Kill Tony #165 — Al Madrigal

Set: Christian opened with self-deprecating material about being overweight and from a small Kentucky town, touching on people pointing out his size in public and small-town trailer culture.

Interview: Christian discussed being on the show for the second time, his move to LA four months ago, meeting his wife in college before she required him to pursue comedy, and his past as a Mormon missionary in Brazil.

Set: Eric, newly arrived from UK, did material about his mixed heritage (English father, French mother, American wife), different emergency numbers across countries, and contrasting British vs American humor styles.

Interview: Eric discussed moving to America one day before Brexit, his wife being from Pittsburgh, his eight years doing comedy in UK, and attempting to adjust his humor style for American audiences.

Set: Josh did observational material about a friend who can't tell stories without cracking himself up, using an anecdote about the friend repeatedly failing to deliver the punchline about a guy dying at a bar.

Interview: Josh revealed he's been doing stand-up for two years, moved to LA from Connecticut in May, is 21 years old (turned 21 a month ago), and has Crohn's disease with three feet of colon removed.

Set: Anthony did an extended bit comparing his relationship with alcohol to Bobby and Whitney Houston, proposing that beer commercials should include side effects like modern medicine ads, listing vomiting, memory loss, divorce, and death.

Interview: Anthony discussed being in MA for one and a half years, just moved to LA in April, has nine arrests dating back to 2012, barely making ends meet financially, and struggling to maintain employment while pursuing comedy.

Set: Dylan opened by announcing he had pink eye contracted from his boyfriend three days prior, and was immediately disqualified before completing a set.

Interview: Dylan was not interviewed. Tony instructed him to leave the stage and not perform due to pink eye being highly contagious.

Set: Tyler discussed being in the Navy for six years and getting out, expecting Top Gun-style pilots but finding them to be nerds instead, with only one 'Goose' reference.

Interview: Tyler is 24, stationed in Washington on a carrier then San Clemente Island as an air traffic controller for two years, dating an air traffic controller also in Navy with three years left, saved vacation days until end of August.

Set: Melissa discussed desk birds (drinking water fountains), made observations about their funny behavior, mentioned Pokemon Go and teenage girls being abducted, but delivered observations rather than structured jokes.

Interview: Al gave extensive coaching about joke structure, economy of words, and need for punch lines, critiquing her for doing observations without actual jokes and advising her to record sets, write them out, bold the funny parts.

Set: Vanessa did material about getting her period from social media stress, critiqued Prince William's receding hairline, and discussed how the world's craziness is reflected on social media.

Interview: Al suggested Vanessa play a vapid Instagram-obsessed character commenting on world events, noted she recently shifted from political material to emotional material, and recommended she tighten structure.

Set: Kevin opened with political material about Trump's border wall and building obstacle courses for Mexicans, did material about Americans not moving to Mexico, and compared it to choosing between consequences.

Interview: Kevin discussed being a full-time actor for 7 years, doing stand-up for only one month, Super Bowl commercial for horse whisperer, film work, bartending at gay bar in West Hollywood making $800-1200 per night, and getting kicked out of Navy boot camp.