Kill Tony #671 — Ari Shaffir, Mark Normand, H. Foley, Kevin Ryan
Guests: Ari Shaffir · Mark Normand · H. Foley · Kevin Ryan
Lineup
Set: Estonian immigrant doing material about wanting an American passport and how it would help if he went missing. Jokes about Navy SEALs, Brittney Griner, and contrasts with Russian/Estonian heritage.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss his Estonian accent, appearance, family background, and a story about a woman touching him at a bar in Austin.
- American passport gets you Navy SEALs rescue if you disappear anywhere
- Brittney Griner traded for terrorist to play basketball in made-up league
- H. Foley makes fat joke about Ari Matti being stuck in seat due to size
- Ari Matti tells story about mistaking a different woman for one who was touching him at bar
Set: 46-year-old doing two years of stand-up with material about homeless people in Austin, Bud Light, fentanyl-laced Gatorade, and compares divorce to being dropped in New Orleans.
Interview: Discussed military service in Bosnia, cavalry scout background, current job in car dealership service, military deployments, and past relationships.
- Homeless people in Austin turn crispy golden brown like fried chicken
- Divorce is like being dropped in East Bank New Orleans at 1AM
- Tony notes Brian looks 93 at age 46 due to rough life
Set: Five-year stand-up doing material about smoking too much weed and a 45-minute observation of a squirrel and bird arguing.
Interview: Jay discussed working at comedy mothership for 3 months, moved from Florida, previous home health care job, son who is 2 turning 3, and relationship with baby mama.
- Watched bird and squirrel argue for 45 minutes while high
- Black squirrel tells bird not to shit near his food
- Jay says if pulled he'd call baby mama and confess to cheating
Set: Pulled from bucket for second time after 74 attempts. Material about rugby match in Australia and Americans wearing helmets/pads for football, with race-based punchline.
Interview: Discussed new fully-clothed appearance (change from typical behavior), past incidents of exposing himself, and transitioned to joining panel for rest of show.
- Australians mock Americans for football pads; counters with race joke
- Tony shocked Ari is fully dressed for first time in show history
- Ari joins panel as guest for remainder of episode
Set: 26-year-old golden ticket winner from Phoenix doing material about Michael Jackson musical, pedophilia jokes, and vacation/time management observations.
Interview: Discussed recent move to New York, current job as kindergarten lunch lady at wealthy school, one student's father plays for Knicks, 400 square foot living situation.
- Michael Jackson musical makes people not care about kid allegations
- Michael Jackson did both Thriller and alleged crimes, where's vacation
- Golden ticket winner cashing in after winning at age 20, used next day
Set: First-time comedian, 40 years old, doing written-out material about working from home, COVID boosters, and genital mutilation wage gap joke.
Interview: Discussed first stand-up attempt, reading jokes from paper, living in San Antonio for 20 years with wife, two kids, 12 years military service.
- Since COVID working from home means more clothes on PTO
- Genital mutilation is the real wage gap
- JC wraps microphone cord around hand multiple times during set
- Tony reads JC's written jokes aloud, includes detailed stage directions
Set: Complex family story involving step-siblings, crack baby cousin kissed in childhood, cousin later transitions to male, explores complicated feelings about the situation.
Interview: Discussed cousin transitioning to male, looking identical, interactions when visiting home, father's unsupportive response to sister coming out.
- Cousin transitions to male after first kiss, now daps up identical twin
- Father says hell has gay side and straight side for family
- Kam reveals friend sent Father's Day text joking about abortion
Set: Indian comedian discussing childhood sports (spelling bees), racist nicknames (Curry, Kumar), moving from Africa due to robberies, parents at 7-Eleven also robbed.
Interview: Discussed spelling bee background, cheating in competition, recent transition to full-time comedy, work as CPA at homeless shelter, MMA/jiu-jitsu interests.
- Kids called him Curry because racist, like Steph Curry shooting
- Parents got robbed at 7-Eleven in America same as in Africa
- Ari smells Arpit and comments on his smell
- Arpit admits to cheating in spelling bee competition with word bank
Set: Three-year comic from Fayetteville, Arkansas, doing material about not being smooth with women, eczema joke, and bedframe poverty joke.
Interview: Works as district photographer for school district, recent U of A graduate, doesn't care about sports, passionate about Blue Bell ice cream.
- Woman asks about rough sex, he mentions eczema as roughest
- Can't offer to handcuff woman to bedframe he doesn't own
- Panel and audience heavily joke about Nick's job as school photographer
- Nick discusses Blue Bell ice cream obsession nightly
Sean Stuart
Set: Second appearance doing dark material about ex-girlfriend committing suicide with shotgun, mess left behind, and jokes about cleaning couch.
Interview: Clarified suicide bit was fictional inspiration from another comic. Works in call center back office, avoids customers, went to Vegas for rim-to-rim Grand Canyon hike.
- Ex killed herself with shotgun, left mess on couch he bought
- Can't get head after shotgun suicide, bitter about couch mess
- Sean clarifies suicide bit was fictional joke idea from friend
- Sean tells story of getting stuck on Grand Canyon hike with dying guy
Ben Bankas
Set: Canadian comic comparing white people's fear of Nissan Altimas to police, Baltimore bridge collapse by Indian crew, jokes about splash pads.
Interview: First appearance December 2021, became full-time comedian after that, moved family to Austin, has baby with girlfriend, mother has dementia.
- White people afraid of Nissan Altimas like black people fear police
- Baltimore bridge crew all Indian, drove ship like Uber
- Ben discusses baby born after first Kill Tony appearance
- Ben claims to have seen three UFOs while walking dogs and daughter