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Kill Tony #343 — Jim Gaffigan, Nick Swardson

📅 April 29, 2019 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Main Room 🎤 8 comedians ⭐ 1 regular

Guests: Jim Gaffigan · Nick Swardson

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Lineup

1

Andrew Pupa

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.

Bits:
  • 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
Moments:
  • 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
2

Forest Kelly

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.

Bits:
  • Parents mad he smoked their weed in 6th grade, offered him acid
Moments:
  • 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
3

Islem

4

Steven Belkowski

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.

Bits:
  • Cool cops aren't cool by definition, dog not biting doesn't mean won't
  • Smoked weed to decide major, dropped out instead
Moments:
  • 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'.

Bits:
  • 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
Moments:
  • 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
6

Marco Vucetic

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.

Bits:
  • 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
Moments:
  • 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
7

William Montgomery

Regular

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.

Bits:
  • 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
Moments:
  • 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
8

Vee Bentley

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.

Bits:
  • 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
Moments:
  • 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