Kill Tony #49 — Jesse Joyce, Sandy Danto
Guests: Jesse Joyce · Sandy Danto
Lineup
Julia Farell
Set: Rebecca does stream-of-consciousness material about being her own worst enemy, alcoholism, and blacking out while buying wine at Trader Joe's.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss her rambling, unstructured delivery. She's been doing comedy almost a year. They advise her to find clear punch lines and write material down.
- I'm my own worst enemy, more tortuous than Osama
- Blacked out buying white wine at Trader Joe's after tequila
- Unintentional second Osama bin Laden reference of the night
- Panel suggests she record herself and identify laugh moments
Set: Tyler does material about accidentally admitting depression to a friend and uses macaroni and cheese as a symptom/metaphor for depression.
Interview: Tyler has been doing comedy about 6 years, moved from Montana to LA a few months ago. Family moved to Wyoming. Panel discusses poetry slams and potential for darker depression material.
- Accidentally revealed depression when asked what he did weekend
- Mac and cheese box says serves four but only one sad person
- Count mac and cheese boxes in trash to diagnose depression
- Strong crowd reaction and laughter throughout the set
- Panel suggests more legitimate depression symptoms for material
Set: Bud discusses his roommate Dave who lives on his couch, uses drugs as currency, and never pays rent. He tries to hit on Whole Foods cashiers while paying with food stamps.
Interview: Bud has been doing comedy off and on for a couple years, worked as production assistant on a Disney Channel show. Panel critiques his oxymoron setup and jokes about payment with drugs.
- Roommate uses drugs as currency, pays Uber with Adderall
- Can't hit on Whole Foods cashier while paying with food stamps
- Panel debates whether setup is a true oxymoron
- Tony notices Bud has no belt or shoelaces
- Tony makes suicide watch joke about his appearance
Set: Joe describes watching his neighbor shower through an open window and getting obsessed with critiquing the neighbor's shampoo technique, escalating to angry observations.
Interview: Joe has been doing comedy 6 years. Panel gives extensive coaching on joke structure, punchlines, and making the material tighter for a TV set format.
- Can't waste shampoo like that, need proper quarter-size amount
- Neighbor scratches head like he's scrubbing lottery tickets
- Jesse Joyce reveals he tweeted similar neighbor shower content
- Extensive panel coaching on joke structure and punchlines
- Panel praises Joe's Burr-influenced delivery style
Set: Darren discusses his failed pro wrestling career, putting faith in Jesus (who has holes in his hands), and surviving a head-through-windshield accident.
Interview: Darren has been doing stand-up almost two years. Panel discusses the Jesus hand joke structure and various callbacks to wrestling and accidents.
- Put faith in Jesus for wrestling, bad idea because holes in hands
- Head through windshield, survived because forehead prepared from chair shots
- Panel debates Jesus hand metaphor validity
- Panel suggests throwing keys through Jesus's hands
- Scarring visible on Darren's face from windshield impact
Set: Sara does material about hating coleslaw, describing it as just mayo and cabbage that comes only in tubs and sounds like a medical condition.
Interview: Panel debates coleslaw appreciation. Tony loves KFC coleslaw. They discuss how to pitch stronger opinions and compare coleslaw to other disliked foods like olives.
- Coleslaw is just mayo and cabbage that sounds medical
- Coleslaw only comes in tubs, makes people seem food-untrustworthy
- Bragging about coleslaw is like bragging about restroom quality
- Tony defends coleslaw and reveals he's been discussing it on Twitter
- Panel suggests comparing ingredients to average people in bands