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Kill Tony #97 — Steve Simeone, Rick Ingraham

📅 March 16, 2015 📍 Los Angeles, CA Comedy Store Belly Room 🎤 8 comedians ⭐ 2 regulars

Guests: Steve Simeone · Rick Ingraham

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Lineup

1

Rob Hanson

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.

Bits:
  • Beard compared to Death Star trash compactor crushing women
  • College encouragement with crude sexual encouragement
Moments:
  • Set ran over a minute and triggered the bear sound
  • Steve Simeone made an expressive noise in reaction
2

Eric Carter

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.

Bits:
  • Hipsters claim camping but only overdosed at Coachella
  • Gay communities are better than straight ones for safety
Moments:
  • 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
3

Rodney Peterson

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.

Bits:
  • Jubilee medication costs $479/month for one toe, 22% success rate
Moments:
  • Panel praised him as best prop comic ever seen
  • Rodney revealed social anxiety but signed up anyway
4

Michael Grepp

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.

Bits:
  • College professor sexual coercion joke with grade manipulation
Moments:
  • 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
5

Rafael Lechuga

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.

Moments:
  • Rafael admitted to trying cocaine recently
  • Rick noticed Rafael's lip licking suggesting current cocaine use
  • Rafael revealed he skipped UCLA without officially applying
6

Rex Allamen

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.

Bits:
  • America gives all gay people free Toyota Prius and carpool lane access
Moments:
  • Tony and panel immediately called out the fake Russian accent
  • Rick told him to ditch the Russian bit for authentic material
7

Kim Congdon

Regular

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.

Bits:
  • Mom let her search for father for 4 years without telling
  • Father was magician because he disappeared from her life
Moments:
  • Panel noted the extended father narrative has potential
8

Sara Weinshenk

Regular

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.

Bits:
  • Mannequins are headless women used to sell clothes illogically
  • Mannequin spelling has two n's and q - ridiculous
Moments:
  • Sara called audience illiterate for not laughing at setup
  • Panel discussed big-breasted mannequins and marketing potential