Kill Tony #17 — Jamar Neighbors, Mat Edgar
Guests: Jamar Neighbors · Mat Edgar
Lineup
Set: Church-themed pun-heavy set about a Christian restaurant called Garden of Eden and a friend choking on nails in a croissant. Heavy on religious wordplay and absurdist storytelling.
Interview: Discussed his hair dye color, Maine upbringing, swimming/shower habits, and barefoot shoes. Panel joked about his overall aesthetic and compared him to a hippie.
- Christian restaurant called Garden of Eden with motto 'you can have it Yahwey'
- Friend bleeds out choking on nails in croissant, asks to speak to manager
- Panel discusses his dirty hair and how long since he showered, he mentions living in Maine and shooting moose
- Extended riffing on his barefoot shoes and appearance, comparing to Birkenstocks and farmer feet
- Jesus (in costume) plays kazoo in reaction to his church puns
Set: Explicit set about finding a condom in a girl's vagina during a college encounter and fingering her in the dark. Heavy sex and bodily fluid content.
Interview: Tony questioned the truthfulness of the story and discussed details about finding condoms in vaginas, tampons, and how the girl reacted to finding her lost condom.
- Finds condom on finger in dark room, girl says she was looking for it
- Joke framing vagina as vending machine after pulling out wrong condom by taste
- Panel probes accuracy of story, he confirms core details but admits some embellishment
- Extended discussion comparing sizes of vaginas and how women forget tampon insertion
Ori Amir
Set: Absurdist set about carrying rocks in his buttocks as a child in Germany/Israel, escalating to political commentary about guns and liberals. Mix of surreal personal narrative and political riffs.
Interview: Discussed his neuroscience PhD work and brain research, Tony coached him on expanding the 'butt rocks' premise into longer material. Debated whether the story was real.
- Carried rocks in buttocks as child for 'nurturing instinct', became progressively larger
- In future when Obama takes guns, we'll all carry rocks in butts for defense
- Tony strongly encourages him to expand 'butt rocks' bit into full closer, comparing to 'My Pet Rock' phenomenon
- Discussion of how many rocks he carries now, he says five, Tony impressed with the commitment
- Ori clarifies he's from Israel but has German accent, tried to high-five Patriot but couldn't connect
- Speaks German on request, gets panel reaction about sounding threatening
Set: Provocative set arguing that if it's acceptable to eat cows, it should be acceptable to have sex with them. Dark irony-driven premise with absurdist escalation.
Interview: Tony and panel coached him on clarifying the irony of the bit and steering away from seeming like he actually endorses bestiality. Discussed how to structure the logic better.
- If acceptable to eat cows, should be okay to fuck them; offers as date idea
- Tony coaches him that he's seeming pro-bestiality when he's trying to be ironic about moral inconsistency
- Panel discussion about how he looks like he should be carrying books, comparison to Peter Parker
- Admits he had to cut the bit down from 90 seconds to 60 seconds before the show
Set: Extremely dark and offensive set using shock value to discuss statutory rape, child sexual abuse, and justifying predatory behavior through sexual 'quality.' Material escalated dangerously throughout.
Interview: Extensive problematic exchange where Josh doubled down on pedophilic premises, discussed specific ages, and made jokes about child rape. Panel attempted to redirect without success.
- Statutory rape premise, good sex lets predators escape consequences with minors
- Escalated to five and nine year old abuse with diaper references
- Tony explicitly tells him the material is bad and problematic about children, Josh refuses to acknowledge wrongness
- Josh mentions specific ages of consent by state (Nevada, Las Vegas) showing preparation for this content
- Tony and Jamar discuss this being the worst direction for material, recommend pivoting entirely away from kids
- Panel notes he mentioned doing this material before and bombed, one audience member wanted to kill him
Set: Observational set about Black fathers, his situation living secretly in his son's closet while son shares room with him, and developing this into a sitcom pitch concept.
Interview: Extended discussion with panel about developing the closet-living sitcom idea, adding characters like Mexican husband and cleaning lady, expanding to season seven with pets.
- Living in oldest son's closet while maintaining secret from mother and stepfather
- Sitcom pitch: even after kids leave home, would stay in closet because it has WiFi
- Panel enthusiastically develops sitcom idea with him, adding Mexican husband confrontation and deportation threat subplot
- Extended collaborative development with Jamar about animated series, candlelight dinners in closet, kids born in closet
- Discussion about whether his opening should specify he's a Black man or universal 'people,' balance of identity
- Panel adds concept of cleaning lady love affair and Mexican Home Depot worker boyfriend romance subplot
Pete C
Set: Sharp observational set about Girl Scout cookies as overpriced scam designed to teach young girls to be con artists and gold diggers. Compared to drug dealing, included weed store analogy.
Interview: Panel praised the jokes and writing while noting he seemed nervous on stage. Discussed how his anger and chip on shoulder fuels his comedy effectively.
- Girl Scouts sell overpriced cookies twice yearly, teaching future gold diggers and con artists
- Girl Scouts positioned outside grocery stores like drug dealers selling bad weed for high price
- If Girl Scouts made actual cookies instead of reselling Chinese ones, he'd buy truckloads
- Panel praises writing quality and perspective but notes he needs stage presence and confidence work
- Jamar and Tony discuss how his anger and chip on shoulder fuels good comedy in conversation and on stage
- Red Band notes he's prolific on Twitter and has perspective from hanging with comedians for years
Set: Set about Miley Cyrus breakup using twerk/working pun, birthday approaching age 23, and jokes about trading body for upgrades. Focus on material about trust funds and relationships.
Interview: Tony criticized the pun-heavy approach and told her to stick with her established voice. Discussed how she tested new material rather than staying in her defined pocket.
- Miley/Liam breakup because twerking/working wasn't twerking out, tried to fix but failed
- At 23, need to flash tits for cars instead of ice cream, want trust fund from lover
- Want to hear 'I put you in my will' from lover instead of relationship statements
- Tony explicitly told her not to do puns and to return to her established voice and mother material
- Panel discussed how puns work if comedian is already established, but she's in infantile stage of career
- Tony noted trust fund jokes are overdone by female comedians and should be nipped in the bud
Set: Set about Grand Theft Auto V success contrast with her $90k game design degree debt. Discussed gameplay mechanics of beating up NPCs and punching LAPD, self-deprecating gaming skill commentary.
Interview: Panel coached her to tighten the premise and get to punchlines faster. Discussed her gaming background and the irony of designing games but never profiting from industry success.
- GTA V made $1 billion, she has $90k student debt for game design degree, not worth it
- GTA V is great for punching LAPD out of cars over parking tickets instead of playing story
- Bullies and basic game play: pulls people from convertibles, shoots them, fucks hooker, game over
- Tony and panel suggest she can get to punchlines faster and tighten the overall structure
- Discussed how she spent money on game pre-order but can't actually play it due to Xbox storage space
- Panel notes she's from gaming industry so can relate more personally, should explore how she got left behind
- Extended discussion about game industry competitiveness and how she should explore career regret angle