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I am Tim Meadows, taking on all challengers!
You may know me from SNL, where I was one of the longest-running cast members and originated such characters as Leon Phelps, 'The Ladies Man.' You may also know me as Principal Duvall from "Mean Girls," Principal Glascott on "The Goldbergs," Mike the Mailman on "Bob's Burgers," Caleb on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and many more. You can currently see me as Detective Judd Tolbeck, a low level cop in the San Diego Police Department, in the comedy series "No Activity," which is now streaming on CBS All Access.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ4NhEP36So
Proof: https://i.redd.it/fezg5nphsw021.jpg
Edit: Well this has been fun. And I don't mean that sarcastically. Please watch No Activity on CBS All Access and I will see you down the road (or down the comments).
SRLob1082 karma
How in holy hell did you manage to pull off a The Ladies Man movie that was not only "good for a Saturday Night Live movie", but just generally a great comedy?
TimMeadowsOnReddit1167 karma
Andrew Steele and Dennis McNicholas wrote a great character and they deserve all the credit.
tyranicalTbagger863 karma
In the doctor sketch with will ferrell where he loses the baby, I heard will was the only one that knew you would be called in to do the robot. Is that true?
TimMeadowsOnReddit1560 karma
I loved it. the set is a empty chilli's in the valley somewhere..The baby back song was improv
somanysheep677 karma
Have you put any serious thought into working with Don Cheadle? He is mistaken for you a lot.
Maybe a funny spin on step-brothers?
TimMeadowsOnReddit2599 karma
I would love to work with Don Cheadle! Maybe you all can help crowdsource a movie for us? We can call it "Step-Brothas"
cc: r/blackfellas
Pinkerdog647 karma
Just dropping a line to say that you've got my favorite SNL line ever, and for something you probably forgot all about. It was from this sketch for Uncle Jemima's Mash Liquor, and at the end you ask Uncle Jemima "... What you swatting at?"
I'm literally laughing just thinking about it. Your delivery was perfect. Hope you're doing great, sir. You're a gem.
TimMeadowsOnReddit699 karma
I do remember it, with Tracy Morgan. It was the first time I had done green screen.
TimMeadowsOnReddit1663 karma
While we were touring with Adam Sandler recently, Norm pretended to be in love with David Spade and kept trying to kiss him. That was my favorite Norm story. (Keep in mind, he kept this up for about 10 days)
TooShiftyForYou531 karma
Hello Tim, how'd you end up doing on Mrs. Murphy's test that Fatty McGee kept interrupting you from studying for?
TimMeadowsOnReddit2472 karma
Uh, you mean the man who completely changed my life from a broke working actor to the multi-millionaire that I am today? Yea, he's alright.
gimpisgawd494 karma
Out of all the roles you've played, which was the most memorable and why?
TimMeadowsOnReddit1354 karma
I loved working on Walk Hard and Popstar. Looked forward to work everyday.
moskowizzle465 karma
What's your most memorable moment of working on SNL? Is there a sketch that stands out that you really wanted to do, but got cut?
TimMeadowsOnReddit1359 karma
Paul McCartney said I should have been in the Beatles...That was nice
nyqgames431 karma
Hi Tim, who is your biggest inspiration in the world of comedy? What comics did you grow up watching or listening to?
catching_signals332 karma
You played an online psychology teacher in Son of Zorn. The joke seemed to be that nobody respected the job because it was online and not "real." Well, that's what I do, and that happens. What can I do to get some damn respect?
By the way, I'm supposed to be working right now.
TimMeadowsOnReddit527 karma
LOL. First of all. Publish something, and stop sitting around on your lazy ass pretending to help people. Second of all, there is someone waiting in your office (or on FaceTime) for your help.
TimMeadowsOnReddit880 karma
Im tired most of the time. My kids are healthy, and I have been having a weird shooting pain my left shoulder, but besides from that everything is great!
TimMeadowsOnReddit671 karma
My thanksgiving was fun! i spent time in Detroit and made my first turkey dinner...bought from whole foods
Duvall1138299 karma
My wife, who is currently having her labor induced, wished for me to say that she thinks your really funny and misses seeing you on SNL. Any advice for a very soon to be first time dad?
TimMeadowsOnReddit648 karma
Get some in-laws to your house as soon as possible to help you with the new baby because you are in for a world of hurt. Enjoy!!
LolaLaMafiosa280 karma
Yo Tim! Huge fan! Would you ever go back to SNL? Thanks for all the laughs.
TimMeadowsOnReddit751 karma
I would definitely go back to SNL.....except my pay grade is much higher than they can afford...
TimMeadowsOnReddit576 karma
I, Tim Meadows, prefer chardonnay. Leon still prefers Courvoisier.
charlessamuel219 karma
Tim, who were the toughest SNL cast members to do scenes with? (i.e. Because they were so creative or funny that they'd make you break.)
Additionally, what's your favorite SNL moment where you broke?
TimMeadowsOnReddit635 karma
Here is my list:
Chris Farley
Will Ferrell
Adam Sandler
Jimmy Fallon
Horatio Sanz
I DON'T break, and you cant prove that I have.
TimMeadowsOnReddit670 karma
In this order:
Walk Hard
Pop Star
Mean Girls
Ladies Man
Star Wars (original)
GenghisTron17195 karma
You're great. I loved you in Semi-Pro, Ladies Man, the Goldbergs, that TV show with Jason Sudekis, Walk Hard, B99, etc.
Didn't know you're on a CBS show, glad to hear it so I can watch me some more Meadows. Thanks for all the laughs!
Do you have any movies coming out in the near future?
monty_kurns186 karma
Is there anything in your body of work that you wish people would ask about but nobody ever does or something you wished got more attention?
TimMeadowsOnReddit413 karma
I did a movie on Netflix, called Anyones Ghost, its a drama that deserves more attention!
Drunken_Economist175 karma
Why did you leave off the Even Stevens Movie, the role that really everyone knows?
ge0rgew0nder174 karma
Who was the greatest cast member you worked with and more importantly, who was the worst and why?
TimMeadowsOnReddit666 karma
The best was Norm McDonald and the worst was his sister Norma McDonald (which was just Norm in a dress)
TimMeadowsOnReddit386 karma
When I did 30 Rock, she came by to make sure the scene was going to be ok. She watched me rehearse and then she came and said "Goodbye, I don't have to stay, you got this" and she left.
lurking_digger152 karma
Yeah, hey, Tim, thanks for your time...
Listen, Keenan Thompson, he a punk Bitch?
IanMcKellenDegeneres150 karma
My friend was a touring guitar tech with Elliot Smith when he was on SNL so he got to go to a taping. He mentioned seeing a sketch you did. Something about winning the lottery and being interviewed by the news and you said you were going to buy the Dr. Pepper company and rename it Dr. Poop. Said it got cut from the final show or something like that
Is that accurate? What's a funny sketch you did that was cut from broadcast?
TimMeadowsOnReddit237 karma
I do remember that. I believe that was an Adam McCay sketch. I did a centaur sketch that was cut from dress, deservedly. I played a centaur who was in high school, and Chris Walken was trying to get me to go out for track. It was a costume dilemma. The costume was too cumbersome - it was a plastic horse half. If hat been a stuffed animal type design I could actually run around in.
shamelessseamus146 karma
Mr. Meadows, I gotta say that Leon is one of my favorite characters from SNL, period. What us your favorite SNL memory?
TimMeadowsOnReddit378 karma
When I met Mick Jagger and he asked me to be in the Rolling Stones, that was pretty cool.
ABoxOfFlies124 karma
I play a lot of video games, how do you catch yourself wasting your own time?
TimMeadowsOnReddit561 karma
Not me, but a friend hired some Russian hookers to pee on a bed in Russia.
TimMeadowsOnReddit191 karma
I made crank phone call using that voice (for years) then I told some of the writers on the show about it and they suggested the Ladies Man idea.
Jurais1392 karma
Big fan, you are still one of my favorite castmates from SNL even if you did sign a 30 year contract. Do you have any interest in directing?
TimMeadowsOnReddit346 karma
I don't have any interest in directing, unless you know of someone hiring a first time director (or if you all help us get Step-Brothas off the ground I can direct that).
ConstableGrey86 karma
Are all those daytime talk shows actually fun to go on as a guest? Any more exciting than others?
TimMeadowsOnReddit331 karma
I personally find all show business to be anxiety filled. So, no I personally don't find any of it fun. Now squirrel spearing, THATS what I call fun.
DudeImMacGyver86 karma
How many squirrels can you take in a fight?
FYI- Neither you nor the squirrels are armed, however, you may fashion weapons out of any squirrels you are able to obtain.
Think carefully before answering, this is an important question.
TimMeadowsOnReddit242 karma
Probably two squirrels. The first squirrel i would hypnotize and make it believe it was a spear. Then, I would "spear" the second squirrel with my squirrel spear. Easy peasy.
djackieunchaned69 karma
Hey Tim! I'm a big fan of all your stuff but as far as the less mainstream things I always get very excited when I see your name pop up as a guest on Improv4humans. Who are some of your favorite people to improvise with?
TimMeadowsOnReddit99 karma
Matt Besser, Matt Walsh (who is also on No Activity), Dan Lippert, David Pasquesi, Brad Morris, and Joe Canale.
TimeTravelMishap69 karma
What show out of all show's in history would you pick to have a guest spot on?
ge0rgew0nder62 karma
Huge fan! Did RDJ ever contact you about your bringing up on the 40th anniversary special that he was the worst cast member in Rolling Stone? What was the conversation like?
TimMeadowsOnReddit244 karma
It wasn't that he was the worst, it was that I had done better than him. That was the joke. No - we don't talk about it, he is too busy making big budgeted movies and I am doing an AMA at Reddit.
andrewjimenezz60 karma
Do you think Son of Zorn would have found more success had it been on FXX instead of Fox?
SuggestAPhotoProject56 karma
Look at ol’ Glasscot, using Reddit like he’s just one of the kids!
Hey, what was up with that weird Goldbergs episode that had no Goldbergs in it?
Knoxgrassdealer48 karma
When you make finger guns do you use 3 fingers or just 2? Also, do you make any noises when "shooting" them?
X_Static_X47 karma
If you had to describe "No Activity" using 5 words or less, how would you describe it?
TimMeadowsOnReddit189 karma
Its nice that we have legalized marijuana. So we got that (shoutout to r/trees).
TimMeadowsOnReddit76 karma
Just being inspired, you know you have a good idea when more than one person responds positively.
cremedelapoo7 karma
Hi Tim, did you pick up any good Cyber Monday deals? I got a new electric toothbrush.
You still in Detroit, let's meet for lunch.
TimMeadowsOnReddit30 karma
I didn't do any shopping Monday, but i did do Black Friday and i bought kitchenware for my (multi-million dollar) mansion.
ScottyBurnsem2210 karma
Did Dewey ever pay for those drugs?
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