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