Kill Tony #28 — Jimmy Shubert, Kirk Fox

Set: Eric Carter discusses being from Mississippi, living in California for 5 months, and stereotypes about Colombians and Southern identity. He makes observations about diversity, confederate flags, and his experience learning French.

Interview: Tony and Jimmy discuss his Southern accent, French language skills, and confidence. They praise his swagger and suggest he target French audiences.

Set: Brad Sacks discusses being recently engaged, his fiancée hating comedy despite liking him, his day job as a salesman selling cleaning products, and the difficulty of balancing his life.

Interview: Tony and Kirk discuss his engagement timeline (since April), his sales job, and joke construction. They encourage him to develop material about his soap selling job and relationship dynamics.

Set: Carlos Escobar discusses Colombian stereotypes about dancing salsa and drug trafficking, food served on glass plates, P90X workouts, his bad back, and a confusing conversation with a man who wanted to take him out.

Interview: Tony and Kirk critique his delivery speed, telling him to slow down and let punchlines land. They praise his material but suggest he rushed through everything at 90 mph.

Set: Crazy performs an unconventional set, showing her breasts on stage and discussing her homeless best friend Amir's 30th birthday. She uses shock value and personal anecdotes.

Interview: Tony and Jimmy react with confusion and annoyance to her unorthodox set. They debate her approach and the merit of her friend's joke about fasting when she dies.

Set: Tim Greer performs premises about hating twerking, the term YOLO, telling kids to keep it real when criminals do, women looking for dream men while sleeping, and a controversial ending about roofying women.

Interview: Kirk and Jimmy praise his delivery and confidence but criticize the lack of actual jokes, calling them strong premises needing punchlines. They suggest developing each premise with more depth.

Set: Anye Malik discusses preferring to be called a bachelor instead of single, comparing it to the difference between janitor and custodian. He describes his tiny apartment where he can see the whole place from one spot.

Interview: Tony praises his style and delivery, suggesting additions like other weak words for being single. They discuss developing the premise further and his living situation.

Set: Melanie Baldonado discusses feisty people, two deaf girls arguing in the street, differences in how gay men vs women are perceived for being sassy, and a parody of her father in the 1980s.

Interview: Kirk and Jimmy praise her improvement and pacing since last appearance. They discuss developing the deaf girls premise further and adding more material about the arguments and details.

Set: Tom Reitman discusses his recent divorce, cheating signs, getting rejected from a threesome audition, and his wife tying him up before going to Vegas. He's newly starting stand-up comedy.

Interview: Kirk and Jimmy provide extensive coaching about being authentic, developing stories, and trusting his life experience. They learn he quit a lucrative Silicon Valley job to pursue comedy and entertainment dreams.

Set: Scott Kidd discusses dating difficulties, working well under pressure, fat girls, online dating apps OkCupid and Plenty of Fish, and discovering he has a girlfriend when condoms turned into tampons.

Interview: Tony criticizes his uncomfortable stage presence, self-laughter, and aggressive delivery. He advises connecting with the audience like a real human and developing material authentically.

Set: Katie Manzel discusses being a bridesmaid at a wedding, a girl wanting her confidence, giving the girl vodka instead, and her preferred sexual position being blacked out.

Interview: Tony and Kirk praise her pacing, timing, and authentic delivery. She receives the most applause of the night and is complimented for being the first to get a true applause break.

Set: Kim Congdon discusses her roommate's loud sex on weeknights, using it as prayer and lullaby, and eventually needing it to sleep. She jokes about watching lesbian porn and masturbating.

Interview: Kirk and Jimmy extensively coach her on joke structure, suggesting her punchlines are actually setups. They advise developing her lesbian porn interest and roommate situation with more detail.

Set: Sara Weinshenk discusses bridal showers, women eating quiche while watching bride unwrap kitchen appliances, being overwhelmed by toasters and food processors, and her disposable napkins vs monogrammed cloth.

Interview: Kirk and Jimmy coach her on building emotion gradually instead of starting angry. They suggest working up to the rage and developing setups before punchlines for better effect.

Interview: Jimmy Shubert, main guest, sits at the table throughout the episode providing commentary, jokes, and coaching to bucket pull performers. He discusses touring with Sam Kinison, his early material from Philadelphia, and advice for developing comedy.

Interview: Kirk Fox, main guest returning 3 weeks after debut, sits at table providing detailed coaching to bucket pull performers. He emphasizes pacing, authenticity, joke structure, and emotional connection with audiences.

Interview: Iron Patriot, head of security at Comedy Store and band member, vents about Buckeyes losing, discusses Meatloaf's music and career, plays his band's song from the Dirty Crabber, defends his dog and background artist appearances.