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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Great interview, really thoughtful questions!

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

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?

Superb interview! Keep up the good work!

9:00 that opera part is one of the best parts of that whole standup- it’s the perfect nod to the out of date “Tim Allen man’s man” stuff of the early 90’s. The opera was the go-to for “the stupid wife wants to go to (some stereotypical feminine thing)” goofy rightwing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.

Take a nap in the restroom?! Nailed it ✅️

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

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.

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

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

Great interview, nice work.

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

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.

Great interview. Tim is a real genius.

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

Heidecker the best in the business

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

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!

Brick by Brick is Tim's greatest tune ever

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

Great interview.

Tim Heidecker is truly a national treasure.

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

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

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

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

I love a nice long intro

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

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

His Gervais comments have made me love him even more

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

What a gem 💎, great interview.

dang how did you land this interview

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.

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

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.

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.

Tim is a national treasure!

Viva Tim!

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

Oh the Fuiddruckers background gets me every time...

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

He is thoughtful and highly intelligent.

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.

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

Fantastic interview, Tim is great, wow

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

beyerdynamic 770s, good choice

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.

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

no hate to the interviewer tho, nice guy

You had great questions! Awesome

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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?

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

Regarding Rogan’s podcast.. I could care less that it’s Rogan but the fact is that he occasionally gets interesting people(being such a massive platform)on who are fun to listen to irregardless of which podcast I’m listening to them on.. I always just seek out individuals I’d like to hear speak and listen to them on whatever show they’re on. Rogan is just one in a sea of many. Granted, we know going in he will steer the convo towards dmt or ufc at some point but I normally turn it off at that point 🤷‍♂️

fix your levels bro 😎

"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

Wow Tim is a great guy.

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.

"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?

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.

"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?

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" 😕

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.

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

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

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.

Tim is a true wokey

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

What a nice normal young man 😊

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

Tim is off by saying that cancel culture isn't a thing. It's definitely a thing lots of people have been canceled over opinions. Canceled meaning they can no longer make a living doing what they've worked their whole lives to do. Not just performers but also people pushed out of their communities and ultimately pushed into the accepting arms of the right. Often over opinions that would have been seen as left leaning 15 years ago. No one sets the moral standard for everyone else.

What’s with the young filter on Tim hd?

Yeah of course hes being funny, its silly as hell

I think you can make trans jokes but they should be smart especially if you’re considered the best comedian. Dave Chapelle made a joke that I distinctly remember making in 2005 when I was 15 years old. If you’re considered the goat I don’t know if your specials should have high school jokes from 2005. I like his show, I think killing them softly is one of the best specials ever. But all his new specials are so boring.

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.

I think USA is more resilient to cancel culture but in the UK, a prime example is Graham Linehan (creator of Father Ted), whose career has suffered immeasurably due to his stance on gender ideology.

The follow up story of Andrew Callaghans rape allegations from his College is pretty damning

I wish Tim was funny still.

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

Note to the host: "transgenderism" is a really weird term, coined by folks meaning to frame this as a political/social agenda as opposed to this being a simple issue of human rights. It's not a good term to use.

He's (understandably) not a fan of "didactic, truth-telling comedy". But then he only ever singles out the 'right-wing' comedians who do it. Meanwhile, 'left-wing' comedians are even more notorious for that style of comedy nowadays (see John Oliver, Lilly Singh, feminist comedians, etc etc). 'Left-wing' comedy routines focus entirely on shaming and (self-righteously) 'educating' audiences about 'racism' and 'sexism', which is why people don't find them funny either. It's weird how seemingly one-sided/blind and ideologically driven Tim's perspective is.

Chappell literally isn’t even funny anymore but he has people rolling in the aisles… dumb comedy

Shapiro is definitely a grifter give me a frigging break lol.