Kill Tony Greg Fitzsimmons, Morgan Murphy
Guests: Greg Fitzsimmons · Morgan Murphy
Lineup
Set: Observational comedy about Arby's restaurant closings, Michael J. Fox, and a crude joke about his ex-girlfriend's genitalia. Set was nervous and unpolished with multiple self-corrections.
Interview: Discussed being on stage 83 times, coming from Buffalo, having a go-to material list, and receiving direct coaching from Brian Redman about comfort on stage and material quality.
- Arby's restaurants closing mirrors watching family member die
- Ex-girlfriend's genitalia resembled Arby's sandwich
- Brian Redman gave blunt coaching about nervousness hindering improvement
- Visibly nervous during set, apologized for crude joke mid-performance
Set: Comedy about internet trolls leaving hateful YouTube comments, their profiles, and the contrast between hateful comments and occasional genuine compliments on videos.
Interview: Discussed doing stand-up for 2 years, his young friend from Long Beach scene (implied problematic age gap), his girlfriend who is 32, and received coaching on bit structure and performance.
- Internet trolls wake up and decide to ruin someone's day on YouTube
- Genuine compliment buried among hateful comments creates weird contrast
- Troll profiles show militant 15-year-olds with guns
- Marty introduced with awkward age-gap implications regarding young male friend
- Greg complimented the structural commitment of longer bit in one minute
Set: Self-deprecating comedy about being half Irish and half Arab, divorce, domestic violence in her marriage, and childbirth. Hit herself with microphone during set.
Interview: Discussed her divorced status and 4-year-old child, the microphone hitting incident, her father's gas station ownership, Palestinian heritage, and received positive feedback on her domestic violence joke.
- Half Irish half Arab genetically predisposed to bomb churches
- Divorced because disagreed about domestic violence, ex-husband headbutted her
- Childbirth involves extreme blood like Shining elevator scene
- Regan accidentally hit herself in face with microphone during set
- Morgan complimented the domestic violence joke as a standout
- Panel noticed audience distraction from microphone accident affected joke delivery
Set: Comedy about his surname 'God Love', considerations of becoming a priest, insecurity about hairline, plans to tattoo US map on head so Mexican beard hairs give him better hairline.
Interview: On stage for fifth time, discussed his unique ethnic appearance (Mexican and German), his angel tattoo, working at 76 gas station in Riverside, working night shifts, and performing every Monday.
- Last name God Love often asked if he wants to be priest
- Bald and insecure, would tattoo US map on head for better hairline
- Mexican beard hairs would jump border to improve hairline
- Tony made callback to earlier pedophile jokes from Marty Worst
- Panel discussed his ambiguous racial appearance
- Greg made Holocaust joke reference about German heritage
Set: Self-described as bulimic about sex, wants to be stepmom despite being bad with children, compares cancer favorably to children, moves south to hide failures, seeks revenge on people who don't laugh.
Interview: 28 years old from Buffalo until age 19, works as assistant in technology consulting, bounces between jobs due to bad temper, has performed 10-15 open mics, interested in Friday show booking.
- Bulimic about sex, wants each man then hates him inside her
- Cancer better than children because people happy when you get rid of it
- Will move south, Confederate flags appreciate losers like her
- Morgan arm-wrestled Monterey during interview creating awkward physical moment
- Brian immediately booked Monterey for Friday show at $20
- Panel discussed her Puerto Rican and Irish heritage as dangerous combination
Set: Broke up with bisexual boyfriend, jokes about strap-on, compares rape to cancer, reveals she was raped and climaxed during rape, jokes about 'no means no' with sexual punchline.
Interview: Kill Tony regular, University of Florida student, testing rape joke for weeks, first time discussing being raped on stage, writes and tests jokes at multiple mics before Kill Tony.
- Broke up with boyfriend for being bisexual, not homophobic
- Cancer worse than rape but at least people happy when cured
- She was raped, climaxed during it, 'no means no' but she moaned
- Kim disclosed personal rape experience to justify controversial joke material
- Greg encouraged exploring the rape material further despite sensitivity
- Morgan noted first time hearing rape joke from rape survivor
Set: Absurdist observational comedy about oven mitts and why they're called mitts instead of mittens or gloves, exploring hand coverage terminology and why certain safety equipment exists for kitchen appliances.
Interview: Kill Tony regular doing new minute weekly, discussed creative writing process with friends picking random words and writing jokes, received feedback to explore terminology and absurdist angles more deeply.
- Why wear oven mitts for ovens but no helmet for blenders
- Only use mitts for frozen pizzas and baseball, comparing hand coverage
- Mittens and gloves are different because of finger separation
- Morgan suggested Sara explore serious topics given her funny voice
- Greg explained the actual difference between mitts, mittens, and gloves
- Tony complimented her party personality and late-night conversation appeal