Kill Tony #8 — Jeremiah Watkins, Earl Skakel
Guests: Jeremiah Watkins · Earl Skakel
Lineup
David Lu
Set: David discusses racism and stereotypes, comparing how quickly people get offended when lumped together, contrasting white people with minorities. He talks about his Korean girlfriend and the awkwardness with her non-English speaking father.
Interview: Tony and panel ask about his girlfriend's implants, parents' background, and make jokes about Chinese people and visa sponsorships.
- Racism doesn't bother white people; trying it on them is impossible.
- His girlfriend's Korean, different from his Chinese heritage, confuses her dad.
- Tony asks crude follow-up questions about girlfriend's implants and family connections.
Set: Josh talks about his new apartment and roommate, taking excessive dick pills for bathroom confidence, and living on an air mattress. He admits he's lying about everything in the bit.
Interview: Tony discovers Josh performed the exact same set the previous week and puts him on two-week probation. Discussion about joke repetition and the importance of new material.
- Dick pills give him confidence in bathroom, not bedroom, sleeps on air mattress.
- Admits entire set is a lie about his life.
- Tony reveals Josh performed identical set last week, places him on probation.
Set: Melissa performs about meeting a hot man on Tinder who doesn't have a car, getting angry at herself for dating him, and the confusion about whether she met him at a bus stop or via Tinder.
Interview: Tony clarifies the timeline of how she met the guy, questioning whether it was two different people. Panel discusses her delivery and compares her to Whitney Jobrani.
- Hot guy from Tinder doesn't have a car but has a bus stop.
- Earl comments on Melissa's feet, noting he has a foot fetish.
- Earl asks to massage her feet during a romantic comedy.
- Horn Blasters guy offers her a date for the night.
Set: Norman discusses how people in LA always claim to have connections, giving vague answers about what they do. He talks about people offering to put him on shows but never delivering specifics.
Interview: Tony learns Norman works at beach camp with kids during summer. Jeremiah and Earl make awkward jokes about the job and pedophilia.
- People claim connections but won't give specifics about what they actually do.
- Panel makes inappropriate pedophilia jokes about his beach camp job.
- Jeremiah awkwardly brings up kidnapping kids for money as 'fun'.
Set: Ricky performs explicit sexual content about being gay, discussing fisting at Thanksgiving, his boyfriend's request, and detailed sexual acts with hand gestures. He talks about romantic feelings during fisting.
Interview: Panel asks Ricky about hooking up with Iron Patriot, furries, and crotch-sniffing. Discussion about his material being too dirty and whether he wants to clean it up.
- Boyfriend asks for fisting at Thanksgiving dinner.
- Feeling partner's heartbeat while fisting is romantic.
- Furries call their costume sex act 'zipping'.
- Ricky performs extremely explicit hand gestures demonstrating fisting technique.
- Earl notes Ricky is so gay he should hook up with Iron Patriot in costume.
Set: Teddie starts silent, then discusses needing money and honey, how people try to set him up with girls, and getting rejected for not being a sex symbol. He mentions a movie idea called 'Adorable Story of a Brother'.
Interview: Tony asks about Showtime at the Apollo and discusses the upcoming rebranding with Carl Weathers. Teddie talks about his comedy special coming in fall.
- People try setting him up with female versions of himself.
- Teddie starts his set completely silent, just standing there.
- Tony discusses moving Showtime at Apollo to Carl Weathers as 'Apollo Creed'.
Set: Kyle performs about being an awesome uncle to his nephew Jason, offering him anything for his birthday, hiding a kitten in a pinata at the party, and the payoff about Jason beating something for the first time.
Interview: Tony criticizes Kyle's overuse of unnecessary physical act-outs and hand gestures. Discussion about real vs. performed conversations and the importance of confidence in delivery.
- Puts kitten in pinata at birthday party to confuse nephew.
- Tony points out Kyle's jeans have a hole exposing his genitals.
- Tony gives extensive coaching on unnecessary physical act-outs.
Set: Derek performs about seeing a C-rated restaurant in LA, misreading it as G-rated, and joking about the restaurant's name 'Come On' and cockroach violations.
Interview: Tony critiques Derek's premise as overused and suggests better punchlines. Discussion about staying in pocket, confidence, and rewriting old material with new perspectives.
- C-rated restaurant is full of cockroaches, misread as G-rated.
- Tony gives coaching about staying in pocket and not abandoning bad jokes mid-set.
- Tony notes Derek followed up his weak restaurant joke with 'armpit cafe' and kept going.
Set: Keith performs about feeling internally racist, going on a date with a beautiful Black woman, his penis not responding due to her race, blaming his genitals for racism, and her name being Samantha with a cocoa butter reference.
Interview: Panel discusses his use of the N-word in previous sets and gives coaching on avoiding it. Tony notes there's a good joke in there but pacing is off.
- Dick won't get up for Black woman, blames penis for racism.
- His penis responds to cocoa butter smell instead of attraction.
- Tony criticizes racial slur usage and suggests avoiding it entirely.
- Panel discusses other comedians who use slur and successfully land jokes.
Ari Mannis
Set: Ari performs about LSD acid flashbacks and negative side-effects, small talk being bad, apologizing for wanting his money back, and conversations about Jesus walking on water and erectile dysfunction.
Interview: Tony asks about previous appearance and notes Ari gave the same notes about unfunny material. Discussion about finding funny lines within weak structure.
- LSD acid flashbacks kick in during random moments.
- Jesus walked on water, can't get erection from that.
- Tony notes he gave Ari same negative notes two weeks ago about unfunny material.
- Tony praises Ari's Twitter short-form bangers but notes minute needs work.
Mike Durgen
Set: Mike performs about being an East Indian actor, the Trayvon Martin trial, moving to LA, casting directors wanting him to be Indian, and a scene with angry Indian extras saying 'Oh my God'.
Interview: Panel criticizes rapid-fire pacing, excessive use of N-word, and lack of developed material. Tony and Jeremiah discuss the importance of not using slurs and developing proper jokes.
- Casting directors only want him to play Indian stereotypes on set.
- Mike uses N-word multiple times in weak set about acting.
- Panel discusses NBC diversity showcase cancellation due to his performance.
- Tony notes he doesn't have a developed one-minute set yet.
Dean Peratch
Set: Jared performs about being from Miami, playing football for University of Miami, moving to LA and meeting white people for the first time. He discusses being 'good enough' to know Black slang but also explain it like Seinfeld and Atlanta.
Interview: Tony praises Jared's ownership and confidence, notes his athleticism and how he addressed being buff on stage. Discussion about his football background and current comedy pursuits.
- Played football at Miami, now meeting white people for first time in LA.
- Can explain Black slang to white people using Seinfeld references.
- Tony notes Jared owns his punch lines and stays confident throughout.
- Tony praises how Jared addressed his muscular build proactively on stage.
Set: Sara performs about not knowing if she's supposed to be a comedian, overanalyzing everything, needing stranger approval, being a lonely masochist child who caught bees for fun. She discusses unhappiness, apps for happiness, and a vibrator app she deletes after 6 minutes.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss her first joke being stronger, notes about delivery and selling punchlines. Discussion about her comedic persona and whether she's actually sad or playing a character.
- Used to catch bees as kid, discovered she's a masochist.
- Every night downloads vibrator app, deletes it 6 minutes later.
- Tony notes Sara's opening line was her strongest material.
- Panel discusses whether her sad persona is genuine or performed.
- Tony coaches Sara on being likeable and smiling at start of set.
Set: Kim performs about being single and it going really well, her boyfriend dressing as a crab for Halloween and her copying him, meeting people and immediately hating their faces based on facial features like big nostrils, and being 'racist against faces'.
Interview: Tony asks why she dropped out of college to pursue comedy, notes she only needs one class to graduate. Discussion about commitment to comedy vs. finishing degree.
- Boyfriend dressed as crab for Halloween, she copied him as imitation.
- Hates people's faces without talking to them, racist against big nostrils.
- Tony notes Kim is most likeable comedian tonight.
- Tony discusses Kim dropping out of college and needing just one class to graduate.