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Kill Tony Dom Irrera, Willie Hunter

📅 September 7, 2015 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Belly Room 🎤 9 comedians ⭐ 1 regular

Guests: Dom Irrera · Willie Hunter

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Lineup

1

Casey Moran

Set: Casey opened with jokes about Dr. Dre's abuse allegations and domestic violence, then moved to material about dating someone from a depression support group and Bill Cosby references.

Interview: Tony and the panel discussed Casey's breathing issues during the set, his nervousness, and advised him to stop reading material and focus on storytelling. Casey revealed he's only done 17 spots in a year.

Bits:
  • Dr. Dre abuse allegations with 'Beats by Dre' wordplay
  • Ray Rice elevator incident with elevator music punchline
  • Bill Cosby reference during sex with depression support group girl
Moments:
  • Tony criticized Casey's rapid delivery and lack of breathing
  • Panel noted Casey was acting out material instead of telling it naturally
2

Heather Marulli

Set: Heather performed jokes about guys claiming to be freaky in bed and their obsession with choking, contrasting it with a weird real experience of a guy holding her eyes open during sex.

Interview: Panel discussed her mixed heritage, neighborhood, relationships, and complimented her style. Willie mentioned she was the bandleader of Alabama Shakes. Discussion touched on her dating history and various ethnic backgrounds.

Bits:
  • Guys wanting to choke during sex as not really that freaky
  • Guy held her eyes open wide during sex, asking what happened
Moments:
  • Tony noted she wore Laugh Factory curtain to Comedy Store
  • Extended interview about her mixed ethnicity and neighborhood
3

Matthew Maloney

Set: Matthew did jokes about dying alone and getting a pet, eventually deciding on a scorpion after discovering they're illegal to order by mail due to 9/11.

Interview: Panel praised his stage presence and jokes. Discussion covered his theater background, his height and size, his living situation in Palm Desert, and encouragement to continue performing.

Bits:
  • Can't get a dog because of guilt, cat addiction runs in family
  • Scorpion illegal to order by mail thanks to 9/11
Moments:
  • Dom praised his jokes and stage presence despite his size
  • Matthew accidentally showed his crack bending over to stand up
4

Raab

Set: Raab joked about being a third Jewish, his mother's five marriages, and compared her divorces to Michael Jordan's rings, calling her the champion of marriage and divorcing.

Interview: Tony asked about his work at Pink Dot store, which Raab dismissed harshly. Discussion turned confrontational about networking and dick-sucking in comedy, with Raab claiming he doesn't network and blaming cliques at the Comedy Store.

Bits:
  • Only Jewish thing is nose, beard, and not paying for Spotify
  • Mother's five marriages compared to Michael Jordan's championship rings
Moments:
  • Raab criticized Comedy Store networking culture and accused Tony of dick-sucking
  • Tony compared Raab to Ryan Dunn with glued pubes
  • Lengthy debate about comedy cliques and networking at the Comedy Store
5

Ify Nwadiwe

Set: Ify joked about growing up in Compton always dressed in suits even to sleepovers, racism creating racists and leading to mixed-race relationships, and showed impressive physical stature contrasting his nerd aesthetic.

Interview: Panel discussed his buffed physique contradicting his nerd appearance, his real name Ify Choupo Egbemudia, his job hosting gaming content on Twitch for Geek and Sundry, and appearances on Comedy Bang Bang.

Bits:
  • Growing up in Compton always dressed up like having court dates
  • Racism creates racists creating daughters who date black dudes
Moments:
  • Ify's impressive name required 60 seconds just to say fully
  • Willie whispered during set that he'd cast Ify in Carmichael Show
  • Panel praised his likability and positive attitude toward family separation
6

Yadoy Travis

Set: Yadoy opened with a dark bit about a panic attack on a rooftop considering suicide, but realizing he knows his boxing moves so he couldn't do it. Then joked about a girl who claimed she couldn't be racist because she'd never seen a black person.

Interview: Discussion covered his Atlanta background, two years of stand-up experience, his new girlfriend met at Emory University who's now in Scotland, and he was offered a Friday spot at the Ice House.

Bits:
  • Had panic attack on rooftop but can't kill self knows his boxing moves
  • Girl couldn't be racist never seen a black person, needs opportunity
Moments:
  • Opened with dark suicide material that landed well
  • Panel discussed girlfriend in Scotland and relationship advice
7

Logan Gunselman

Set: Logan did a very short set joking about Coinstar slogans and ladies' experiences with guys having trouble plugging in phone chargers ruining sexual attraction.

Interview: Tony complimented Logan's jokes and jib, offering him a Friday spot at the Ice House. Logan mentioned he works at an auction house and has been doing comedy for two years.

Bits:
  • Coinstar slogan suggestion: 'Coinstar beep or loudly cool'
  • Guy struggling to plug phone charger kills sexual attraction
Moments:
  • Tony offered Logan a Friday spot at the Ice House after set
8

Melissa Eslinger

Regular

Set: Melissa discussed people not meaning what they say, house-sitting and being told she could wear anything but only venturing to the underwear drawer, and an awkward transition to playing Dungeons & Dragons on Labor Day.

Interview: Tony coached Melissa on clarity and joke structure, noting she closed with an apology and needed to commit to one narrative. Discussion covered her house-sitting story, laundry situation, and D&D participation.

Bits:
  • House-sitting host said wear anything but only tried underwear drawer
  • Playing Dungeons & Dragons awkward explanation and laundry situation
Moments:
  • Tony coached Melissa to be clearer and commit to one topic
  • Melissa revealed she professionally laundered the host's clothes while out of laundry herself
9

Ali Macofsky

Set: Ali, 19 years old, discussed getting a hernia surgery in third grade in an uncomfortable area, her doctor's casual 'pubes' comment, assumptions about her future pubic hair, and judging people on the street before catching herself.

Interview: Tony and panel discussed her age, recent material, her mother from a previous episode, and Dom offered to buy her a bath. Discussion touched on writing new jokes versus recycling old material.

Bits:
  • Doctor casually said hernia scar won't show once she gets pubes
  • Judged street people then caught herself, realized she's not better
Moments:
  • Dom implied he wanted to give Ali a golden bath
  • Ali revealed she wrote two new jokes but performed old material