Kill Tony #430 — Pauly Shore
Guests: Pauly Shore
Lineup
Set: Cory opens with self-deprecating material about being an electrician at the Comedy Store, discussing the shock of performing at the club, then attempts a joke about wanting to be a cop but realizing domestic violence was part of the job.
Interview: Tony criticizes Cory for over-foreshadowing his material and failing to deliver solid jokes. They discuss his previous performance at Flappers, his real estate development business, and his six-year relationship.
- When I was a kid I used to want to be a cop but realized domestic violence implications.
- Tony coaches Cory on over-foreshadowing, noting his constant negative predictions undermine his comedy.
- Cory jumps up on stage awkwardly, nearly falling into equipment.
Set: Joy delivers a tight five-joke set covering Vegas shooting conspiracies, parenting language boundaries, a DUI incident, and a witty callback about her son's vocabulary.
Interview: Tony praises her performance as the best of the night. They discuss her book 'Breaking Faith,' her ghostwriting work, her three sons, and her interest in aliens alongside Tom DeLonge.
- Vegas shooting conspiracy: ricocheted bullets off belt buckles.
- Son called brother a slur, parents substitute 'tarted' instead.
- Blew 4.5 which was the size of cop's dick, got away with it.
- Tom DeLonge awkwardly interjects about aliens and corporate concerns; panelists mock him.
Set: Chris compares Boston to multiple angry Bill Burrs, discusses why he left the city, and jokes about Boston's obsession with Tom Brady and sports culture.
Interview: Tony and the panel discuss Chris's move to LA, his thick eyebrows, his Armenian heritage, and his six-year relationship. Multiple panel members riff on his appearance and background.
- Boston is half million Bill Burrs minus the funny.
- Panel discusses Chris's very thick Armenian eyebrows and whether they're natural or styled.
- Tom DeLonge references an in-joke about meeting someone's mom at a strip joint.
Set: Steve discusses his stand-up experience in China, translating Chinese jokes about bad drivers and stereotypes into American material, explaining cultural differences in comedy.
Interview: Tony critiques Steve's joke translation logic, noting the inconsistency in stereotyping. They discuss his CBS program role as editor, his Scamfest appearance, and a past fight in disabled school in Hong Kong.
- Chinese bad driver joke translated to Americans voting for Trump.
- Americans go to Comic-Con to cosplay as Death Star.
- Tony points out the logical fallacy in Steve's joke comparison between universal and specific stereotypes.
- Steve discusses a fight in high school at a disabled school where he picked someone more disabled than himself.
Set: Patrick performs jokes about sobriety, relationship dynamics, and an anecdote about his therapist telling him about Freud's discovery of cocaine to cure eel testicle problems.
Interview: Tony encourages Patrick to return to drinking, discusses his pet snake that ate roommates' dogs, his real estate and childcare payment job, hostel living situation, and fake plane tickets to extend stays.
- Can't figure out what to do with hands without drink, no charm.
- Therapist thinks sobriety is good; dealer references Freud and cocaine.
- Patrick reveals he's been making fake plane tickets to extend hostel stays and confesses to the panel.
- Tony coaches Patrick about his natural storytelling ability versus trying too hard.
Set: William opens with a dark joke about losing custody, then performs material about Black men on First 48 being rappers, and an extended anecdote about his father's illness and watching Encino Man.
Interview: William discusses his Filipino volcano joke from last week coinciding with a real volcano, his prediction ability, his father's illness, and various personal stories stretching into tangential topics.
- Lost custody but summer about to be lit.
- Every Black guy who dies on First 48 was an aspiring rapper.
- Joke about Pauly Shore: 'You're not in Hell yet.'
- William discusses his father's illness and segues into multiple unrelated tangents about nightmares and Jamaica.
- Panel member Travis Michael's presence confuses the audience and performers about his identity.
Set: David opens with a joke about losing custody but being excited for summer, then performs material about his next baby mama potentially being Asian so kids can make Nikes they'll wear.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss David's potential career advancement, his candle venture, his relationship with Jeremiah, and his plans to travel to Kansas City with Pauly Shore to sell merchandise.
- Lost custody but summer about to be lit.
- Next baby mama Asian so kids make Nikes.
- Pauly Shore invites David to Kansas City and offers to cover travel; David agrees to sell merch.
- David reveals anchor tattoo on hand symbolizes hands holding him down as a writer.
Set: Michael performs material about his diagnosis and limitations, opening with a crude joke that gets censored, discussing his inability to engage in certain activities and needing help from an orderly.
Interview: Tony asks about his camera preparation, his son Colin (age 21) who recently moved from Wyoming joins for an on-stage interview, discussing family dynamics and Wyoming culture.
- Lou Gehrig's disease prevents him from normal activities.
- Can't engage sexually, needs orderly assistance.
- Michael's son Colin unexpectedly joins on stage for interview, creating genuine father-son bonding moment.
- Tony coaches Michael to be more confident and attack his material harder.
Set: Ishmael performs material about his Walgreens job, community theft problems, and an encounter with a regular shoplifter named Carl who explains profit-stealing logic to him.
Interview: Tony asks about his background, discovering he's from New York/Yonkers, works at a comedy club, and discusses social activities including spades games at 'regular Black parties.'
- Walgreens job watching everyone steal from the store.
- Regular thief Carl explains 100% profit from corner resale.
- Chroma Chris breaks silence to deliver praise for Ishmael's 'Black-ish' joke, a rare moment.
- Tony teaches Ishmael about spades card game cultural variations between coasts.
Rick Thorne
Set: Rick is a professional BMX rider who started comedy 8 months ago. He performs about being a single dad, his son asking inappropriate questions about women's bodies and strip joints, and reveals his son asked if Rick met his mom at a strip club.
Interview: Tony discusses Rick's BMX career, his sponsorship by Blink-182's company Famous Stars and Stripes, his recent Warped Tour fall, metal in his body, and a detailed story about tearing his urethra while riding.
- Son asks inappropriate questions about kissing women's breasts.
- Son asks if Rick met his mom at strip joint.
- Rick details traumatic medical experience of urethra tear from BMX accident, including hospital procedures.
- Travis Barker is mentioned as Rick's former sponsor through Famous Stars and Stripes.