Kill Tony Chris D'Elia, Neal Brennan
Guests: Chris D'Elia · Neal Brennan
Lineup
Set: Jokes about first date planning struggles, comparing awkward date venues like sailing trips or caves. Uses sailing boat anecdote about an owner potentially making moves on his date.
Interview: Discussed doing comedy for 4.5 years from Connecticut, moved to LA 5 years ago for architecture school at Woodbury, now works in construction management. Praised for good-looking appearance and nice triceps.
- First date ideas from internet are unrealistic - sailing, meeting parents, or hiking in cave.
- Worried guy on boat will try to seduce date while he steers the yacht.
- Pat Reagan examined Matty's neon sock, became distracted by fashion detail.
Set: New York to LA transplant who mimics NYC smell by putting bed in bathroom with friends. Riffs about hand fetish with women - would sleep with anyone with hands. Absurdist take on preferences.
Interview: Chris mentioned his wife watching D'Elia on periscope and enjoying it. Discussed periscope viewership numbers, banning policies, and shaving his 5-year mustache. Wife said the clean-shaven look was like being with another man. Confirmed age 43.
- To miss NYC, puts bed in bathroom, invites friend to live there and piss on door.
- Hand fetish - can tell if attracted to woman by looking at hands because all have hands.
- Chris shared anecdote about wife watching D'Elia on periscope, which became extended discussion.
Set: Superhero bit - would be Batman just to become billionaire and quit. Agent and manager both rejected him. Uses Uber as broke comedian, drives white Nissan Versa hatchback nobody respects.
Interview: First time on show, from North Hollywood, been doing comedy 2.5 years, drives Uber UberX for 9 months. Discussed drunk passengers, dating through Uber, got hit by Iranian woman's new Camaro while picking up couple at bar. Still drives despite incident.
- Would be Batman only to stop being Batman and just be billionaire.
- Agent told him to stop calling, manager also rejected him as bad comedian.
- Drives white Nissan Versa hatchback for Uber that gets no respect.
- Story about picking up couple at bar where woman got angry and hit his car twice.
- Tony offered Franklin a spot at Ice House Friday night show.
Set: Father heckled his comedy set saying he had no talent. Father has since died - now on mantle in urn. Dark callback to father's criticism while performing at Comedy Store where father's ashes are.
Interview: 15 years stand-up, originally Quincy California, recently started at Comedy Store, worked in construction/props for films/TV, now in medical marijuana. Has 30 minutes material, girlfriend is Mexican, musician background with flamenco-playing brother.
- Father heckled set saying he had no talent; father now dead in urn.
- Tony described it as one of his favorite performances of 100+ episodes.
- Tony offered Cole a spot at Ice House Friday.
Set: Israeli-French mixed comedian with accent. One-liner focused set: joke about being half Jewish half racist, flyer for lost dog, girlfriend weight question, child asking for weed, memory foam mattress joke.
Interview: 5-7 years stand-up, works with Chris D'Elia on shows, makeup artist day job, has 15-20 minutes clean material for corporate work, lived in America 15 years.
- Half Jewish half racist joke due to Israeli-French mixed background.
- Saw lost dog flyer, called number and said no.
- Memory foam mattress has bad memories, sleeps on floor instead.
- Brian asked if she was ticklish, crossing professional boundary unprompted.
Set: Family crime jokes: niece held up cab with Nintendo gun, cousin did 15 years for murder then went back for selling weed to same undercover cop twice. Dark premise about family members in prison and glad he won't have kids.
Interview: Been doing comedy too long, set didn't work. Discussed wearing multiple key chains/cards around neck. From Peoria Illinois, started 2003, road comic getting up every night. Niece did armed robbery with toy gun, cousin's arrest story involved undercover cop.
- Niece held up cab with Nintendo gun, five years prison with other friends.
- Cousin did 15 years for murder, got out, sold weed to same undercover cop twice.
- Tony coached Jeremy on delivery and premise clarity for dark family crime material.
- Discussed wearing multiple access cards on neck chain - credit cards, library card, CVS card.
Set: Lost cell phone during move worse than losing wallet. Nightmare of dick pics uploaded to Facebook with no engagement. Watches porn, notices cross-site sharing buttons. Won't admit to three midgets in MILF on Facebook.
Interview: Just under 3 years comedy, from East Village NYC, gets up 1-2 times weekly, gives software presentations, 32 years old, half black half Irish. Tony coached to get up more, compared to Fahim Anwar's dedication.
- Lost cell phone worse than wallet because dick pics exposed to Facebook.
- Watches porn, notices cross-site sharing buttons for Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus.
- Tony and panel coached Tim to get up more often instead of making excuses.
Set: Bicyclists called city deer. Childhood memory of mother reminding him of starving African children, they laughed because Republicans. Thought racist meant liking cars, learned at NASCAR. Grandfather deathbed warning about lost youth, dark punchline about boy telling police everything.
Interview: 7 years stand-up, from Wisconsin Rapids, recently moved to LA, headlined hometown show in Youngstown basement. Criminal defense attorney in Dane County Wisconsin before comedy, defended many criminals, invited to client dance parties.
- Navigates bicyclists in LA, calls them city deer instead.
- Thought racist meant liking fast cars, realized at first NASCAR event.
- Grandfather warned never to waste youth, dark punchline about boy telling police.
- Tony offered Mike a spot at Ice House Friday.
Set: If could have animal parts: tails don't support lifestyle, shells are hermit lifestyle dream home, tusks are decadent ivory for your face. Riffs on which animal features would be coolest, jokes about tusks for weapons and comparison to grills.
Interview: Regular on Kill Tony and Dysentery podcast for 2 years, discussed why chose tusk over other animal parts. Brief exchange about audience learning moment with 'hippo-critical' wordplay about ivory guitar.
- Tails not functional, would get stepped on and caught in doors.
- Shells as mobile home, one-stop shop living room kitchen dining room.
- Tusks are decadent, ivory from face, better than grills.
- Pat Reagan made callback using 'hippo-critical' wordplay about ivory guitar irony.
Edi Gibson
Set: Grew up poor on tracks with taco trucks and drugs. Church donations recycled back to poor families including own. Been poor forever, still poor, can't pay rent, bank account said 'Edie get it together.'
Interview: Second show, previously on Kill Tony 100 with Rogan and Tera. Teaches swimming privately, mostly women, 30 years old, been doing comedy 3 years. Gets up mostly every day but some weeks only 3 times.
- Grew up on tracks with taco trucks and drugs like everyone else.
- Church donations to poor families were recycled back to own family.
- Still poor, bank account message just said Edie get it together.
- Audience grew silent when discussing set with Rogan, noting this show was better.