Kill Tony Godfrey, Rick Ingraham
Guests: Godfrey · Rick Ingraham
Lineup
Set: Homeless newcomer to LA doing Mitch Hedberg-style observational humor about bus stations, heroin references, and his current living situation at a Greyhound station.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss Josh's homelessness by choice, his job history at a food co-op, his distinctive sad magician haircut, and his commitment to bizarre storytelling that mirrors his comedy style.
- Party at Greyhound bus station where he's staying, everyone sleeping waiting for buses
- Found wallet from old lady at co-op job, now wears it on belt like magical case
- Panel notes Josh's energy is genuine despite unclear material, appreciates his commitment to the bit
- Extended discussion of Josh's actual homelessness and 12-day stay in LA by choice
Set: Half-Mexican, half-German comedian discusses being bilingual (American Sign Language with an accent), weight advice from friends, and his stretching/resistance routine.
Interview: Tony explores his joke premise about sign language with accent, discusses his work at a 76 gas station on Riverside, his one child named Angel, and his clothing style (jorts and basketball shorts).
- Half-Mexican, half-German makes him a Mexican 2.0; doesn't speak Spanish but speaks ASL with accent
- Friend tells him to stretch and do resistance training; he does it every morning putting on shirt
- Panel criticizes joke structure and asks him to demonstrate ASL accent concept, acknowledging it's dumb
- Godfrey offers actual constructive feedback about committing more to material rather than skipping jokes
Set: Observational humor about recent return to LA, getting punched at DMV by Mexican kids, unusual birthday candle hygiene concerns, and blowing wishes on other people's food.
Interview: Panel discusses his extensive hair (3 years growing), his attractiveness, his charisma with women, his background from North Carolina, and his resemblance to grunge musicians.
- Mexican kids at DMV punched him in penis; another coughed into his hand
- Birthday candles on food is gross; people eat that food people just blew on
- Panel extensively praises his charisma and attractiveness, with Godfrey making Chris D'Elia suicide joke about his hair
- Josh Martin (producer) receives text suggesting he's single, implying he broke girlfriends' hearts backstage
Set: Character-driven comedy about childhood confusion between scabies and wealth, pinata parties as metaphor for drug use, and creepy implications of encouraging violence for candy.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss his 13 years of comedy experience, recent move to LA from Houston apartment ($550/month), joining Death Squad show, and his vintage clothing style.
- Grandma said getting hands dirty gets money; realized she meant scabies, not wealth
- Piñata parties tell kids to beat people for candy; applies to meth addict adults
- Rick notes Al commits to creepy character despite weak first joke, showing confidence in material
- Panel praises his willingness to dress like a corpse and his 13-year comedy commitment
- Al reveals he's lived in closet with other comics, comparing to Josh Frye's homelessness
Set: Stereotype about hot girls being dumb explored through driving incident where ugly girl safely paused while attractive girl ran into traffic without looking.
Interview: Tony discusses Billy's 6-7 years of comedy, living in walk-in closet with bathroom access, bringing a girl home (lost respect for her), and his professional comedy voice.
- Hot girls dumb, ugly girls smart because they try harder; saw it at beach crosswalk
- Billy reveals he brought girl back to closet once and lost respect for both of them
- Tony notes Billy's confident voice and predicts he'll get guaranteed two-minute slots in future
Set: Celebrates four-and-a-half months of marijuana sobriety while experiencing depression and dreams again; also references recent Law & Order episode he appeared in shirtless.
Interview: Panel discusses his beard, quit smoking timeline, dreams returning, exercise routine (walking miles daily), and shirtless appearance in Law & Order softcore scene.
- Quit weed on January 1st, celebrating four-and-a-half months of abject depression
- When you quit weed you get dreams again; his dreams are about scoring weed
- Lantern falls in audience during set, disrupting momentum; Tony notes it changed the course of performance
- Panel discusses his appearance in nude Law & Order scene with assassin murder plot
- Tony compares David's appearance to Saudi Prince character from Law & Order episode
Set: Thesaurus-focused observational comedy about nobody using reference books anymore, confusion about the word 'thesaurus' itself, and whether words appear in their own definition sources.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss Roget's thesaurus pronunciation (Ro-zhay), the decline of physical reference books, and Sarah's commitment to the joke despite initial misdirection.
- Thesaurus search result says 'did you mean 1982' because nobody uses them anymore
- Wondered if word thesaurus is in the thesaurus and what it would say about itself
- Tony corrects pronunciation to Ro-zhay (French) instead of Ro-jay; Sarah commits to learning
- Set didn't land well initially but Sarah stayed committed through the concept
Set: Self-deprecating material about sucking dick too soon in relationships, father abandonment issues, seeking online therapy with crashed webpage, and computer abandoning her for new family.
Interview: Panel discusses timing of sexual activity in dating, her poor oral sex skills, abandonment issues and their parallels to her comedy, and feedback on material structure.
- Bad at forcing boyfriends; sucks dick too soon and ruins potential relationships
- Dad walked out when she was young but kept coming back to be fed
- Sought online therapy for abandonment issues but webpage was unavailable; computer packed and left
- Rick notes she times material perfectly and knows what she's doing as performer
- Panel discusses strategic timing of sexual activity in relationships and her material's logic
- Godfrey notes her abandonment theme connects to her comedy and audience understanding