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Kill Tony #66 — Maz Jobrani, Jamar Neighbors

📅 August 18, 2014 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Belly Room 🎤 6 comedians ⭐ 2 regulars

Guests: Maz Jobrani · Jamar Neighbors

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Lineup

1

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.

Bits:
  • 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.
Moments:
  • 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.
2

Bryan Kelly

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.

Bits:
  • 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.
Moments:
  • 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.
3

Bud Galloway

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.

Bits:
  • 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.
Moments:
  • 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.
4

Jeremy McKiernan

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.

Bits:
  • 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.
Moments:
  • Doug Stanhope watching from back and yelling approval about the hipster conformity point.
5

Sara Weinshenk

Regular

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.

Bits:
  • Looking at the moon for answers indicates you're fucked and desperate.
  • Moon looked like a black and white cookie, found that positive.
Moments:
  • Panel develops moon material together, suggesting sun as masculine versus moon as feminine.
  • Maz compares moon-gazing to a depression medication commercial.