Kill Tony Mike Lawrence, Jamar Neighbors
Guests: Mike Lawrence · Jamar Neighbors
Lineup
Set: Comic riffs on Suicide Squad movie, jokes about brown representation in Hollywood action films. Started with topical movie reference and pivoted to broader Hollywood commentary.
Interview: Discussed first day at new job in phone sales, recently laid off, from Dallas. Tony advised on tightening the Suicide Squad premise for better impact.
- Hollywood won't put brown guy on Suicide Squad team despite it being actual Suicide Squad
- First saw movie title and thought al-Qaeda instead of comic book villains
- Tony critiques premise as having expiration date, advises cutting words and tightening joke structure
Set: Comic does celebrity impression bits (Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Schwarzenegger) attempting to hit on audience member using different personas. Impressions are the core of the act.
Interview: From walnut area near peanut. Works at marijuana dispensary. Has been doing stand-up 5 years. Discusses impressions and gets feedback on forcing them too hard.
- Liam Neeson 'Taken' impression to hit on woman: 'I will find you and call you'
- Morgan Freeman narration impression: describes woman's beauty with overly sentimental prose
- Mike Lawrence critiques impressions as too easy/forced and spoon-fed to audience
- Jamar suggests dropping the Liam Neeson impression as generic overused bit
Set: Comic discusses wife's autism diagnosis (formerly Asperger's), dating pattern of women with autism, physical sensitivity symptoms. Builds jokes around neurodiversity and marriage.
Interview: Married 3 years. Wife has autism spectrum disorder diagnosed 6 months after marriage. Discusses light and sound sensitivity adaptations she makes. From Salt Lake City, moved to LA month ago.
- Wife diagnosed with autism 6 months into marriage, missed major social cues
- Wife wears earmuffs when using blender, needs exact lighting in every room
- Mike Lawrence praises the bit as well-written and original, calls it a 'killer'
Set: Comic does musical tax-themed song ('Can't Wait Till I Get My Taxes Back'). Heavy reliance on musical performance rather than traditional stand-up comedy writing.
Interview: Real name Lavar Burden. From Bronx visiting LA. No laundry at place. Used to be office manager. Doing tax-themed songs. Weak material, forced into musical format.
- Song about waiting for tax returns to come back repeatedly
- Tony notes Eric is wearing dirty shirt because he hasn't done laundry, roasts the appearance
- Panel criticizes material as weak and reliance on song format to hide writing
Set: Comic discusses pinball addiction, particularly Kiss-themed machine with Gene Simmons head ejecting balls. Makes explicit comparisons to pornographic content. Strong conceptual writing.
Interview: Multiple appearances on show. Works Uber with 4.7 rating. Challenged to masturbate in Uber by friend, did it on Periscope. Wears Skechers shoes his dad bought. Goals to climb comedy ladder.
- Kiss pinball: Gene Simmons ejecting silver balls compared to pornography
- Jodie Foster being hot tied to old arcade machines
- Jamar notes Matthew looks like evolved Pokemon version of Christian Piper
- Matthew admits to masturbating in Uber on Periscope as challenged, panel reacts
Set: Comic discusses heavy weed smoking, short-term memory loss, uses weed as 'wheelchair' instead of crutch. Jokes about always feeling like a dick and avoiding vegetables. Green eyebrows.
Interview: Smoking 13 years, comedy 5 months. Has green eyebrows, part of roast battles. Planning 21-day weed cleanse to figure out identity. Works in weed dispensary. Tattooed with Venus flytrap design.
- Uses weed as wheelchair not crutch: less work, way more efficient
- Always feels like a dick because of what she puts in body
- Mike Lawrence coaches Lindsey on getting real vs. surface jokes, develop unique voice
- Lindsey announces plan for 21-day weed cleanse to discover identity without it
Joel Day
Set: First-time comic, aerospace engineer from Portland/Washington with two kids (7 and 2 years old). Does dad jokes including suicide joke premise ('they're already dead').
Interview: First time on stage, told wife about trying. Has 7-year-old boy and 2-year-old. Does missionary work in Africa. Wife streaming from home. Panel advises on pacing and timing.
- Suicide jokes work because all offended people already dead
- Leo DiCaprio won Oscar but sad for Tom Cruise always getting overlooked
- Tony warns Joel about making suicide jokes when kids might be listening
- Panel coaches Joel on timing and pauses for punchline delivery
Set: Comic discusses adult coloring books, commercial tailoring, Subway's slogan change from 'Eat Fresh' to 'Fresh Is What We Do'. Observational humor about everyday experiences.
Interview: Regular on show, uses coloring books for mindfulness. Panel discusses adult coloring trend, Trader Joe's connection to Portland. Jamar mentions pulling coloring books in bars.
- Adult stress coloring books from Michael's are Portland thing
- Subway changed slogan from 'Eat Fresh' to 'Fresh Is What We Do'
- Jamar notes he's seen adult coloring in bars, assumes it's for trauma
Set: Comic does two stories: set up on blind date with rich old white man (made uncomfortable advances about daughters), and similar joke about CEO at work. Sexual harassment themes.
Interview: Two separate stories merged into one set. Actually was on date long ago, CEO comment at work. Discussed being vegan at steakhouse. Mike notes pattern of others being mean to her.
- Blind date with rich guy with daughters same age, won't go out with pedophile
- At Mastro's steakhouse vegan, told date she wants to touch his daughters
- Mike Lawrence coaches Vanessa about being the aggressor in jokes, not just target
Sam Buck
Set: Comic discusses wishing to be homeless, freedom of homeless lifestyle, ironic commentary on homeless benefits and constraints. Final joke about masturbation laws and homelessness.
Interview: From Boston. Set closes out episode with commentary on homeless people being freest. Panel discusses investment bankers and show business.
- Homeless people are freest, don't have families/taxes/professions
- Only reason not homeless: can masturbate privately without two years prison
- Final set of episode, closes show with dark social commentary