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📅 May 25, 2020 📍 Los Angeles, CA Better Box TV 🎤 10 comedians ⭐ 1 regular

Guests: Jesus Trejo

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Lineup

1

Niko Medina

Set: Medina discusses racial disparities in body hair growth between his Colombian and white heritage, comparing sparse facial hair to dense body hair. Includes observational humor about growing up mixed-race without learning Spanish.

Interview: Discussed his location in Maryland, furlough as a roofer, Discord communities, and his 15-year drumming background. Tony offered him a guaranteed 60-second slot at the DC show in November.

Bits:
  • Face hair sparse like 'loose wrist hairs and spider legs' vs pubic hair like 'the Amazon before it burned'
  • Dad didn't teach Spanish; mom never let them 'parade in streets fighting' like others do
Moments:
  • Tony offered guaranteed 60-second slot at DC show in November with real drum-off
  • Performed 30-second electronic drum solo on Roland TD-70s
2

Ry Mattson

Set: Mattson satirizes media fear-mongering by listing absurd dangerous animals and concepts alongside real threats. Ends with mockery of media's lack of 'murder mantis creativity.'

Interview: Discussed his life in Istanbul, Turkey, meeting his Turkish wife in Alaska, teaching English, and his inspiration from William Montgomery's comedy style.

Bits:
  • Lists murder hornets alternatives: 'manslaughter mantis, bubonic bees, gremlins, normal-sized bears'
  • Also lists dangerous ideologies and movements with same satirical tone
Moments:
  • Tony praised the submission despite calling it 'hacky' murder hornet material
3

William Montgomery

Regular

Set: Montgomery performs stream-of-consciousness one-liners including references to Jay-Z, diabetic dogs, Pete's Dragon, meeting girlfriend at X-Games, and Biden jokes. Notable for his characteristic delivery style.

Interview: Discussed his eyebrows, revealed he got stung in the head by a wasp causing eye swelling, and clarified the story about meeting his girlfriend at the X-Games where he kissed a half-pipe.

Bits:
  • Jay-Z fan in bathtub 6 hours a day, has diabetic dog
  • Met girlfriend at X-Games; turned out he kissed a half-pipe structure
  • If he were a food, he'd be a hard-boiled egg
Moments:
  • Revealed visible swelling around eyes from wasp sting to head
  • Panel noted his eyebrows looked dramatically different from previous week
4

Emily F

Set: Emily discusses juggling jobs as math teacher and waitress, comparing the chaos of both. Includes self-deprecating humor about crying in front of students and threatening to start an OnlyFans.

Interview: Discussed teaching math to kindergarten through sixth grade, her criminal justice degree, previous work with juvenile offenders, Crossfit, marriage to a welder, and side work as a mural painter.

Bits:
  • If she punched customer at restaurant, boss believes them; at school, no one would
  • Only difference between jobs: can eat plate liquor as waitress
  • Threatens to start OnlyFans because 'nobody wants to listen to me talk'
Moments:
  • Panel noted her appearance without glasses looked like a rom-com transformation
  • Has beef with Michael Lehrer from previous episode
5

Eli Gill

Set: Gill discusses preferences for being little spoon, pitches 'edible arrangements' dating app for moms, and complains about wife not closing cereal boxes properly.

Interview: Discussed poor internet connection, being an electrician, never performed stand-up on stage, local comedy venue in Anderson Indiana, and aspiration to do open mics.

Bits:
  • Doesn't dislike being little spoon; pitches 'edible arrangements' mom dating app
  • Wife doesn't close cereal boxes; leaves them fighting-cat-like on top of fridge
Moments:
  • Severe internet/video lag throughout interview, appeared like flipbook
  • Elliott the cat character kept interrupting and making fun of his appearance
6

Jason

Set: Jason delivers jokes about honoring nurses/doctors, questioning church nonprofit status based on 'prophet' vs 'profit,' then performs original song with spiritual themes.

Interview: Discussed his location near Hershey Pennsylvania, work in construction with family, and performed nine original songs he created during quarantine.

Bits:
  • Church nonprofits joke: 'whole stick based off profit not prophet'
Moments:
  • Performed original uplifting spiritual song with band accompaniment
  • Tony praised song as '10/10' and asked about other nine songs created
  • Tony made fun of his unusually short biceps during interview
7

Texas

Set: Texas does William Montgomery impression and absurdist one-liners about astrology, Jamba Juice, and other scattered observations.

Interview: From Galveston Texas, works as a glassblower, discussed attending Hot Topic fashion show with someone named Gozer, and plays DJ with interest in bullfighting music.

Bits:
  • William Montgomery impression doing cocaine habit bit at Jamba Juice
  • Doesn't believe in astrology because he's Aquarius with Virgo rising
Moments:
  • Mentioned attending Hot Topic fashion show with Gozer in early 2000s as DJ
  • Tony discussed bullfighting music (La Virgen de la Macarena) as serious listening
8

Jesus Trejo

Interview: Jesus discussed his debut one-hour special 'Stay-at-Home Son' premiering Friday 9pm on Showtime, his Tacos Con Todo show on First We Feast, season 2 coming, and his journey at The Comedy Store.

Moments:
  • Discussed being diverse comedian who took hard path at Comedy Store rather than getting famous quick
  • Recalled roast battle with Tony where he won; Tony said he lost only 3 battles total at 79-3
  • Reminisced about roasting each other with Tony for hours in parking lot at 5am
9

Michael Lehrer

Set: Lehrer does observational comedy about bikes, getting older, cancer jokes, wheelchairs allowing people to antagonize others, and credit card/gift card distinctions.

Interview: Discussed his show setup, plans to open for Shellac with band member as fan, action bronson as favorite rapper, adaptive clothing from Tommy Hilfiger, and his comedy career.

Bits:
  • Misses bicycle from childhood; doesn't want bigger bike as grown-up
  • If in wheelchair, can antagonize people while they feel guilty about it
  • Has $10k gift card limit but not $10k credit card limit
Moments:
  • Tony and panel noted his excellent set quality and happiness
  • Will open for Shellac this fall; show business agent asked if disability mention was true
  • Used $800 bike chain as letter opener/woolly mammoth sound effect device
10

Brandy Jo Collard

Set: Collard does white-trash comedy about poverty (SPAM in stocking), her mom's lifelong mullet, father cooking meth in camper, best friend Jenny who murdered someone in Georgia, and drug use in high school.

Interview: Discussed her tutu, life in Syracuse New York, growing up poor in small town, pills/Percocets with friend Jenny, Jenny's murder conviction, and story of blackout drunk night losing car and rent money.

Bits:
  • So poor she got SPAM in her Christmas stocking; mom has mullet her whole life
  • Dad cooked meth in camper closet before Breaking Bad existed
  • Best friend Jenny did pills with her in high school, later went to prison for murder
Moments:
  • Shared detailed story of blackout drunk night losing car, phone, rent money in Syracuse
  • Parents both had 'Jo' in their names (mom Tracy Jo, dad Billy Joe), named her Brandy Jo and sister Jasmine
  • Red band compared her story to dog burying bone and forgetting about it
  • Panel said they could talk to her forever; Tony loved her white-trash stories