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Kill Tony #1 — Rick Ingram

📅 June 3, 2013 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Belly Room 🎤 13 comedians

Guests: Rick Ingram

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Lineup

1

Skyler

Set: Skyler performs about his complicated relationship with chicken as a Black man, mixing animal wordplay with dark humor about abuse.

Interview: Tony critiques Skyler's delivery, noting he had to open with 'I'm a Black guy' so the audience knew he was doing a Black impression, similar to Dice's hallucinations.

Bits:
  • As a Black guy, therapist revealed molesting rooster caused inability to eat bone-in chicken.
  • Still loves pussy but was actually talking about his cat; funny misdirection about church.
Moments:
  • Tony and Rick critique opening as sounding like a bad Travolta impression of a Black guy
2

Jerron Horton

Set: Jerron discusses being tall and the pressure associated with it, using the analogy that being tall is like being an Asian kid in high school.

Interview: Tony asks why 'light skinned' has two d's in the word. Jerron credits bad Black grammar, leading to a callback later in the episode.

Bits:
  • Being tall is like being Asian kid in high school - lots of pressure to be great.
  • People ask what it's like being tall; comparison to gym locker room dick-watching.
Moments:
  • Jerron explains Black people have bad grammar when pronouncing 'light skinned'
3

Rich Slaton

Set: Rich performs about being accused of racism and the difficulty of responding, discussing white people wanting to say the n-word and when it's acceptable in art.

Interview: Panel discusses Rich's comedic cadence and appearance, suggesting he could book commercial roles and tour the South with one of the Black comedians as opener.

Bits:
  • Being called racist gives white guys no good response - yes or no both equal admitting it.
  • White guys want to say n-word in fun way; only acceptable in movies, plays, songs.
Moments:
  • Rick and Tony note Rich's beard and appearance make him look like a 'Portland organ chic' beer commercial guy
4

Jeff Schwinn

Set: Jeff performs about finding it ironic when obese people wear fitness-branded t-shirts, using Golden Corral as the punchline.

Interview: Tony learns Jeff is from Indiana and has only done four comedy shows, with only two minutes of material beyond the set.

Bits:
  • Fat people wearing Nike 'no finish line' shirt probably wear it to Golden Corral instead.
Moments:
  • Golden Corral sponsor allegedly texted complaint after this joke
5

Matt Devlin

Set: Matt performs a joke about not doing 9/11 jokes because the good ones are taken and don't translate into English well, then pivots to dark topics.

Interview: Tony learns Matt is from Massachusetts and grew up in Pembroke near Worcester, discussing regional differences and dive bars.

Bits:
  • Won't do 9/11 jokes - good ones taken and don't translate into English well.
Moments:
  • Rick notes Matt's charisma and suggests he'll kill on the road
6

Taylor Dean

Set: Taylor performs a drunken Obama impression at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, discussing redistribution of wealth as a cookie jar metaphor.

Interview: Tony criticizes Taylor for naming SNL in his set and critiques his Obama impression, suggesting he focus on punch lines and impressions of people of his own race.

Bits:
  • Obama drinks before Correspondents' Dinner, uses cookies as metaphor for wealth redistribution.
Moments:
  • Rick and Tony mock Taylor's appearance and outfit; suggest he looks like Kato Kaelin or Zach Morris from Saved by the Bell
  • Tony harshly criticizes Taylor for not knowing who Kato Kaelin is
7

Frank Castillo

Set: Frank jokes about his siblings and whose he'd save in a fire, then discusses his brother putting objects up his nose and his own history of getting his penis stuck.

Interview: Tony asks about Frank's family structure and makes jokes about Mexican household vacuums and sponsorships.

Bits:
  • Has brother and sister; if fire, knows which one to save - just makes him efficient.
  • Brother stuck peas and rice in nose; Frank's record is getting dick stuck in vacuum.
Moments:
  • Rick and Tony critique the repetitive structure of both setups and rewrite the joke on the spot
8

Kenny Lion

Set: Kenny performs about Pho Vietnamese restaurants, listing multiple shops with names like Foe, Foe Show, and Foe Life in LA neighborhoods.

Interview: Tony learns Kenny is Guatemalan and makes jokes about him buying weed in Crenshaw.

Bits:
  • Lists Vietnamese Pho restaurants with names Fantastic, Foe, Foe Show, Foe Life.
Moments:
  • Tony makes jokes about Kenny being Guatemalan and buys weed in Crenshaw
9

Mike Stanley

Set: Mike performs about getting drunk at Denny's while sitting on his toilet on Instagram, quitting drinking for two years, and losing scapegoats for bad behavior.

Interview: Tony learns Mike has been doing comedy for 11 years and was banned from Snickers in Fort Wayne for being too blue for the owner's cable access TV show.

Bits:
  • Got so drunk at night called girlfriend waitress while on toilet looking at Instagram.
  • Quit drinking two years ago; now has no scapegoat when pissing bed or breaking things.
  • Last time drunk told high school friends they had three more years to graduate.
Moments:
  • Panel praises Mike's set and suggests buying him a shot to celebrate
  • Mike explains he was banned from Snickers for being too blue for owner's cable access show
10

Andrew Yanker

Set: Andrew performs about moving to LA as an actor but his car getting more work than he does, being kicked out of photo shoots.

Interview: Tony learns Andrew is from NYC, went to military camp at 14 because he didn't get straight A's, and has a lawyer father.

Bits:
  • Moved to Hollywood as actor but car gets more work; told to get out of photo shoot.
Moments:
  • Tony praises Yanker as creepy and demon-like, says he's hilarious
  • Tony suggests a serial killer from earlier should kill Yanker's father for sending him to military camp
11

Sara Mostajabi

Set: Sara jokes about going to school for video game design and being unemployed, comparing it to an English degree with no future prospects.

Interview: Panel learns Sara is half Persian with Native American heritage and jokes about her appearance, hair inspired by Final Fantasy, and vibrating game controllers.

Bits:
  • Video game design degree is February version of English degree - no future anywhere.
Moments:
  • Rick and Tony praise Sara's performance and potential stardom
  • Panel makes jokes about Sara's appearance and body
12

Tim Greer

Set: Tim pitches a dating website called Date AIDS for people with AIDS, discussing benefits of finding partners with same condition and dark humor about expiration dates.

Interview: Tony critiques the premise for ignoring modern AIDS medication and suggests taglines like Christian Mingle or BlackPeopleMeet.com instead.

Bits:
  • Date AIDS dating site lets you find people with AIDS within 50 mile radius.
Moments:
  • Tim tags his own joke with suggestion about Christian Mingle comparison
13

Kyle Henson

Set: Kyle performs about learning Junior Seau died via Facebook, questioning the information on Wikipedia, and making jokes about Saints suicide payments.

Interview: Tony critiques Kyle for randomly attacking Patrick Swayze and explains Kyle claims to have written the first Patrick Swayze pancreatic cancer joke.

Bits:
  • Found out Junior Seau died on Facebook; verified on Wikipedia he shot himself.
  • How much do Saints pay Hall of Famers for suicides joke; references Patrick Swayze.
Moments:
  • Audience member loudly questions the joke logic mid-set