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Kill Tony #162 — Dom Irrera, Ian Edwards

📅 June 20, 2016 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Main Room 🎤 9 comedians ⭐ 2 regulars

Guests: Dom Irrera · Ian Edwards

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Lineup

1

Jamie Salida

Set: Discussed learning about trans women in the Philippines and needing to maintain neo-vaginas with tampons, relating it to his forgetfulness and fear of HIV.

Interview: Tony and guests asked about his sex life, his use of PrEP medication, and his background. He clarified his heritage and discussed his minimal contact with parents.

Bits:
  • I'll be the worst at having a vagina because I forget to charge my phone.
  • My pussy's on 0% battery, in the red.
Moments:
  • Jamie revealed learning details about neo-vagina maintenance, which became the main topic of discussion.
2

Johnny Gold

Set: Discussed his absent father, having dad repellent as a child, pimps in his San Francisco neighborhood, and his childhood experience with a table tennis coach.

Interview: Revealed he's 52, plays professional table tennis, has one child he doesn't know, owns a diesel truck shop, and discussed dark childhood trauma involving coach misconduct.

Bits:
  • My dad was a weapon of mass destruction, just gone.
  • I beat the one-armed kid in table tennis.
Moments:
  • Tony called Johnny's dad to the stage unexpectedly, delivering harsh truths about Johnny's life achievements.
  • Johnny disclosed serious childhood trauma involving his coach at a peephole in an adult bookstore.
3

Preacher Lawson

Set: High-energy set about working at LA Fitness, just moving from Orlando four months ago, dealing with people warning him about motorcycle dangers, and being from Orlando.

Interview: Discussed how long he's been doing standup (seven years), his job at LA Fitness signing up clients and training them, and a girl who hasn't texted him back in three days.

Bits:
  • People tell crash stories when I mention my motorcycle.
  • Her car flipped eight times—who counted that?
Moments:
  • Preacher was emotionally invested in a girl who came to the show but stopped texting him, which became extended interview fodder.
  • The girl contacted the show to confirm details about their intimate encounter post-show.
4

Lonelle Price

Set: Story about a homeless man on Chicago bus performing rap song with gunshots and references to stealing girlfriends, leading to domestic violence and jail.

Interview: Discussed his three-week relocation from Chicago to LA, his Tupac shirt, working for Lyft and Uber, living in a hostel with Russians, and witnessing a roommate masturbating.

Bits:
  • Homeless guy performed unsolicited rap and demanded a dollar.
  • Russian roommate masturbating with laptop watching latex fart videos.
Moments:
  • Story became increasingly unbelievable as Lonelle described increasingly bizarre details about roommate behavior.
5

Andre Taboada

Set: Material about his global identity crisis, being mistaken for different ethnicities in different countries, his accent, and correcting people's grammar on English.

Interview: Revealed his full name is Pablo Andreas Escobar, came from Peru to California then Miami then back to LA, teaches SAT/ACT prep, lived in Germany as a child.

Bits:
  • I look like the minority every country hates.
  • When people hear my accent they speak slower and are rude.
Moments:
  • Tony discovered Andre's real name is Pablo Escobar and strongly urged him to use it as his stage name.
6

Melissa Eslinger

Regular

Set: Compared herself to nervous turtle from Rocko's Modern Life, joked about overthinking Three Little Pigs, her oppositional defiance disorder, and doctor visit.

Interview: This was her regular segment performing a new minute. Tony coached her on using obscure references and the importance of setting up punchlines for audience unfamiliar with the material.

Bits:
  • I'm like nervous turtle from Rocko's Modern Life.
  • Why couldn't wolf kick the door if he blew houses down?
Moments:
  • Ian Edwards provided coaching on not using obscure character references without setup for unfamiliar audiences.
7

Vanessa Johnston

Regular

Set: Joked about never receiving unsolicited dick pictures despite being receptive, compared herself to Florida/Jews attraction, CIA conspiracy theories about stolen photos.

Interview: Regular performer doing her weekly minute. Tony and panel discussed her joke premise and gave light-hearted ribbing about apparent attractiveness and relationship status.

Bits:
  • My face to dicks is like Florida to old Jews.
  • Government reads my texts but ignores my standup.
Moments:
  • Brian Redban made inappropriate act-outs during the interview, derailing the conversation multiple times.
8

Katrina Davis

Set: Discussed how dating mean people desensitizes you to normal behavior, neighbor's nicer car as daily failure reminder, family gold teeth trend, and oral sex metaphor.

Interview: Moved to LA from Jacksonville in October, works in social media/copy for beauty line, does 4 open mics weekly, had year-and-a-half standup experience.

Bits:
  • Dating mean people makes you numb to normal complaints.
  • My neighbor's clean Honda makes me feel inadequate daily.
Moments:
  • Tony coached Katrina on her material and encouraged her to pursue full-time comedy over being stuck in a writer's room.
9

Cid Williams

Set: One-liners about sweating, Japanese woman running away, gym humor, pee push technique, porn alias 'Jiz Khalifa', Scientology jokes, calling girlfriend 'child', and Tasmanian devil oral sex.

Interview: From Fort Worth Texas, half Puerto Rican/half Caucasian, been Ubering 3 months in 06 Sentra, bartended 8 years at Dave & Busters, learning Kung Fu for 5 months.

Bits:
  • Japanese lady ran away from me at gym—tsunami joke.
  • Porn alias: Jiz Khalifa.
Moments:
  • Extended roasting session where Tony and panel relentlessly mocked Cid's facial features, eye spacing, and appearance.