Kill Tony Kirk Fox, Brent Morin
Guests: Kirk Fox · Brent Morin
Lineup
CJ Kelly
Set: Set about growing up on a fishing boat in Florida Keys, contrasting white privilege with his working-class reality. Topics include cannabis access differences between California and Florida, his girlfriend, and family background.
Interview: Tony questioned CJ's comedic character choices, suggesting he rely on personal stories rather than affected personas. Discussed his year in LA, work as a waiter, girlfriend's heritage, and his father's criminal history.
- Growing up on a 78-foot boat made it hard to build Legos due to constant movement.
- In Florida, weed came from a 350-pound guy named Clarence, sometimes oregano.
- Tony criticized CJ's comedic character, advising him to drop the persona and be himself.
- Awkward moment where CJ appeared possessed and made inappropriate comment about bringing Black people.
Set: Set about financial struggle living in a garage with a roommate and futon. Discussed homelessness in LA versus other regions, sex life constraints due to living situation, and garage-sharing logistics.
Interview: Discussion of his garage living situation in LA, beautiful light-skinned Black roommate, limited finances, and awkward sexual encounters. Also discussed Verizon employment which PR department was listening to the podcast.
- Told homeless lady his living situation isn't different from hers on a futon vs street.
- Has to plan masturbation sessions like married friends schedule sex.
- Uses car to warm up before dating with tennis ball hanging reference.
- Chris revealed PR department from Verizon was listening live to podcast and heard him work there.
- Tony got him to accidentally reveal company name through clever questioning.
Set: Set about sounding white despite being Black, influenced by Arthur the aardvark instead of parents. Discussed unconscious bias from people calling him the whitest Black guy they know.
Interview: Discussed his Ethiopian heritage, age 26, current work with PostMates, editing videos, and living situation in Culver City with other comedians. Panel expressed strong liking for his material.
- Parents are African so he learned to speak from TV instead, sounds like Arthur.
- Being called whitest Black guy is like telling woman she's manliest woman.
- Kirk Fox complimented his set immediately with enthusiasm.
- Panel loved his material and engaged positively throughout interview.
Set: Set about science claiming to discover everything but making things up, cows with regional accents, Magic School Bus permission slips, Charlotte's Web logic about spider writing in English, and Don't Wake Daddy dark origins.
Interview: Discussed living situation, relationship, work as dishwasher at Red Berry Hotel, father in military, and filmmaker ambitions. Made film called 'Presidents Day' with zombie presidents hunting stereotypical Americans.
- Scientists say cows in different areas have different accents, cows in valley say Milk.
- Magic School Bus kids never got parents to sign permission slips.
- Charlotte's Web focuses on pig but ignores spider that writes English.
- Jud referenced leaving a girl to perform, Tony called out his priorities humorously.
- Panel praised his clean, absurdist comedic delivery.
Set: Set about mother forcing classical music listening as child raising her as villain. Discussed Beethoven Symphony 7, difficulty decorating evil lairs, losing voice from Facebook comments, and country division preventing love and sex.
Interview: Panel praised her strong material and comedic growth. She called out audience for not clapping at her joke, connecting it to national division theme. Discussed her Twitter/Instagram presence and social commentary.
- Mom made her listen to classical music to raise her as villain, succeeded.
- Hard to decorate evil lair invitingly and terrifying while using pastels.
- Lost voice writing Facebook comments, country divided so we can't love or have sex.
- Vanessa called out audience silence after joke, connecting it to theme about national division.
- Panel praised her comedic adjustment and growth as performer.
Set: Set about being crazier than other girls, differences in waxing techniques between New York and LA. Discussed dating men with energy drink addictions and figuring out romantic compatibility patterns.
Interview: Discussed trip to New York, waxing experiences in both cities, dating men with Monster energy drink addictions. Audience helped brainstorm comedy tags for energy drink material.
- In LA waxing laid on back crouched, in NY on stomach pulling cheeks apart.
- Every guy she hooks up with has crippling energy drink addiction.
- Red Bull gives you wings but it gives her disappointment in men.
- Panel helped brainstorm comedy tags for energy drink material during interview.
- Audience engaged in working on new material, collaborative moment.
Set: Set about watching 12 Years a Slave, questioning why the other guy didn't get a movie. Made jokes about sequels, duration of slavery, and absurdist film pitches.
Interview: Discussed his UberX driving career, Tinder dating, experience at sex dungeon with 80-year-old trans woman flogging him. Touched on insurance/wheelchair sales work and various wild encounters from dating apps.
- 12 Years a Slave guy was enslaved for 12 years, other guy enslaved always.
- Went to sex dungeon via Tinder, got flogged by 80-year-old trans woman.
- Danny casually mentioned getting flogged by elderly trans woman, Tony and panel reacted with shock and laughter.
- Entire panel laughed at absurdity and casualness of Danny's story delivery.
- Tony expressed admiration for Danny's cool demeanor and interesting life stories.