Kill Tony #292 — Randy Sklar, Jason Sklar, Daniel Van Kirk

Set: Alice Rose opened with observational humor about being perceived as a lesbian despite identifying as only 1/16 lesbian, and made jokes about giving oral sex and vaginal orgasms.

Interview: Tony and the panel discussed her opening joke structure, suggested she add harder jokes and play more into lesbian tropes. Alice mentioned her parents are racist and shared a story about her mom making fun of Mexican relatives at a funeral.

Set: Corina joked about wanting a body like Wendy Peppercorn from The Sandlot, accepting her appearance, and compared her breakup to a bad comedy set with similar language from her ex.

Interview: Panel discussed her Sandlot reference being dated and suggested she needed more jokes in her material. Daniel Van Kirk made jokes about her appearance and her ex-boyfriend being funny.

Set: Patrick did observational humor about being half Filipino and half Irish, focusing on his small nose and stories about his brother stealing from him.

Interview: Panel discussed his appearance, his job delivering food, leasing a car, and made extensive jokes about his small nose. Tony explored his mix of cultures and suggested punch-up opportunities.

Set: Robin made jokes about transitioning from T-Mobile to Verizon, being misgendered by a waiter, and transitioning to potentially help her career as a young person.

Interview: Tony praised her handling of the material, discussed her steroid use and hormone issues post-cycle. Panel appreciated that she didn't make transition the focus of her entire act.

Set: Cassandra performed about being transgender, designing her own vagina post-surgery, a boyfriend comment about her oral skills, and stories about her relationship ending when she discovered her boyfriend was gay for pay.

Interview: Panel gave extensive coaching on joke structure, suggesting she work harder on crafting jokes around her unique experience of designing her vagina. Discussion included her surgical choices, working in burlesque, and how she's treated in public.

Set: Doug came on stage to deliver a brief announcement about a DeLorean double-parked outside and made a joke about it being time-travel to the seventies.

Set: Chris performed about his view that he shouldn't be allowed to get a gun based on his political threats, touching on Republican vs Democrat unity around this point.

Interview: Tony noted Chris had been hanging around the Comedy Store for six weeks and had a mysterious presence. They discussed his background in Florida, college math tutoring, substitute teaching, and his minimalist lifestyle in Van Nuys.

Set: Malcolm told true stories about sleeping in his car, letting a friend sleep in back seat, folding t-shirts as pillows, and waking up with neck cramps.

Interview: Panel praised Malcolm's authentic material about real struggles. Tony noted Malcolm expected to sleep in cars during the road trip and discussed his new pizza job, dating life, and experiences.

Set: Niles told stories about teaching his cousin to swim, discussed a tape of Trump, made jokes about black people with British accents saying n-word, and referenced the Hurricane Florence and West Hollywood living.

Interview: Tony noted this was his first time on show. Discussion covered his life in LA since January 2016, his work history including post mates and after-school programs, dating app experiences, and meeting a woman at a Dodgers game.

Set: Steven joked about his agent, Black Panther role rejection about no white deaths and missing beret, and pitched a fake TV show concept called Unarmed Black Man as an anthology series.

Interview: Panel discussed his premise about the TV show and suggested he skip the Black Panther setup to get to the joke faster. Conversation covered his living situation, downtown LA, his mother's death, and his father's prison sentence.