Tim Batt
Tim Batt | |
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 Batt (left) in 2016 | |
| Born | 19 August 1987 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Known for | Comedy and podcasting |
| Notable work | The Worst Idea of All Time |
| Television | TVNZ Duke Banter |
| Website | timbatt.co.nz |
Tim Batt (born 19 August 1987[1]) is a New Zealand-based comedian and podcaster. He co-hosts The Worst Idea of All Time podcast with fellow NZ comedian Guy Montgomery and was nominated for a Billy T Award in 2014 and 2015.
Early life
[edit]Batt grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand and later spent time in Wellington, and then Auckland. Before comedy, he worked in radio and call centers.[2] Batt attended Cobham Intermediate School, and was a contemporary of acclaimed singer and UNICEF ambassador Hayley Westenra, the two appearing together in school productions.
Career
[edit]Batt's first appearance on TV was in 2014, on the TVNZ U show U LATE with future collaborator Guy Montgomery, where he appeared as a "pathetic but upbeat" public bathroom reviewer.[3] After the channel shut down, the two decided to start a small project together, which turned into the podcast The Worst Idea of All Time, a podcast where every season the duo rewatch and review the same film weekly for a year. Based on the success of the podcast, Batt launched a podcast network, Little Empire Network. The network features podcasts by fellow comedians such as Rose Matafeo and Nic Sampson.[3]
Batt hosted TVNZ Duke chat show Banter in 2017. In 2019, he hosted a chat/sketch show hybrid with cohost Luke Rowell called Space Couch.[4] In 2020, Montgomery and Batt were tapped to film a pilot for a TV show for YouTube Red. The pilot involved the two attempting to take a method approach to film reviewing by watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows while living in an abandoned subway station in New York City and eating nothing but pizza.[5] The show was not greenlit for a series.
From 2022, Tim Batt cohosted a comedy/conspiracy theory podcast for Radio New Zealand with R.M.S. Titanic enthusiast Carlo Richie about Titanic conspiracy theories, specifically the Olympic exchange theory. In 2024, they published a second season featuring a metanarrative involving the search for the mythical Canterbury Panther.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ @Tim_Batt (2 August 2023). "Oh, how nice. 19 Aug 87 bb" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Smithies, As told to Grant (8 April 2023). "Tim Batt on climate change, comedy, and watching Sex and the City every week for two years". Stuff. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Kiwi comedian on why he's worried about Sex and the City". NZ Herald. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Comedy review: Talk show twist a work-in-progress". NZ Herald. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Watch an unaired pilot made by the guys behind The Worst Idea Of All Time podcast". The A.V. Club. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Did Titanic Sink?". Spotify. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2024.