Kill Tony #60 — Steve Rannazzisi, Andrew Santino
Guests: Steve Rannazzisi · Andrew Santino
Lineup
Bo Scott
Set: Bo discusses people being on their phones constantly, social media culture, and DJs wearing masks, culminating in a bit about deadmau5 potentially being multiple people.
Interview: Tony asks about Tino, the concert venue, DJs wearing masks, and Bo's background as a DJ and music producer in Hollywood.
- People film DJs at concerts instead of dancing or living in the moment.
- Facebook lets you post only good things while hiding struggles like expensive LA rent.
- Deadmau5 wears a mask as a DJ, so there could be multiple deadmau5s worldwide.
- Red Band interrupts to reveal he knows Deadmau5 personally, derailing the set.
Set: Josh performs heavy self-deprecating humor about having a small penis, discussing AIDS, and various sexual scenarios with dark comedy throughout.
Interview: Tony questions Josh about his penis size claims (average 4.5-5 inches), his sexual history, his virginity loss to a prostitute, masturbation frequency, and his speech impediment.
- The only thing worse than dying with small dick is living with one.
- Would trade small dick for AIDS dick because women would still fuck him.
- Has a four and a half to five inch penis; got down to under five on average.
- Girl from audience reveals she's had only one sexual partner, contradicting Josh's assumptions.
- Extended crowd interaction about penis size, sexual experience, and the girl's history.
Set: Gabriel performs rapid-fire one-liners about urban legends, fights in high school, AIDS jokes, and word play with dark comedic delivery.
Interview: Tony praises Gabriel's funny delivery, asks about his nationality (Armenian-Greek), discusses his ambiguous ethnicity and how he could appear to be multiple races.
- Used to think urban legends were cool basketball players who lived in the hood.
- High school fights led to rumor that Gabriel has AIDS, so nobody would fight him.
- Important to clarify he doesn't have AIDS because he looks like he could have it.
- Tony predicts he will like this comedian before the set and Gabriel delivers strong material.
Set: Tyler performs about getting an English degree, his dislike of grammar Nazis, comparisons between grammar Nazis and actual Nazis, and observations about German engineering.
Interview: Tony discusses Tyler's English degree from Montana State, his views on grammar, German engineering quality, soccer, and his girlfriend from Montana.
- Getting an English degree is joining a $40,000 book club.
- Grammar Nazis can be compared to actual Nazis without correction, unlike other comparison topics.
- People can't bring up German engineering without mentioning Nazi genetics.
- Extended discussion about Montana State basketball history, the fast break invention, and Michael Keaton living in Bozeman.
- Tony and panel get deep into Montana history, Keaton trivia, and basketball nostalgia.
Set: Rich performs about using humor to deal with tragedy, references Armenian genocide, compares Spartans killing the weak, and discusses a friend with cerebral palsy.
Interview: Tony asks where Rich is from, discusses Armenians in LA versus Sacramento, Rich's jujitsu background where Armenians choke him, and his switch to Muay Thai.
- Using humor to deal with Turkish government murdering 1 million Armenians.
- Told friend with cerebral palsy he should have been killed as a baby.
- Tony mentions Armenians are way more hated in LA than NY, discusses why so many Armenians moved to LA.
Set: Kim performs about dating a bisexual man, jealousy concerns mixing bisexuality with AIDS fears, and makes controversial jokes about Black women.
Interview: Tony discusses whether the bisexual boyfriend bit was true, notes it was a weak set this week, and suggests alternative material about her cheap mother from Florida.
- Can't date bisexual men because of jealousy about them with women and AIDS.
- Worrying about boyfriend being with women and AIDS is about Black women.
- Tony notes the bit was weak this week but acknowledges the difficult nature of weekly sets.
- Tony coaches Kim on alternative material about her cheap mother from Florida.
Set: Sara performs about making s'mores over a stove, ingesting butane and gasoline, her inability to not burn marshmallows, and criticism of s'mores as lazy.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss what s'mores are, debate whether peanut butter belongs in s'mores, and discuss camping and marshmallow burning techniques.
- Made s'mores over stove as grown woman because she doesn't like outdoors.
- Ingesting butane and gasoline from stove while making burnt marshmallow s'mores.
- S'mores are lazy because why spell out the whole word instead of apostrophe shorthand.
- Audience member insists peanut butter should be in s'mores; extended debate with panel about ingredient.