Kill Tony #66 — Maz Jobrani, Jamar Neighbors
Guests: Maz Jobrani · Jamar Neighbors
Lineup
Ori Amir
Set: Israeli neuroscientist doing prop comedy with dildos, making jokes about Jewish identity, politeness, and selling sex toys with discounts.
Interview: Discussed his background as a neuroscientist studying comedians' brains during joke composition, his research with MRI machines, and the origins of his dildo bit.
- The polite way to hand over a dildo versus the rude American way.
- My circumcised dildo and the Jewish nose joke combined.
- Selling dildos with a discount after the show.
- Jamar expresses disbelief that an Israeli neuroscientist would bring a bag of dildos to perform.
- Ori reveals he's studying comedians' brains in MRI machines while they think of jokes.
Set: Jokes about being a chronic nail biter, visiting a therapist as a kid who blamed it on food insecurity, and using Walgreens lacquer with cayenne pepper to stop.
Interview: Discussed the extent of his nail biting, whether he sees a therapist, and explored anxiety as a potential cause for the compulsive behavior.
- Therapist told him he bites nails because he worries there won't be snacks.
- Walgreens lacquer with cayenne pepper tastes bad but every brand still tastes awful.
- Cat sound cuts off Bryan mid-set, needing him to wrap up.
- Panel discusses whether he can bite his toenails, Bryan claims he used to do it at age 13.
Set: Jokes about Florida being phallic, southern women being different from LA women, and wordplay around cocktails and cocaine.
Interview: Discussed his background from Pensacola, working as a production assistant on Disney's Good Luck Charlie, printing one resume and dropping it in a puddle at Chateau Marmont.
- Florida is the most phallic state, where the balls would be if America had balls.
- LA women ask what you've produced versus southern women who take cocaine.
- Wordplay on 'cocktail' and 'cock tease' about LA women.
- Tony coaches Bud to talk more about printing one resume and his actual life experience.
- Bud revealed he worked on Good Luck Charlie and was trying to get a job at Chateau Marmont.
- Panel realizes Bud only printed one resume, dropped it in a puddle, and never delivered it.
Set: Criticizes people wearing ironic clothing, specifically someone claiming a Boston Red Sox hat is ironic while being a Dodgers fan, compares to wearing a Nazi helmet ironically.
Interview: Discussed his Boston background, recent move to LA, short comedy career (2-3 months), and performing at open mics around Flappers.
- Guy wearing Red Sox hat claims it's ironic; he's actually a Dodgers fan.
- Wearing Nazi helmet and claiming to be a fan of Jews is like wearing ironic sports gear.
- Doug Stanhope watching from back and yelling approval about the hipster conformity point.
Set: Jokes about looking at the moon for answers and spiritual guidance, describes it as feminine and being depressed when searching for meaning in the night sky.
Interview: Discussed how the moon-gazing started three weeks ago, the femininity of the moon versus sun, and developed new material angles during the interview.
- Looking at the moon for answers indicates you're fucked and desperate.
- Moon looked like a black and white cookie, found that positive.
- Panel develops moon material together, suggesting sun as masculine versus moon as feminine.
- Maz compares moon-gazing to a depression medication commercial.
Set: Jokes about the ALS ice bucket challenge raising awareness and money, then pivots to wanting to raise money for her cable bill so she'd know what to talk about.
Interview: Discussed social media complaints about ice bucket challenge wasting water, mentioned almost being eaten by an alligator in Florida.
- Ice bucket challenge great, but what if we raised money for my cable bill instead?
- People complaining about water waste in ice bucket challenge are fucking cunts.
- Tony notes she had 45 seconds of setup for the cable bill punchline.
- Kim reveals she almost got eaten by an alligator in Florida as a kid.
Interview: First-time on Kill Tony guest. Discussed comedy tours with Jamar Neighbors including the infamous Osaka Joe gig (5.5 hour drive for sushi payment), performing in Saudi Arabia, international touring, and the Axis of Evil comedy tour.
- Maz recalls Osaka Joe who claimed to have Jerry Seinfeld's pants framed on the wall.
- Maz describes performing in Saudi Arabia where immigration officer kept calling him James Bond.
- Maz discusses divided audiences in Saudi Arabia (families on right, men on left) and performing sensitive material.
Interview: Second time on Kill Tony. Discussed comedy road trips with Maz Jobrani, the Osaka Joe gig where they were paid in sushi, bad experiences in black comedy rooms (Mo Better Mondays), and doing characters on stage.
- Jamar recalls bombing hard at Mo Better Mondays and later returning with a character accent.
- Jamar recounts getting banned from the Improv for three months for opening set with explicit material.
Stuart Thompson
PanelInterview: Stanford/UC Berkeley graduate serving as Patriot for the episode. Discussed his outfit, enunciation, and attempted James Earl Jones impression.
- Stuart attempts a James Earl Jones impression while announcing the Patriot question.
- Stuart's legs get tired standing as Patriot, requests to sit down.