Cool is a Construct with Tim Baltz

First Draft Episode #224: Tim Baltz

Tim Baltz, comedian and actor, co-created, co-wrote, and starred
in Shrink, and can now be seen on HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones.
He has also appeared in Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, The
Opposition with Jordan Klepper, and Drunk History.


Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode




Tim’s dad was a professional actor and he toured in one
production starring Bill Daly, an actor who was in Newhart
and I Dream of Jeanie




Other early comedy influences for Tim were W.C. Fields,
Fawlty Towers, and Monty Python’s Flying Circus




The poet Robert Service




The hubs of Chicago improv that Tim is familiar with: Improv
Olympic, now known as iO, started by Del Close and Cherna
Halpern; Second City, which featured some groundbreaking
American comedians like the cast of Pinata Full of Bees,
which was made up of Adam McKay (co-writer and director of
Anchorman and Talladega Nights, writer and director of The
Big Short and Vice, creator of Succession, and much more)
Rachel Dratch (comedian and actress from Saturday Night Live,
Sisters, and Wanda Jo from Last Week Tonight with John
Oliver), John Glaser (comedian and actor from Parks and
Recreation and Inside Amy Schumer), Scott Adsit (comedian
known for 30 Rock, Veep, and The Goldbergs), Jenna Jolovitz
(comedian known for MadTV and Greetings from Tucson) as well
as Tina Fey, Steve Carrell, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris; and
The Annoyance theater, founded by Mick Napier 




“Breakups” was a web series created by Ted Tremper, who went
on to co-create Shrink with Tim




Sue Gillan, (actress from Shrink) and Claudia Wallace
(actress from Shrink, Fred Claus, and The Oath)




The Sopranos (TV Show)




Seinfeld (TV Show)




Michael Scott (portrayed by Steve Carrell) from the
television show The Office


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