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Kill Tony #347 — Dom Irrera

📅 May 13, 2019 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Main Room 🎤 9 comedians ⭐ 1 regular

Guests: Dom Irrera

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Lineup

1

Kyle Lake

2

Meghan Sullivan

Set: Meghan does crowd work about being single. Jokes about liking being single because people congratulate you, contrasting with being married. References tinder and dating multiple comedians.

Interview: Tony discusses her dating two comedians (one funnier and taller), her freelance work, modeling, and a story about a neighborhood dentist/basketball coach. They workshop material about the dentist who may have been inappropriate with children.

Bits:
  • Being single is better because people celebrate it vs. celebrating marriage
  • Story about basketball coach/dentist and ball handling comments
Moments:
  • Tony makes crowd-work observation about her comedian dating situation
3

Ian Russo

Set: Ian performs under the stage name 'The Rooster.' He does a set about going to see Crazytown at a bar in 2018 ironically and discovering he genuinely enjoyed rap rock.

Interview: Tony learns Ian changed his stage name from his real name to get pulled from the bucket again after two years. They discuss his background in punk bands, music hobbies, and his mother's acting career.

Bits:
  • Going to Crazytown show ironically, turning into genuine appreciation
  • Mother in Broadway musical with Jerry Orbach, almost cast as Scout
Moments:
  • Ian changed his stage name to 'The Rooster' to increase chances of being called
  • Tony and band do repeated 'cockadoodledoo' callbacks with Ian's jokes
4

Jesse Campos

Set: Jesse jokes about his 95-year-old grandmother born in 1924 (same age as Tombstone Pizza frozen food). He does material about his bar job and PDA in bars.

Interview: Tony learns Jesse is 24, works at a bar/cafe, and his father is in prison for murder. They discuss his family situation, single status, last date (Bohemian Rhapsody movie), and Mortal Kombat.

Bits:
  • Grandmother born 1924, same age as Tombstone pizza, gravestone joke
  • PDA in bars is unnecessary, offer to join making out couples
Moments:
  • Jesse's father murdered someone and is in prison, he doesn't know details
  • Tony jokes about Jesse's father's Mortal Kombat skills
5

Steven Belkowski

Set: Steven does material about feeling good/high without drugs, then discovering he'd taken Xanax. He tells a story about meditating and realizing he'd consumed half a Xanax bar.

Interview: Tony learns Steven recently got a dispensary job with 50% discount, works at telemarketing, has been doing stand-up 5+ years. Discussion covers his Catholic family, monstrance incident while high, Bassnectar dating women, and his mother not picking up on Mother's Day.

Bits:
  • Felt high and happy, discovered he'd taken three Xanax pills
  • Meditated, felt great floating, realized half Xanax bar in hand
Moments:
  • Steven recently got dispensary job with huge discount after landing interview on show
  • Story about monstrance (holy Eucharist holder) in kitchen during second high
6

Cedric

Set: Cedric is a first-time stand-up who was picked up from the airport three hours ago by a friend and signed up. He discusses his mother's new extreme Christian routine.

Interview: Tony learns Cedric is a French teacher from Congo/Belgium/Canada, has a girlfriend in Halifax. Discussion explores his Canadian politeness, lack of adventurousness, and general blandness.

Bits:
  • Mother now super Christian, prays constantly, takes Sundays off
Moments:
  • Cedric's first time ever doing stand-up comedy, picked up from airport 3 hours prior
7

Tristan Bowling

Set: Tristan is the golden ticket redeemer from Phoenix. He does material about his name (rhymes with profanity), participation trophies, and growing up as a young person.

Interview: Tony learns Tristan turned 21 on Saturday, started comedy at 16, performed at a children's fashion show in giraffe-print for his birthday, respects the Comedy Store, lives with parents, dad makes Monster Jam video game.

Bits:
  • Named after knight Tristram, anything rhymes with profanity
  • Participation trophy generation, got trophies for basic participation
Moments:
  • Golden ticket redeemer - first to use golden ticket at Comedy Store
  • Just turned 21 on Saturday, performed fashion show same weekend
8

William Montgomery

Regular

Set: William performs new minute about his three-year-old son Jameis, getting high on embalming fluid, McDonald's quarter pounder, and his confusing joke setup.

Interview: Tony learns William's son is actually five (not three), steals from Kmart, William has diverticulitis, lost pension gambling in Vegas, was a cop 25 years, killed people in Hawaii, sent pipe bombs to Kentucky, and smokes embalming fluid.

Bits:
  • Son Jameis gets high with him, steals at McDonald's
  • On embalming fluid, having tunnel vision, real bad time
Moments:
  • William reveals he murdered 20 people as a cop, dumped bodies in ocean
  • William claims he sent pipe bombs to Kentucky that killed a family
9

Destiny Lalane

Set: Destiny does material about Tinder profile with sexual specifics, being single, her mother's expectations, and her sister's baby shower. Heavy focus on sexual content and abortion references.

Interview: Tony learns Destiny has been doing stand-up since 2015 in LA/Austin, works at health tech startup, met recent hookup at Venice Beach randomly after four hangouts, has only squirted four times.

Bits:
  • Tinder bio includes height/weight and squirting specifications
  • Looking for man with financial stability to afford abortion
Moments:
  • Destiny calls Venice Beach 'ground zero' comparing to 9/11