Kill Tony #148 — Bill Burr, Dom Irrera, Andrew Themeles
Guests: Bill Burr · Dom Irrera · Andrew Themeles
Lineup
Set: Made Pat Reagan stand up and salute him as part of a joke about Donald Trump and complimenting someone to make them look foolish. Ended with time check.
Interview: Tony and panel discussed whether the setup worked, whether the music bit threw him off, and Jesse's background as a data analyst from Philadelphia.
- Getting pat to salute, then pivot to Trump compliment joke
- Bill Burr defended Jesse after tough panel feedback, advocating he get a fair chance
- Ran only 47 seconds despite asking for time, panel debated whether music cue affected him
Set: Jokes about a friend with a big penis who won't do taxes, and a progressive couple in a doctor's office debating whether their newborn's sex assignment is the baby's choice.
Interview: Discussed his background in Vegas where he worked in mining rare earth materials, recently moved to LA for comedy, and has already improved his stage time.
- Friend with big penis refuses to do taxes because it's 'little dick energy'
- Progressive couple thinks baby's sex is baby's choice, not doctor's
- Only did 35 seconds of material, panel joked about him leaving early
- Bill praised his frugal approach to saving mining money to move to LA
Set: Self-deprecating material about having a vegan body despite eating meat, never being in a fight, panicking and slapping his own glasses, living in hood near MacArthur Park, and turning down gang recruitment by asking if they had an IT department.
Interview: Lives in Ontario near downtown LA, works as a personal shopper at Whole Foods via temp agency, is 26 and mixed Irish-German-Filipino heritage.
- Has vegan body but eats meat, panics in fights, slaps own glasses
- Asked gang if they had IT department because he's not qualified
- Andrew Themeles complimented his look and called him adorable, panel noted he's cute but not funny
- Bill Burr gave genuine advice to slow down delivery and let jokes breathe
Set: Went to court with knife, ditched it in courthouse bushes and found arsenal of weapons, joked about giving niece a handgun and grenade for birthday after finding them in bushes.
Interview: Committed food stamp fraud over seven years, served in Military Intelligence (25 Romeo), is a preschool teacher, from Oakland, been doing standup three years.
- Courthouse bushes had massive weapon arsenal, treated like Easter egg hunt
- Got niece handgun and grenade from courthouse bushes for birthday
- Bill Burr aggressively criticized Brian's cavalier attitude about food stamp fraud and government money
- Brian claimed Military Intelligence background, Bill challenged him with letter combinations (25 Romeo), Brian defended knowledge
- Panel made recurring joke comparing Brian to child molester based on appearance
Set: Wished to be Black from waist down for better sperm taste, made egg roll and cum jokes, discussed adding 'but' to wishes to add more wishes with loopholes.
Interview: Fifth time on stage ever, started a month ago, got new job at Target, from Moreno Valley near Riverside, doing better with Black audiences.
- Wished to be Black from waist down for sweeter juice
- Wishing trick: add 'but' to wishes to get multiple wishes
- Volunteered to sing 'We Dancing Like We Naked' from Offspring, panel approved musical moment
- Bill Burr advised him to focus on comedy fundamentals rather than shock value after just 5 shows
Set: Dark material about aborted fetal stem cells used in mascara, joked about not being mad since babies are dead and can't be animal tested, discussed personal pregnancy scare and considering abortion.
Interview: Recently went off birth control, day one clean/sober, has heavy flow, covered in tattoos including ex-boyfriend's name in Braille dots, works at weed shop.
- Aborted babies in mascara, better than animal testing, already dead
- Pregnancy scare: would kill myself then baby, luckily baby didn't exist
- Bill Burr criticized her for being edgy without landing jokes, said she needs new material
- Panel joked about her heavy flow after discussing birth control withdrawal
Set: Story about brother-in-law's bachelor party at Las Vegas (old ladies) in Alpine, drove four hours, brother-in-law giggles at word titties, contrasted with pear-shaped guy named Phil who wouldn't spit game indoors.
Interview: From Santa Ana, first time doing standup ever, sells window coverings and blinds, attended bachelor party where group wore ridiculous masks.
- Las Vegas named for old ladies, went to bachelor party in Alpine
- Alpha male among dumb friends, real estate guy won't spit game
- Panel noted he has natural TV face and salesmanship pitch
- Revealed he collects 32+ wooden spoons from travels, creating serial killer vibes
- Dom and Red Band tested if Morgan was ticklish, awkward moment where Brian jumped in
Set: Strip clubs remove paint, stereotypes discussion, admitted he doesn't like brown people due to ex-girlfriend, called Mexican ivy leaguers snobs, suicidal ideation at 14 for 30 years straight.
Interview: From Westford area, been doing standup 3 years, spent 10 years doing rock music touring with band Useless Keys, manages a cafe.
- Stripper removes paint from walls, stereotypes aren't compliments
- Considered killing self at 14 for 30 years straight, brownface bit
- Dom Irrera gave genuine compliment comparing his joke structure to Mitch Hedberg
- Tony offered him a gig at Death Squad show at Ice House
Set: Italian family humor: kids exceed parents in America but not Italy, Italian games like 'hide and don't tell', Monopoly on businesses, paints penis green when soft to feel like Incredible Hulk when erect.
Interview: 22 years old, born and raised in LA, Sicilian mother and East Coast father, bartender at country club, went to film school, doing photography.
- Italian parents never say kids will do better, only if president maybe
- Paints soft penis green to feel like Hulk when erect
- Panel called him Italian icon, noted only comedian their parents laugh at
Set: Bic makes lighters, pens, razors—suicide kit joke, Seventh Heaven's 11-year run with diddler main character, started growing balls, went to show and everything was real, stalling technique.
Interview: Writing and performing regularly, recently started playing bass again, things going well, stronger on stage and more comfortable with nervousness.
- Bic makes three things: lighter, pen, razor—suicide kit
- Seventh Heaven lasted 11 years with diddler as main character
- Bill Burr gave positive coaching, praised suicide kit and Seventh Heaven tie-in
- Showed clear growth from previous shows, panel noted improvement
Set: Fetishes are scary and secret, afraid to catch one, weird desire to put peanut butter in guy's crevices, can't control fetish attraction involuntarily, example of accidentally developing foot fetish.
Interview: Had weird headspace this week, originally planned masturbating with dog joke as misdirection, prefers not discussing, finished at exactly one minute.
- Fetishes are scary secrets, afraid to catch one like a disease
- Wanted to put peanut butter in guy's elbows and creases
- Admitted original minute started with masturbating with dog bit, changed it last minute
- Panel asked clarifying questions about peanut butter cravings vs elbow observation order
Set: People say he sounds white like compliment, each time raises credit score 10 points at 857, one more 'Carlton' call gets house, two more gets Cerritos, named after grandfather Alfred III, sounds fancy but is Hipster Black Stormtrooper.
Interview: Doing standup 10 months, from Northern California living in Orange County, tax auditor full-time, part-time writes for Forbes on WWE wrestling coverage.
- Sounding white raises credit score 10 points, now at 857, one call away from house
- Named Alfred III, sounds fancy but is hipster black Stormtrooper
- Tony got excited learning Alfred writes about WWE for Forbes Magazine
- Dom made 'well-spoken' racist joke, called white people reason he sounds intelligent