Kill Tony #40 — Billy Bonnell, Jeremiah Watkins
Guests: Billy Bonnell · Jeremiah Watkins
Lineup
Set: Beauregard describes pulling his shirt over his head while walking his dog due to eye adjustment issues, mistakenly believing he has mole-eye syndrome. He encounters worried Spanish ladies who point him in the correct direction.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss Beauregard's extensive knowledge of moles and microphone technique. Beauregard reveals he was in a black metal band from Norway before moving to Philadelphia a year ago, and that his mother recently passed away.
- Pulled shirt over head to adjust to sunlight, mistook it for mole-eye syndrome
- Billy notes Beauregard had extensive mole knowledge but needed better mic technique
- Beauregard reveals his mother passed away during the interview
Set: Austin delivers a joke about anti-bullying movements, suggesting bullying is something you must solve yourself. He pivots from focusing on grades and college to returning to one's high school reunion to "shoot it up," ending with the punchline about revenge fantasy.
Interview: Panel praises the joke structure and setup. They discuss adding tags, his joke about teachers, and a gym teacher named Mr. Phillips who molested male students. Austin explains he's been doing stand-up for three years and works at the Comedy Store.
- Anti-bullying movement advice: focus on success, return to high school reunion to shoot it up
- Austin delivers strong punchline that surprises panel with dark turn
- Panel discussion of joke structure and balloon metaphor
Set: Cameron covers being called a Triscuit (cracker hierarchy), an ADD medication infomercial, and a bad role-playing experience with an ex-girlfriend who insisted on incestuous scenarios. He delivers rapid-fire jokes with sharp punchlines.
Interview: Panel discusses cracker hierarchy and rankings (Ritz, Wheat Thins, saltines). They praise his one-liner style but note he rushed through jokes and could have lingered longer on strong material. Cameron confirms he has about 10 minutes of material total.
- Called a Triscuit, moving up in cracker hierarchy rather than opposite direction
- ADD medication in 30-minute infomercial marketed to people with attention problems
- Girlfriend's bad role-playing insisted on brother/sister scenarios repeatedly
- Panel discusses cracker quality rankings, Billy passionate about rankings
- Tony notes Cameron's stage time advantage allows him to say anything well
Set: Brian tells a story about getting drunk on his wife's birthday and urinating on her dresser instead of the toilet. He wakes up, steps over his crying wife, and goes back to bed, concluding with "turns out I pee on things."
Interview: Panel discusses the pee story and transitions to Brian's background as an adult film performer and asset manager. They joke about his porn name origins (two Brians in room, one on "street team"). Discussion veers into various bathroom accident stories.
- Got drunk on wife's birthday, peed on dresser instead of toilet, went back to bed
- Panel discusses various poop and pee pranks and accidents
- Revelation that Brian is former adult film performer with story-based material
Set: Randy opens with a joke about Jewish soccer players and showers under German coach Jurgen Klinsmann. He transitions to an illegal pit bull breed joke in Denver, pivoting to Mexicans being illegal like the dogs, then compares shooting pit bulls to not shooting rapper Pitbull.
Interview: Panel discusses the Jewish shower joke (criticizing it), the pit bull premise (praising it as strong), and Randy's brief tenure doing stand-up (few months). They coach on the shower joke being too long and suggest adding more to the pit bull material.
- Jewish soccer players lingering in showers under German coach Klinsmann
- Pit bulls illegal in Denver but Mexicans allowed; wish rapper Pitbull was illegal
- Panel criticizes shower joke as too long and stereotypical
- Billy suggests comparing to rapper Pitbull instead of real shooting
Set: Dan compares shaving to scratching lottery tickets and not wanting to see his face. He discusses carrying scratch-off tickets to add randomness to life, asking about guacamole at taco shops, and keeping lottery tickets with condom boxes as motivation against pregnancy.
Interview: Panel praises Dan's fundamentals, comfortable stage presence, and strong joke structure. They discuss his one-year stand-up journey, seven days a week open mic schedule in San Diego, and his retail job. Panel encourages him to pursue comedy club work to accelerate opportunities.
- Shaving is like playing lottery ticket scratch-offs with disappointing results
- Carries lottery tickets for life randomness, keeps them with condoms in apartment
- Panel gives extensive positive coaching and encouragement
- Billy recommends getting comedy club job to accelerate networking and touring
Set: Kim tells a story about growing up poor where classmates steal earrings and use erasers as backs. She describes a friend named Kenesha who brags about "genuine cubic zirconias" while using eraser earring backs, asking for her erasers back.
Interview: Panel discusses confusing voice work in her set and suggests removing it. They note the genuine cubic zirconia part is funny but the voice doesn't land. Discussion centers on cleaning up the punchline and finding a better closer.
- Friend brags about genuine cubic zirconias while wearing erasers as earring backs
- Panel criticizes unnecessary voice work in the bit
- Billy suggests stronger punchline and removing repeated earring back references
Set: Sara complains about replacing light bulbs and the risk of carpal tunnel. She describes avoiding the task by moving to different rooms until she sits in darkness. Eventually she goes to Lowe's to navigate wattage options and light types, avoiding fluorescent bulbs.
Interview: Panel discusses the carpal tunnel reference and whether it fits. Tony suggests removing it as unrealistic while praising the genuine laziness and darkness bit. They explore the premise further with discussion of her actually using oven light instead of kitchen lights.
- Avoids replacing light bulbs by moving to different rooms until sitting in darkness
- Uses oven light instead of kitchen light, avoids refrigerator bulb necessity
- Panel discusses removing carpal tunnel reference as unrealistic
- Billy shares he hasn't had kitchen lights for five years, uses oven light