Kill Tony #188 — Tait Fletcher, Jay Larson
Guests: Tait Fletcher · Jay Larson
Lineup
Set: Palmer discusses buying recreational marijuana in Denver, finding a bench to smoke in public, and mistakenly thinking dispensaries were other stores based on their green signage. He ends with a joke about ending up at H&R Block.
Interview: Palmer reveals he's from Cleveland, Ohio, moved to LA a month and a half ago, has been doing standup for 8 years, and smokes a lot of pot. He discusses his Air Force service in Youngstown and various life details.
- Visited Denver for recreational marijuana, smoked in public, learned it's illegal like open container.
- Set apartment on fire cooking rice while high, fell asleep thinking rice would be a timer.
- Tony and panel engage in extended riffing about Ben's appearance and demeanor, with Red Band making repeated sound effects.
- Tony gives Ben advice about polishing material and working ideas into longer sets rather than abandoning them.
Set: Ramos tells a story about his first love Wendy in third grade, where he tried to impress her with looks and tickle fights, eventually asking her to stop passing love notes because he was trying to teach class as an adult.
Interview: Ramos reveals he's from Montreal, moved to LA eight months ago, has been doing standup for seven years, and is currently with girlfriend Carla (also from Montreal). Panel notes he bombs but tries to be supportive.
- Third grade love story with Wendy: tickle fights, love notes, eventually asking her to stop for class.
- Jeremiah throws in the towel, saying he thinks Dan is a lost cause and they should move on.
- Tony mentions Russell Peters invited Dan onstage at an Andy Dick show for a ten-minute set.
Set: Shelton discusses dating Caucasian women and a sexual encounter where a white woman asked to use the n-word. He declines to ruin the experience, then describes his intense physical reaction when she actually said it.
Interview: Shelton is from Phoenix, Arizona, moved to LA in February, and has been doing standup for nine years. He explains his stage persona is a character; his real self is different.
- White girlfriend asks to say n-word during sex; he agrees to not ruin moment, then gets angry.
- Tony and panel praise Shelton's character work and distinguish between his stage persona and real self.
- Discussion of his fandom of Hulk Hogan despite Hogan's racism, leading to edgy hypotheticals.
Set: Afrodyete uses aggressive humor about not tolerating racial slurs, discusses dating a minister who struggles with celibacy, and delivers rapid-fire commentary on relationships and hypocrisy.
Interview: Afrodyete is 61 years old, from St. Louis, a career singer and performer. She discusses New Year's Eve show with 70,000 people, backup relationships, karaoke preferences, and her famous large posterior.
- No white people can call her n-word; she'll whoop everyone in the room.
- Minister boyfriend trying to stay celibate while dating her; his body betrays his spiritual goals.
- Tony asks inappropriate question about her anatomy; extended riffing ensues about her body and functions.
- Afrodyete discusses chocolate bar insertion during sex; panel and audience react with shock and humor.
- Afrodyete asks audience for reparations money in a piggy bank, collects cash from panelists.
Set: Arwawa discusses playing high school football and having visible erections in his pants, then pivots to a college essay where he used the term 'noisy women' and lost a point for redundancy.
Interview: Arwawa is a Mexican truck driver from McFarland, California, age 23, who has been doing standup four years (off and on). Discussion covers his trucking life, experiences with racist CB radio conversations, and various personal topics.
- High school football: coach said 'play hard,' had visible erection in pants the whole time.
- College essay used term 'noisy women,' lost a point for redundancy.
- Panel initially thinks Arwawa is gay based on his delivery; clarifies he's making a joke.
- Extended discussion of trucking, racism on CB radio, and trucker culture including meth use.
- Tate says he would kill Alex 'with kindness' after Arwawa asks how Tate would kill him.
- Tony notes Arwawa sweats profusely then dries up quickly when nervous, calls it impressive.
Set: Johnston discusses playing the state lottery for the first time, complimenting a gas station attendant's eye shadow only to learn her boyfriend beats her, and a joke about Make-A-Wish kids being denied lottery wishes.
Interview: Johnston announces this is her second-to-last performance on Kill Tony; she's leaving at end of 2016 after over a year of writing new material weekly. Discussion touches on comedy writing and her relationship status.
- Compliments gas station clerk's eye shadow; clerk reveals abusive boyfriend instead.
- Make-A-Wish kids wishing for lottery winnings gets denied; foundation says he'll be dead soon anyway.
- Tony and panel note the lottery premise dilutes the strong eye shadow/boyfriend beat.
- Tony reveals Johnston is ending her regular run; Jeremiah makes irreconcilable differences joke.
- Awkward interaction with Tate Fletcher about his tan and Mexican heritage; Johnston seems uncomfortable.
Set: The Virzi Triplets perform a bit about their childhood where brothers discovered their diary, which had a lock and Scarlet Letter on it. One brother signed his name on every page. They joke about trying to overcompensate by faking cool diary entries.
Interview: The triplets are 24 years old, live with parents, run a construction business. Tony coaches them extensively on finding edgier material and performing individually instead of relying on their 'triplet' identity for comedic safety.
- Brothers found diary with lock, one signed his name on every page, couldn't deny it.
- Tried to protect diary by leaving it out and writing fake cool entries to impress brothers.
- Failed entrance: third triplet tried to break through 'We Love Tony' banner but failed to tear it.
- Extended Tony coaching session about losing 'nice guy' persona and finding genuine edge.
- During coaching, triplets inadvertently mention discussing 'baby rape'; awkward moment where Tony repeats it back and gets blamed.