Kill Tony #467 — Ali Macofsky
Guests: Ali Macofsky
Lineup
Set: Kyler opens with observational humor about living in senior housing while being young, making jokes about hud housing, pedophiles as neighbors, and bingo culture.
Interview: Tony and Ali discuss his living situation, his monthly shows for seniors pre-COVID, and his sex life. Kyler mentions having a girlfriend waiting outside.
- Living in senior facility while young; fits in by feeling like a dirty old man.
- Waiting for neighbor to die for HUD housing voucher; the alleged pedophile is actually a good guy.
- Senior center has two Esthers instead of one; somewhere an Esther is missing.
- Ali compliments Kyler's set and flirtatiously references their chemistry.
Set: Tony's first Kill Tony set includes jokes about popular baby names from 2020, conversations with a young cousin about beverages, and a curry joke misdirection.
Interview: Tony reveals he started comedy in January 2019 at a potluck and has been doing mics and comedy chow. Discussion covers his fitness improvement, hiking, recent unemployment spending, and his parents' backgrounds.
- Most popular 2020 baby names: Ghislaine and Maxwell; too soon but months left.
- Young cousin asked for coke when offered Seven Up; accidentally drug reference joke.
- Screaming at TV about Steph Curry; Indian person corrects that curry is important to cuisine.
- Tony beatboxes live on stage, demonstrating his musical talent.
- Red Band confronts Tony Gidley about calling him a slur, creating awkward tension.
Set: William performs jokes about attending Showtime at the Apollo, Smashing Pumpkins as a band name recontextualized as school shootings, and criticisms of modern weather programming.
Interview: William discusses his role as a salesman for board game Jumanji, his love of board games, and Tony attempts to get him to make animal sounds.
- Smashing Pumpkins is cool band name; if we named ours after high school hijinks: Shooting Schools.
- Old weather channel with lo-fi graphics and elevator jazz beats modern sensationalized programming.
- Red Band joke about receiving testosterone supplement in mail.
- William makes increasingly offensive comments about Red Band's girlfriend, creating genuine tension on stage.
- Red Band appears genuinely upset with William, threatening conflict; tension remains throughout segment.
- William performs animal impressions and impressions of Tony and Red Band as part of interview banter.
Set: Pedro's first Kill Tony set discusses unfairness in fighting women, a failed relationship with someone named Manuela, and observations about dating dynamics.
Interview: Pedro reveals he's been doing comedy 1.5 months, is 25 turning 26 in September, works at a cookie factory, and served in the military 2013-2016. Discussion includes push-ups and relationship questions.
- Unfair when fighting a girl: her friends intervene, guy friends jump in immediately without hesitation.
- Relationship with Manuela ended in misery, despair, self-loathing; also known as Manuela.
- Pedro and William Montgomery compete in push-up contest to prove military service authenticity; Pedro dominates.
- Ali coaches Pedro to be more authentic and less mysterious in interview; comments on his charm and nervousness.
Set: David performs a set critiquing the WNBA's lower pay and less exciting gameplay compared to the NBA, suggesting payment should be hourly with bonuses for high scoring.
Interview: Discussion involves David defending his WNBA critique, explaining entertainment value differences, and addressing roasts from panel members. Topics include his fashion and previous comedy statements.
- WNBA should be paid hourly; bonus if over 20 points; nobody wants LeBron-level seats.
- Band members and Ali extensively roast David throughout his interview segment with escalating insults.
- Vincent Shadow makes extremely offensive jokes about Ali's mental health that cross lines.
Set: Michael performs an extended character comedy bit about cologne as 'Most Cologne,' rapping and singing about how cologne precedes him, with multiple cologne brand references and absurdist humor.
Interview: Michael discusses his cologne-obsessed character, freestyles additional cologne rap, shows face tattoo, and discusses his online presence. Primarily stays in character throughout interview.
- Before you see me you smell me; can smell from space; Paco Rabanne reference.
- Jeffrey Epstein references cologne smell; cologne smells like teen spirit from 70s.
- Can't afford food always hungry but look good; spends money on cologne instead.
- Michael performs entire song/rap set about cologne, staying in character throughout.
- Red Band sprays Michael with actual cologne during segment.
- Ali and Michael have interaction about previous DM confusion regarding another friend.