Kill Tony #307 — Benji Aflalo, Esther Povitsky
Guests: Benji Aflalo · Esther Povitsky
Lineup
Set: Austin performs about his 2000+ mile bicycle tour along the West Coast, encountering homeless people, rich tourists, and physical discomfort from cycling. The set touches on gratitude, travel, and absurdist observations about his journey.
Interview: Austin discussed his bicycle tour from Idaho through Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco over two months, his three years of stand-up comedy, the loneliness of the road, and various awkward questions from the panel about his physical state and sexual activity.
- Bumper sticker logic about thanking teachers/soldiers is flawed because it's printed in English
- Rich old white people encountered during bicycle tour became tiresome
- Homeless man sleeping in porta potty scared him but then let him use it
- Panel pressures Austin to call the stranger whose couch/bathroom he's staying on during the interview
- Extensive questioning about masturbation in stranger's bathroom becomes running theme
Set: Matt performs about breaking up with his girlfriend, the abundance of fish metaphor, and Channing Tatum's name sounding sexual. He discusses awkward sexual encounters and the absurdity of naming children after verbs.
Interview: Matt discussed his age (25), location (Connecticut originally, now Thousand Oaks), biology background, pharmaceutical engineering job, and his blended family of four adopted Asian siblings and one red-haired sister.
- There's plenty of fish in the sea, but they ain't got fucking titties
- Channing Tatum's name sounds sexual when used as verb during intense sexual encounter
- Usually don't name your kid a verb like Channing Tatum
- Panel extensively pressures Matt to describe what he would do to Esther if locked together
- Matt finally provides punchline at end: 'I'd go all the way until I chant Tatum'
Clarissa
Set: Clarissa performs about being androgynous, having three children (two Black, one white), not having sex in years, and practical advice about Plan B. She discusses parenting challenges and sexual economics.
Interview: Clarissa discussed her three children (ages 6, 10, 11), her partnership with the white baby's father who sells on eBay, not knowing the Black children's father, racial tensions in her household, her basketball scholarship, and her lesbian experiences.
- In 2018 androgynous label means not getting pussy or penis
- Has two black kids and one white one; sleeps with one eye open around the white kid
- If guy won't split Plan B cost, don't suck the dick
- Panel goes silent and uncomfortable when Clarissa mentions racial dynamics in household
- Tony calls out audience for being racist when they don't laugh at Oreo joke
- Clarissa admits to breaking a strap-on during lesbian encounter
Set: Streeter performs about girls hitting on him at clubs, him telling them he's gay to avoid them, and his sexual preferences. The set is breathless and energetic with absurdist observations about sexuality.
Interview: Streeter discussed being a day trader, previously a TV news producer in New York, being from Upstate New York, and identifying as gay. The interview escalated with the panel pressuring him to remove his clothes.
- Told girl he was gay to avoid her advances at club
- Can get all the pussy he wants but doesn't like the taste
- Historic moment: First man ever to perform a joke in underwear on Kill Tony (306+ episodes)
- Panel and audience pressure Streeter to gradually remove clothing throughout interview
Set: Darren performs about his penis touching the toilet bowl, identifying as offensive millennial, cooking avocado toast with Tide pods, and generational parenting fears transforming into fetishes and economic collapse.
Interview: Darren discussed his age (25), moving to LA five months ago to Alhambra, his incredibly low rent ($650/month with 7 roommates total, 5 in basement), living conditions, and his depression from the situation.
- Penis touched toilet bowl porcelain; now going blind in left eye
- So millennial he cooks avocado toast with Tide pods on them
- Parents threatened spanking (now a fetish) and housing market collapse (millennials turned it to strength)
- Crowd and panel shocked to learn Darren pays only $650/month for place with 5 roommates in basement
- Tony and Benji extensively coach Darren on better housing options in LA, showing genuine concern
- Chroma Chris makes one of his two spoken lines: 'Are they alive?'
Set: Malcolm performs observations about sharks controlling the ocean, the Grinch needing to chase his dreams instead of stealing Christmas, The Rock's mystery smell, and people dressed in American flag colors inspiring pledge of allegiance.
Interview: Malcolm discussed his career growth since joining as regular (28k Instagram followers, signed to major agency), his pizza delivery job, a homeless man defecating in front of the restaurant, and his journey from North Carolina.
- Sharks control ocean; if you smell like blood you will be eaten
- Grinch stolen Christmas since 60s; needs to chase dreams instead
- What the fuck is The Rock cooking? Never smelled it despite trying
- Malcolm reveals he's now regular who's gained massive following and signed to major agency
- Malcolm discusses homeless man defecating and spiking poop in front of pizza restaurant
Set: Sam performs about watching My 600 Pound Life, observing a woman too fat to get off couch for snacks, relating dating to discount store shopping, and the paradox of marriage for obese people.
Interview: Sam discussed being a Ford truck saleswoman from Newport Beach with a Jewish mother and Christian father, her four-year relationship with an off-road race car builder, and her background in Beverly Hills.
- Woman on My 600 Pound Life too fat to get snacks; paradoxically married
- Dating in late twenties is like discount store shopping; fuck what you already have
- Panel makes extensive jokes about Sam being Jewish and selling Ford trucks
- Benji reveals he's Jewish and makes jokes about both struggling with gas (trucks and Jewish people)