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Kill Tony Steve Rannazzisi, Steve Simeone

📅 April 24, 2017 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Main Room 🎤 9 comedians

Guests: Steve Rannazzisi · Steve Simeone

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Lineup

1

Casey Stoddard

Set: Casey performs jokes about his sister coming out as lesbian, impressions including an optometrist, and observational humor about ranch dressing and fast typing.

Interview: Casey discusses starting stand-up at 19, working on subtitles for TV shows like The CW, and his trespassing incident in an abandoned Michigan building.

Bits:
  • Sister came out as lesbian; should have known from rock paper scissors
  • Optometrist finger-banging wife joke with vision prescription callback
2

Justin Fleming

Set: Justin performs dark jokes about escaped prisoners visiting escape rooms, childhood trauma involving being made to watch ghost movies and hit with wet mops, and absurdist sexual humor.

Interview: Justin is from Melbourne, Australia, works maintenance at the Comedy Store, has a history of reform school and drug use, and admits to doing porn in Australia.

Bits:
  • Don't take escaped prisoners to escape rooms; things get rapey
  • Brother made to stand with wet mop while uncle made him watch Ghost
Moments:
  • Australia bombing referred to as first neutral country to bomb
3

Mikey Mileos

Set: Mikey jokes about moving to LA six months ago, having office near Shake Shack, losing virginity to prostitute at 13, and wealthy inheritance from parents.

Interview: Mikey discusses receiving inheritance at age 36, dating multiple women, struggling with existential malaise despite wealth, and self-awareness journey.

Bits:
  • Moved to LA; only gets to see girlfriend one hour then goes to Shake Shack
  • Lost virginity at 13 to prostitute; wasn't his choice
Moments:
  • Mikey admits to contemplating suicide during interview
4

Rob Smallwood

Set: Rob performs jokes about middle school kids asking about oral sex for money, homelessness, and observational humor about financial insecurity.

Interview: Rob discusses his job loss two weeks ago, contract work, dating life, gym routine, and his last name Smallwood.

Bits:
  • Kid in West Hollywood asked would you suck dick for million dollars
  • Saw homeless guy with Gucci sweater; would definitely suck dick for security
Moments:
  • Rob delivers confident set with high energy after losing job
5

Mikey McKernan

Set: Mikey performs jokes about friends flaking on shows, giving edibles to homeless people, getting a Jesus audition, and commercial work.

Interview: Mikey booked a Geico commercial, discusses stopping open mics due to people asking for favors, has a girlfriend of four years, and runs Turbo Tuesday at Universal bar.

Bits:
  • Friends said they'd watch set but flaked without LA excuse
  • Give edibles to homeless people; two birds one stone solves hunger later
6

Mystery Dan

Set: Mystery Dan performs political satire celebrating military firepower, missiles in Syria, MOAB bomb in Afghanistan, and patriotic fervor for American military action.

Interview: Mystery Dan discusses gay identity, West Hollywood parade attendance, apartment decorated with newspapers and red yarn, daily routine including feeding cat, and metro-only transportation.

Bits:
  • Military firepower gets him excited; MOAB bomb is American justice
  • 59 missiles in Syria and MOAB in Afghanistan excite him sexually
Moments:
  • Steve Simeone almost pukes on stage during Mystery Dan's set
7

Ali Macofsky

Set: Ali performs minutes about being illiterate, misunderstanding veganism, thinking lettuce makes you vegan, eating poorly at Chipotle with sour cream, and weight gain anxiety.

Interview: Ali attends Coachella sober for first time, observes relationships at festival, wore cheap outfit, attended for Lady Gaga, working on comedy material.

Bits:
  • Didn't know illiterate meant until high school; thought she was illiterate
  • Ordered chicken wrap with lettuce; thought lettuce made her vegan
Moments:
  • Panel gives coaching on joke structure and delivery
8

Colin Phillips

Set: Colin performs pseudo-scientific rambling about isolation tanks, nitrous oxide, hibernation, life extension, Garden of Eden, and animal communication.

Interview: Colin is 25, from Atlanta, moved to LA last Tuesday, has no job, buying nitrous oxide online, stole credit cards on dark web, admits to drug use.

Bits:
  • Isolation tank with nitrous oxide enables hibernation and life extension
  • In Garden of Eden nitrous oxide in air enabled animal communication
Moments:
  • Tony offers Colin a production assistant job during interview
  • Colin admits to stealing credit cards on dark web and identity theft
9

Manuel Herrera

Set: Manuel performs honest set about losing virginity at 21 after porn research, unable to eat out partner due to nervousness, and finding out she died five years later.

Interview: Manuel discusses the woman's death, his lazy eye affecting dating, working with forklift in warehouse, immigrated from Mexico in 1991, and invited back for guaranteed minute next week.

Bits:
  • Lost virginity at 21; porn research backfired; glasses fogged from nerves
  • Vagina smelled like alien from Mars; too scared to continue
Moments:
  • Tony invites Manuel back for guaranteed minute next week after impressed set