Kill Tony Eddie Brill, Mike Lawrence, Mo Amer
Guests: Eddie Brill · Mike Lawrence · Mo Amer
Lineup
Ken Suzuki
Set: One-liner heavy set about concerts, the metric system, mood rings, government surveillance, and Midwest expressions.
Interview: Discussed his nine months of stand-up, moved to LA in September, tutors kids, started in Boston and Chicago, nervous during set, father is a newspaper reporter and dentist.
- Musicians destroying instruments at concert was bloodiest acapella show
- Girlfriend asked for red jewelry, got her a mood ring to terrify her
- Government listening to phone calls; afraid due to public speaking anxiety
- Panel noted he rubbed his belly nervously throughout the set, compared to Garfield staring at lasagna
- Eddie made joke about him being male version of rom-com girl who takes off glasses
Set: Set about looking like a mixed race person, dating preferences, wearing glasses, comparing body parts to her glasses.
Interview: Moved from Jacksonville Florida to LA in October, works as social media manager, been doing stand-up about a year, wears glasses with decorative frame from Target.
- People tell her she's racist for not dating ugly Black men
- Has worn glasses since age 3, more respected than some body parts
- Her hair and glasses compared to poop emoji by audience
- Panel extensively coached her on joke structure and order, noted she was smarter and cooler than the material showed
- Mike Lawrence gave detailed feedback about spreading material out and using better setups
Set: High-energy set about grandmother's Facebook, driving with religious grandmother who prioritizes faith over safety, grandmother praying instead of helping after accident.
Interview: Born in Oregon, moved from Orlando Florida 17 days ago, does stand-up full-time, been doing comedy 7 years, unemployed currently, looking for work.
- Grandmother too old for Facebook, keeps getting confused by technology
- Grandmother drives dangerously because she's religious and wants to go to heaven
- If grandmother got shot, she'd pray instead of calling ambulance
- Exceptionally high energy performance that exhausted the panel, praised for stage presence and control
- Mo Amer praised his energy but suggested focusing on writing quality and YouTube content creation
- Panel noted he may be packing too many jokes in one minute and should slow down
Set: Two-part set: blind cousin listening to porn, time machine job working 14 days a week with confusing timelines.
Interview: From Santa Monica, been doing stand-up almost two years, half-Jewish (mom Catholic), teaches after-school Lego science program and works as barista at bakery on weekends.
- Blind cousin ruins concept of sex by only listening to porn audio
- Time machine job has impossible 14-day weeks working yesterday, today, tomorrow
- Panel criticized his opening joke as 'beginner open mic' but praised time travel joke as clever
- Tony criticized him stumbling on his own name pronunciation multiple times
Set: Musical/comedy set about elementary school chemistry set experiments, Pokemon card trading, experiencing drug effects, school shooting/death references.
Interview: Leaving Thursday for Florida, girlfriend Melissa back in Florida works in real estate office, originally going to reference Lunchables instead of Pokemon, has history of getting drunk and dry heaving.
- Mixed chemicals in elementary school, traded them for Pokemon cards
- Chemicals made friends look like dinosaurs and he thought he was dead
- Panel noted his physical appearance and hair got him more laughs than the actual jokes
- Despite only 51 seconds of material, received extended airtime and panel discussion
Set: Sports-heavy set about Manning brothers (Peyton, Eli, Cooper), their appearances, physical features, Super Bowl wins, Dr Pepper reference.
Interview: From Austin, been doing stand-up 11 years with first 5 years off-and-on, currently works at office lunch delivery company, recently broke up with Filipino nurse girlfriend of 2 years, runs 7-9 minute miles.
- Quarterbacks look like they were born with two concussions
- Cooper Manning sits at Thanksgiving while brothers won Super Bowls
- Peyton Manning looks like God dropped wine while drawing him
- Visibly nervous and started sweating profusely during interview despite being calm during set
- Panel critiqued him for getting lost with Hitler joke opening and confused audience with niche sports references
Set: Set about Hulu boyfriend, binge-watching Seventh Heaven, PSA injections in episodes, learning about cutting from TV, wanting to escape parents via field trip.
Interview: Has history of cutting herself as angry teenager due to emotionally unavailable mother, used pushpins for self-harm, has grown and reconciled with mother, discussed vulnerability in comedy.
- Binge-watching Seventh Heaven might be worse than terrible sex
- Learned about cutting from Seventh Heaven PSAs at age 14
- Field trip in Seventh Heaven made her want to get away from parents
- Panel praised vulnerability and growth, compared to personal experiences with struggle
- Coaching about stage presence and projecting material more confidently
Set: Set about being perceived as a hooker based on appearance, being called out at corporate party, witty comeback about looking so good someone would pay.
Interview: Attended corporate party while developing a TV show, random woman called her a hooker, discussed women being competitive, gets similar comments in sweatpants.
- Woman at party called her a hooker, witty comeback about looking that good
- Shows two inches of skin in dress, gets called hooker despite nice appearance
- Would be worst hooker ever with bad customer service
- Panel praised confidence and delivery of jokes, strong callback to earlier discussions