Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast · Terry and Ted

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April 9, 2025·1 hr 16 min·1 clip

Punch-drunk boxer character misunderstands simple comments as insults and beats everyone up—classic dark comedy bit.

The show starts with the usual familiar greeting and a sponsor mention from the UPS Store Canada. Terry and Ted settle right into weather talk. Spring looks like it might show up for a second, then late snow kills the mood. In Montreal, they describe a wet, heavy mix of snow and sand, and Terry leans into the smell and feel of spring in the kind of local gripe the show does well. The pace stays loose and conversational, and a small joke about the pastel colour of the microphones gives the opening a playful touch. From there, the talk turns to Bill Burr and his new Netflix special, The Drop Dead Years. The idea of Burr talking about being at the age where buddies start dying lands as the comic hook. They note that he is still only in his early fifties, which keeps the joke more observational than grim. The discussion stays on Burr’s style, not on deep analysis: he does not hold back, and he has little patience for nonsense. That leads into a red-carpet clip from an event honouring Conan O'Brien. In the clip, a journalist tries to pin Burr down on a political question about Luigi, and Burr refuses to play along. He says he is there for Conan, not for click-chasing provocation, and pushes back on the idea of manufactured controversy. The hosts clearly enjoy how fast he shuts the exchange down. The clip turns into a chance to admire Burr’s refusal to perform the expected answer. They end in the show’s usual way, with thanks to the producer team and reminders about the website, clips, old episodes, and email contact.

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A late snow gripe rolls into a loose Bill Burr hang, with the red-carpet pushback landing well.

Terry and Ted open with spring getting briefly knocked off balance by a sloppy late snow, then move into Bill Burr and his new Netflix special, The Drop Dead Years. The red-carpet question follows, and Burr does what he does best: he refuses the neat, easy answer.

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Spring snow, Bill Burr, and one very unwilling red-carpet answer.

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