Tim Batt (born 1987) is a

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-based comedian and podcaster. He co-hosts

The Worst Idea of All Time ''The Worst Idea of All Time'' is a podcast hosted by New Zealand comedians Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery where they watch and review the same film every week for a year. In each season, the film chosen is one neither of the hosts have seen befor ...

podcast with fellow NZ comedian

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and was nominated for a

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in 2014 and 2015.

Early life

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. Batt attended Cobham Intermediate School, and was a contemporary of acclaimed singer and UNICEF ambassador

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, the two appearing together in school productions.

Career

Batt's first appearance on TV was in 2014, on the

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show ''U LATE'' with future collaborator

, where he appeared as a "pathetic but upbeat" public bathroom reviewer. After the channel shut down, the two decided to start a small project together, which turned into the podcast

, a podcast where every season the duo rewatch and review the same film weekly for a year. Based off the success of the podcast, Batt launched a podcast network, Little Empire Network. The network features podcasts by fellow comedians such as

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and

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. Batt hosted

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chat show Banter in 2017. In 2019, he hosted a chat/sketch show hybrid with cohost Luke Rowell called Space Couch. 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

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and eating nothing but pizza. The show was not greenlit for a series.

References

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