Kill Tony #394 — Mark Normand, Ari Shaffir

Set: Nick attempts a joke about Antonio Brown and CTE that doesn't land, starts discussing his father's alcoholism but runs out of time before reaching any punchlines.

Interview: Nick reveals he's been doing stand-up for only one month and was married three times by age 25. Tony coaches him on actually completing jokes and hitting punchlines.

Set: Eric discusses performing comedy in the 90s with Zach Galifianakis, reveals he's HIV-positive and a Libra, makes a joke comparing his friend's cancer to zodiac discrimination.

Interview: Tony learns Eric got sober after a big drug addiction in the 2000s, moved back to LA, and contracted HIV in 1994 from someone in Staten Island. Discussion covers his current life and dating with HIV.

Set: David performs a bit about racial differences, particularly about Columbus and spices, arguing that white people must have been desperate. He discusses meeting his wife at a church and their poor sex life.

Interview: David just returned from Milan and is seeking representation. Tony's manager Jake is told to sign David. Discussion covers David's trip to Atlanta, love life preferences, and his pescatarian diet.

Set: Kristen discusses getting older and recently enjoying funk music, particularly Parliament's 'One Nation Under a Groove.' She comments on how 90s/2000s songs promoted dancing, leading to physical injury, and questions why healthcare doesn't cover these dance-related injuries.

Interview: Kristen just moved from Detroit to LA this week and already saw a dead body. Tony discusses her career transition from internal auditing to comedy and her dating life.

Set: Bradley discusses moving out of his parents house into his recently deceased grandparents' house, which is haunted. He mentions discovering a family secret but stops himself, and makes jokes about the old person smell and needing to dispose of bodies before trash day.

Interview: Bradley's grandfather died two months ago from cancer and he now lives alone in their Northridge house. He works as a Production Assistant at DreamWorks overseeing international dubbing casting. Discussion covers his non-existent love life and Tinder messages.

Set: John discusses his eating addiction and 85-pound weight loss. He jokes about comfort food being jam-filled deep-fried items and worries more about his Domino's order history being discovered than his porn history.

Interview: John lost 85 pounds by moving to LA and not affording brunch. He's been doing comedy for a year and a half, moved from Portland Maine, walks dogs for work, and lives in a red Chevy cargo van with wood floors.

Set: William performs abstract, largely nonsensical material about Dracula, his eyes in dark rooms, a Dr. Seuss-like doctor named Frank Dracula who lives in a tree, and references to magnolia trees and Zantac 75.

Interview: William was making out with someone in the bathroom and missed his spot. He reveals he's been living in Latin America studying magnolia trees and has stage four Lyme's disease with two years to live.

Interview: Ari is a panel guest who sits at the table and provides commentary throughout the episode. He interacts with various comedians and adds jokes during interviews.

Set: Khajantiva's set is not clearly documented in the transcript; they are pulled from the bucket after Ari Shaffir but their actual comedy material is not transcribed.

Set: Matt discusses being hungover and thinking he was paralyzed waking up in a wheelchair. He talks about wanting a swimmer's body and having one competitively when younger, retiring as champion.

Interview: Matt is a Canadian electrician from Fort McMurray who moved to LA and has been doing comedy off and on for 10 years. He has a 10-year-old daughter and a Filipino stewardess girlfriend (temporary foreign worker).