Kill Tony #480 — Benji Aflalo
Guests: Benji Aflalo
Lineup
Set: William jokes about craft beer, his appearance in a minivan, doing drugs in his parents' carport, and references blackish with absurdist variations like "trans-ish" and "racist-ish."
Interview: William discusses eating pozole, his recent weight loss from sit-ups, and the band members tease him about a past makeout with Benji. William claims sobriety but the panel jokes he looks drunker.
- Craft beer jokes layered with references to drugs and carport use.
- Absurdist variation: blackish becomes trans-ish and racist-ish.
- Benji claims he and William made out one night; extended banter about the kiss.
- William performs sit-ups on stage while looking at camera; struggles visibly at the end.
Set: Laura tells stories about her bastard ex-husband picking fights, a restraining order followed by makeup sex, a mistaken grasshopper instead of green bud, and miscommunication about camouflage gear at a store.
Interview: Laura discusses her restraining order with ex-husband (100 yards), makeup sex on carpet, her job at Safeway deli, smoking habits, and various concert memories from decades past.
- Makeup sex joke: restraining order broken by physical encounter on living room floor.
- Sent ex-boyfriend for green bud, he brings back a literal green grasshopper.
- Went to store for camouflage pad, kept bumping into people wearing camels (camo).
- Benji kisses Laura; Tony acknowledges this happened in San Francisco last year.
- Laura performed one year ago at Kill Tony Mania; her son bombed on the show.
Set: Jill jokes about a Cuba vacation where she misunderstood "maricon" as a street name, her ex-boyfriend's J.Crew shopping habits, seeing her mother's nudes as a child, and probation officer Gary delivering Thanksgiving messages.
Interview: Jill discusses her three-year comedy career, recent move to LA from New York, living in Koreatown, her remote corporate innovation job, her two dogs, and her Guyanese heritage.
- Mistook 'maricon' (gay slur in Spanish) as a street name while walking in Cuba.
- Saw mother's nudes at age seven; brother's first real-life vagina encounter was traumatic.
- Mother put her on probation to avoid talking to her; officer Gary delivered holiday messages.
- Tony and panel tease Jill about her Guyanese heritage and Jonestown massacre reference.
Set: David jokes about a Tijuana strip club with underage dancers doing homework, claims Trump has big dick energy, and references Trump's hospital COVID Instagram post with bravado.
Interview: David discusses his new political party "Fats for Trump," scuba diving plans, his scuba outfit choice, favorite Mexican restaurants including Salsa and Beer, and Vegas shows during pandemic.
- Tijuana strip club dancers so young they did homework between sets.
- Trump has big dick energy; only talks shit with small dick energy.
- Trump speaks softly and carries big stick; proven by hospital Instagram confidence.
- David announces new political party "Fats for Trump" to panel.
- Panel extensively roasts David's scuba diving outfit choice and fashion.
Set: Cody jokes about his absent father (disappeared for 16 years after saying he'd get cigarettes), compares Walmart to IKEA, criticizes Twitter users as toxic as Chernobyl, and references his ex telling him to kill himself.
Interview: Cody reveals he's 23, lives alone, works as Twitch streamer with 238 followers playing CSGO, claims parents died in car accident (contradicting earlier absent father story), listens to music constantly via earbuds.
- Father disappeared 16 years ago saying he'd buy cigarettes; probably lost in IKEA.
- Twitter users more toxic than Chernobyl radiation levels.
- Cody claims both parents died in car accident but earlier said father abandoned him.
- Tony explicitly tells Cody to do everything different next time, stop being himself.
Set: Afrodyete announces she has the wettest genitals in Kill Tony history (peed herself at La Jolla show), claims Cardi B stole her concept, boasts about cousin Ray Ray developing a face-punch vaccine for COVID.
Interview: Afrodyete discusses her age (65, birthday October 10), frequent bucket pulls, peeing from laughing/sneezing/spicy food, performing at final pre-lockdown show with Top Shelf Brass Band, and her singing voice.
- Has wettest genitals in Kill Tony history from peeing at La Jolla show.
- Cousin Ray Ray invented punch-in-face vaccine to replace Corona beer beer jar concept.
- Afrodyete sings a verse of 'I Only Want to Be with You' live with the band.
- Tony acknowledges watching Afrodyete perform at Top Shelf Brass Band final night before pandemic.
Set: Claudia jokes about Burning Man as rich people's Baker's field, criticizes expensive crystals (suggesting cocaine instead), references friend calling juice cleanse "anti-semitic," and compares poor festival experience to drug use.
Interview: Claudia discusses her one-year comedy career, recent career change from tech headhunting, singing (Evanescence), painting, podcast work, recently broken relationship, and Polish heritage.
- Burning Man = rich people's Baker's field; poor people spend $$$s in desert.
- Friend's $40k crystals; if you have money and want energy, buy cocaine.
- Juice cleanse friend called Claudia's negativity anti-semitic.
- Claudia mentions singing TikTok impression but Tony calls her out for cheapening it.
- Claudia does Christina Aguilera COVID impression; Tony suggests adding cough for clarity.
Set: Michael performs a set about disability, rejecting inspiration narratives, claiming he's an alcoholic/drug addict, and asserting his identity beyond disability or inspiration.
- Being fat doesn't make you disabled; he's an alcoholic drug addict, not inspiration.
- Disabled men can still have relationships with women faster than his wheelchair moves.
- Set performed without extended interview; Michael closes the bucket pull segment.