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Kill Tony Felipe Esparza, Ian Edwards

📅 October 2, 2017 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Main Room 🎤 8 comedians

Guests: Felipe Esparza · Ian Edwards

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Lineup

1

Derek Craigie

Set: Scottish comedian discussing Scottish girls vs. American girls, dating mishaps, bar encounter with a threatening man, and a roleplay scenario gone wrong.

Interview: Tony asks about Scottish forearms, Derek's background since 2002, martial arts history, transition to comedy, and romantic success with American women.

Bits:
  • Scottish girls have beer bellies and hairy forearms, which is why guys drink
  • American girls get too excited smashing the vag like a piñata at a Mexican kid's birthday party
  • Roleplay as Jewish bakery owner and Nazi debt collector
Moments:
  • Tony makes callback to 'kilt Tony' joke about Scottish version of the show
2

King Hassan

Set: King Hassan discusses not saying the N-word due to his voice sounding like a hate crime, dating white women complications, and his multicultural upbringing across Alabama, Nigeria, and California.

Interview: Tony discovers King Hassan is a retired tech entrepreneur worth millions who sold a company, now doing stand-up. Extensive discussion about his wealth, child on the way, weight loss, and dating.

Bits:
  • Speed stick deodorant leaves white powdery mess looking like he doesn't know how to do cocaine
  • Can't say N-word because voice sounds like hate crime; can say synergy, boat shoes, periwinkle, all lives matter
Moments:
  • Revelation that King Hassan is a tech billionaire who sold his company, surprising Tony and panel
  • Panel discovers he's retired at 34 with millions, yet shows up to do stand-up comedy
3

Michael Pena

Set: Michael Pena discusses his 82-year-old Mexican mother learning to use a smartphone and accidentally calling him, then other technology mishaps.

Interview: Tony questions Michael about his set, his wealth compared to King Hassan, his streaming platform business, and reveals he's been on the show before with similar material.

Bits:
  • Mother gets new smartphone, doesn't know how to turn it on, calls him from it
  • Mother gets mysterious phone call but doesn't understand how to use the phone
Moments:
  • Tony realizes Michael wore his best joke on his shirt rather than performing original material
  • Panel discusses Michael's past appearance and suggests his material hasn't aged well
4

Gabriele V Garolla

Set: Gabriel V Garolla performs an extremely short set with only two jokes about dating feminists with large breasts and feeding pigeons.

Interview: Tony discovers Gabriel is a preschool photographer, reveals his shirt has his joke printed on it, coaches him on material and delivery.

Bits:
  • Only date feminists with huge tits
  • Feeding pigeons joke
Moments:
  • Gabriel's best joke is revealed to be printed on his shirt, not actually a written joke
  • Extensive interview reveals Gabriel is a preschool photographer, leading to concerning line of questioning
  • Panel strongly coaches Gabriel on writing actual jokes and stage craft
5

Danger Ehren

Set: Danger Ehren from Jackass discusses his family growing up in a mortuary, his father being a mortician, early childhood pranks, and his goals of getting kicked in the genitals.

Interview: Tony and Danger discuss his Jackass career, sobriety for 2.5 years, high school sweetheart fiancée, growing up in a mortuary, and his contributions to comedy alongside Jackass fame.

Bits:
  • Beard is real, not pubic hair; no crabs on face
  • First time seeing breasts was eighty-year-old woman at mortuary who looked like California Raisin
  • Wanted to get kicked in the genitals instead of conventional career dreams
Moments:
  • Danger performs mortuary prank from childhood that accidentally traumatized his father
  • Story about walking through strip club with Jeremiah Watkins who looked at ground entire time
  • Panel compliments Danger's respect for comedy craft and his sobriety journey
6

Ali Macofsky

Set: Ali Macofsky tells a story about having respectful sex with a man she met online in New York who treated her well, went on a date first, and provided condoms.

Interview: Tony coaches Ali on her joke structure, timing, and punchlines. They discuss the premise and how to tighten the setup to be more effective.

Bits:
  • Had respectful sex for first time with man who didn't assume they'd have sex
  • Guy had condom ready without discussion, unlike other men
Moments:
  • Ali runs over her 60-second time limit, Tony has to cut her off
  • Tony coaches Ali on not giving away the punchline in the setup
7

Fanto

Set: Fanto is a Sicilian-Armenian-Ukrainian comedian from North Hollywood who discusses money laundering knowledge, his mother doing laundry, making himself at home when visiting, and performing for gay audiences.

Interview: Tony and panel interview Fanto about his background in Ukraine, North Hollywood, his Lyft driver job, substitute teaching, and tragic backstory about his twin sister dying at age three.

Bits:
  • Sicilian-Armenian-Ukrainian means knowing about money laundering but not actual laundry
  • When told to make yourself at home, he tells host to leave
  • Performs better for gay audiences because they can't keep straight face
Moments:
  • Fanto reveals twin sister died when he was 2-3 years old from nervous system problem
  • Fanto admits his ex-girlfriend falsely accused someone of rape; Tony coaches on sensitivity
  • Jeremiah and Fanto inexplicably switch seats mid-interview for mysterious reason
8

Kenny Brown

Set: Kenny Brown discusses his appearance, comparing himself to Ruben Studdard, Kenan Thompson, Bernie Mac, and Don Cheadle, doing self-deprecating comedy about his looks.

Interview: Tony extensively coaches Kenny about his unusually small forearms and wrists, his work in social security, his physical build, and makes many jokes about his body composition.

Bits:
  • Looks like Ruben Studdard who wasn't sorry for 2004 and kept eating Big Macs
  • Looks like Kenan if he got fired from SNL after his first year
Moments:
  • Panel spends entire interview mocking Kenny's extremely small forearms and wrists
  • Kenny says his genitalia matches his small forearms in size
  • Chris the bass player speaks for possibly the first time on the show in response to Kenny
  • Jeremiah Watkins vomits during the interview