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.