Kill Tony #301 — Mikey McKernan, Sara Weinshenk, Josh Martin
Guests: Mikey McKernan · Sara Weinshenk · Josh Martin
Lineup
Dan Jose
Set: First-time stand-up doing area code and ethnicity-based observational humor. Set included awkward references and a joke about his wife running off with a 9-year-old.
Interview: Tony discovered Dan is 43, a high school guidance counselor, plays Overwatch, and has killed birds with his car windshield. Discussion touched on his seemingly wholesome nature versus his darker material.
- Where my Asians at? Latinos? Caucasians? Establishing himself by calling out ethnic groups.
- Wife ran off with a 9-year-old while gaming, poor joke execution about parental irresponsibility.
- Tony criticizes him for opening with 'stuck in a bag full of dicks' negativity.
Set: Long-time Kill Tony regular and Los Angeles legend who is pulled from the bucket. Quick set with charcoal art van Gogh reference and self-deprecating humor about comedy style.
Interview: Tony invites Mikey to join the panel for the rest of the show rather than do a full interview.
- Found sketchy neighborhood with charcoal murals, made van Gogh reference.
- Voted intellectuals' least favorite comedian, compares comedy to lovemaking with tiny bits.
- Mikey invited to join the panel immediately after his set instead of full interview.
Set: First female pulled from bucket. Abortion-clinic humor centered on Planned Parenthood sharing a parking lot with Burger King, towing threats, and sexual freedom themes.
Interview: Kayla revealed she's 28 with three children (ages 3, 2, and 9 months), recently got an IUD, dating a 23-year-old, and is a stay-at-home mom. Panel expressed shock at her rapid reproduction and questioned her relationship decisions.
- Planned Parenthood shares parking lot with Burger King; tow company threatens cars.
- Gentrification doesn't work on Burger King; their whole life is abortion.
- Getting IUD at clinic then eating honey mustard chicken after.
- Tony and panel stunned by revelation of three kids in rapid succession with IUD.
- Discussion of her leaving one boyfriend and quickly starting with 23-year-old.
Set: Small-town guy from Corning, California describing truck stop culture, pranks with found dildos, and family drug trade background. Honest storytelling about rough upbringing and epilepsy.
Interview: John revealed his mother hid him from his father until age 12, found him having seizures in an orchard, and he has epilepsy. His honesty about his difficult childhood impressed Tony so much he gave him a golden ticket to perform in LA.
- Maintenance guys switched bicycle seat with dildo from trash can.
- Family ran the drug trade; never did drugs but no dentist either.
- John removed his tooth on stage when Tony jokingly asked about it.
- Tony awarded a golden ticket after hearing John's honest orchard/epilepsy stories.
- John demonstrated his epileptic seizure with his body.
Set: Regular featured performer with self-deprecating observational humor about insomnia, depression, microwave time-wishes, toothbrush anger, and absurdist observations on mundane objects.
Interview: Sara joined the panel. Tony praised her set and made jokes about her typical material coverage (kitchen utensils, drawer liners, spatulas, rolodex).
- White noise app plays sounds of parents fighting; sounds like home.
- Postpartum vibe despite having no kids; standing in front of microwave shaving years.
- Toothbrush as anger indicator; asking how angry someone is by their brushing technique.
Nick Synder
Set: White rapper doing first stand-up set ever. Material about being a white rapper in 2018, bombing in comedy vs. failure in hip-hop, sensitive skin, avoiding face tattoos.
Interview: Sam wrote the set in one week. Performed a rap freestyle as Dismissed Fit. Discussion of being stereotyped as white rapper and his girlfriend referencing every millennial male stereotype trait.
- Comedy you bomb you're done; hip-hop you suck, get face tattoos and try again.
- Can't get face tattoos; skin is soft and sensitive; teardrops are real.
- Sam performed a freestyle rap as 'Dismissed Fit' during interview.
- Tony praised his white rapper self-awareness joke as favorite version of that trope.
Set: Producer of Kill Tony doing stand-up with material about recording himself rapping the n-word, accidentally sending it to his speech therapist, and her honest feedback about his rap ability.
Interview: Josh joined the panel. Tony introduced him as main producer and backbone of the show, emphasizing his behind-the-scenes contributions.
- Recorded himself rapping with n-word hard-er, deleted it, sent to therapist by mistake.
- Therapist as Black woman says he can't rap but n-word delivery is pretty good.
Cor
Set: One-word name comedian with absurdist material about coffee donations, rabbis feeling fish through sheets, and dating-app filter culture.
Interview: Cor revealed he's dating a married woman whose husband knows about the affair. Panel joked about attempting to call the couple on speaker phone during the birthday party happening concurrently. Cor has been open-mic comedian since late 1990s.
- For price of coffee a day you could have someone in third world raise your child.
- Rabbi with fish fetish felt fish through sheet; Orthodox and priest variants.
- Ugly girls on dating sites used angles; now all use filters.
- Cor admitted to dating married woman whose husband knows and was at birthday party happening live.
- Attempted to call the married couple on speaker phone during the show.
Umar Khan
Set: Pakistani 24-year-old first-time comedian with material about getting a happy-ending massage after taking Rhino 9000 boner pills, and the handjob lasting excessively long.
Interview: Umar is a taxi driver, Pakistani, 24, fourth time on stage. Panel discussed his tight pants, Brendan Schaub resemblance, and questioned truthfulness of boner-pill story. Tony coached him to be more honest and real in his material.
- Got Rhino 9000 pills before massage; masseuse worked very hard until he came.
- Tony coached Umar to be more authentic about his Pakistani heritage and real stories.
Rachel D
Set: 41-year-old high school teacher with material about birthdays and gifts, moms deserving presents instead, dating married men, wanting Benjamin Button scenario, and being perpetually horny at 40.
Interview: Rachel teaches history and English to sophomores at all-girls school (also public school). Has been doing stand-up since January. Admitted to being asked to prom by senior student, dating a 57-year-old, and has been hit on by comedians.
- Only person deserving birthday gifts is your mom for the vagina damage.
- At 40 you're horny all the time; want an 18-year-old boy inside you.
- Brian Red Band pointed out she had almost identical joke to earlier performer Kala about three babies.
Afrodyete
Set: 63-year-old Kill Tony legend from Los Angeles performing a song closing out the two-show event. Musical tribute celebrating birthdays and San Francisco.
- Afrodyete closed Kill Tony Mania with a song celebrating San Francisco and birthdays.