Kill Tony #343 — Jim Gaffigan, Nick Swardson
Guests: Jim Gaffigan · Nick Swardson
Lineup
Set: Andrew discusses fitness culture, depression masked by muscle-building, CBD side effects causing Joe Rogan tattoos, and finding pubic hair on toilet seats as wishes.
Interview: Andrew reveals he's from Boston, works in dialysis, runs ultramarathons, was chased by a bear at mile 86, has a Thai tattoo from age 16, and met his girlfriend of 6 years at the gym.
- No one ever said 400 pounds meant their dad loved them
- CBD gave him Joe Rogan tattoos overnight
- Pubic hair on toilet seats are wishes, don't waste them
- Tony compliments Andrew's stage presence genuinely
- Revelation that Andrew was chased by a 1000-pound bear at mile 86 of a 100-mile race
Set: Forest discusses smoking weed in sixth grade (his parents'), drug stories, and his dad offering him acid.
Interview: Forest reveals he's been doing stand-up 3 years, first time at main room, 29 years old, works in drug rehab marketing, plays disc golf, does jiu-jitsu, went to prison for DUI/accident.
- Parents mad he smoked their weed in 6th grade, offered him acid
- Forest and band member Joel do impromptu jiu-jitsu on stage
- Revelation that Forest spent a year in Corcoran prison for DUI
- Forest admits not remembering details of the accident or prison stay
Islem
Set: Steven discusses not hating cops but hating doing drugs around cool cops, smoking weed as problem-solver, and dropping out of college after smoking pot.
Interview: Steven clarifies the set is a character, is from northern Colorado/Virginia area, has been doing stand-up 5 years since July in LA, has a dispensary job interview tomorrow at 10am but set alarm for midnight.
- Cool cops aren't cool by definition, dog not biting doesn't mean won't
- Smoked weed to decide major, dropped out instead
- Steven admits entire set is a character, not autobiographical
- Steven has real dispensary interview but set alarm for wrong time
- Jim compares Steven to Nick Swardson and Ted Nugent
Set: Dexter discusses not having sex in 5 years, accidentally getting high on meth by making out with an Asian woman, and Tinder being like an animal shelter.
Interview: Dexter has completely black tattooed eyeballs (2 years), is from Galveston Texas, is a glassblower making eyeballs, said his first time doing stand-up, has a podcast 'white suit black eyes'.
- Got high on meth making out, lips burned, didn't know it was option
- Tinder like animal shelter where they kill all animals next day
- Reveal that Dexter's eyeballs are permanently tattooed black using hypodermic needles
- Extensive crowd work about Dexter's intimidating appearance and black eyes
- Panel discussion of whether Dexter could use iPhone face unlock with black eyes
Set: Marco, a Bosnian immigrant who came at age 7, discusses having adult job responsibilities as a bilingual child, doing parents' taxes while learning to write his name, and feeling disconnected from peers.
Interview: Marco has been in US 22 years, is 30 years old, been doing stand-up 4 months, worked at Microsoft as data analyst in Seattle, quit in December, third day in LA visiting, leaving on 6am flight.
- Young immigrant kids translate for parents, filling out criminal history on job apps
- Couldn't connect with peers because doing dad's taxes instead of watching TV shows
- Marco reveals he got on wrong plane at JFK in mid-90s with no English
- Marco makes up joke referencing Topanga, admits he Googled '90s sitcom stars
- Tony warns Marco about missing his 6am flight repeatedly
Set: William does absurdist material about Jaws: The Revenge, being fired from a circus for bad weight guessing, and non-sequiturs about Biloxi Mississippi and his friend Tony Chin.
Interview: William claims to be in Jaws: The Revenge and Ghost, calls his mother Frances at 3am while high on ephedrine in underwater caves, missing friend Tony Chin, mentions Memphis Zoo, stealing at malls, diverticulitis.
- Claims he was sailor in Jaws: The Revenge, 'Steven get off the back'
- Worked circus 5 years guessing weights, couldn't do the math right
- William stares intensely at Jim Gaffigan throughout interview
- William fantasizes about being in Biloxi with Jim Gaffigan
- William delivers increasingly unhinged information: diverticulitis, bird droppings, mall stealing
Set: Vee discusses receiving unsolicited dick pics including a large scrotum with no explanation, a batwing (stretched testicles), and a bat signal (batwing with flashlight through it).
Interview: Vee has been doing stand-up 3 years, works in cosmetics/eyeliner, runs three comedy shows in Orange County, has Pomeranian and Chihuahua, been with boyfriend 14 years, received unwanted genital photos.
- Received huge testicle pic with no explanation, could wrap self like burrito
- Batwing: stretching testicles with two hands, impressive but concerning
- Bat signal: batwing with flashlight showing all veins, guy has blood clot
- Panel notes Vee's pant legs are rolled up like Andrew Pupa's
- Revelation that guy sent pics, called Vee stuck-up after rejection
- Tony asks if boyfriend sent the bat wing pic, hilarious misunderstanding