Ian Ellis
Ian Ellis has performed on Kill Tony 8 times. Every appearance below, with set summaries and timestamps.
Appearances
High stoner philosophy about humans as monkeys with choice, comparing emotions and identity. Set had clever wordplay but lacked clear comedic turns and punchlines.
- You're a monkey that can choose love over other identities
- Receipt jokes and felon voting excuse similar to cheese burger lies
Absurdist material about being haunted by a dinosaur with blood on walk, T-Rex conundrum for Catholic Church regarding 6,000-year-old earth, and girls not making sense.
- Woke up to T-Rex and blood on walk; house haunted by dinosaur.
- Dinosaur haunting creates conundrum for Catholic Church; earth is 6,000 years old.
Dark comedy about threatening to harm misbehaving pets and children, using oven/window threats and Malaysia shoe-making labor comparisons as comedic exaggeration.
- Pet owners should threaten to murder loud dogs and kick cats out windows.
- Bad children can be sent to Malaysia to make shoes instead of jail.
Set about legalizing weed for Black people to avoid racial profiling, then pivots to white people with stereotypical items and jokes about Black women. Four years into stand-up, from Chicago.
- If weed only legal for Black people, cops search cars for Black people specifically
- Sleeping with Black woman wish came with squeegee and Febreze
Ian discusses struggling with spelling the word 'alcoholism', hating texting as inadequate conversation, and prostate exam joke about doctor's reaction to his anatomy.
- Alcoholism is hard word to spell, not the drinking
- Texting conversation is too short and delayed
- Looking forward to 40 for prostate exam doctor reaction
Set about why countries hate America, discussing decadence, Christianity, and freedom rankings with references to Jay-Z, Italy's popes, and Irish people.
- Arabs with oil money are most decadent; Jay-Z wishes he could ball so hard
- Italy has two popes as forming mega pope from the Inquisition
Ian opens with explicit condom story about girlfriend needing morning-after pill. Storytelling-focused set with crude language throughout, discussing relationship dynamics and running to pharmacy.
- Condom broke mid-sex, girlfriend had to get morning-after pill at Walgreens
- Chicago has thick population, needs marathons to stay healthy
Ian performs material about his girlfriend's braces, comparing them to lingerie. He discusses the correlation between dental health and parenting ability, and drinks wine throughout the set.
- Braces like lingerie for teeth, makes him anticipate intimacy
- Bad teeth indicate inability to care for important things like kids