Kill Tony #361 — Jeff Ross
Guests: Jeff Ross
Lineup
Set: Alex discussed getting his booty hole eaten out, waving at Mother Nature at the ocean, and jokes about his appearance and microphone technique.
Interview: Alex is from Wisconsin, has been doing standup for 3.5 years, builds and installs Ikea kitchens, and disclosed a past relationship involving physical abuse.
- Recently had booty hole eaten out, describes it as wonderful
- Waved at Mother Nature at ocean, she didn't wave back
- Tony and panel critique his microphone technique throughout interview
- Uncomfortable moment when asked about physical abuse from ex-girlfriend
Set: Zach did a warm-up about multitasking and his mom, discussed growing up poor in a fraternity for financial aid students (EBT letters), and his appearance.
Interview: From Fayetteville, North Carolina, been doing standup 3 years, bartends at craft beer bar in Burbank, lives with roommates, into skateboarding, dated girl who moved to Santa Monica with him but relationship ended when he started doing comedy.
- Conflicted about roadhead multitasking while giving mom rides to work
- Grew up poor in financial aid fraternity with EBT letters
- Looks like John Benet Ramsey's killer, dad asks about hair
- Comparison to David Lee Roth noted by panel
- Tony praises his joke execution compared to first comic
Set: Lorraine discussed not knowing she was Mexican until older (thought she was good swimmer), being in a failed 3-year relationship where her ex was likely gay and preferred anal sex.
Interview: From Rancho Cucamonga, been doing comedy just over a year after bad breakup, works as a bartender, ex-boyfriend gave lap dances at gay bar and made her wear baseball cap during sex.
- Thought grandparents swimming across border meant she was good swimmer
- Not typical Mexican, no kids, should be great-grandmother by now
- Ex-boyfriend preferred anal sex, always wore baseball cap during intimacy
- Extended discussion about ex-boyfriend's sexuality and sexual preferences
- Panel discovers ex was secretly dating another woman for 5+ years also
- Jeff Ross praises her for personal material rather than generic jokes
Seth
Set: Seth did jokes about being non-threatening despite face tattoos, women locking car doors after dates, and disclosed he's Mormon with three kids, two daughters with bleeding disorder.
Interview: Mormon, married with three kids aged 7, 4, and 9 months, two daughters have bleeding disorder (Von Willebrand), wife teaches at USC, been doing standup 1.5 years, disclosed worst moment: lifted disabled person in wheelchair for spanking at age 17.
- Non-threatening guy but women lock doors when he drops them off
- Claims he's never raped anybody despite his appearance
- Got married as a virgin, perfect way to end
- Disclosed traumatic story about disabled person asking him to assist in spanking
- Panel discusses implications of his daughters having bleeding disorder during menstruation
- Tony praises Seth for improvement across multiple appearances
Set: Jason discussed having narcolepsy with cataplexy, growing up in cult-like upbringing (Mormon light), and being in circus tents for gatherings.
Interview: Third appearance, disabled veteran living in van, served in Coast Guard as mechanic deployed to Guantanamo, boating accident caused back/sciatica issues, been homeless/living in van since October, discusses mental health and suicide ideation.
- Has narcolepsy and cataplexy but never experienced joy to faint
- Mormon light upbringing with number two circus tent for gatherings
- Discloses friend's suicide in high school, had unrequited crush on her
- References three-layer wipe technique for toilet paper
- Tony coaches him to focus on writing and improve
Set: Nico joked about being Jewish and white, having privilege, breakups feeling like leaving prison, friend asking if he was glad weed was legal.
Interview: 23 years old from Claremont, just graduated college, going to law school studying cannabis law, parents are real estate attorneys paying for apartment, hosts Legion of Skanks part-time, lives with parents, has girlfriend who splits comedy show earnings.
- Jewish with white privilege, friends say weed always been legal for us
- Breakups like leaving prison, freedom nice but miss the sex
- Reveals girlfriend makes him split earnings from comedy shows featuring her
- Jeff observes he looks like uncircumcised penis
- Panel discusses his plan to follow girlfriend to law school
Set: William did absurdist material about Tim Tebow doing cocaine off table, owning streaming diamonds website with Ernest movies, plastic containers stolen from mailbox, impression of living in Philippines.
Interview: 43 years old, claims to have worked with Jeff Ross on films in Philippines for 4 years, got malaria, worked at Laser Quest, mentions various fabricated shared experiences with Jeff including 1996 Olympics pipe bombs and plane incident.
- If Tim Tebow still played NFL, found self doing cocaine off table
- Website streaming diamonds like Netflix but only Ernest movies
- Impression of self in Philippines with darkened skin for comedic effect
- Entire interview based on elaborate false stories with Jeff Ross about past experiences
- William directs message to heckler Paul at self-storage unit about his health
- Tony checks that image on screen is not actually his parents' house
Set: Danny joked about old people's reaction to seeing him, roommate thinking Jesus was magician because he prayed for rent money instead of working.
Interview: 25 years old, moved to LA 2 years ago from North Carolina, was homeless for 3 months after arriving with dog Stitch, recently started standup 2 weeks ago, works delivery for Amazon, has been attending open mics 3-4 times weekly.
- Old people give him expression like watching shooting star when seeing him
- Roommate prayed for rent instead of getting job, thought Jesus was magician
- Reveals dog Stitch died while in care of friend who wouldn't return him
- Tony coaches him to write jokes about his dog's death experience
- Fake phone call to dog Stitch at end of interview
Set: Cassandra introduced giant vagina costume, joked about dating comedians, having to pretend they're funnier, picking up checks because they have no money.
Interview: Performs burlesque for 20 years traveling worldwide, dating comedian Cole Alexander, recently filming Netflix show in pre-production, friends with David Arquette for wrestling, responds to Cole's previous episode's comments about their relationship.
- Introduced vagina costume, warns not to get close to two bomber comedians
- Has to pretend comedian boyfriend funnier than her, pick up checks
- Cole Alexander called to stage to publicly apologize for previous episode's characterization
- Cassandra corrects Cole's version of their relationship on air
- Episode ends with Cole and Cassandra kissing on stage
Jeff Ross
Interview: Jeff discussed his Netflix show Historical Roast now trending globally, getting his own Netflix account when it dropped (didn't for Bumping Mics), touring Roastmaster General with David Tell across country, recent Vegas shows, hosting Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin.
- Jeff compares Kill Tony's popularity to Steel Panther's regular Monday crowd
- Participates in band character sketch as construction worker giving advice