re: “Tires” starring Shane Gillis out on Netflix May 23

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Also, Gillis is big enough now so Netflix is just telling him: we want to be in the Shane Gillis business. Specials, shows, producer credits, etc

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I think you are mostly right about this. Gillis has an extremely loyal and rabid fanbase. He leads Patreon in subscribers, so Netflix probably assumes all of his fans who don't already have Netflix will 100% subscribe just for "Tires".