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Kill Tony #4 — Ari Shaffir

📅 June 24, 2013 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Belly Room 🎤 11 comedians

Guests: Ari Shaffir

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Lineup

1

Jeffrey Feldman

Set: Feldman opens with a bit about watching excessive pornography, specifically a web series called "Big Sausage Pizza" involving a pizza delivery man and women. He discusses the economics of pizza delivery and gets interrupted by the cat meow sound effect at 47 seconds.

Interview: Tony and panel critique the long setup and discuss pizza delivery workers not working on commission. Discussion includes Ari's pornography preferences and various tangents about the premise.

Bits:
  • Pizza delivery guy with penis through box getting sucked
Moments:
  • Set cut short by cat meow sound effect

Set: Trixie performs a high-energy set about being Irish-Italian Catholic, her large family, changing cloth diapers, and men's expectations. She frequently interrupts herself and continues material throughout the interview despite being told to stop.

Interview: Tony and panel discuss her catchphrase 'get over it,' her merchandise ideas, her age (55), her younger boyfriend (34), and various personal details. Trixie continues performing material during the interview.

Bits:
  • Second oldest of eight, changed cloth diapers at age six
  • Men want marriage and babies but won't carry burden
Moments:
  • Trixie continues performing material and refusing to stop talking during interview
  • Panel discusses her dentures falling out during set
3

Kyle Shore

Set: Kyle performs material about not liking rainbows despite wanting to help gay people, avoiding a racist tangent, and carries a camouflage backpack. Set is disrupted by Trixie heckling from the audience.

Interview: Panel questions Kyle's logic about rainbows and gay people, discusses his backpack contents (medicine/marijuana), his military service in infantry, and advice to new comedians.

Bits:
  • Would help gay people more if didn't hate rainbows
Moments:
  • Trixie Sullivan aggressively heckles Kyle throughout his set
  • Kyle reveals military background as explanation for backpack
4

Nina Vi

Set: Nina performs with a British accent about her overachieving father who was an Untouchable caste Hindu sent to Africa, became a genius, converted to Christianity, and is now invisible. Material about her invisibility as a woman of color.

Interview: Panel questions her caste references, father's background in Africa, invisibility metaphor, and how long she's been in America. Discussion of her dating life and visibility issues.

Bits:
  • Father was Untouchable caste, sent to Africa with tin of biscuits
  • Converting Christianity is like Lakers cleaner switching to Subway cleaner
Moments:
  • Nina repeatedly claims invisibility as woman of color
  • Panel confused about father's African accomplishments
5

Tim Greer

Set: Tim performs about YOLO not making sense, hating people who hashtag on social media, dreaming about women, and his father not letting him play Mario to avoid 'saving hoes.' Set runs 59 seconds.

Interview: Panel discusses Jesus living twice, Mario's three lives, Tim's knowledge of Christianity, schooling, and potential molestation references. Discussion of Jesus's resurrection timing.

Bits:
  • YOLO means you only live once, Jesus lived twice
  • Father wouldn't let him play Mario to avoid saving hoes
Moments:
  • Panel coaches Tim on Jesus resurrection timing
  • Tim references potential molestation
6

Robin Poke

Set: Robin performs material about dating younger men, online dating as shopping, meeting someone on Skype for coffee in what looked like a bathroom, and his mom interrupting. Strong opening with quick jokes that slow mid-set.

Interview: Panel provides coaching on delivery, naturalness, and pacing. Discussion of online dating, younger men, cougar angle, tags, and romantic chemistry with Iron Patriot.

Bits:
  • Dating younger men because they take less time telling life story
  • Online dating is just shopping online for man every day Black Friday
  • Met someone on Skype for coffee date in bathroom with mom interruption
Moments:
  • Panel coaches Robin on pacing and delivery
  • Iron Patriot flirts with Robin romantically
7

Abby Roberge

Set: Abby performs about working at Comedy Store while needing money for drinking habit, doing scams for groceries, and the '4011 banana code' scam at Ralph's self-checkout to save money. Set ends at 1 minute 7 seconds.

Interview: Panel critiques the long setup and punch line timing, suggests cutting down explanation. Discussion of Abby's appearance after doctor visit, Ari's expensive impulse purchases, and hoarding behavior.

Bits:
  • Drank all grocery money, needs to scam for food before payday
  • 4011 banana code scam at Ralph's self-checkout saves 95 percent
Moments:
  • Panel critiques long setup relative to payoff
  • Discussion of Ari buying expensive items impulsively
8

Hormoz Rashidi

Set: Hormoz performs about smoking with Suge Knight at Comedy Store and jokes about Tupac dying to avoid becoming Ice Cube, with heavy Tupac references including lyrics about revenge versus sex. Material is mostly Tupac-focused.

Interview: Panel critiques heavy reliance on Tupac material and lengthy setup about Suge Knight. Discussion of musical taste, broken thumb from basketball, upcoming surgery, and Michael Jackson fandom.

Bits:
  • Tupac died to spare him watching him become Ice Cube
  • Tupac preferred revenge to sex based on famous lyric
Moments:
  • Panel critiques spending too much time on Suge Knight setup
  • Hormoz reveals broken thumb and upcoming tendon surgery
9

Zane Helberg

Set: Zane performs about his brother becoming a father and quitting as busboy, going to Baby R Us, the absurdity of transitional bottles between breast and bottle feeding. Jokes about growing up poor drinking from garden hose.

Interview: Panel provides coaching on contradictions in hose joke timing and suggests alternative punchlines. Discussion of transitional bottles, athletes, and sports product placement.

Bits:
  • Transitional bottle helps babies transition from breast to bottle
  • He transitioned from breast straight to garden hose like real America
Moments:
  • Panel coaches on logical contradictions in hose joke
  • Discussion of athletes using transitional bottles for sports hydration
10

Dana Moon

Set: Dana performs about being mixed (white mom, abusive alcoholic dad), Connecticut lawn culture and pimped-out yards, stepdad with spinning rims on mailbox and fade-cut grass, and a Black neighbor who sells fertilizer with rap promotion.

Interview: Panel provides coaching on punchlines, discussion of her father's death in drunk driving accident 10-11 years ago, abuse history, closet drinking, and material about dark subjects.

Bits:
  • Asked if mixed, explains mom is white and dad was abusive alcoholic
  • Connecticut stepdad spends money pimping yard with spinning rims mailbox
Moments:
  • Dana reveals father died in drunk driving accident 10-11 years ago
  • Panel coaching on punchline about mixed joke
  • Iron Patriot comments on Dana's feet and bunions
11

Amy Hawthorne

Set: Amy performs about Colonial porn being influenced by technology, comparing Colonials with whips and bondage to porn preferences, witch trials and Salem, and historical eras. Suggests porn exists in all eras.

Interview: Panel discusses Amy's Colonial porn premise, references to The Crucible, cave painting orgies, medieval porn possibilities, and lists of potential porn titles. Ari suggests research at Huntington Gardens.

Bits:
  • Porn drove all technology including printing press and Brazilian waxes
  • Colonials had whips and chains at home plus public punishment
  • Two girls one musket pornography joke from Colonial era
Moments:
  • Panel coaches Amy on premise development and medieval porn angles
  • Ari suggests researching Huntington Gardens for Colonial material