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Kill Tony #417 — Russell Peters, Adam Ray

📅 November 26, 2019 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Main Room 🎤 8 comedians ⭐ 2 regulars

Guests: Russell Peters · Adam Ray

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Lineup

1

Suwon Weaver

Set: Suwon discusses her attraction to butch lesbians, her past marriage to a man, and her current non-binary partner who transitioned. Explores the differences between dating men and butch lesbians with explicit humor.

Interview: Tony and guests learn about her Korean-Black heritage, her partner's transition, her work as a clothing designer, and her experiences with ayahuasca and mushrooms.

Bits:
  • Lesbian with partner who became man; lost titties in the deal
  • Dad might be gay based on discomfort with femininity
Moments:
  • First-time performer gets praised despite awkward subject matter
2

Jeff Bando

Set: Bando discusses his 11-year marriage to a behavioral psychologist wife, contrasting their different personalities—she's introverted and meditates, he's an angry Sicilian who likes to argue. Complains about not having anyone to argue with.

Interview: Tony learns about his GED vs. her PhD, their sexual frequency, his premature ejaculation issues, his security business background, and his new open mic spot in Long Beach.

Bits:
  • Wife meditates in silence for 4 days but won't do it at home
  • Come fast but stay hard so can continue
Moments:
  • Harsh soundboard reaction cuts him off mid-set
3

Jeff Horste

Set: Jeff argues meat eaters should be honest about not liking animals. Makes dark jokes about being pro-abortion and willing to kill a baby. Uses meat-eater excuses to justify hypothetical abortion.

Interview: Discusses his vegan conversion through his girlfriend, his work walking dogs and doing post-mates, growing up in Detroit with seven dogs and three cats, and his concerns about animal welfare.

Bits:
  • If you eat meat, just admit you don't like animals
  • At abortion clinic saying 'I sure hope so' to protester
Moments:
  • Tony coaches Jeff on joke structure and opening
4

Mitchell Lamar

Set: Mitchell jokes about being recognized as effeminate and a liar about military service, claiming to have had affairs with officers in Japan and Turkey resulting in syphilis, which he later lost in bankruptcy.

Interview: Reveals he caught syphilis twice from soldiers, discusses his work as a server, his enjoyment of the comedy store and saxophone music, and his difficulty telling the truth.

Bits:
  • Got syphilis after lying with captain in Japan and lieutenant in Turkey
  • Filed for bankruptcy and lost everything including syphilis
Moments:
  • Saxophone player responds to syphilis joke with celebratory solo
5

Kyle Gridley

Set: Kyle discusses being high, his failed drug dealing career earning only $11 per day, and his experience selling psychedelic drugs when people didn't want life-changing experiences on Tuesday.

Interview: Reveals extensive trauma from his father throwing a hockey puck at his face as a child, family history of abuse, his younger age, cleft palate from medication, and estrangement from his father for 11 years. Tony orchestrates an attempt to call his father.

Bits:
  • Sold psychedelic drugs but people didn't want life-changing experiences
  • Made only $11 per day dealing drugs; a dollar per prison year
Moments:
  • Traumatic story of father throwing hockey puck at his face
  • Tony attempts to facilitate call between Kyle and his estranged father
  • Kyle's sister intervenes to prevent calling father on live show
6

William Montgomery

Regular

Set: William performs about being a decent puppeteer but bad funeral director, researching wormholes, discovering astrological birthdays, and his brother Vance heckling him from the audience calling out his personal flaws.

Interview: Discusses going to Vegas for acid trips, bartending at Chili's, his girlfriend getting multiple Plan B pills in recent months, his creative approach to contraception, and his general life struggles.

Bits:
  • Not best funeral director but hell of a puppeteer
  • Girlfriend needed Plan B three times in as many months
Moments:
  • Brother Vance heckling from audience with insults
  • Audience member correctly guesses birthday during set
7

David Lucas

Regular

Set: David discusses how attractive women are too busy going to brunch, contrasting with how ugly women innovate. References the Toys R Us giraffe birth in his intrusive sexual thoughts, and discusses Jewish vs. Black oppression comparison.

Interview: Discusses his work as a door guy at Comedy Store, his five-year-old daughter, past work at LA Times, his musical knowledge of white artists, relationship with baby mama, and her job at Wells Fargo.

Bits:
  • Good-looking women too busy with brunch to innovate
  • Came thinking about Toys R Us giraffe giving birth
Moments:
  • Russell Peters and others react to his comedy
8

Quentin Thomas

Set: Quentin discusses his practice of imagining weird things during sex to delay ejaculation, mentioning the Toys R Us giraffe frequently. Makes comparisons between Jewish and Black historical oppression with contrasting responses.

Interview: Reveals 14-5-1 roast battle record, recent unemployment from construction, one-month mustache, dates scheduled on dating app Hinge, recovery from alcoholism including multiple suicide attempts, and mental hospital stay.

Bits:
  • Imagines Toys R Us giraffe birth during sex to delay coming
  • Jewish people go straight to heaven; Earth is their hell
Moments:
  • Discusses five suicide attempts including jumping from windows
  • Story about crying in McDonald's instead of jumping off bridge
  • Reveals 30-day mental health hospitalization and suicidal ideation