Kill Tony #10 — Sam Tripoli, Ari Shaffir
Guests: Sam Tripoli · Ari Shaffir
Lineup
Set: Joke about getting free Chipotle by finishing a burrito in the nine seconds it takes a card to decline. Commentary on Chipotle's culture of giving away drinks.
Interview: Panel discusses trimming fat from jokes and simplifying setups. Tony coaches on opening material and structure, emphasizing clean comedic beats.
- Go to Chipotle, get expensive burrito, finish it in nine seconds before card declines = free burrito
- Sam Tripoli gives extensive coaching on joke structure and trimming unnecessary declarations that break comedic flow
Sean Dun
Set: Story about his doctor father who nicked his finger with a dirty scalpel while operating on an HIV-positive patient, then cut out the infected portion and continued working.
Interview: Tony discusses the long setup and dramatic presentation. Sean explains he moved to LA and got distracted by a relationship. Panel coaches on punchline clarity and story structure.
- Father sliced his finger with dirty scalpel during HIV-positive patient surgery, cut out infected part, stitched up and continued
- Panel critiques the joke as more of a dramatic play/narration than traditional standup punchline structure
- Tony notes Sean knocked on door before set, creating awkward moment that affected the interaction
Set: Bit about turning 28 and not being where he wants in life, observing friends with kids are motivated. Punchline: he won't let his kid be the first without a father, breaking generational cycles.
Interview: Tony coaches on delivery and smiling during dark material. Sam discusses comedic complexity and simplicity in delivering dark jokes to audiences.
- I won't let my kid be the first one to have a father that's not there
- Sam coaches on smiling during dark material to help audience understand it's comedy
Set: Jokes about having a gay older brother and homophobic friends asking inappropriate questions about showering together. Punchline about Supreme Court marriage equality meaning his brother can lose half his stuff in divorce.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss the strong premise about brother watching Next Top Model and Tyra Banks. Encourages more specific details and tags to build out the material.
- Friend asks if I'd shower with gay brother; worried he'd rape me, not about being gay
- Marriage equality is great because brother loses half in divorce and I can finally catch up financially
- Sam and Ari emphasize the specific detail about Next Top Model and Tyra Banks is unique material only Brian can own
Set: Jokes about buying Dahmer glasses at Costco. Dental hygiene joke about only flossing when full of self-loathing. Bit about 2013 not being an expiration date for homophobia.
Interview: Panel gives coaching on the homophobia expiration date joke, suggesting 'milk' as a punchline. Discussion of finding better premises to replace weak material.
- Dahmer glasses from Costco work with your Dahmer face
- I only floss when full of self-loathing because then I deserve to bleed
- 2013 argument that homophobia has expiration date like milk, but prejudice doesn't expire
- Panel coaches on finding the right punchline for homophobia bit, suggests 'milk' as expiration date comparison
Set: Joke about looking for a therapist, told the male therapist spells his name in an exotic way. Becomes intrigued when hearing the name.
Interview: Panel coaches Kyle to simplify the joke, cut out spelling details, and just say the therapist's exotic name which carries all the humor.
- Therapist's name spelled exotically makes me suddenly interested in male therapist
- Sam and Ari coach Kyle to cut spelling and just say the name, which is funnier on its own
Set: Being a nanny is best birth control. Three-year-old won't do anything, frustrated, googled nose congestion and learned about reptile tissue making noses get boners.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss making it funnier and using more examples. Discovers Julia is relatively new (3-4 months), coaches her on expanding the material.
- Being a nanny is the best form of birth control
- Tony learns Julia is very new (3-4 months) and encourages her to build out longer material
Set: Smoking weed and getting paranoid about conspiracies. Worried government is watching and putting things in food. Story becomes a bit about how smoking weed and then something bad happening confirms paranoia.
Interview: Panel notes the joke setup is old material. Coaches Jonathan to do new material and tighten the bit. Discussion of bringing new material to shows.
- I get paranoid smoking weed that government is watching and putting things in my food
- Ari notes this is old material Jonathan has done before, encourages new material
Set: Kids today have porn, unlike growing up with scrambled pay-per-view channels. Extended bit about watching Dustin Hoffman in Quincy Jones on scrambled channels.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss the porn joke and whether it's original. Sam mentions similar joke from another comedian.
- Kids today have unlimited porn, we had scrambled cable channels where Dustin Hoffman appeared
- Sam and Tony discuss if the porn/scrambled cable joke is original or derivative
Set: Mom is religious feminist who believes Bible is pro-woman. Joke about menstrual period making chairs forbidden to men—that's women's exclusive seat claiming.
Interview: Tony and panel coach Tyler on developing the seat-saving angle further. Discussion of seat-claiming jokes and biblical references.
- Bible says woman on period means man can't sit in her chair—ultimate seat saver
- Panel encourages Tyler to develop the seat-saving angle as a standalone bit
Tommy Lee
Set: Happy in relationship, but women want contradictory things: educated but bad boys, cares about environment but willing to hit. Guy who's not afraid to hit you will definitely beat you.
Interview: Tony accuses Tommy of putting him in a trance/hypnotic state during the set. Discussion of Tommy's soporific comedic delivery style.
- Women want Harvard guy who's bad boy, cares about environment, and will hit but won't hit you
- Tony repeatedly says Tommy's delivery hypnotizes the audience into daydreaming
- Tony mentions the earlier AIDS joke callback during Tommy's set
Set: Broke her taint when her mom's car rolled backward pinning her against wall while she was getting a quadruple bypass. Car backed up while she was inspecting damage from hitting a wall.
Interview: Tony coaches Sara on eye contact and presence. Discussion of story structure and how to tag out the joke. Feedback on appearance and dress choices.
- I broke my vagina—not from sex but from mom's car pinning me against wall during her bypass
- Tony notes Sara looks straight down during set, sign of insecurity
Set: Used to have a spoiled white rich boyfriend. Still scrapes deodorant from underneath plastic when it runs out. Owes Verizon money.
Interview: Tony provides feedback on stage presence, mic handling, and performance technique. Notes Kim didn't deliver actual jokes but was adorable.
- Still scrape deodorant from plastic when it runs out because I'm poor
- Tony critiques that Kim didn't deliver actual jokes, just fragments, but was adorable