Kill Tony #201 — Sam Tripoli, Fahim Anwar
Guests: Sam Tripoli · Fahim Anwar
Lineup
Set: Set about smoking weed in his car and judging weed strength by road rage. Major technical difficulties with microphone caused restart.
Interview: Tony and panel questioned his memory of his own jokes, discovered he makes crepes, learned he had a physical altercation with a homeless woman at a gas station.
- Judges weed strength by road rage while driving in car
- Complete microphone failure forced immediate restart of set
- Revealed he beat up a homeless woman at a gas station
Set: Set about his last name Easter and being one of few Black kids in a white neighborhood, making costumes difficult on Halloween, particularly Superman.
Interview: Discussed being homeschooled (claimed as joke), his childhood Halloween costume limitations as a Black kid, four years of stand-up experience, eight months in LA, working as PostMates driver.
- Being homeschooled with teachers making fun of Easter name
- Couldn't go as Superman due to being Black in white neighborhood
- Solid opening with strong callback structure, crowd reacted well
Set: Set about NWA and the acronym standing for 'N-words With Attitude', analyzing how the last word undercuts the power of the first two words, used n-word 73+ times.
Interview: Discussed his ethnicity (claims Black and Mexican), his six-year-old joke about NWA, works at Comedy Store in San Diego, does stand-up three nights a week there.
- NWA acronym analysis: last word 'Attitude' undercuts first two words
- New Kill Tony record for n-word usage in single set (73+ times)
- Panel debated whether his material was appropriate and effective
Set: Set about living with a stoner brother, fast food order mistakes, using ex-girlfriend's Netflix account to add unwanted shows to her queue to make her jealous.
Interview: Works at Chili's in Covina for two years as waiter, dated girl who cheated with another woman, discussed poor tips, various restaurant hierarchy questions.
- Adding shows to ex's Netflix queue to make her jealous
- Brother's order was wrong at fast food because he was too high
- Panel extensively coached him on material structure and delivery
- Tony referenced him being in top 10 funniest lesbians on show
Set: Set about aging poorly from acid use, back pain, getting diagnosed with chlamydia, comparing chlamydia to weed (something you sometimes have or friend has).
Interview: From St. Louis, moved to LA in November, age 26, works as Lyft driver and walks for PostMates, discussed sexual history and STD transmission.
- Aged poorly from acid use, physical pain from burning candle from middle
- Chlamydia like weed: sometimes you have it, sometimes friend does
- Challenged Joel to drum battle with tube sock on his genitals
- Joel Jimenez defeated him in drum off, crowd reacted strongly
Set: Set performed in full clown makeup with red nose, wordplay jokes about circles, Eminem favorites being Mickey Mouse, dark humor about Bill Cosby and pudding, career references.
Interview: Been doing stand-up 4-5 years, moved to LA 9 weeks ago, performed street comedy and improv in Chicago for 5 years, wears clown nose as performance vehicle.
- Mickey Mouse is his favorite Eminem (Slim Shady slip-up joke)
- NASCAR comparison about driving in circles like talking to women
- Panel aggressively questioned if clown persona is hiding something sinister
- Removed red nose during interview, revealed more likeable stage presence
- Extended coaching session about dropping clown gimmick and being authentic
Set: Set about attraction to animalistic men due to first love being a dog, lack of orgasm during sex, doggy style position analysis, sexual compatibility issues.
Interview: Regular performer with new material each week, discussed inability to orgasm, lazy approach to masturbation, use of vibrator that feels like riding motorcycle.
- Attracted to animalistic men because first love was her dog Sandy
- Men do doggy style so they don't see her face with acne
- Can't orgasm so unwilling to do work required for it
- One of biggest laugh moments of entire episode
- Panel praised her comedic writing despite sexual dysfunction content
Set: Set about cousin joining military, Medal of Honor facts, dark jokes about sister being burn victim and childhood staring contests with her.
Interview: Performed previous week, minimal interview due to time constraints, panel compared style to Anthony Jeselnik's edgy dark humor.
- Sister as burn victim (not Iraq soldier), childhood staring contests
- Panel noted similarity to Anthony Jeselnik's style