Kill Tony Anthony Jeselnik
Guests: Anthony Jeselnik
Lineup
Set: Jokes about weight loss, societal pressure to be thin, and his conflicted relationship with Chick-fil-A politics versus food quality. References burning 1000 calories on an elliptical in 30 minutes.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss Zach's notorious visible bulge in his pants across past appearances, his work at a hair salon, and recent staff changes. Discussion centers on his physical appearance rather than comedy.
- Not fat enough to complain publicly, not skinny enough to be happy about appearance.
- Domino's Pizza search results show how many people he is, conflicting message.
- Burned 1000 calories in 30 minutes on elliptical by believing in yourself.
- Extensive banter about Zach's well-known visible bulge through his pants in past appearances
- Anthony delivers Martin Luther King Jr. callback joke during interview
Set: Canadian comic discussing Trump presidency, immigration, and Canadian government requirements for strippers to submit nude photos. Explores the absurdity of a government employee reviewing naked images for work.
Interview: Discussion about her dancing background touring with Puff Daddy during Hurricane Katrina, hosting dance competitions, and her recent move to America. Topics include her experience at the VMAs during Katrina and current work as a host awarding platinum medals.
- Canadian immigration site crashed on election day, harder to enter Canada than expected.
- Canadian government requires nude photos from prospective strippers; one man's job daily.
- Imagining rejection letter for stripper applicants who don't meet Canadian standards.
- Anthony and panel comment on her wearing same white t-shirt as Anthony Jeselnik
- Jeremiah gets upset and references his feathers being ruffled earlier in episode
- Extended discussion about Puff Daddy, her dance career, and Hurricane Katrina VMAs incident
Thurston
Set: Meta-joke about tweeting threat to 'kill Tony' leading to arrest for actual murder of neighbor named Tony. Describes interrogation and eventual freedom when real murderer found. Transitions into becoming a comedic actor.
Interview: Discussion of his work as a Lexus transporter, his full name being Darrin Thurston, his social life at bar Davey Wayne's, and his approach to dating involving primarily staring and kissing without conversation.
- Arrested after tweeting 'going to kill Tony' when actual Tony murdered nearby; released.
- Detective nickname him 'Open Mic in Jail' because three-to-five minutes inside.
- Tony compliments the meta nature of the Kill Tony bit working only at Kill Tony
- Extended uncomfortable interview about his approach to dating involving minimal conversation
- Tony compares Thurston's dating silence to Bill Cosby behavior
Set: Jokes about substantial student loan debt, credit card debt, multiple car accidents, and suicidal ideation with dark humor about credit card companies chasing him. References his multiple college majors and lack of direction.
Interview: Extended interview revealing he quit his band 'This Wildlife' who signed to Epitaph Records after he left, now works TaskRabbit and data entry, dealing with divorce, bankruptcy, and bus transportation.
- Owes $35k in student loans; payback date 2035 feels impossibly far away.
- Credit card companies only care if he dies by suicide; they'd pursue aggressively.
- Totaled car twice in weeks: semi-truck hit and rear-end collision soon after.
- Revelation that he quit band 'This Wildlife' who then signed major record deal
- Discussion of working for Republican Party as part of post-band confusion
- Tony coaches him about not relating to audience but making content interesting
- Extended dark humor about TaskRabbit job helping woman with divorce case
Set: Jokes about favorite comedians, concerning observation about fingering his cat in heat, and terrible first joke about liking Christopher Reeves as vegetable and Elton John as fruit.
Interview: Interview reveals he's been doing stand-up three years, got divorced after Ralphie May joked he'd ruin his marriage, works Uber, lived in San Bernardino, sold house, and works as zombie at Six Flags Fright Fest.
- Dave Attell and Patrice O'Neal are funniest guys; thought that was comedy.
- Fingering cat in heat to help her sleep because pinky is cat dick size.
- First joke ever: favorite vegetable Christopher Reeves, fruit is Elton John.
- Ralphie May told him to quit comedy, predicted it would ruin his marriage
- Extended story about getting fired from Six Flags for smoking weed as zombie
- Story about attempting to hook up with Harley Quinn in porta-potty at Six Flags
- Tony and panel coach him on his appearance and drinking problem references
Set: Short set about LA residents being outspoken about beliefs, woman wearing 'badass vegans' shirt, joke about not getting the memo about badass vegans.
Interview: Moved to LA six months ago from DC after two and a half years doing comedy there. Works post mates and TaskRabbit; discusses why he put his name in bucket and coaching on work ethic versus socializing.
- People in LA outspoken about beliefs, wear it on shirts; noticed badass vegans.
- Woman's shirt said 'I'm one badass vegan'; missed public service announcement.
- Admits he struggled to come up with second joke for full minute
- Tony coaches him on work ethic versus social comedy scene participation
Set: Set about discovering one triplet (Alex) jerking off into a squirrel stuffed animal at age 15. Structured as unnatural dialogue attempting to frame as discovered story but played heavily scripted.
Interview: Discussed their group format, Anthony coaches them to try solo sets individually, noting the scripted feel of their set. Panel debates effectiveness of multiple comedians doing one set versus one at a time.
- At 15 discovered brother jerked off into squirrel stuffed animal instead of sock.
- Anthony criticizes their set as overly rehearsed and unnatural despite group format
- Extended coaching session about trying solo sets for three consecutive weeks
- Jeremiah gets frustrated and leaves while showing his stomach as commentary
- Tony emphasizes this was worst performance he's seen from them