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Kill Tony and the Comedy Store Grind
from No Fat Nazis · #126
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5 minTim and Ray discuss Kill Tony, Tony Hinchcliffe's show at the Comedy Store where aspiring comics do a minute in front of a tough crowd, Ray's own appearance and near-riot moment, the difference between doing a minute versus longer sets, and comparisons between LA and New York comedy scenes and audiences.
- 1:22Kill Tony format: aspiring comedians do a minute in front of a packed room at the Comedy Store while people try to shred them.
- 2:04If you don't have a good minute, what are you even doing in comedy?
- 2:28Tim insists he could execute a minute-long set with no doubt whatsoever in front of 300 people.
- 2:54His opening 45 seconds at the winery were phenomenal, but he abandoned the approach too quickly.
- 3:28The best performer that night was kind of a hack, which tells you what that crowd actually wanted.
- 4:03Raised comedy is not hack at all—it's unique and some of it's very funny.
- 4:42A minute is harder than five minutes; Tim would feel more comfortable doing ten or even just going straight to his college joke.
- 5:18The Comedy Store's three rooms sell out every night with hundreds of comedy fans, many of them wealthy, famous, and good-looking.