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Kill Tony #6 — Benji Aflalo, Jeff Richards

📅 July 8, 2013 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Belly Room 🎤 13 comedians ⭐ 2 regulars

Guests: Benji Aflalo · Jeff Richards

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Lineup

1

Dean Horach

Set: Set consisted of short one-liners and observational jokes about marijuana as a gateway drug, Game of Thrones castration, Instagram, and dying alone. Struggled with microphone placement throughout.

Interview: Tony critiqued his mic technique, praised his Instagram joke, and noted his patient delivery style. Jeff and Benji discussed his Brent Moren comparison and suggested he wing material more naturally.

Bits:
  • Marijuana presented as first drug, like saying breast milk is a gateway beverage
  • Instagram weed purchases joke with unclear delivery
  • Dying alone is better than dying in groups
Moments:
  • Tony stopped him to critique microphone placement
  • Revealed this was only his fourth time doing stand-up
2

Vinny Fastline

Set: Discussed being creepy and not getting laid, using porn to fall asleep, not wanting to sleep with partners again, and wanting to have children. Joked about generational music differences.

Interview: Tony praised his microphone technique, discussed open mic etiquette, and critiqued his material choices. Benji and Jeff provided feedback on his creepy persona not matching his appearance.

Bits:
  • Needs porn to fall asleep like roommates used to having sex
  • Can't talk to kids about Lil Wayne like parents discussed classic music
  • Goes cross-eyed during sex, girls don't want to sleep with him again
Moments:
  • Iron Patriot tried to hook up with him during interview
3

Justin Blake

Set: Material about living in LA without a car, getting too skinny from walking, and how women see him as a model-like figure. Received positive feedback on delivery and observation.

Interview: Tony praised the set structure and interesting observations. Jeff suggested defending his skinny physique rather than being self-deprecating, and discussed LA car culture.

Bits:
  • Living in LA without a car has made him too skinny
  • Friend said he's gay-skinny, women in gym try to look like him
Moments:
  • Received coaching to expand material and defend stance
4

Jake Marin

Set: Set about Hollywood diversity featuring observations about different races adopting each other's styles, rappers selling CDs for $20, and a fight between rappers named Purple Reggae and Swag Nation.

Interview: Heavily criticized for tired Mexican cooking joke and weak punch line about society. Jeff and Tony suggested material needed better payoff and less reliance on 'blaming society' as punchline.

Bits:
  • Different races adopt opposite race's style for diversity in Hollywood
  • Italian food in Hollywood only cooked by Mexicans
  • Two rappers fight named Purple Reggae and Swag Nation, society won
Moments:
  • Jeff revealed his real name is Jeff, caught Jake off-guard
  • Heavily criticized for outdated Mexican cooking stereotype
5

Ari Mannis

Set: Story-based material about a girl calling him on Valentine's Day wanting to 'hang out' but nothing sexual happening. Got a girl's number from standup, found her on Facebook, she's 18 and in Playboy.

Interview: Extensive coaching on dating strategy, weed and alcohol usage, and how to actually seduce women. Tony and Benji provided detailed dating advice about bringing alcohol and avoiding rock climbing dates.

Bits:
  • Girl called on Valentine's wanting to 'hang out', nothing happened
  • Met girl at Hooters, got her number, she's 18 and in Playboy
Moments:
  • Extended coaching session on how to seduce women
  • Revealed he goes rock climbing on dates
  • Iron Patriot asked if rock climbing was his own idea
6

Ricardo Flanigan

Set: Material about Paul Deen racial controversy, comparisons to being a black woman, racism opinions, and rambling observations about significant actions versus casual racism.

Interview: Discussion of comedy background, work at a notary call center, impressions skills, and how to explore real-life experiences in comedy. Discussed importance of notaries and becoming a signing agent.

Bits:
  • Paula Deen compared to black woman because of fried chicken
  • People kiss dogs but won't say racist things, yet still racist
Moments:
  • Answered question about why light-skinned people are called 'light-skinned'
7

Josh Martin

Regular

Set: Short set about friend taking too many dick pills for confidence, while he doesn't need confidence eating a sandwich. Briefly about living in car and moving to air mattress.

Interview: Coaching on expanding material and confidence versus desperation. Discussed his appearance, skinny jeans, recent move out of car, and story about peeing himself in the back seat.

Bits:
  • Friend takes dick pills for confidence while he just eats sandwiches
Moments:
  • Story revealed about peeing himself in car back seat
  • Tony critiqued his appearance and fashion choices
8

Kelly Landry

Set: Material about athletes coming out of closet, Jason Collins, wearing out a partner during sex to poop alone, and bathroom anxiety about urination sounds.

Interview: Discussion expanded on bathroom shame and sound masking. Benji and Jeff discussed hearing women use bathrooms as sign of intimacy and various masking strategies.

Bits:
  • Jason Collins is hero for sex drive but question is real hero
  • Wearing partner out during sex so she falls asleep and he can poop
  • People turn on water to mask urination sounds, just sounds louder
Moments:
  • Extended discussion about bathroom sounds and intimacy with panel
9

Dana Moon

Set: Story about dating a ghost hunter who used her house for equipment rather than dating her. Material about him asking about dead relatives, her father's death, and the punchline ending with him asking to visit the grave.

Interview: Feedback that premise was funny but second joke didn't land hard. Suggestion to expand material and date someone with TV credits. Discussion of whether story was real.

Bits:
  • Dated ghost hunter who used her house for equipment, not dating
  • Ghost hunter asked about dead relatives, wanted footage at father's grave
Moments:
  • Revealed story was real, dated for about a month
10

Matty Chymbor

Set: Story about going to Jamba Juice, being compared to Justin Bieber by a girl (normally gets Ellen), getting brain freeze and using tongue-on-roof trick, girl calling him out again as 'fucking gay'.

Interview: Discussed how he receives comparisons to celebrities. Coaching on developing callback material without being too redundant with the f-slur punchline.

Bits:
  • At Jamba Juice, girl said he looks like Justin Bieber
  • Got brain freeze, used tongue-roof trick, girl called him gay again
Moments:
  • Iron Patriot expressed pride in his improvement
11

Nicole Aime

Set: Material about dating black men, her mother's racist reaction, family values, humor about miscarriage, and casual sexual confidence. Strong opening laugh on miscarriage joke.

Interview: Strong set with sharp punchlines. Discussion of female comedian treatment and feedback requests. Revealed she got biggest laugh on controversial miscarriage joke.

Bits:
  • Going black makes her realize everyone she knows is racist
  • Mother said dating black men would kill her early, had cutest miscarriage
  • Asked if mother knew what it's like raising interracial child
Moments:
  • Got biggest laugh of set on miscarriage joke
  • Strong critique of panel's behavior toward female comedians
12

Sara Mostajabi

Set: 45-second set about 3-year on-and-off relationship with no sex, offered 'full access pass to amusement park', has taken vow of celibacy, only 'one fuck in pants' she needs.

Interview: Brief feedback that joke hasn't been heard before and seemed fresh, though suggested it might be outdated 80s material. Encouraged her to continue performing.

Bits:
  • 3-year relationship with no sex, offered amusement park full access
  • Only one fuck in pants is all she needs
13

Kim Congdon

Regular

Set: 45-second defending champion set about being 22 and people saying she's naive. Material about watching Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, Titanic ending, and drinking Stella Artois as markers of adulthood.

Interview: Feedback that it takes too long to get to the punchline. Encouraged to develop material faster and more efficiently given time constraints.

Bits:
  • People say she's naive at 22 but she's seen major cultural events
  • Knows Britney and Justin story, Titanic ending, drinks Stella Artois