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ABOUT TIM
Tim Barnes is a comedian, television writer and podcast producer. He created the Comedy Central animated web series Maurice on Mars, the scripted audio series JUDGE TRAVIS, and founded the comedy publication Letters From African America.
Barnes has written for the Nickelodeon sitcom Warped!, NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Nickelodeon's 2019 All That revival, and the NPR quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
In addition to hosting the You Are The Genre podcast—dissecting the winding creative career paths of his guests—Tim has developed and produced numerous podcasts including VICE media’s Science Solved It, First Look Media’s Politically Re-Active, and Earwolf’s Kondabolu Brothers podcast.
Chicago Magazine named him one of the 16 Chicago Comics You Should Check Out... and The Chicago Tribune has described him as "a smooth wordsmith who is sharp, polished and confident..."
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many don't realize that '30 Rock' without the quirky music is actually a WWI documentary
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just putting out there… i’ve never seen Andrew Cuomo and Steve Harvey in the same room
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getting the Severance procedure to just, like, workout without having to think about it
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no bites yet on my pilot, ‘Mike & Molly & Mork & Mindy & Will & Grace & Dharma & Greg & Rizzoli & Isles & Laverne & Shirley & Frankie & Grace’
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every post on LinkedIn is like if the Star Wars opening crawl ended with “anyone hiring?”
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just putting it out there that 'Andor' should’ve had a brand deal with Entenmann's: the working man’s doughnut
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hope i live to see the day when the Met Gala theme is something like "Dunkin' Donuts"
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i’m two crazy headlines away from dressing like Morpheus
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many don't realize that '30 Rock' without the quirky music is actually a WWI documentary 〰️ just putting out there… i’ve never seen Andrew Cuomo and Steve Harvey in the same room 〰️ getting the Severance procedure to just, like, workout without having to think about it 〰️ no bites yet on my pilot, ‘Mike & Molly & Mork & Mindy & Will & Grace & Dharma & Greg & Rizzoli & Isles & Laverne & Shirley & Frankie & Grace’ 〰️ every post on LinkedIn is like if the Star Wars opening crawl ended with “anyone hiring?” 〰️ just putting it out there that 'Andor' should’ve had a brand deal with Entenmann's: the working man’s doughnut 〰️ hope i live to see the day when the Met Gala theme is something like "Dunkin' Donuts" 〰️ i’m two crazy headlines away from dressing like Morpheus 〰️
“Tim Barnes continues to be on the cutting edge of comedy and satire and taking things that we might not think about twice and giving them layers and depth. Judge Travis continues that trend.”
—Roy Wood Jr.
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CHEMISTRY TEST (2024)
Listed by Vulture as one of the must-see comedy shorts of December 2024, 'Chemistry Test' focuses on Mark -- an actor going through series of test auditions to find a co-star for the new CW show he's been cast on. When he realizes the casting director wants his feedback he takes things too far.
MAURICE ON MARS (2022)
Described by Vulture as striking “just the right note of animated playfulness and sci-fi cynicism,” "Maurice on Mars" focuses on a struggling artist who sneaked onto a utopian Martian colony only to realize it’s repeating the same old Earth problems. [Animated by Cartuna, with character designs from @Ucheomaaa]
