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Kill Tony Morgan Murphy, Annie Lederman

📅 November 19, 2016 📍 Houston, TX 🎤 9 comedians ⭐ 1 regular

Guests: Morgan Murphy · Annie Lederman

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Lineup

1

Ashton Wack

Set: Ashton performs a lisp-heavy set about struggling with the word 'lisp,' a confusing phone number bit, and working as a cable installer who goes to clubs in his work van.

Interview: Discussed his background from Galveston, his cable installation job, wearing work pants to clubs, and his three years doing stand-up comedy in Houston with media production background.

Bits:
  • Whoever invented the word lisp is an ass for putting the S in the middle
  • AT&T phone number with all S-sounds impossible to say with a lisp
  • Cable installation worker goes to clubs in his work van with ladder
Moments:
  • Panel struggles to understand Ashton's entire set due to his lisp affecting clarity, Annie and Morgan express genuine confusion
  • Ashton delivers 'sketches' without a lisp, Tony catches him on it, Annie praises his effort
2

Tonya Nasamento

Set: Tonya performs about vaginal birth control rings, airport TSA machines, and the difference between creepy and romantic behavior. She includes a joke about writing names in blood on cars.

Interview: Discussed her five years in stand-up (mostly in Houston), previous job at Planned Parenthood where she was fired for being too casual with patients, and her boyfriend who also does comedy.

Bits:
  • Vaginal ring birth control surprise revealed to new sexual partners
  • TSA X-ray machine seeing lost tampons is a privacy concern
  • Creepy vs romantic only differs by mutual attraction, blood on car is romantic
Moments:
  • Morgan provides coaching on comedy structure, suggesting not two vagina jokes in succession unless committing to 45 minutes
  • Annie and Morgan debate NuvaRing birth control experiences, Annie expresses strong negative opinion
  • Tanya reveals skill at drawing blood, allows Morgan to inspect her veins on stage
3

George Breto

Set: George performs about taking unflattering pictures, carrying dog poop to appear responsible, wearing contacts to see nightmares, and his long hair as a cook.

Interview: Discussed his Mexican heritage, three years of comedy, cooking job with long hair challenges, comedy influences including Don Mercer, and received an ice house spot offer.

Bits:
  • Always looks like ghost in family photos, wasn't actually there when picture taken
  • Carrying dog poop everywhere to seem polite, snatching it before dogs even go
  • Wears contacts to see in nightmares, unsure if they're actually nightmares
Moments:
  • Tony compares George to Pocahontas based on appearance, panel makes Native American jokes
  • Jeremiah suggests George could be a parkour comedian, Tony almost brings live parkour to the show
  • George reveals long hair sometimes appears in food at cooking job, doesn't care
4

Rich Chapel

Set: Rich performs a set about a friend calling him a 'chicken queen' (pedophile terminology), denying he'd be gay, and closes with the phrase 'I would never be gay.'

Interview: Discussed being a 31-year-old graduate student studying genetics, married for five years, doesn't wear wedding ring on finger, and has a skill making mice fall asleep.

Bits:
  • Friend calls him chicken queen for being gay, disagrees with terminology choice
  • Would never be gay, immediately contradicts by saying would try anything once
Moments:
  • Panel aggressively pursues whether Rich is secretly gay based on appearance and behavior
  • Rich forgets word for 'mice,' struggles dramatically, nearly says word wrong multiple times
  • Rich admits doesn't wear wedding ring on finger, says it tears up his hands weightlifting
5

Michael Vargas

Set: Michael performs rapid-fire joke punchlines about Beyoncé weight gain, dyslexic 69s, closeted gays, Sandy Hook school, a 'brothel' soup restaurant, and criticism of saying 'no homo.'

Interview: Previously performed at Kill Tony Austin show, works in a warehouse driving a forklift, married with red shoes.

Bits:
  • If Beyoncé gets fat, they'll call her Beyondree
  • Dyslexic people doing 69 end up with butts on necks
  • Restaurant and brothel hybrid 'brothel' serves only soup
Moments:
  • Tony compliments Michael's quick one-liners and killing it despite rapid-fire delivery
6

Jake Walker

Set: Jake, performing his first time on stage while blind, jokes about his name, being blind with a lisp-joke setup, and waving a vape pen that looks like a gun in public.

Interview: First-time performer who is legally blind (hereditary degenerative retinal disorder since army service), listens to comedy podcasts, grew up memorizing Richard Pryor and other comedians, and received massive praise for performance.

Bits:
  • Name is 'Jake like Snake, Walker like Luke Skywalker' while being blind
  • Quit smoking, started vaping vape pens that look like guns in public
  • Black vape pen looks like gun, could get white guy shot by police
Moments:
  • Audience genuinely fears Jake has a gun when waving vape pen, visible panic
  • Panel gives Jake extraordinary praise for first-time performance, calls it one of best debuts
  • Jake reveals hereditary degenerative retinal disease, only one of four siblings affected
  • Jake explains vision like looking through toilet paper roll tubes, can see five degrees

Interview: Morgan appears as main panel guest, discusses rough week due to Trump election, provides comedy coaching to Tonya about joke structure, makes dark jokes about politics and birth control.

Moments:
  • Morgan coaches Tonya on not doing two vagina jokes back-to-back without extended set
  • Morgan expresses strong opinion about NuvaRing birth control being worst form

Interview: Annie appears as main panel guest, praises performers' stage presence and delivery, makes observations about appearance and style, celebrates Jake Walker's debut performance.

Moments:
  • Annie praises Tonya's entertainment value and soothing delivery despite shorter set
  • Annie expresses strong opinion about NuvaRing birth control, engages in banter with Jeremiah
  • Annie celebrates Jake Walker's first-time debut as one of best in show history
9

Jeremiah Watkins

Regular

Interview: Jeremiah serves as band member for the show, introduces himself with DMX impression, participates in comedy segments, makes jokes about performers, discusses upcoming projects.

Moments:
  • Jeremiah enters with attempted DMX intro that misfires, confused about costume
  • Jeremiah points out Ashton says 'sketches' without lisp, catches his contradiction
  • Jeremiah repeatedly makes Native American jokes about George Breto's appearance
  • Jeremiah launches into song about George during interview, goes on fire with bits