Kill Tony #97 — Steve Simeone, Rick Ingraham
Guests: Steve Simeone · Rick Ingraham
Lineup
Set: Rob discussed being 27, new to LA, attending CSUN surrounded by 19-year-olds, how his beard doesn't help him with women, and encouraged college attendance with crude humor.
Interview: Tony and panel asked if he was getting sex, learned he has a long-distance girlfriend at UCSB, discussed his TV producing goals, and his limited comedy experience of six months.
- Beard compared to Death Star trash compactor crushing women
- College encouragement with crude sexual encouragement
- Set ran over a minute and triggered the bear sound
- Steve Simeone made an expressive noise in reaction
Set: Eric did Southern accent comedy about camping hipsters, living in gay communities in LA, and restrictions on what he can say as a Southern man in LA.
Interview: Panel discussed his Southern accent, pro-wrestler delivery style, his work at a Mexican restaurant, and his Mississippi background on family land.
- Hipsters claim camping but only overdosed at Coachella
- Gay communities are better than straight ones for safety
- Rick requested he stop using the accent and just be himself
- Eric gave date roleplay with Tony, saying 'make some babies in El Segundo'
- Panel discussed his food runner job at Machos Mexican restaurant
Set: Rodney did prop comedy featuring toenail fungus medication Jubilee, discussing its $479 monthly cost for one toe and low effectiveness rate.
Interview: Panel learned Rodney is a former radio DJ from the 80s-90s who worked in music licensing, discussed his severe toenail fungus requiring expensive medication.
- Jubilee medication costs $479/month for one toe, 22% success rate
- Panel praised him as best prop comic ever seen
- Rodney revealed social anxiety but signed up anyway
Set: Michael did a sexual harassment joke about being a college professor, targeting a borderline student named Kathy and offering her a 'D' grade while exposing himself.
Interview: Tony questioned why he did this material, panel discussed his animated hand gestures, his recent job loss in international trade consulting, and encouraged him to be more honest.
- College professor sexual coercion joke with grade manipulation
- Pat Reagan compared him to Bill Cosby
- Panel extensively coached him on hand gestures and honest material
- Michael admitted he had an 'oh shit' look midway through
Set: Rafael did a rambling set about UCLA admissions, trying cocaine recently, depression from the comedown, texting his mom, and his job as port security doing vehicle sign-ins.
Interview: Tony and panel questioned if he really did cocaine, learned he tried it on a cigarette and works at a port for a trucking company listening to Death Squad podcasts.
- Rafael admitted to trying cocaine recently
- Rick noticed Rafael's lip licking suggesting current cocaine use
- Rafael revealed he skipped UCLA without officially applying
Set: Rex did a fake Russian accent bit about overstaying his college Visa, America's treatment of LGBTQ people, and differences between Russia and America.
Interview: Tony revealed Rex is actually from Orange County and has been doing the Russian accent since high school after befriending a Russian exchange student.
- America gives all gay people free Toyota Prius and carpool lane access
- Tony and panel immediately called out the fake Russian accent
- Rick told him to ditch the Russian bit for authentic material
Set: Kim did a new minute about her absent father, her mom letting her search for him for 4 years, alcoholic parent lessons, and a magician joke about disappearance.
Interview: Panel learned her father left after she dated a Black man in college, discussed extending the lost father narrative, and encouraged her to focus on better material.
- Mom let her search for father for 4 years without telling
- Father was magician because he disappeared from her life
- Panel noted the extended father narrative has potential
Set: Sara did observational comedy about mannequins in department stores, how lonely the dressers must be, and the absurd spelling of the word mannequin with two n's and a q.
Interview: Panel discussed how women related to the mannequin material, the Q in mannequin, and encouraged her to extend the bit about big-breasted mannequins.
- Mannequins are headless women used to sell clothes illogically
- Mannequin spelling has two n's and q - ridiculous
- Sara called audience illiterate for not laughing at setup
- Panel discussed big-breasted mannequins and marketing potential