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Tell me a little bit about the unbelievable 12-year overnight success that is Kill Tony.
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>> I just built the show that I wanted to do. You know, I was very lucky early on
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at the comedy store to get to host the open mics there, which are 3 minute long sets on Sundays and Mondays with 40
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comedians in a row doing 3 minutes, 3 minutes, 3 minutes, 3 minutes. And I would go up after each comedian did 3
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minutes and make fun of them. and every once in a while afterwards go up to them
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personally and say, "Hey, you know, if you took a breath sometimes or, you know, used pauses or sped up or got the
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mic closer to your mouth, little advice here and there." And me and my friends
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would always have so much fun sitting in the back of the room watching these open
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mics and the things that we would whisper into each other's ears I thought were so funny. We'd be in the back of
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the room. Sometimes we'd be the only people laughing at the open mic because
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of what we're saying to each other. And I thought to myself during this time in
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which everyone was saying, Tony, you have to do a podcast. You got to do a podcast. Everyone has a podcast. It was
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completely unheard of at the time. But I thought, why not show how crazy an open
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mic can be and the ideas that me and whatever comedian buddies were sitting next to me if we shared what we were
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laughing about with the people, I think it could be a hit. And even the co-host Redband at the time goes, "Wait, what?
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Who the is going to want to watch an open mic? And I kind of thought everybody would. Turns out worked out
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pretty well. >> Yeah.