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I felt bad when they made fun of him 
Or toothpicks or whatever it was
Or toothpicks or whatever it was
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Mr. Tomlinson has just threatened Leslie Varney, a female publisher whom he has been attacking on Twitter from behind a block for more than a year, to be sued into poverty with a lawsuit that will presumably be funded by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
- Mr. Tomlinson's 2021 lawsuit was funded in secret by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, a 501(c)(3) charity, to the tune of $100,000 without the knowledge or consent of their donors or members. They also agreed to pay any sanctions in case he lost (which he did).
- All parties involved signed NDAs so that the general public would never know.
- To this day, SFWA has never acknowledged its funding of the lawsuit, and actively instructs the few people in the know to ignore all inquiries into it.
- Is the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America funding Mr. Tomlinson's lawsuit against the Milwaukee Police? If they are, the general public probably wouldn't know due to their history of funding expensive lawsuits in secret.
- You can use IRS form 3949-A to report SFWA's activity if you reasonably believe that it is illegal for a 501(c)(3) charity to secretly fund frivolous nuisance lawsuits for one of its members.
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- Mr. Tomlinson's feud started after members of the now-defunct Reddit site r/opieandanthony got his Twitter account suspended, causing him to threaten some bored trolls who never heard of him with a libel lawsuit. The trolls responded predictably.
- Mr. Tomlinson has been instructed many times by friends, family, police, and attorneys to stop engaging with his trolls, and that continuing to provoke them will cause him to be trolled even more. Mr. Tomlinson wilfully ignores this advice
- He would eventually file a defamation suit against 60 anonymous people which was dismissed with Mr. Tomlinson being ordered to pay $34,762.25 for opposing parties' attorney fees.
- He ended up paying $83,736.99 due to his unsuccessful attempts to dodge the court-ordered judgement, for which he faced jail time and contempt charges.
- He also filed 2 frivolous restraining orders against people who had engaged in First Amendment-protected behavior (one for texting him and another for attending his contempt of court hearing), both of which were dismissed.
- Early on in the lawsuit, Mr. Tomlinson vandalized his own motorcycle and submitted a false police report blaming the people he was suing.
- He accidentally sent surveillance video of the alleged vandal (himself) to a troll.
- Mr. Tomlinson has never shown this video footage during any of his media tours, and desperately tries to scrub it from the internet.
- Mr. Tomlinson claims that the surveillance video was initiated by his "motion-activated" camera, which only collects "30 seconds at a time", despite the video being 32 seconds long and beginning several seconds before the "vandal" enters into the frame.
- On 13 April 2023, the individual responsible for calling the fake emergences (SWATs) to Mr. Tomlinson's house, a SWAT-for-hire dealer named "Torswats", revealed that Mr. Tomlinson ordered the SWATs to his own house because he wanted to get in the news and sue the MPD for money.
- Torswats would repeat these allegations in private chats which were not intended for public view.
- Mr. Tomlinson has gone on multiple news tours since the SWATtings started in order to promote his victimhood brand, utilizing the services of Lenora Claire.
- He also recently sued the MPD for money.
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Nobody felt bad? Lol. I'm glad Opie never destroyed one.
Relistened a few days ago and I donāt feel bad at all. Aside from his stupid toothpick art which is genuinely impressive, (I would tell you if it wasnāt dude genuinely) the guy seemed like a real fucking weirdo. He was so desperate to get on Letterman that he was willing to stay on call for them to the point of not showing a picture to a radio show - something that would not have been visual - for fear of not letting him back on. They even made him pay for his own flight out there. Then he gets invited into this studio where all the hosts tell you to your face youāre a fucking bore and you donāt leave? He had multiple attempts to not make himself look like a fool in the appearance but he was so hungry for attention he ignored it.
1.) O&A āgo to breakā and tell them the bits been shitty and they might use 5 minutes of the hour recorded. He still comes back from āthe breakā.
2.) Ant literally steals his sculpture intending to break it. He runs out of studio and proceeds to spend like 20 minutes filling out forms and calling lawyers instead of saying Fuck this and walking out.
3.) He gets his ID back, fills out all the forms, and STILL comes back in the studio in some half hearted pathetic āHey guys i know itās all just jokes weāre all good!ā To which they proceed to humiliate him further and throw poker chips at him.
Itās easily my favorite O&A guest trashing because of itās length. Steve the Whistler, Tucker Max, Linda Blair, the numerous authors they fucked withā¦the general bits of those are all the same. Keep subtlety fucking with your guests until they get uncomfortable and leave or hang up on you. Or in the case of a Joe Piscopo you play the silent game. Itās one long build up to a punchline. With the Toothpick guy segment there are multiple punchlines with setups running throughout. I.e, at first attempting to break the sculpture, pests start calling his phone, then just stealing it the work, then the staff starts fucking with him and his ID, the Asian guy gets mustard on him, then it ends with the poker chips. Thereās also the part where each one of the guys ends up walking out of studio leaving Ralphie May to interview the guy.
So no I donāt feel bad for him. Itās one of my favorite bits of theirs.
1.) O&A āgo to breakā and tell them the bits been shitty and they might use 5 minutes of the hour recorded. He still comes back from āthe breakā.
2.) Ant literally steals his sculpture intending to break it. He runs out of studio and proceeds to spend like 20 minutes filling out forms and calling lawyers instead of saying Fuck this and walking out.
3.) He gets his ID back, fills out all the forms, and STILL comes back in the studio in some half hearted pathetic āHey guys i know itās all just jokes weāre all good!ā To which they proceed to humiliate him further and throw poker chips at him.
Itās easily my favorite O&A guest trashing because of itās length. Steve the Whistler, Tucker Max, Linda Blair, the numerous authors they fucked withā¦the general bits of those are all the same. Keep subtlety fucking with your guests until they get uncomfortable and leave or hang up on you. Or in the case of a Joe Piscopo you play the silent game. Itās one long build up to a punchline. With the Toothpick guy segment there are multiple punchlines with setups running throughout. I.e, at first attempting to break the sculpture, pests start calling his phone, then just stealing it the work, then the staff starts fucking with him and his ID, the Asian guy gets mustard on him, then it ends with the poker chips. Thereās also the part where each one of the guys ends up walking out of studio leaving Ralphie May to interview the guy.
So no I donāt feel bad for him. Itās one of my favorite bits of theirs.
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Maybe I'll relisten. I can't remember the raphie may bit, maybe I tapped out by then, but that does sound funny.
It should be in the first half of the phone call iām pretty sure. I think a large reason why iām able to enjoy the appearance is because nothing really happened. Itās uncomfortable sure but it would ācross a lineā if they actually broke his shit. I mean not that iām a prissy faggot who has morals when it comes to comedy. But the way they fucked with him was just way funnier than if they were to just smash his shit and tell him to get out.
An interview that is genuinely cruel and uncomfortable? Richard Jeni. I never knew him as a comedian, and the trashing he received is on par with what they did to Joe Piscopo. The obvious difference is that in a few months, Joe Piscopo went on O&A and they all had a great time talking about his divorce. In a few months Richard Jenni killed himself. So thereās always that weird knowledge in the back on your head when listening to it that they really probably motherfucked this guy.
It was this guy
The show where it's Dipalo, Birbiglia and Vos in studio they replay that interview and talk about how uncomfortable it is. Then they go on to interview Leslie Nielson and proved they learned nothing. Great show overall.
I know this makes me a fag but I'm uncomfortable with the fact Anthony was going to break his toothpick art. That rubbed me the wrong way for some reason.
Nice website from 2002, stupid.
Had a good laugh meeting Vos and showing him a picture of a stack of Birbiglia dvds for sale at Half Price Books for 3 bucks a piece.
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They both were, Opie wanted to as well. It was funny when he smashed Sandy's guitar, but you hugheses... You go too far.
The difference with Jeni is that he was not a hack at all and was a respected comic. Jeni was apparently going through some real serious depression but that O&A appearance did not lead to his suicide, his schizophrenia did. Plus, that interview happened on WNEW around 2000-2001 and he died in 2007.
Iām pretty sure he never went on. Erock found him at a pharmacy telling a bunch of people he was going on Letterman. I donāt think they had the time so he got bumped. He seemed like a closet case, if I remember correctly he was saying he wasnāt married and never had a girlfriend.
All correct. He never got on but was supposedly going to. The stipulation for a second appearance after the original bump was not being allowed to show the Biff model anywhere else. But even the boys poked holes in this story, arguing that theres already a picture of the Biff sculpture online and that it was a radio show, so showing Biff wouldnāt have done anything. Like I said before he was a real fucking desperate weirdo. Imagine flying yourself out to Letterman without being comped, getting bumped off the show, then told you canāt present YOUR OWN ART anywhere else. And the groveling faggot actually did it despite never getting an invite back.
Opie was actually hilarious this whole bit. Threw two quick lines about erock being gay and basically was the only one trying to get the segment going while everyone worked themselves into doing a genuine interview.