Kill Tony Doug Benson, Pauly Shore
Guests: Doug Benson · Pauly Shore
Lineup
Set: Joke about girlfriend being quiet and asleep, with material about past relationships and physical attraction.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss the misogynistic tone and suggest he reframe the material to be less angry at women; Doug offers a callback about dating someone in a coma.
- Girlfriend is best when asleep and quiet, no complaints
- Past girlfriend was beautiful but wouldn't make eye contact
- Tony coaches on misogyny and audience alienation
Set: Material about instinctively being bad at things (bumping elbow), apocalypse survival, and running out of resources.
Interview: Tony coaches on removing self-deprecating disclaimers mid-set and focusing on punchlines rather than premises; Doug discusses Star Search format.
- Bumped elbow in shower, knew I'd be bad in zombie apocalypse
- We'll run out of water and tell kids long showers were amazing
- Tony coaches against saying 'this is great' during bombing set
Set: Material about becoming a man when marshmallow-to-cereal ratio changes; multiple jokes about marshmallows and growing up.
Interview: Tony notes Josh told the same joke with minor changes; coaches on being memorable and not repeating material without significant improvement.
- Know I'm a man when marshmallow cereal ratio changes
- Tony identifies repeated material from prior appearance
Gem
Set: Evicted from apartment, references England residency, LA bus system; ends with phone number for cannabis sales.
Interview: Tony questions whether set was real or fictional; Gem admits to selling weed and gives out actual phone number on air.
- Lived in England longest (48 months) because no prisons, now LA buses
- Gives out actual phone number for cannabis dispensing
- Gem gives actual phone number on air for weed sales
- Tony questions if performance is real comedy or admittance of crime
Set: Jokes about flaky LA friends threatening suicide, small-town incest, boyfriend dumping her in shower, and armpit hair.
Interview: Tony and panel provide constructive notes: opening with suicide may be heavy, the armpit joke doesn't work, and she should focus on stronger premises.
- Friends always say they'll kill themselves but never do
- From small town where everyone related, still unsure about incest
- Boyfriend dumped me in shower to avoid argument
- Tony coaches against starting with heavy suicide premise
Set: Story about psychic giving advice to shoot for the stars but gun is jammed; metaphorical about failed goals.
Interview: Pauly Shore notes the joke is convoluted and references a similar Maria Bamford bit; suggests building on the 'gun is jammed' punchline.
- Psychic says shoot for the stars, but my gun is jammed
- Pauly compares to Maria Bamford's structure and convoluted setup
Set: Bill Hicks reference; jokes about jerking off to Yosemite fire, dated topical material that will become irrelevant.
Interview: Tony acknowledges dated material but suggests replacing old tragedies with new ones; notes Boston accent and approval of joke structure.
- Jerking off to Yosemite fire because nothing else available
- Tony coaches on replacing old tragedy with new ones
Set: Getting haircut tomorrow, last barber was bad, uses n-word in back of van joke.
Interview: Tony coaches on reducing setup time and increasing dark humor delivery; suggests wearing messed-up hair for visual component.
- Last barber didn't know what he was doing, back of van setup
- Doug gives shitty advice to say n-word more
Set: Father didn't approve of comedy career; parents are highly educated (Princeton, Columbia, Stanford PhDs); comparing coming out as comedian to coming out gay.
Interview: Tony notes the set felt like narration and lacked relatability; suggests more accessible angle or different topic entirely.
- Coming out as comedian like coming out to conservative Christian parent
- Tony notes set felt like therapy narration
Scott Kidd
Set: Mentions Iron Patriot's Nissan Versa; jokes about casino work with Asians; joke about 'hot asian women' as foreign policy; 'dick teasers' punchline.
Interview: Tony critiques the impression sounds and lack of connection with audience; notes he's staring into space; coaches on physical presence.
- Instead of invasion, send hot Asian women, call them dick teasers
- Tony coaches heavily on connecting to audience, not staring
- Pauly notes banjo music seemed racist when Black performer came up
Kenny Lion
Set: Jokes about ruthless people not appreciating roots; second joke about buying rave ticket, David Guetta concert, worst decision 2013.
Interview: Tony expresses love for Kenny's comedy and shares story about Pauly Shore at Go Fish restaurant where manager mentioned Kenny.
- Ruthless people don't appreciate their roots (root pun)
- Worst decision 2013 was David Guetta rave concert
- Pauly Shore reveals Kenny was referenced in unrelated restaurant story
Set: Jokes about losing ability to be romantic after moving to LA; references love songs and Adele; wishes love songs were more explicit about oral sex.
Interview: Tony and Doug praise engagement and relatability; Doug coaches on delivering Delilah reference more like radio DJ; notes strong premise.
- Lived in LA too long, can't be romantic; too much sex
- Love songs should tell truth about oral sex not sugar-coat it
- Tony gives enthusiastic coaching on Delilah radio DJ bit
Set: Works at bar; manager says he does amazing job because he's relatable; Frank made a list: 'just relax' and 'just f*cking king'.
Interview: Tony dislikes day-job material; prefers comics focus on comedy; suggests reframing as past tense or using that angle differently.
- Manager says I do amazing job, made me list: relax, f*ck king
- Tony expresses personal dislike of day-job comedy material
Set: Mom says find God; jokes about Google answering questions; emotional 'hard-ons' for love; PayPal joke; easy to get partners.
Interview: Tony and panel struggle to understand PayPal joke; debate emotional vs carnal desire comparison; Tony coaches on Twitter-to-stage translation.
- Google only man that answers me, get emotional hard-ons
- PayPal metaphor about female sexuality accessibility
- Panel cannot understand PayPal joke meaning or relevance
- Tony coaches on translating Twitter jokes to stage format
Set: Jokes about women having to cover up or dress differently; sandwich/lesbian comparison; friend Kate who loves sex but no anal; masturbation joke.
Interview: Tony and panel coach against leading with appearance/gender complaints; suggests making observation as personal and hilarious as possible.
- Women have to cover up to be taken seriously unlike men
- Friend Kate loves sex but won't do anal, call her stinky
- Tony strongly coaches against gendered appearance material