Tim Barnes chats with comedian Tim Platt about telling jokes through music, the impact of Jim Carrey, and the inspiration behind his new comedy record, TEETH LIKE BEAK, out now out now with Abso Lutely Records.

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Tim Platt is a comedian, actor, and musician based in Brooklyn, NY. His debut comedy album of jokes and songs, TEETH LIKE BEAK, is dropping in September 2024 with Abso Lutely Records. He was selected as one of Comedy Central’s Up Next Variety Comedians at Clusterfest as well as a Kickstarter Creator-In-Residence. Along with being a cast member in Headgum’s award-winning podcast Rude Tales of Magic, Tim has written and performed original music for Sesame Street, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central, and The Story Pirates, one of which was performed by Colin Meloy of The Decemberists. He has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Masterclass with Steve Martin.

Current Podcast: Rude Tales of Magic, Oh These Those Stars of Space

He created the character comedy podcast Hampton High Archives, where he hosted in character as a high school junior trying to make “WTF with Marc Maron but for MY school!” Guests include Cole Escola, Ayo Edebiri, Jamie Loftus, and more.

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CREDITS:

Host: Tim Barnes

Guest: Tim Platt

Theme Song: “You Are The Genre” by Freddie Nunez

Music Engineer: Adam Smith

Podcast Art: Madhuri Shukla

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