RIP Old 'no guest' Tigerbelly..

I saw someone complain about Jaime recently but I think the real problem is the Tiger Belly of old is dead. There's no longer Bobby, K, Gilbert and George just talking freely and having fun being around each other on the occasional GOATED eps.

Many causes for this change but honestly I think the biggest one is that Bad Friends became huge over Covid and is very popular with the much larger online Gen Z audience.. The skit aspect of that show is what they believe (and they may be right) is what makes it so popular with that audience. So now that Bobby and K have broken up there is just an effort to make TB more like Bad Friends to attract that same audience. Look at all the new fans who love Jaime and fw TB because of him.

Another big factor which is related to this first one is that Bobby doesn't like cancel culture and felt that he was at risk of being cancelled if he kept talking so openly on the pod. A skit and guest based show is way, way safer where Bobby can keep more of a distance between himself and the audience. I personally think that's a mistake. Bill Burr has great takes on cancel culture. He makes it very clear that it was not really as bad as most built it up to be. The comedians who have been like "I tell it like it is and have many haters(like shulz)" are just feeding into cancel culture to get clicks - but folks can always say what they really think... He doesn't have to be so worried about it.

So while I personally believe that the old TB format could still return and be very successful because Bobby and the crew were so good at what they did(the best in the game imho), I don't think Bobby or the team has any real interest in bringing it back.

I think we just have to accept that the Tigerbelly of old that we all loved is completely dead and will never come back again.

RIP Old Tiger Belly - You are missed by your old fans yeah..