TIM STIEFLER's Leather Jacket is a Prison

About this episode

Steph Tolev and guest Timmy Stiefler discuss various aspects of comedy, including improv, crowd work, and personal anecdotes.

Timmy No Brakes (real name Timmy Stiefler) is in the studio today for Steph Infection! Steph and Tim talk about people who did improv being good at crowd work, improv shows over zoom during peak COVID, going from improv to stand-up, how he came up with the character Timmy No Brakes, Steph always being on the road, how Steph got into stand up, bad crowds, balancing social clips with burning material, Tim gives Steph the full rundown of a Kill Tony show, Steph and Tim bond over their love of Blink 182, voice memos over texting, Tim’s impressions, breaking the 4th wall, crowd work, going to the hospital at 7 years old because he held his poop in for a week, his insane underwear situation, sleep apnea and SO much more! Follow @stephtolev and @steph_infection_podcast on Instagram. Send in your body stories to be featured on the pod! Don’t forget to follow Tim Stiefler on instagram! See Steph Live!! KEEPIN EM HARD 2026 Tour Get tickets at ⁠https://punchup.live/stephtolev⁠ MELBOURNE - MARCH 27-29 BRISBANE MARCH 31 SYDNEY APRIL 1- 2 NEW YORK CITY APRIL 10 BOSTON APRIL 11 AND 12TH SAN DIEGO APRIL 24-26 MINNEAPOLIS MAY 2 LOS ANGELES TROUBADOUR MAY 5 Los Angeles “filth” COMEDY STORE MAY 9…

People in this episode

Host: Steph Tolev

Guest: Timmy Stiefler

Topics covered

• improv
• stand-up comedy
• crowd work
• personal stories
• comedy tours
• character development

Keywords

• improv
• stand-up
• crowd work
• Timmy No Brakes
• Blink 182
• sleep apnea
• comedy tour
• Netflix special

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blink 182, NETFLIX

Books & works: FILTH QUEEN

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