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!

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MELBOURNE - MARCH 27-29

BRISBANE MARCH 31

SYDNEY APRIL 1- 2

NEW YORK CITY APRIL 10

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MINNEAPOLIS MAY 2

LOS ANGELES TROUBADOUR MAY 5

Los Angeles “filth” COMEDY STORE MAY 9

PORTLAND MAY 15-17

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Steph Tolev caught fire on the BILL BURR PRESENTS: FRIENDS WHO KILL, Netflix special. She was named a COMEDIAN YOU SHOULD AND WILL KNOW by Vulture, which recognized her as one of Canada’s funniest exports. She was featured on Comedy Central’s THE RINGERS stand up series, and season two of UNPROTECTED SETS. Steph has appeared in Comedy Central’s CORPORATE and starred in an episode of the Sarah Silverman-produced PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME. Steph has been well received at festivals all over the world and headlines clubs across the country. She also has a hit podcast on ALL THINGS COMEDY called “STEPH INFECTION” and appears in the feature OLD DADS.

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