Kill Tony #91 — Mark Ellis, Byron Bowers
Guests: Mark Ellis · Byron Bowers
Lineup
- Michael Perkins visibly excited when Kim Congdon mentions kitchen/cooking
Set: Southern newcomer to LA discusses taking the metro and getting lost in Armenia instead of Beverly Hills, then pivots to oil rig work and makes jokes about his black friend who was burned in a fire.
Interview: Tony questions the setup-to-punchline ratio of his set and challenges him on various claims about his background, black friends, and experiences on oil rigs in North Dakota.
- Got lost on metro, went to Armenia instead of Beverly Hills
- Black friend burned in fire two years ago, still pretty burned up
- Works with oil rig operators, they're pieces of shit
- Tony questions why Eric spent half his set on setup (walking wrong direction) with no real punchline
- Mark Ellis appreciates structured jokes but Eric's material lacked clear payoff
- Awkward discussion about Eric's experiences with black women, including problematic comments about smell and physical traits
Set: Kenny performs only 13 seconds of material about getting straight A's (absences), making a nonsensical joke about banana splits and the holy book, then gives his time back to the show.
Interview: Tony questions Kenny's intentional brevity and why he committed to such a short set. They discuss Kenny's recent head shaving on the show, his job at the Dolby Theatre as an usher, working the Academy Awards, and his mother's reaction to his appearance.
- Got straight A's in school - straight absences
- Sunday school teaches ice cream scooping from banana splits holy book
- Kenny voluntarily cuts his set short at 13 seconds and announces he's giving his time back
- Kenny recently shaved his dreadlocks on the show in a segment that was complete silence and described as a total failure
- Kenny discusses working the Academy Awards three years in a row at the Dolby Theatre and attempting to hook up with attendees
Set: Kim performs a new minute about Fifty Shades of Grey, paper cuts while masturbating, her pattern of being attracted to unavailable men, and a Facebook message offering $25,000 for sexual favors that she considers because it would buy Listerine.
Interview: Tony and the panel discuss how Kim translates her weekly new minutes to other shows, her journey as a college dropout pursuing comedy, and her pornography consumption patterns.
- Can't masturbate to Fifty Shades due to paper cuts
- Attracted to unavailable men, may stem from unavailable father or mean guys
- Facebook offer of $25k for sex; uses Listerine as punchline
- Kim's Listerine joke lands as the strongest material of the night according to the panel
- Discussion of Kim's drawer full of vibrators and condoms as dating preparedness
Set: Sara performs a new minute ranting against unnecessary spice racks, questioning the purpose of obscure spices like coriander, saffron, and cumin, and finding absurdist humor in spice names and culinary pretension.
Interview: Tony asks about Sara's culinary background and whether she can cook. They discuss how weekly new minutes provide incredible writing volume and how this format helps comedians develop material.
- Spice racks unnecessary - who needs 16 spices in modern times
- Coriander, saffron, cumin - obscure spices nobody understands their purpose
- Spice names sound absurd when you break them down phonetically
- Michael Perkinson has strong physical reaction to Sara's kitchen/cooking discussion
- Panel notes that Sara's weekly new minute format is incredible training ground for comedians