Kill Tony #155 — Deon Cole, Benji Aflalo
Guests: Deon Cole · Benji Aflalo
Lineup
Set: Riley describes escaping Kansas via acid and tornados, comparing Kansas violence (dropping houses) to LA gang culture. He then details the Wizard of Oz plot with graphic descriptions of killing witches.
Interview: Riley works in biotechnology manufacturing peptides in San Diego, bartends on weekends, has been doing stand-up for 1.5 years, and discussed dating and sexual techniques at length.
- Kansas drops houses on people like gang violence (Crips/Bloods vs cornfield/wheat field thugs).
- Second witch dies from getting wet after sex; graphic description of sexual mechanics.
- Benji and Deon gave extended coaching about fashion and jeans quality.
- Panel riffed extensively on Brian's contact lens strategy during oral sex.
Set: Kenny does jokes about lying as distraction, Hillary Clinton with two vaginas, and seal clubbing misheard as a nightlife activity.
Interview: Sarah is a programmer at USC working on AI, has been doing stand-up 2.5 years (1 year in Chicago), recently performed in Iceland, and discussed deflecting advances from male comedians.
- Setting yourself on fire is better distraction than being caught in a lie.
- Would vote for Hillary Clinton if she had two vaginas because it's unique.
- Guy asked her clubbing, thought he meant killing seals, not nightlife.
- Tony and Benji coached her to expand the Hillary Clinton two-vagina premise with more specifics.
- Panel discussed nerd pickup lines and her experience deflecting advances from programmers and comedians.
Set: James opens about ancestry DNA kit from mom potentially questioning paternity, gets results showing 16% Mexican, punchline is mom's Spring Break 1980 reference to Cancun.
Interview: James is from St. Louis, doing comedy 5 years, visiting LA, married with a 12-year-old child, works in flooring. Panel made dark jokes about Ferguson and his wife's bartending job.
- Mom bought DNA kit; results show 16% Mexican; mom says Cancun Spring Break 1980.
- Panel and Tony made extensive dark jokes about Ferguson, Missouri flooring work.
- Benji and Tony made aggressive jokes about his wife bartending while he's in LA.
- Band Reagan and Watkins provided perfectly timed sound effects shutting down the bit.
Set: Petree jokes about dating, asking men about dick size upfront, references 'baby's arm' comparison and asks follow-up about baby age.
Interview: Petree is from Modesto, been doing stand-up nearly 4 years, was a stripper with stage name Cynthia, received car down payment from a client, and detailed explicit story about encounter with adult film performer Lexington Steele.
- Asks guys how big their dick is; one says baby's arm; she asks baby's age.
- Johanna disclosed detailed story about orgy with Lexington Steele; extensive riffing on explicit content.
- Brian displayed Lexington Steele image on screen; Tony had to shut it down multiple times.
- Johanna gave PSA about race dynamics in sexual roleplay.
Set: Johnston jokes about hating passive aggressive people, wanting Trump to win so they die, compares to third-world problems, argues passive aggression means problems aren't real.
Interview: Tony and Benji coached Johnston on trimming her setup; emphasized thesis statements and getting to jokes faster. Discussed beauty as potential distraction on stage.
- Passive aggressive people are a first-world problem; third-world people have real issues.
- Tony gave extensive coaching about trimming setup to get jokes faster.
- Dion complimented her for writing in her own unique voice.
Set: Eslinger discusses being a talkative child, counting backwards from 20-29 repeatedly, discovering words sound weird when repeated (Garfield example), mom asking her to breathe and stop talking.
Interview: Panel praised Eslinger for no apologies or hesitation, called it best set of the night. Discussed staying in pocket, strong delivery, unique voice. Tony noted she accomplished a full minute without apologizing.
- As kid, counted 20-29 repeatedly instead of past 29 when counting.
- Discovered saying same word repeatedly makes it sound weird; example: Garfield.
- Mom told her to breathe between sentences and stop talking during TV dinner time.
- Tony praised Melissa for complete lack of apologies or hedging throughout set.
- Panel noted Melissa writes in unique voice only she could deliver.