Kill Tony #81 — Jerrod Carmichael, Brody Stevens
Guests: Jerrod Carmichael · Brody Stevens
Lineup
Set: New father discusses breastfeeding and accidental breast milk oversupply, joking about the ex-drug dealer in him wanting to flip the product like Walter White.
Interview: Tony and panel congratulate him on his newborn son Royal Sinclair Smith Connell. Discussion of parenting, taste-testing breast milk, and technical feedback on mic technique and stage presence.
- Breast milk stockpiling and flipping it like drugs, cutting with water for profit.
- Tony and Jerrod discuss his son's full name Royal Sinclair Smith Connell.
- Brody and Tony note the awkwardness of Ferguson happening during show.
Set: Observational comedy about UFC tickling ban history, imagining how it came to be, and suggesting tickling should be encouraged with fighter George 'The French Tickler' Saint Pierre.
Interview: From Canada, does stand-up seven years. Tony and Jerrod discuss if the tickling bit is original or well-developed. Discussion of whether tickle rule is real, Jerrod's UFC expertise, and Canadian accent.
- UFC had to ban tickling, imagining why, George Saint Pierre as 'French Tickler'.
- Jerrod mentions he talks about tickling on Joe Rogan podcast frequently.
- Panel questions if tickle rule is real or fabrication.
Set: Dark comedy about threatening to harm misbehaving pets and children, using oven/window threats and Malaysia shoe-making labor comparisons as comedic exaggeration.
Interview: Chicago-based comedian discusses dark material, serial killer aesthetic, and uncomfortable audience reactions. Panel coaches him to own the dark character fully and expand on it.
- Pet owners should threaten to murder loud dogs and kick cats out windows.
- Bad children can be sent to Malaysia to make shoes instead of jail.
- Panel compares Ian to Michael Myers/Jason character for dark comedy fit.
- Tony notes one boot clean one dirty, questioning Ian's shoe choice.
- Ian makes callback about kicking horses/cats after Tony's earlier comment.
Set: Tackles fear of stereotypical black death, referencing Tupac, a bullying girl named Keisha, and anxiety about choking on chicken in front of white people at a restaurant.
Interview: Discussed starting comedy one year ago in Atlanta, football background (played free safety at Jacksonville State), and suffering 14 documented concussions during career.
- Listening to Tupac cured death fear; specific fear of choking on chicken.
- Revealed he suffered 14 concussions across football career, started young.
- Panel discusses Ferguson context and sensitive topics on a Ferguson night.
- Tony suggests using football/concussion material as part of his act.
Set: Military anecdote about offering a white friend the N-word pass after he defended him against racist soldier, then revoking it when the friend said it casually at a house party.
Interview: Veteran performer since Kill Tony episode 1, two years into comedy, Valley-based, discussed need for car/transportation and lack of opening gigs from headliners.
- Offered white friend n-word pass after life-or-death military moment, revoked it.
- Panel emphasizes Valley comedians must relocate to be successful in LA.
- Tony and Brody debate whether to start in LA vs other cities.
- Tony suggests Gerard take Jonathan on road as opening act.
Set: Dropped out of University of Florida after Kill Tony appearance. New minute about men calling her 'cute' instead of 'sexy,' bad behaviors (not refilling ice, petty jealousy), and friends-with-benefits/401k joke.
Interview: Regular who writes new minute weekly, often day-of. Panel praised honesty and growth of material voice. Brody expected darker Ferguson content.
- Men call her cute not sexy; confesses petty bad behaviors.
- Friends with benefits misheard as 401k financial account joke.
- Panel notes growth in Kim's honest, bubbly material voice over weeks.
- Tony mentions she dropped out of University of Florida for comedy.
Set: Absurdist observations about Office Depot nostalgia and office supplies, praising hole punch inventor for believing in the binder and piggy-backing on the trend.
Interview: Panel praised her 'cool' Fonz-like delivery and weird observational style. Jerrod suggested tightening opening with more specificity. Discussed her stage style and jacket.
- Office Depot smells like home; three hole punch inventor believed in binders.
- Panel compares her delivery style to the Fonz, praising cool energy.
- Jerrod notes she shines when bringing human element to inanimate objects.