prove myself as much. It's 22 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: just like my mentality is, I think it's good. I 23 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 1: hope you like it. But it introduces so many new 24 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: jokes though. I mean, I'm say, yeah, there are jokes 25 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 1: you're making now that you would have made fifteen years 26 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: ago because oh, absolutely well. And you can't talk about 27 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: your kids anymore like they're little, because no one that 28 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 1: that's they're not. They're having their own kids. So I 29 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: have four grandkids now. So yeah, it's a lot of 30 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: the and then it's comin. It's it's still fun writing. 31 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: It's still fun. That's what I enjoy doing. So I'm 32 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:40,119 Speaker 1: just always making notes just like the old days. It's 33 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: it's different now. I think more notes that I make 34 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: are have a better chance of going being in the 35 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: act because when you first start out, you have no 36 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: idea what you're doing. You think, oh, this is hilarious, 37 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: and only you're writing all this stuff, but it's none 38 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: of it is any good. So you have a little 39 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: bit more wisdomed out now though in terms of I 40 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: don't want to work on no, I'm not not. I 41 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: that's let's be honest. I mean, how many things have 42 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: I said, even to my own children, that are wise. 43 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: I I don't. I stopped trying a long time ago. 44 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: I think just being here and being in proximity as 45 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: a father, that's the goal. Just be there a good 46 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: point physically as much as possible. That's good with them 47 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,679 Speaker 1: right there. By. The way music is so much part 48 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: of is such a big part of your comedy? How 49 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: did that start? So so many comedians stay down stage 50 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: and tell jokes that that's their bad, but you bring 51 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: a guitar. How did that start? Was? Has that been 52 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: part of your access? Start? It did? I kind of 53 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: learned guitar the same time I started doing comedy and 54 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: learned at the same rate. And you know, I grew 55 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: up loving musical comedy, weird A Yankovic and Ray Stevens 56 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: and those guys, And it's just I just love. I 57 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: just love the music inspires me more than anything. And 58 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: and when you're doing multiple age audiences, it really helps. 59 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 1: It adds energy to the show, and yeah, just add 60 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: some variety. It's a great to deliver a comedic message 61 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: to music. In the way music is written, it's almost 62 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: set up in a set up, punchline format. So when 63 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: I do when I do songs. It's really just an idea, 64 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: A comedy idea is set to music. And well, I 65 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,799 Speaker 1: was gonna ask you that. I mean, are some of 66 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: these songs that you see are they bits that kind 67 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: of began just as a joke on stage and you 68 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: thought maybe this might a great that's a great question. 69 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: It goes back and forth where a song idea may 70 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: turn into just a spoken piece. But yeah, you're right, 71 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: more often than not, it's a it's it's a speaking 72 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: idea that lends itself for music, you know. I I 73 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: it's all about payoff. It's all about it. If I 74 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: ever did a parody, I would and the second verse 75 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: wasn't as good as the first one, I would just 76 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: do one version and be done with the song and 77 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: just jump out. I don't, you know, feel like you 78 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: have to do the whole thing. So it's all about 79 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: being tight, you know. Trim of the bat? Yeah, yeah. 80 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: The songs you sing in any special is the Bucky song? 81 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: Mm hmm, that's what I call it. I don't know 82 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: if there's an official name for it. Were you immediately 83 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: inspired to write a song about BUCkies when you entered 84 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: in that store? For the post song, yeah, very Chick 85 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: fil a vibe. It's a very unique place. It's I mean, 86 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: one of the lines in the in the song is 87 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: it's a gas station, car wash, barbecue, cracker barrel, Walmart 88 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: and all in one. So yeah, and it's something that 89 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: I love. And then I've introduced to my crew who 90 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: didn't know about it. Now they're Bucky fans. It's just 91 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: that middle class, blue collar oasis, rednecky kind of kind 92 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: of a place that I just went this week. And 93 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: this past week my son I were traveling. We stopped 94 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: at a BUCkies and yeah, it's it's it's really I 95 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 1: write out a passion something that I'm things that I'm 96 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: passionate about, whether it be good or bad. That's usally, 97 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 1: where a good comedy comes from is something you're confused 98 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: by or angry at, or something like that usually lends 99 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: itself to doing, to becoming a comedy thing. Every time 100 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: I walk out of a BUCkies, I think, oh, my goodness, 101 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: I can I could have gone to an Applebee's or 102 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: a cracker bail for that price. Why why did that? 103 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 1: Why did that stop here? 104 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 2: You know? 105 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: I mean, my goodness, it's as crazy, yeah, as a 106 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: Christian comedian, How do you know how far to take 107 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: your comedy with without being irreverent? A lot of jokes 108 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: that you A lot of your jokes about denominations, about church, 109 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: they all seem to be appropriate. How do you how 110 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: do you know where that line is? Yeah, I don't. 111 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: I'm not an idiot, you know, and I'm not a 112 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: theological whiz, so I don't. I don't. I never really 113 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: touch on theological issues, but I do. The man made 114 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: like the hand sanitizer in all over the church. It's 115 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 1: that just struck me as funny, like are we Yeah, 116 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: we love you as you are, but let me let 117 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: me sanitize first before I touch you, you beast. Yeah, 118 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: And and now I'm noticing this little things like every 119 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: time I go to church, there's always a new way 120 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: to get there's a new way to tithe you know. 121 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: It's to text this or email this, or take a 122 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: picture of this square space. It's like, I think there's 123 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: something there, but yeah, it's always just so, it's always 124 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: just the process. Stuff with church. I thought was always 125 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: fair game and people can relate to. You're a clean comedian, 126 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: you know, I get all my cut and done by news. 127 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: I get it all out and then out of that 128 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: am Well, I mean is that just natural to you? 129 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: I mean, did you grow up with clean comedy, liking 130 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: clean comedians? Well? I did. I mean that's where what 131 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: I grew up watching Johnny Carson. Then shows like that 132 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: where everybody has to work clean. You know, if you 133 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: saw their club act, it would be a different story. 134 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: Like you know, Red Fox used to be on Sanford Son. 135 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: You know, we watch him every day, but you know, 136 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: but his his club act was dirtier than anybody. So, 137 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 1: I mean, but what I saw was that was the 138 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: style that I saw, and I was familiar with with 139 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: the club comedy and where it was going. But I 140 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: think it's just who I am, And it's a it's 141 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: a really cool challenge to be funny in that context. 142 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: Can you be as funny talking about certain topics and 143 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: things without using certain phraseology and stuff? I love it. Yeah, 144 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: are your friends always wondering if they're gonna turn, if 145 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: you're gonna turn some of the conversations they're kind of 146 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: like to you, and yeah, all you're probably gonna be 147 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: your act, probably be your act, Like now, you will 148 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: never know what's in my act? I there, Yeah, I 149 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: people's people's ideas of how I come up with material. 150 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: It's it's very I just lived my life. You know, 151 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: Like we may be talking right now and you'll say 152 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: something a concept. I'm like, okay, that there's something there, 153 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: the idea, the premise might work. Not a joke particularly, 154 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 1: but just an idea or or something that's going on 155 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: culturally or something that that that you know, that's something 156 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: people can relate to and would probably work. How did 157 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: comedy turn into a career for you? It was it 158 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: was all uh YouTube really. I mean my brother became 159 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: my manager back in the early two thousands. That really 160 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: opened it up for just to free me up to 161 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: do what I do. But then I came along when 162 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: the Internet was just ramping up, and I learned quickly 163 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: that that just to put as much content as possible 164 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: without worrying about getting paid or whatever. Just put it 165 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: out there. It's the The Internet is pure promotion. It's 166 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: just about creating, creating content and let the algorithm do 167 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: its work. And it's worked well. In school at high school, 168 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: were you the funny funny guy in class? I was 169 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: the Yeah, I was the It's all about timing, knowing 170 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,800 Speaker 1: when to turn it on and turn it off. I 171 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 1: think most comedians have that idea of timing, Okay, this 172 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: is my time to to step in and get you know, 173 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 1: deliver something. But really a lot of a lot of voices, 174 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: you know, I would do voice impersonations and stupid songs 175 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,679 Speaker 1: and just just being just being kids, the things that 176 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: we laugh at. Yeah, that was always something that was 177 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 1: I felt good and felt like I could do it 178 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: better than other people. You see, I think most most 179 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 1: people are funny. I think they just don't write it 180 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: down and they don't pursue it. I've got I've got 181 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 1: many friends that are funnier than I am, I think. 182 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: But but being funny in front of strangers, that's kind 183 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: of the the goal and the challenge. Let's circle back 184 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: to your special fistball. Well, what do you want people 185 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: to know about it? Oh, it's just mayhem, just more 186 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: of the same, just more. You're not going to get 187 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: anything out of it. Uh in a spiritual probably you know, 188 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: philosophical way. It's it's uh, yeah, it's just just me 189 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: doing a thing. I mean, you just I still love 190 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: creating comedy and I still love making music and and performing. 191 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: It's it's you know, the travel got to be really tough. 192 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,439 Speaker 1: I do about half the shows that I used to do, 193 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,599 Speaker 1: and I got four grandkids now, so it's nice to 194 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 1: be home more. And and it's a good speed. It's 195 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,839 Speaker 1: a good speech for me, so uh but yeah, it's 196 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: just it's just I think it's a it's a good special. 197 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 1: We shot it in Franklin Theater and Franklin, Tennessee and 198 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: just a lot of fun. And yeah, I I think 199 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: it's as good as any that you've ever done. So 200 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: I'll give it thank you two times up from my end. 201 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,439 Speaker 1: Tim Hoggins dot net is the website Tim thinks, got it? 202 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: Got it? You're welcome. That's dock you. 203 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 2: If you enjoy today's interview, please make sure to subscribe 204 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 2: and share the episode with a friend. A big thanks 205 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 2: to the team at Life Audio for their partnership with 206 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 2: us on the podcast. 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