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Kill Tony #270 — Byron Bowers

📅 June 4, 2018 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Main Room 🎤 8 comedians

Guests: Byron Bowers

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Lineup

1

Danny Polishchuk

Set: Danny discusses lowering the WNBA hoop proportionally since women are smaller, comparing it to how they already use a smaller ball. A woman in the audience criticizes him for being degrading.

Interview: Tony discusses how Danny's set was too long and unfocused. Danny reveals he's from Toronto, visiting LA, and works in TV and film. He's a Canadian comedian with eight years of stand-up experience.

Bits:
  • Women should lower the BNBA net proportionally since they're smaller
Moments:
  • Roseanne heckles Danny during his set, calling him a sack of filth
2

Thuto Marrengula

Set: Thuto performs a comedic observation about South Africa having more white people than the entire African continent, and delivers an African joke with conditional punchline based on audience comprehension.

Interview: Thuto reveals he's from South Africa, came to US for college in 2013, studied acting in New York, and moved to LA in 2014. He works as a valet at a Marriott Downtown, has driven McLarens and other expensive cars.

Bits:
  • More white people in South Africa than entire African continent
  • African joke with punchline only if audience understands the reference
Moments:
  • Discussion about his father's death from malaria and immunity loss
  • Byron Bowers asks about romantic preferences, Thuto delivers callback about coffee
3

Maddie Dial

Set: Maddie discusses Texas culture of not expressing emotions, discovering tampons don't take virginity in high school, confusing weed and hookah, and general confusion about the world including gym etiquette versus sexual acts.

Interview: Maddie is from Dallas, been in LA for two years doing stand-up, studied communications at Loyola Marymount. She works as a stylist for Stitch Fix and has a boyfriend of four years who works at a talent agency.

Bits:
  • Tampon virginity myth and hookah/weed confusion in high school
  • Elliptical wiping vs oral sex gym etiquette contradiction
Moments:
  • Roseanne makes aggressive sexual comments to Maddie during interview
4

Lila Hart

Set: Lila jokes about loving baths despite not having a bathtub, making her a 'pocket f***' due to her small size. She discusses traveling to 20 countries and riding a baby camel with a mother camel chaperone in Morocco.

Interview: Lila discusses using self-deprecating humor about her size and insecurities. She has spina bifida, has had seven major back surgeries, and originally wanted to be a news anchor but pursued comedy instead.

Bits:
  • Bath bomb in sink instead of tub, refers to herself as pocket f***
  • Traveled 20 countries, baby camel had chaperone due to her small size
Moments:
  • Roseanne makes commentary about Lila's tiny size during set
  • Discussion of her spina bifida and seven back surgeries
5

Jackson Lind

Set: Jackson discusses his girlfriend wanting to reenact his favorite porn, but revealing it's cuckold porn which requires an extra penis. He jokes about his other porn preferences being incompatible or racist to reenact.

Interview: Jackson lives in Rancho Cucamonga, drives for his dad's shuttle company at Ontario Airport. He's 22, has only had one girlfriend, watches porn frequently, and admits to masturbating twice a day, providing extensive details.

Bits:
  • Girlfriend wants to reenact favorite porn, it's cuckold porn
  • Can't reenact Japanese schoolgirl porn, would be too racist
Moments:
  • Extended discussion about Jackson's masturbation habits and technique in detail
  • Byron and Tony probe Jackson about incestuous thoughts regarding his sisters
6

Malcolm Hatchett

Set: Malcolm performs a story about watching porn with his brother as a kid using a remote to switch to Nickelodeon when his mom came down. His mom mistakenly thinks he was watching Rugrats, then beats them for being 'hard' thinking he was aroused by the characters.

Interview: Malcolm recently acted in a short film with character named Percy. He's from North Carolina, currently staying in North Hollywood after being homeless, has food stamps and health insurance, and considers himself successful.

Bits:
  • Porn remote switch to Rugrats, mom thinks he was attracted to Angelica
  • Food stamps and health insurance are his biggest accomplishments as homeless
Moments:
  • Roseanne applauds Malcolm's material as relatable and funny
  • Discussion of recent acting role in short film with craft services
7

John Yaves

Set: John describes his lazy masturbation technique: unbuttoning pants without removing them, catching semen in his hand, letting it air dry to peel off like superglue without washing hands or leaving his computer.

Interview: John is 29, works at Starbucks for 1.5 years after six years as a Navy submarine mechanic. He's Filipino-American, from the Philippines but raised in LA, doesn't do open mics much, and has a roommate named Joel.

Bits:
  • Masturbates without removing pants, lets semen air dry like superglue
Moments:
  • Tony criticizes John's masturbation material as worst in 270 episodes
  • Extended probing about John's Navy submarine experience and inappropriate behavior
8

Yema Nekele

Set: Yema performs 'Is it Racist?' game discussing whether statements are racist about Black people, Ethiopians, white people, and Chinese people. He jokes about Chinese being a 'super majority' with benefits of minorities without guilt.

Interview: Yema is Nigerian-Ebo, grew up in Palos Verdes suburb, works for Save the Children doing canvassing. Parents are lawyer (mom) and engineer (dad). He previously taught English in Nigeria, appeared on Kill Tony before in November 2016.

Bits:
  • Is it racist game about Black people looking alike in Ethiopian room
  • Chinese as super majority with benefits of minorities without white guilt
Moments:
  • Yema reveals his dad told him to reference his grandfather selling Drake's grandfather
  • Extended discussion about colorism and Yema's preference for darker-skinned men