Kill Tony #62 — Tiffany Haddish, Stephen Kramer Glickman
Guests: Tiffany Haddish · Stephen Kramer Glickman
Lineup
Set: Observational comedy about gym culture, men screaming for approval while lifting, and the absurdity of exercises that risk joint explosion.
Interview: Discussed his Czech Republic background, languages spoken (Czech, Spanish, English), recent move to San Diego, and his work as a tour guide in La Jolla doing cave kayaking tours.
- Guy wraps his knees at gym; if exercise risks joint explosion, why do it?
- Tiffany complimented his eyebrows extensively; panel noted they stand out.
- Panel suggested he develop Czech accent character based on Yakov Smirnoff style.
Set: License plate holder snob joke about fancy cars with cheap colleges, and wife sending him cooking photos as upgrade from boyfriend dick pics.
Interview: Discussed his Filipino and white heritage, marriage to Mexican wife of 4.5 years, Navy service, and approach to writing clean material.
- BMW with UC San Diego license plate holder inspires wanting fancy car with ITT Tech holder
- Wife sends cooking pics; upgrade from when she sent boyfriend's dick pics.
- Tiffany gave extensive coaching on material and encouraged him to talk about Navy experience.
- Stephen corrected him on license plate setup needing more explanation.
Set: Colombian girlfriend's family naming conventions (all same names rearranged), Spanish place names (San Francisco, San Diego, etc.) as unoriginal.
Interview: Revealed he's a neurophysicist studying how information transmits in brains, Egyptian-French-Colorado heritage, and panel coached him to incorporate his scientific expertise into material.
- Colombian family uses three names (Jose Maria Jesus) rearranged for each sibling
- Spanish place names all start with San/Santa/El, showing lack of creativity
- Stephen praised material as George Carlin-esque format but coached him to find more punchlines beyond just listing names.
- Tiffany joked about his intelligence and suggested incorporating neurophysicist perspective more boldly.
Set: Black people being three years older due to environment/economics, identity theft (Cadillac accepted, patio furniture flagged), ice cream truck dynamics in South Central.
Interview: Discussed living in Inland Empire, only getting 2-3 spots per week, plans to go to New York August 16-21, and panel encouraged him to start his own weekly show.
- Black people buy Cadillacs without suspicion; patio furniture triggers police calls
- Ice cream trucks in South Central: Black kids get in truck instead of waiting outside
- Tony recognized repeated material from previous Kill Tony episode and gave coaching on development.
- Panel encouraged him to start own show to increase stage time from current 2-3 spots weekly.
Jayson Thibault
Set: Disabled comedian in wheelchair, rejects inspirational disability narrative, lists one item on seven-year list of benefits: hasn't stubbed toe.
Interview: Has been performing 1.5 years, does 4 mics per week, became disabled April Fool's Day when hit by car while drunk, discussing handling of accident and recovery.
- Rejects motivational disability rhetoric; seven-year list has one item: no stubbed toes
- Stephen recognized Vince from childhood and expressed genuine admiration for his comedy.
- Panel and audience gave strong positive feedback; Tony offered to bring him to Comedy Store LA.
- Vince explained he became disabled when hit by low-rider while drunk on April Fool's Day.
Set: One-liners: lifetime supply of combs (two combs), bananas in abusive relationships (bruised), free parking in Monopoly, powered dice rolls.
Interview: 21 years old, host at Sammy's restaurant (worked up from dishwasher), Employee of the Month, half Mexican/half white, eight months stand-up, four spots weekly.
- Amazon lifetime comb supply: two combs with letter saying don't lose them
- Bananas are in abusive relationships because they're always bruised when purchased
- Free parking in Monopoly: keep rolling three and always late for work
- Panel coached him on one-liner structure; Stephen explained Monopoly joke needed clearer setup for non-players.
- Tiffany and panel complimented his face/hair but critiqued cargo shorts as distracting.
Set: Dumped on Christmas by hipster boyfriend who stole Polaroid film, searched for vintage water bottles, took longer to get ready, had coyote spirit animal tattoo.
Interview: Revealed ex was Tony Hinchcliffe (joked about not being ready to say), discussed bf's film editing work, obsession with bow ties, eventual conversion to Islam, control dynamics.
- Hipster boyfriend stole Polaroid film from Urban Outfitters, I thought it was cool
- He spent months finding perfect vintage glass water bottle, took longer getting ready than me
- Before breakup, got spirit animal tattoo of coyote; I called him a faggot for looking at bow ties
- Revealed ex-boyfriend was Tony Hinchcliffe after initially refusing to name him.
- Called ex 'faggot' for shopping for bow ties; he broke up citing her meanness.