Kill Tony #619 — Ari Shaffir
Guests: Ari Shaffir
Lineup
Set: Joke-heavy set about billionaires, wealthy people, and Andrew Tate in Romania. Strong premise-driven comedy without much storytelling.
Interview: Tony reveals Hans wasn't challenged this week as an experiment. Hans admits his set wouldn't have been as good without competition. Discussion about his girlfriend having Tourette's syndrome.
- Ocean Gate made a bad submarine to disrupt the billionaire space
- Moving to country known for certain crimes (Japan/upskirts, America/mass shootings)
- Tony reveals Hans wasn't being challenged this week to test if he'd be lazy without competition
- Hans makes explicit sexual sound his girlfriend makes during arguments, crowd reacts with shock
Solomon
Set: Short 41-second set about workplace incident with angry Mexican dishwasher named Speedy Gonzalez. Punched through joke but seemed to lose track of premise.
Interview: Solomon discusses being Pakistani, working as a dishwasher, developing feelings for female manager who turned out to be lesbian. Extended interview with sexual content.
- Called coworker Speedy Gonzalez, got called racist, had to quit job
- Solomon only does 41 seconds and appears confused about punchlines
- Ari makes multiple harsh jokes about Solomon's appearance and ethnicity
- Tony and panel make crude sexual jokes with Solomon about competing with vibrators
Set: Strong premise-driven set about Confederate statues being removed but not the horse. Good angles about horses not being racist and KKK putting hoods on horses.
Interview: 9 years in Chicago, 2 in Georgia. Works as locksmith/welder. Recently divorced from German woman. Participates in Mexican drum-off challenge and wins.
- Robert E Lee statue torn down but horse did nothing wrong
- Can't train horse to be racist no matter how many carrots
- KKK put hoods on horses so no one would recognize them
- Brandon wins Mexican drum-off against professional drummer Michael Gonzalez
- Tony offers Brandon a guest spot at the Chicago Theater
Set: Energetic set about high school sports and teammate coming out as gay. Questions whether the butt-slapping was a gay thing or basketball thing.
Interview: Newest regular with 100% win record. From Orlando, 2 years of stand-up. Hired as door guy at the club. Discusses family reunion and new 'biter' relative. Brings uncle David Jolly on stage.
- Teammate slaps ass during games, asks if that was gay or basketball
- Becomes newest Kill Tony regular after one appearance with 100% crowd vote
- Brings uncle David Jolly to stage by knocking loudly on back door
- Extended interview with high energy and sexual content discussion
Set: Set about donating plasma at CSL Plasma Center for $40, finding out about $500 bonus, joking about legal marijuana card and sperm donation child support fears.
Interview: Uncle/mentor to Kam Patterson. 7 years stand-up experience. From Atlanta area. Discusses teaching Kam comedy, relationships with white women, selling sexual favors for money.
- CSL Plasma: saving lives for $40, just call it what it is
- Scared to donate sperm because might end up on child support
- Cam Patterson had orchestrated uncle's appearance, creates viral moment with high energy
- Extended crude interview about selling sexual favors to white women for money
- Announces moving to Austin 6th Street after show success
Set: Set comparing girls chugging beer to guys rolling blunts. Jokes about how guys show off drug preparation at parties while girls display drinking skills.
Interview: From Illinois, just over 1 year stand-up. Moved to Austin end of October. Former college wrestler at University of Illinois. COVID kicked off wrestling team for missing test after vaccine.
- Girls chugging beer like guys rolling blunts, showing off at parties
- Describes homeless man's threatening behavior in parking lot as his craziest life moment
- Tony makes Deliverance reference about Illinois upbringing
Set: First Jiu Jitsu class anecdotes about getting choked with balls in face in locker room, before even putting gi on. Bill Cosby joke closing.
Interview: Been on show before. 5 years stand-up, from Buffalo. Moved to Austin 7 months. Door guy at Outlaw Comedy. 30-year-old dating 50-year-old woman for 5 months met on Instagram.
- Jiu Jitsu instructor choked him in locker room before class with balls in face
- Bill Cosby jokes if audience doesn't like them they can drink more
- Tony discovers Zac's real name is Zachary Blackery not Zac Black, catches him in lie
- Wallet found with real ID, proven false stage name claim
Set: No stand-up set. Sang approximately 30 seconds of 'Fly Me to the Moon' instead of delivering comedy.
Interview: Actually Swiggy's mother. Worked in real estate as office manager. Was substitute teacher. Discussed bedroom activities vaguely. Claimed to have had sex in Corvette.
- Performs song instead of stand-up set, completely wrong approach to show
- Tony struggles to get interesting content, subject is boring and reluctant
Set: First-ever stand-up set. Jokes about picking up guys, getting liposuction for breast augmentation, depression before surgery, lethal tattoo of grandmother on breasts.
Interview: From Nashville Tennessee. First time performing stand-up. Songwriter on tour. Performed original song 'Drug in Tennessee' with band. Got roasted about her knees multiple times.
- Picked up guy claiming to be gynecologist because her pussy was sick
- Got stripper tattoo of grandmother on breasts after liposuction/augmentation surgery
- First-time comedian gets offered opening slot at Tony's Chicago Theater show
- Gets extensively roasted about her knees by Tony and Ari
- Performs original song 'Drug in Tennessee' live with band
Set: Meta-jokes about table of contents in books, Schindler's List being too long (dark joke about 7 million people), one-armed rock climber observation. Strong regular performance.
Interview: Kill Tony regular with most appearances ever. Recently had skin cancer removed from neck. Created new Etsy shop 'Penises by William' selling silicone penis molds ($75-80). Shows custom mold and discusses process.
- Authors listing dedications instead of getting to good content
- Schindler's List too long, could have been 7 million people long
- One-armed girl walked out gym, wondered about Red Band's excuse
- William exposes penis mold he made from cousin Robert's mold
- Ari Shaffir sucks William's penis mold on stage
- Reveals cancer diagnosis and removal from neck last Wednesday
- William offered booking at Control Club in Bucharest Romania by European promoter