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Kill Tony #282 — Jeremiah Watkins, Joel Berg

📅 August 1, 2018 📍 Cleveland, OH 🎤 13 comedians

Guests: Jeremiah Watkins · Joel Berg

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Lineup

1

Frank Nero

Set: First-time stand-up discussing his childhood comedy experience performing a Bill Cosby bit at age 10 and how that has not aged well.

Interview: Tony probed Frank's background as an accountant, his one-year relationship with his girlfriend (also an accountant), and family heritage. Frank revealed meeting his girlfriend on Tinder and going to a bar for their first date.

Bits:
  • Bill Cosby bit at age 10 hasn't aged well due to assault allegations.
  • Parents' photo frame showing childhood evolution is uncomfortable given he's not good-looking now.
Moments:
  • First-time comedian reveals he performed a Bill Cosby bit as a child, which becomes awkward given Cosby's later assault convictions.
2

Lukas Mateus

Set: Colombian adoptee discussing his unique family dynamic as an adopted child of biological parents who also adopted his sister, making incest theoretically safe genetically.

Interview: Lucas revealed he's from Columbus, works at a grocery store, and used to sing in punk bands. He discussed his adoptive father telling him he was proud when Lucas did stand-up, and showed he can draw.

Bits:
  • Being adopted is like getting a used PlayStation without box or instructions.
  • Could have sex with whole family without genetic consequences since not blood-related.
Moments:
  • Tony compares Lucas to Hitler if he were a skateboarder, noting his unusual outfit of green cargo pants and yellow starter shirt.
3

Henry Allen

Set: Box office worker discussing being high at baseball games, being the youngest of seven sisters who dressed him up as a child and kept provocative photos.

Interview: Henry revealed he's been doing stand-up for seven years, works at the Funny Bone comedy club, is from southern Ohio, and attended a Kill Tony show in Vegas. Tony advised him against moving to DC.

Bits:
  • Being high during national anthem makes it feel uncomfortably long.
  • Sisters dressed him in lace and heels as child, kept photos to blackmail him.
Moments:
  • Henry admits attending a Kill Tony taping in Vegas and nearly volunteering to eat a chip but didn't.
4

Joe Schaffer

Set: Youngstown native discussing physical appearance jokes, weak chin, recently learning to tell time, and comparing himself to Ryan Gosling if he were a lesbian.

Interview: Joe revealed he's from Youngstown, just turned 29, lives in Cranberry Township near Pittsburgh, and his mother passed away on Halloween from cancer. He broke his arm and wrist in basketball falls.

Bits:
  • Looks like guy who tries to break up fights and gets beaten by both sides.
  • Looks like Ryan Gosling if he was a lesbian in mid-transition.
Moments:
  • Joe reveals his mother passed away on Halloween from cancer, creating a somber moment during interview.
6

Michael Joseph

Set: Studied to be Catholic priest, jokes about looking like Jesus, dark humor about kids, abandoned priesthood to avoid taking poverty vow.

Interview: Michael is from Rochester, been doing stand-up one and a half months, freelance translator of Arabic and Spanish, makes eight cents per word. Interview devolves into porn discussion and sexual content with fiancée in Rochester who is also a translator.

Bits:
  • Inverse relationship with Jesus: less belief = more physical resemblance to him.
  • Studied priesthood but wanted to make money and have sex, found easier way to interact with kids.
Moments:
  • Interview devolves into extended discussion about pornography preferences and sexual practices with fiancée, unusual length for Kill Tony.
7

Logan Stake

Set: Columbus comedian discussing feeling down watching GLOW, lost 22 pounds on vegan diet in three and a half months, nostalgia for when you could throw shoes at presidents.

Interview: Logan is about a year and a half into stand-up, delivers craft beer for a brewery, plays emo music, does D&D. Recent ex-girlfriend punched him in the face while he was driving after getting fired for her eating a sandwich.

Bits:
  • Lost all 22 pounds on vegan diet, only weighed 22 pounds to begin with.
  • Watching season two of GLOW brings him down, reminiscent of old days when you could throw shoes at presidents.
Moments:
  • Logan reveals ex-girlfriend punched him multiple times in the face while driving because he made her leave work over a sandwich.
8

Will Bell

Set: Discusses grandpa's sexual prowess in nursing home, references Tony's previous fat Lannister insult, makes self-deprecating jokes about appearance.

Interview: Will is from Put-in-Bay island in Lake Erie, has been doing stand-up for five years, works as a carpenter, doing keto diet. Tony previously called him a fat Lannister and told him to get healthy.

Bits:
  • Grandpa told him he doesn't need Viagra, needs whiskey to keep it down.
Moments:
  • Will references Tony's previous roast calling him a fat Lannister and claims he got motivated to get healthy.
9

Jeremy Walken

Set: Physical specimen who dresses like slob, describes himself as big blueberry, discusses unexpected tissue in intimate moments with women.

Interview: Jeremy is 33, works at manufacturing warehouse as picker, first-time stand-up, lives 30 minutes outside Cleveland with parents. Plays video games (Witcher 3, Fallout, Skyrim), single, grandmother cooks good mac and cheese.

Bits:
  • Looks like big blueberry, ladies need antioxidants.
  • Describes finding tissue during intimate moments with women and how to navigate it.
Moments:
  • Jeremy introduces the lockdown sexual move, places stomach on partner's back during intercourse.
10

Devon Nack

Set: Performs a joke about his father teaching him to smoke and drink as a child, asks if his dick touches his asshole to determine maturity level.

Interview: Devon is 24, first-time doing stand-up, revealed he performed a joke from his grandparents rather than original material. Tony criticized him for not creating original content.

Bits:
  • Father asks if dick touches asshole to determine if he's old enough to smoke and drink.
Moments:
  • Tony criticizes Devon for performing a joke from his grandparents instead of original material, encouraging him to develop his own voice.
11

Bridget Sybel

Set: Moved from Chicago back to Cleveland, describes return as purgatory, drinks heavily, complains about five white men not being funny.

Interview: Bridget is drunk, lived in Chicago five years, grew up in Cleveland, briefly lived in Melbourne. Tony stops the interview, criticizing her lack of punchlines and angry demeanor, dismissing her.

Moments:
  • Bridget complains about having to listen to five white men in a row, Tony corrects her noting Jeremy Walken is Black.
  • Tony dismisses Bridget mid-interview, criticizing her drunkenness, lack of punchlines, and angry demeanor.
12

Britney H

Set: First-timer discussing workplace bathroom strategy to avoid coworker Linda and the challenge of using the toilet freely without judgment.

Interview: Britney came unprepared, husband signed up too, she wanted to demonstrate he could come up. Tony criticized her lack of preparation and execution.

Bits:
  • Going to bathroom at work is like war: strategy, evade enemies, complete mission.
Moments:
  • Britney reveals husband signed up too and wanted her to show he could perform, Tony criticizes her unprepared approach.
13

Amber Maeda

Set: Originally from Hawaii, raised in Michigan, moved to Cleveland 1.5 years ago, discusses Asian family pressure not to disappoint.

Interview: Amber has been doing stand-up for 14 months since moving to Cleveland, works at a budget dumpster company. Tony praises her energy and work ethic, encourages her to write more material.

Bits:
  • Asian family motto is don't disappoint family, she does it a lot.
Moments:
  • Tony praises Amber's energy and performance as one of the funniest female performances he's seen, encourages further development.